This article (written by Mr Michael Hastings, the man behind the famous/infamous article which lead to the collapse of General Stanley McChrystals career, entitled "The Runaway General", published in Rolling Stone magazine June 2010), details what I can only describe as a disgusting sham on the part of the US government.

First of all, with the best will in the world, and giving the benifit of the doubt to all the myriad abuses of the act which currently stands that have been commited by various governments in the US over the years, there can be no excuse for removing the only official protection that the people of the US have against psychological indoctrination techniques that could be applied to them.

From the point of veiw of one who is concerned for the mental fortitude of the people of the Earth, the US government could not have picked a time to remove this protection, that could have worse implications for the people it claims to be representing. At this time, there are people in the United States of America, who far from living the American dream, are caught in a corperate controlled nightmare, living in tents and out of RV's, the fuel for which they have long since become unable to afford. There are other folks who are working three jobs just to remain in the appalling innercity hovels that they call homes. No matter what sugar you coat this stuff with, its a crap sandwhich, and the insertion of propeganda into a climate like this will ultimately have one outcome. Those who are dumb enough to listen to it, will learn to LOVE crap sandwhiches, will claim after being affected by this new disease, that scat is the new tobasco, and they want it on everything.

It will be the downfall of masses, and will see people vote in a way that runs directly counter to thier needs and political preferences. It doesnt have to work on everyone, just the majority, who are too tired, rendered too exhausted to fight the mental fight against this terrifying programming, which will undoubtedly come about after this act is removed.

Of course, this article and the news it carries are a little old hat. Most people I talk to who are from the States would say that if anything, they do not think that the Smith-Mundt Act (1948) or the FRAA (1987) have been doing a good enough of a job of protecting them from the excesses of thier governments BS machine. Many people that I have communicated with, here on this site, and in other private scenarios, have commented that they feel not only as if they have no control over the direction thier nation is taking (which is horrible enough considering that democracy is supposed to empower the people) but that they feel that thier government is shaping the nation and its populous in ways that make a mockery of the very tenents under which the nation came into being!

One has only to look into the sheer amount of concern that was expressed right after the 9/11 incident, and the years after, to see the level of distrust that some citizens felt and feel for the government, and I do not believe that the change in leadership has done much, long term, to salve that particular wound. If anything, people seem more concerned than ever that they are being lied to, about all manner of things. In recent years, you had the massive Occupy movement, who simply did not believe that bailouts, and corperate greed could continue long term, and wanted peoples heads on sticks for destroying thier livelihoods (quite rightly too I reckon, and good on everyone who showed up!). Protests on that scale, say an awful lot about the state of the national psyche in a country. Even if a certain political standpoint is not shared in ALL citizens, the presence of a certain way of thinking in a significant portion of the citizenry says an awful lot about how little trust there is in the intentions of, and the performance of thier government.

I will call this now if I may, to save the belabouring of the point at a later date. If this removal of protection goes ahead, I expect that there will be next to no resistance from great swathes of the population as it stands, and that all who do oppose and resist the inevitable programming attempts to follow, will be branded crazy and forced into hiding, exile, or prison by degrees. If this is allowed to happen then the USA as it is known, will cease to be. It will have no reputation left as a home of free people, a land to inspire bravery, and its national anthem will be replaced with the cold voice of mechanical tyranny , demanding obedience, repeating over and over :

RESISTANCE IS FUTILE, RESISTANCE IS FUTILE, RESISTANCE IS FUTILE.....ad infinitum.

I am going to go ultra-conservative and state: DISBAN the government ENTIRELY! Nevermind small. Too small is not good enough. Anarchy is better than treachery! THEN we can build from the ground up again a socialised system of governance "a government by the people and for the people".

In the meantime I think we should go after zionists, masons, pentagon, corporate leaders, etc. Make it open hunting season for those bastards. They have done more than enough damage with little(if any) consequences. If the government wants to legalise propaganda techniques, which is utterly unethical, then I see no reason for them to get away with it.

Lucifer and the tower of babel needs to fall down hard!

Drip drip drip drip drip before you know it the bathtub is full and you can't get out.
The soviet union is dead so the great power of the U.S decided to turn in on its self and create a new enemy to fight. The American public.

In America is plenty of people that are, stupid, gullible, naive and easily manipulated the government knows this and they want to take full advantage of it.

But what is the biggest payoff for the whores pushing the lifting of the ban is that they get to auction the propaganda to the pimps in the private sector that will benefit the most manipulating peoples mind.

It is all about selling the right to use the propaganda.

It will not be the government doing the deed, but the ones that will win the contracts.

I guess we here in ATS will still be the ones as usual know the true and exposing it but sadly we are tagged nothing but conspirators.

CIA has been doing this for years. Only difference is that now it's legal, not that that really makes any difference at all.

Well at least they are trying to be honest about it now...... I am not going to say this is the beginning of a fascist regime, however, it is interesting the steps being taken lately.

illegal or not, they still do it.

I can see an official government tv channel in the future. That or networks will have to give equal air time during the national news for the "Official News" It's just all coming together, isn't it? The next 4 years will see Orwell's 1984 in full swing.

Foot bullet? If this happens they basically give us, all of us, no reason at all to believe anything at all they say ever again. And they think that's going to help us be "ruled" by them?

Idiots.

Originally posted by silent thunder

All this comes just as the Pentagon is ramping up its information warfare capabilities, throwing unprecidented money and sophistication into efforts to sway public opinion.

And selling surveillance drones to local enforcement agencies. It really doesn't look too good.

Originally posted by silent thunder

Originally posted by Jagermeister
Now why would a Government with no ill intentions even need the use of propaganda? I think that's the question people need to be asking here. If the police dressed up in full riot gear, tsa sexually assaulting citizens, endless wars, or the poison in the water and food wasn't enough to get you thinking, surely openly brainwashing the public should make that little light bulb turn on?

One of the most truly shocking things about our march off the cliff has been how difficult that little lightbulb really is to turn on for so many - and still more shocking, how many argue passionately that everything is fine and couldn't be better -- even in places like ATS. I expect a few prime examples will be joining us right here in this thread before all that much longer.

Couldn't agree with you more. Most people are 'binkered.' But it gets worse. They defend the people and institutions that subjugate them. I am glad I am a leader and not a follower. Guess which camp the founders were in?

Originally posted by DAVID64
I can see an official government tv channel in the future. That or networks will have to give equal air time during the national news for the "Official News" It's just all coming together, isn't it? The next 4 years will see Orwell's 1984 in full swing.

Government dont need their own tv channel as long as they have media willing to bend over for them.

Second line.

Look at the comparison of the EU parliament building and the tower of babel:



Kind of similar? Coincidence?

I think european bankers(masonic chiefs) are running the show worldwide and they view each nation as a slave colony. BTW where there not 10 original members in the EU? Not sure about this..............

Tar and Feather!

The pusification of America is nearly complete.

I emailed my senators and congressman and now I am on a no fly list for expressing my displeasure about NDAA.

If you have any doubt that this is the most tyrannical regime the US have ever seen you had best wake up.

We live in a time that the Germans endured in 1933 and onward.

I would list the abuses that this Government have but its pointless. You either know them or you don't care.

A lot of people on this site wonder why this place is more about the news than some fairy tales, and this story is a good example of why its that way and why I'd hope for it to continue to be so. Reality is much more important. Sorry if it's not entertaining enough for you!

We're too broke to help the poor.
But we got plenty of money to create an entirely new agency and increase the size of government in order to convince them they're not.