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Amazon Review :
The Bush years have given rise to fears of a resurgent Imperial Presidency.
Those fears are justified, but the problem cannot be solved simply by bringing a new administration to power.
In his provocative new book, The Cult of the Presidency, Gene Healy argues that the fault lies not in our leaders but in ourselves.
When our scholars lionize presidents who break free from constitutional restraints, when our columnists and talking heads repeatedly call upon the "commander in chief " to dream great dreams and seek the power to achieve them--when voters look to the president for salvation from all problems great and small--should we really be surprised that the presidency has burst its constitutional bonds and grown powerful enough to threaten American liberty?
The Cult of the Presidency takes a step back from the ongoing red team/blue team combat and shows that, at bottom, conservatives and liberals agree on the boundless nature of presidential responsibility.
For both camps, it is the president's job to grow the economy, teach our children well, provide seamless protection from terrorist threats, and rescue Americans from spiritual malaise.
Very few Americans seem to think it odd, says Healy, "when presidential candidates talk as if they're running for a job that's a combination of guardian angel, shaman, and supreme warlord of the earth."
Healy takes aim at that unconfined conception of presidential responsibility, identifying it as the source of much of our political woe and some of the gravest threats to our liberties.
If the public expects the president to heal everything that ails us, the president is going to demand--or seize--the power necessary to handle that responsibility.
Interweaving historical scholarship, legal analysis, and trenchant cultural commentary, The Cult of the Presidency traces America's decades-long drift from the Framers' vision for the presidency: a constitutionally constrained chief magistrate charged with faithful execution of the laws.
Restoring that vision will require a Congress and a Court willing to check executive power, but Healy emphasizes that there is no simple legislative or judicial "fix" to the problems of the presidency.
Unless Americans change what we ask of the office--no longer demanding what we should not want and cannot have--we'll get what, in a sense, we deserve.
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The Project for the New American Century (PNAC) was an American think tank based in Washington, D.C. that lasted from early 1997 to 2006.
It was co-founded as a non-profit educational organization by neoconservatives William Kristol and Robert Kagan.
The PNAC's stated goal was "to promote American global leadership."
Fundamental to the PNAC were the view that "American leadership is both good for America and good for the world" and support for "a Reaganite policy of military strength and moral clarity."
The PNAC exerted influence on high-level U.S. government officials in the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush and affected the Bush Administration's development of military and foreign policies, especially involving national security and the Iraq War.
Quote from : Wikipedia : H.A.A.R.P. : Controversy
Alleged potential for use as a weapon
The HAARP project became the subject of controversy in the mid-1990s, following claims that the antennas could be used as a weapon. In August 2002, a critical mention of HAARP technology came from the State Duma (parliament) of Russia.
The Duma issued a press release on the HAARP written by the international affairs and defense committees, signed by 90 deputies and presented to then President Vladimir Putin.
The statement claimed:
The U.S. is creating new integral geophysical weapons that may influence the near-Earth medium with high-frequency radio waves ... The significance of this qualitative leap could be compared to the transition from cold steel to firearms, or from conventional weapons to nuclear weapons.
This new type of weapons differs from previous types in that the near-Earth medium becomes at once an object of direct influence and its component.
The Chinese term 洗腦 (xǐ năo, literally "wash brain") originally referred to methodologies of coercive persuasion used in the 改造 (gǎi zào, "reconstruction", "change", "altering") of the so-called "feudal" (封建 fēng jiàn) thought-patterns of pre-revolutionary Chinese citizens. The Maoist regime in China aimed to transform individuals with a "feudal" or capitalist mindset into "right-thinking" members of the new Chinese social system. To that end the regime developed techniques that would break down the psychic integrity of the individual with regard to information processing, information retained in the mind and individual values. Chosen techniques included dehumanizing of individuals by keeping them in filth, sleep deprivation, partial sensory deprivation, psychological harassment, inculcation of guilt and group social pressure.
The Illuminati X-Factor The mind-controlled showbiz celebs
At the apex of the occult pyramid of new world evil are the Illuminati – less a coven of hammy Victorian ritualists, more a dynastic network devoted to the moral and psychological destruction of their victims and the promotion of terror, sociopathic selfishness and bestial sexuality. Endowed with a finely honed sense of dark irony, the Illuminati particularly enjoy flaunting the very symbols of their control in public to influence the collective unconscious.
10 SECRET MIND-CONTROL SYMBOLS IN MUSIC VIDEOS AND MOVIES 1 Butterfly tattoos, clothes, belts, hats, and other fashion accessories; proof of mind-control because they refer to the MK-Ultra Project Monarch operation. 2 Black and white checkerboards or lines symbolise duality and good/evil. A more subtle variation on this theme is the stock portrait photo which hides half of a star’s face in shadow. 3 Mirrors and shattered glass represent the way the mind is shattered and mirrored during mental torture. Mirrored personalities represent hidden ‘alters’ who can be made to surface at will with appropriate trigger imagery. 4 Big cats, including lions, panthers and tigers, and domestic cats which are usually black or white and spiky rather than fluffy. Leopard-print clothing also qualifies. The message is that fierce pussies suggest animalistic sexual impulses. 5 Hello Kitty toys are a more childish version of the same idea. Interestingly, the Urban Dictionary describes Hello Kitty as a “Japanese mass-casualty weapon… Doctors warn that even low-level exposure may cause a perfectly sound mind to crack.” 6 Birdcages, chains and other symbolism of imprisonment represent physical and psychological bondage in a very literal way. 7 Pink, purple and rainbow colours: it’s hard to see these as sinister, but purple is apparently used to reinforce programming. The rainbow represents psychological splitting. 8 Doll symbolism often appears in fashion shoots to reinforce the mind-controlled nature of a model, who can be posed at will. 9 The Marilyn Monroe look, blonde and classic, is proof that a woman has been ‘Stepforded’ and no longer has any individuality. 10 And finally, photographers, fashion designers and directors sometimes succumb to laziness and include more traditional occult symbols such as pentagrams, pyramids (with and without the Eye of Horus), horned animal skulls, and other familiar standards.
Originally posted by DELLE
Really really nice thread, iam a big Xfiles fan, and thanks for posting the mind control youtube link!
Quote from : Wikipedia : Manchurian Candidate
The Manchurian Candidate (1959) by Richard Condon, is a political thriller novel about the son of a prominent US political family who has been brainwashed into being an unwitting assassin for the Communist Party.
The novel has twice been cinematically adapted, in 1962 and 2004.
Quote from : Wikipedia : General Services Administration
The General Services Administration (GSA) is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1949 to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies.
The GSA supplies products and communications for U.S. government offices, provides transportation and office space to federal employees, and develops government-wide cost-minimizing policies, among other management tasks.
Its stated mission is to "help federal agencies better serve the public by offering, at best value, superior workplaces, expert solutions, acquisition services and management policies."
Boss: Something funny?
Employee: No. No, no. Nothing's-
You know, it's just that both those belts look exactly the same to me. You know, I'm still learning about this stuff and, uh-
Boss: "This... stuff"?
You think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet...and you select- I don't know- that lumpy blue sweater, for instance...because you're trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously...to care about what you put on your back. But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue. It's not turquoise. It's not lapis. It's actually cerulean. And you're also blithely unaware of the fact...that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then I think it was Yves Saint Laurent- wasn't it- who showed cerulean military jackets?
- I think we need a jacket here.- Mmm.And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of eight different designers. And then it, uh, filtered down through the department stores...and then trickled on down into some tragic Casual Corner...where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue represents millions of dollars...and countless jobs...and it's sort of comical how you think that you've made a choice...that exempts you from the fashion industry...when, in fact...you're wearing a sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room...from a pile of stuff.
Cerulean in human culture
Aerobatics * The United States Navy Blue Angels aerobatics team wears uniforms that are a rich bright shade of cerulean.
[10] Computer software * Cerulean Studios is a software house based in Connecticut, United States.
Literature * Cerulean Sins is the eleventh book in the Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series by Laurell K. Hamilton.
Music * Cerulean is the album title for the September 10, 1991 music release by the band The Ocean Blue.
Science * Cerulean cyan fluorescent protein is a mutant of green fluorescent protein.
Television * Repetition of the words "cerulean blue" is a method the "Pusher" villain uses at the beginning of the eponymous X-Files episode 17 season 3 in order to lull his victims to do what he wants.
Film * In The Devil Wears Prada, Miranda Priesly (Meryl Streep) makes a reference to a cerulean colored sweater, and other high fashion clothes items in Cerulean.
Video games * Azul the Cerulean is the blue-haired 33 year-old final recruit of the Tsviets in Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII. * Cerulean City is one of the pivotal locations in the game and anime Pokémon and is home to the Water Pokémon Gym in Kanto.
Originally posted by captaintyinknots
reply to post by SpartanKingLeonidas
Like I said earlier, I feel these (MKUltra and MONARCH) are attempts to recreate the 'pusher' affect synthetically. Breaking down the mind to the point where one can force their will upon them.'
Originally posted by captaintyinknots
I really do think it is close to certain that there are programs in effect trying to do this without the synthetics.
Originally posted by captaintyinknots
The other side of this, and I am very new to the study, is the use of electromagnetic waves to manipulate the thoughts and will of others.
All thoughts are a series of electro-magnetic impulses, meaning that if the frequency could be determined, it could be manipulated. I personally think that there are some out there that are simply more adept at focusing the frequencies of their thoughts, which in turn manipulates the waves of those around them.
CENTCOM announced in 2008 that a team of employees would be "[engaging] bloggers who are posting inaccurate or untrue information, as well as bloggers who are posting incomplete information." The Air Force is now also engaging bloggers. Indeed, an Air Force spokesman said: "We obviously have many more concerns regarding cyberspace than a typical Social Media user," Capt. Faggard says. "I am concerned with how insurgents or potential enemies can use Social Media to their advantage. It's our role to provide a clear and accurate, completely truthful and transparent picture for any audience." In other words, the government is targeting "social media", including popular user-ranked news sites. Indeed, the Pentagon publicly announced years ago that it was considering using "black propaganda" - in other words, knowing lies.
Originally posted by timewalker
reply to post by captaintyinknots
Well, everything really. I was reading impressme' post on page 1 and it made me think of it.
CENTCOM announced in 2008 that a team of employees would be "[engaging] bloggers who are posting inaccurate or untrue information, as well as bloggers who are posting incomplete information." The Air Force is now also engaging bloggers. Indeed, an Air Force spokesman said: "We obviously have many more concerns regarding cyberspace than a typical Social Media user," Capt. Faggard says. "I am concerned with how insurgents or potential enemies can use Social Media to their advantage. It's our role to provide a clear and accurate, completely truthful and transparent picture for any audience." In other words, the government is targeting "social media", including popular user-ranked news sites. Indeed, the Pentagon publicly announced years ago that it was considering using "black propaganda" - in other words, knowing lies.
Perhaps not MK Ultra but definitely trying to swing public opinion in a certain direction.