The American Ruling Class

[rickoff]

Quotable quote of the day....

"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in major media." - William Colby, former director of the CIA from 1973-1976

Ever hear of Project Mockingbird? It was a CIA project begun around 1948 that focused on propaganda and influencing the media. Frank Wisner of the CIA's Office of Policy Coordination (the CIA's covert action branch) was the man in charge of the operation. Leading American journalists were recruited into the program in large numbers, including respected members of Newsweek magazine, The New York Times, CBS, and other major communications and news groups. Reporters were handed reports written by CIA propagandists, and would cite these reports as being factual. Since the CIA focused on issuing their reports through prominent media reporters, lesser news agencies would be sure to hear the stories and run with them.

A 1976 report on investigations conducted by Senator Frank Church and the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities stated that, "The CIA currently maintains a network of several hundred foreign individuals around the world who provide intelligence for the CIA and at times attempt to influence opinion through the use of covert propaganda. These individuals provide the CIA with direct access to a large number of newspapers and periodicals, scores of press services and news agencies, radio and television stations, commercial book publishers, and other foreign media outlets."

Colby had been called to testify before the committee, and was directly asked by Senator Church, "Do you have any people paid by the CIA who are working for television networks?" Colby responded by saying, "This, I think, gets into the details that, Mr Chairman, I'd like to get into in executive session." (in other words, behind closed doors). Evidently it was during that closed door session that Colby admitted to Church what is first quoted herein at the top of this post.

A set of reports which Colby helped to compile while still CIA director later became known as the "Family Jewels" report after being obtained through a FOIA request and released by the National Security Archive in 2007 and cited 18 illegal and unconstitutional actions that the CIA had been involved in over a period of 25 years, with Project Mockingbird being just one of them. It's no surprise that Colby left his job in 1976 after helping to compile the report and bring to light what he called the "skeletons" in the CIA closet. His replacement, quite interestingly, was none other than George Herbert Walker Bush, who vowed that, "Effective immediately, the CIA will not enter into any paid or contract relationship with any full-time or part-time news correspondent accredited by any U.S. news service, newspaper, periodical, radio or television network or station." He then added, however, that the CIA would continue to "welcome" the voluntary, unpaid cooperation of journalists.

It has been said that the CIA used fully 1/3 of its enormous annual funding to carry out its propaganda mission, so you can be sure those journalists were paid quite well for their complicity. Despite what Bush stated, I for one believe that the CIA is still heavily involved in its propaganda distribution scheme, and that perhaps the grandest example of this was seen in all of the television, radio, and printed news coverage of the events of 9/11.

[Dave45]

perhaps the grandest example of this was seen in all of the television, radio, and printed news coverage of the events of 9/11.

I think most of the people, at least those that dont have their heads buried in the sand realize whats going on and more are waking up everyday.

[Mad Scientist]

Maybe it’s just me but I do believe that people are starting to wake up, at least I hope so.

In the days after 911 we have been treated to the usual memorials and tributes to all those that died on 911, which is all well and good. However I feel the best tribute to those individuals would be to reopen the investigation into what really took place that day and why.

The link below is a rather long read, but if one is not familiar with some of the alternative explanations it can be quite an eye opener. However for those that accept the official story it will obviously seem preposterous and far out and naturally the media would never lie to us or try to cover up the real story.

Yet this year as Rick pointed out 2 million bikers planned to ride into the capitol on 911. With around 1.4 million actually showed up. Seems to me that would be a huge news event, but to anyone following the MSM it was virtual non-event. And of course the DC traffic cameras which could have provided live feeds to the Internet just happened to be shut down that day.

So if we are to believe the media it was just another boring day in the capitol.


The Greatest Illusion Ever Performed – 9/11 (new modified version) | Eyre International - Bringing You The News No One Else Wants To Bring You

[rickoff]

I think most of the people, at least those that don't have their heads buried in the sand realize whats going on and more are waking up everyday.

Yes, Dave, there definitely appears to be a massive awakening underway which has escalated during the past few years. The mere fact that nearly 97% of recent poll responders stated they would favor allowing a state to secede from the United States says a heck of a lot about just how fed up the People are with the direction our nation has been going in for the past 100 years, with the past two decades or so taking the cake as the worst years of all.

It is great to finally see such an awakening taking place, but this raises an important question, and that is what is the "reality" these folks are waking up to? It is obvious that they are waking up to the fact that something is terribly wrong, that the current level of government spending is unsustainable, and that our "government" in Washington has done nothing to resolve those issues. They understand that, but how many of them understand what has brought us to this point in time? How many understand that the Congress sold out our futures 100 years ago, and that the vast majority of those in Washington have, ever since, pursued a Ruling Class radical agenda designed to bring our nation to its knees? How many understand that what is in our wallets is not money? How many understand that the two major political parties are just two faces of the same coin, but which pretend to be in vehement opposition for the purpose of dividing the People into opposing groups?

On that last question, we probably will not know that answer unless the TEA Party becomes a registered party and opposes the big 2 in the 2016 elections.

And here's another question: How many of those who have "awakened" understand that the "official" 9/11 story fed to us by government and media is a false propaganda narrative? Polls do show that skepticism of the official story has increased since 2001, and a 2007 Zogby poll resulted in 67% of respondents saying that the 9/11 Commission should have investigated the collapse of WTC building 7, which was not claimed to have been hit by a plane, but only 4.8 percent of the respondents would go so far as to agree that members of the U.S. government "actively planned or assisted some aspects of the attack."

The recent "2 million biker" ride to Washington is a prime example of misunderstanding the 9/11 events. The stated purpose of the ride was, "TO HONOR AND RESPECT THOSE WHO WERE KILLED ON 9/11 AND THEIR FAMILIES! IT IS ALSO IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE IN ALL OUR ARMED FORCES WHO FOUGHT THOSE WHO PRECIPITATED THIS ATTACK!"
First of all, there is substantial evidence showing that relatively few people died from the 9/11 events, and that the large "victims" list was hoaxed. Secondly, it is apparent that the bikers, for the largest part, still believe it was Bin Laden and 19 Muslim hijackers who were the perpetrators of the 9/11 events. Even if nearly 3,000 people had died on 9/11, this pales in comparison to the more than 1 million military and civilian victims who have died since 9/11/2001 as a result of US intervention and war in Iraq and Afghanistan. It is truly a shame that the 2 million biker ride did not focus on demanding a new and real investigation of the 9/11 incidents.

[dutchdivco]

Rick

"It is great to finally see such an awakening taking place, but this raises an important question, and that is what is the "reality" these folks are waking up to? It is obvious that they are waking up to the fact that something is terribly wrong, that the current level of government spending is unsustainable, and that our "government" in Washington has done nothing to resolve those issues. They understand that, but how many of them understand what has brought us to this point in time? How many understand that the Congress sold out our futures 100 years ago, and that the vast majority of those in Washington have, ever since, pursued a Ruling Class radical agenda designed to bring our nation to its knees? How many understand that what is in our wallets is not money? How many understand that the two major political parties are just two faces of the same coin, but which pretend to be in vehement opposition for the purpose of dividing the People into opposing groups?"

Its my feeling that for a great many, they don't base their 'awakening' on a knowledge of specific facts, but more on a FEELING. Things LIKE the 2008 financial 'meltdown', where they are losing houses and jobs, while wall street rakes in the big bucks, and very few go to jail, and fines levied are nothing like the $ these institutions are raking in, etc.
SOME may believe 911 was a conspiracy, or that o'bummer's birth certificate is fake, etc. But a lot more as i say, just got this feeling that they have been, and are continueing to be screwed, and that D.C. not only isn't doing anything about it, but is either the screwer, or is at least handing the screwer a condom!

More and more people i talk to are talking 'prepper' talk, about stockpiling food, etc. We, collectively are beginning to wake up to reality, that the institutions 'we' have created are failing us. No one has any faith in gov't, anymore, particularly national gov't. Most have little faith in the medical profession, or the 'justice' system, or the 'educational' system, etc.

And, not sure that an understanding of these 'details' is all that relevent, for THEM. They have been lied to, they are being screwed! When it all goes wahoonie shaped, they will be hanging (mostly) the right people from the lamposts, and it won't matter if they know the details of their crimes.

At least, i think,....Jim

[jdodson]

National Debt Article

Bernie Madoff's Ponzi Scheme Looks Like A Joke Compared To This - Yahoo Small Business Advisor

Wednesday of this week, we learned that the Federal Reserve’s Ponzi scheme of printing paper money and giving it to the government via the purchase of U.S. Treasuries will go on.

While it looks like we are beyond the point of no return, our national debt level would have to double
from $17.0 trillion to $34.0 trillion before our debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio matches that of Japan.

Even if our national debt doesn’t change and interest rates go back to normal (it’s going to happen), the interest payments on the national debt would rise to over $900 billion a year!

the government is hoping investors will keep re-investing in U.S. bonds while the Fed picks up the slack.
But what happens when they say, “We want our money back?” It will make Madoff’s Ponzi scheme look like a joke.

So it looks like the only question is how soon will this ponzi scheme collapse?

At this rate it looks like that date may be within 10 years?

[aljhoa]

Convoy - Paul Brandt - YouTube

Between October 11th and 13th they have called for a general strike, asking truck drivers around the country to refuse to haul freight, a move that could carry with it a significant impact on the American economy.

The protest calls for truckers to make their way to Washington D.C. in a massive convoy in an effort to call attention to, among other things, the Benghazi cover-up, the recent attack which killed 25 members of Seal Team 6, ever rising fuel prices, and claims that President Obama has engaged in treasonous crimes.
» Convoy to D.C. – Truckers To Shut Down America in October Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!


Al

[dutchdivco]

Its all about PERCEPTION,

and D.C. are masters and manipulating perception. For instance, during the recent 'coverage' of the anniversary of the 'march on Washington', a # of those who were involved, and historians pointed out that AT THE TIME, it was to 'protest' about 'economic inequality'; it was about JOBS.
Later perception was spun that it was about race.
If this truckers strike DOES happen, it will be spun that it is about fuel prices, and 'talk' about Benghazi, etc. will be brushed aside.
Its the way its done, in D.C.; its called 'spin', and they are masters of it.Jim

[aljhoa]

and D.C. are masters and manipulating perception. For instance, during the recent 'coverage' of the anniversary of the 'march on Washington', a # of those who were involved, and historians pointed out that AT THE TIME, it was to 'protest' about 'economic inequality'; it was about JOBS.
Later perception was spun that it was about race.
If this truckers strike DOES happen, it will be spun that it is about fuel prices, and 'talk' about Benghazi, etc. will be brushed aside.
Its the way its done, in D.C.; its called 'spin', and they are masters of it.Jim

Ahhh...
Ahhh...

Doo, doo, dooohoo, doo, doo
doo, doo, doo, doo, do-do, doohoo

Don't you wonder sometimes
'Bout sound and vision

Blue, blue, electric blue
That's the colour of my room
Where I will live
Blue, blue

Pale blinds drawn all day
Nothing to do, nothing to say
Blue, blue

I will sit right down, waiting for the gift of sound and vision
And I will sing, waiting for the gift of sound and vision
Drifting into my solitude, over my head

Don't you wonder sometimes
'Bout sound and vision

David Bowie - SOUND AND VISION - Live By Request 2002 - HQ - YouTube

Al

[Mad Scientist]

Some people may be starting to wake up but I don’t think any of them are in this group.

Obamacare Supporters Sign Petition to Add Sterilants to Water Supply To Reduce Birthrates

If these people had one working brain cell they would really be dangerous.


» Obamacare Supporters Sign Petition to Add Sterilants to Water Supply To Reduce Birthrates Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!

[rickoff]

Some people may be starting to wake up but I don’t think any of them are in this group.

Obamacare Supporters Sign Petition to Add Sterilants to Water Supply To Reduce Birthrates

If these people had one working brain cell they would really be dangerous.


» Obamacare Supporters Sign Petition to Add Sterilants to Water Supply To Reduce Birthrates Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!

The words "incredible," and "unbelievable" quickly come to mind when seeing this, and other videos that Dice has made, but seeing is believing. "Zany" is a better word to describe how easily these uninformed Obama supporters can be trusted to sign onto a petition that supports what an informed person would consider an absurdity. It is so zany, in fact, that when you see what these people are doing your first inclination may be to laugh out loud. But when you realize that these same people are voters who will support and vote for anything suggested to them by the media and their political party, it isn't funny at all. Not only that, but these people are prime examples of the dumbing down of the American public. How could it be possible, other than through a planned dumbing down, that these people have no idea what "eugenics," or "sterilization" means?

[dutchdivco]

Eugenics

Need a license, to be a beutician, to drive a car, etc. And we all KNOW what you need to do, before you can own a gun, so why is it that any 14 y.o. can procreate, with NO evaluation made as to whether they are capable of responsibly raising the kid, or financially supporting the kid?

WHY is being able to produce offspring considered an un-assailable right? It would be one thing, if the human race was in danger of extinction, due to underpopulation. I think I posted previously, about the kid the state waited till he was 18, and then pursued for back child support; they used genetic testing to prove he had 'fathered' 26 children by 20 different mothers.

The state doesn't normally pursue for child support, unless the mother has gone on welfare. So the 'state' was providing these children, and their mothers, with food stamps, wic, housing assistance, and of coarse medical care. And the KEY thing is 26 children by 20 mothers; several of these women had more than 1 'illegitimate' child by this lothario!

And when you have the state stepping in, and providing all this financial support, because the parents were irresponsible enough to bring children into the world, when they weren't responsible enough to provide for them, its only a matter of time before we end up with the state deciding whether to 'allow' people to have kids.

As I look around, and see all the parents who obviously haven't got the moral character etc. to own a houseplant, let alone a dog, and forgetaboutit when it comes to raising a child, I gotta admit the idea has some appeal.

Of coarse the key is, WHO decides whether someone is 'qualified' to have a child or not? To me, this is just another in a long list of 'sticky wicket' conundrums, that are a result of the development of 'civilisation', and for which there simply ARE no 'good' practical and 'do-able' answers. By which I mean its all well and good to say "Well, we 'outa' do this; but if you can't get 'this' done, because politics or acceptance won't 'allow' it, than its not do-able.

There is a certain % of the population that ALWAYS (in these situations) says "Oh, the Government should do it, THAT will 'solve' the problem. Even though we see overwhelming evidence that in many cases the Government is terrible at addressing these problems, has created many of them, etc. Often, for every 'problem' they attempt to address, they create many 'new' problems.

Whether this is all the result of some 'master plan', by the powers that be, of an inevitable result of human nature, or some combination of the 2, doesn't (seem to me) it really matters, all that much. WE, collectively, are on an unsustainable course, and minor coarse corrections simply aren't going to make much difference, overall. But, (my opinion) very few even are willing to admit to the nature of the problem, or willing to trade the 'unknown' (and therefore 'scary') future, (that would result from making substantial changes), and so we stumble along, zigging a little to the left, or a little to the right, all the while proceeding ever forwards, towards the cliff!

For my part, I wish we would just go over the cliff, and be done with it! Only when the whole system is scrapped, can we start over again. But, there's really nothing that can be done, to change things in any substantial way, so just have to watch it happen. Jim

[rickoff]

Today, while the US Senate theatrics were being played out and grabbing the attention of nearly everyone as the thing to be focused on, John "swiftboat" Kerry went to the UN to sign on to the UN gun ban treaty. It figures that he would do this while everyone is looking the other way, and with the MSM tightly focused on the Senate drama, I doubt the MSM will make any more than scant mention of Kerry's treachery. Of course the Senate would need to approve the treaty with a 2/3 majority vote before it becomes active, but if they are willing to do whatever it takes to keep ObummerCare on the books then there's a good chance they would vote to approve the small arms ban treaty.

[rickoff]

Today, while the US Senate theatrics were being played out and grabbing the attention of nearly everyone as the thing to be focused on, John "swiftboat" Kerry went to the UN to sign on to the UN gun ban treaty. Kerry made a statement that attempted to reassure us that the ban would be a very good thing: "This is about keeping weapons out of the hands of terrorists and rogue actors. This is about reducing the risk of international transfers of conventional arms that will be used to carry out the world's worst crimes." Hmmm so then this will prevent Barry from sending weapons to Syrian rebels and other terrorist groups? Kerry was also quick to advance the lie that, "this treaty will not diminish anyone's freedom. In fact, the treaty recognizes the freedom of both individuals and states to obtain, possess, and use arms for legitimate purposes." Sure, and who will determine what is "legitimate?"


It figures that Barry would have Kerry do this while everyone is looking the other way, and with the MSM tightly focused on the Senate drama, I doubt the MSM will make any more than scant mention of Kerry's treachery. Of course the Senate would need to approve the treaty with a 2/3 majority vote before it becomes active, but if they are willing to do whatever it takes to keep ObummerCare on the books then there's a good chance these Constitution shredder statists would vote to approve the small arms ban treaty.

[aljhoa]

It figures that Barry would have Kerry do this while everyone is looking the other way, and with the MSM tightly focused on the Senate drama, I doubt the MSM will make any more than scant mention of Kerry's treachery. Of course the Senate would need to approve the treaty with a 2/3 majority vote before it becomes active, but if they are willing to do whatever it takes to keep ObummerCare on the books then there's a good chance these Constitution shredder statists would vote to approve the small arms ban treaty.

Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?

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Al