"JOHN LENNON WAS A CONSERVATIVE" - DISINFORMATION

Disinformation comes in all forms and from a variety of sources. Lately, folks on the interweb seem to be getting a bit of kick out of the proclamation that John Lennon was a conservative. Yes, the man President Nixon and his cabal tried so mightily to deport, was actually a dyed in the wool Republican! But it is disinformation, which in this case also doubles as a synonym for outright lies.

Iconic photo of John Lennon by Bob Gruen.

Real god fearing Republicans, who still haven't forgave or never bothered to research Lennon's statement about The Beatles being bigger than Jesus Christ, were able to squeal merrily that Lennon was a closet conservative.

A LIST OF REAL MSM NEWS BLACKOUTS

As shown in a previous post, the Wall Street occupation news blackout is pure disinformation. Here are some MSM news blackouts that are real (and some of these point up that, yes indeed, the shadow government CAN keep a conspiracy secret).

WALL STREET PROTESTS "NEWS BLACKOUT" DISINFORMATION ON FACEBOOK

I am beginning to wonder if people and some of my friends on Facebook have lost the ability to conduct a simple google search. The current example comes in the form of: "Media Blackout of Wall Street Protests" and the like. It appears all one has to do after posting such a provocative headline is to link to sites like Al-Jazeera or any so-called left-wing blog or whatever and PRESTO, instant (and in this case needless) controversy about the evil MSM.

And this image comes to us from the decidedly MSM outlet CNBC.

TAKING A TURN TOWARD THE SURREAL

You know things have taken a turn toward the surreal when Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's annual speech before the United Nations General Assembly is beginning to make some sense. Oh, certainly he resolutely refuses to examine his own country with such a microscope and continues his obvious anti-Semitism, but that's what makes it surreal. I mean that's the way it is: he speaks of some truth but is vilified because, well, the United States describes him as a "madman".

Photo by Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images

And the "madman" undermines legitimate research by co-opting ideas from others (I'm talking to you, too, Ron & Rand Paul) for his own country's agenda. In religious tone, his speech is not all that different from many given by George W. Bush or his recent heir apparent, Rick Perry. Yet, when viewing certain world affairs, his assertions defy the rhetorical questions.

WHY I WON'T VOTE FOR BARACK OBAMA AGAIN

When I voted for Barack Obama in 2008, he was probably one of least corrupt politicians to come down the pike in awhile. Sure, there was that real estate problem[1] and the way he got himself first elected was more clever than corrupt[2]. But, in the scheme of things, those transgressions paled in comparison to the actions of George Bush II, Bill Clinton, George Bush I and Ronald Reagan.

In Short, A Stark Raving Theatre Brief

Written by Rod Harrel

©1998, 2004 by Rod Harrel, all rights reserved

all photos by Tammy Harrel-Fraley

           Portland, Oregon in the late 1980’s saw the Establishment concerned about the “leftists”. There were groups in the city which had ties ranging all the way from the “evil” Sandanistas in Nicaragua to the “evil” Democrats in Washington, D.C. Whenever Republican leaders like ex-CIA Director, Vice-President and eventually President George Bush or his stalwart Vice-President Dan Quayle came to town, protests naturally greeted their visits. Sometimes these protests were peaceful and sometimes they were not. The Reagan/Bush cabal referred to the city as “Little Beirut”. It kinda gave Portland a reputation.

SHUT UP YOU JEW-HATING LEFT-WING COMMIE PINKO BASTARD!

To believe anything but the official government/media version of 9/11 is to invite comparisons to the scum of the earth. It makes you a conspiracy theorist, it puts you on the same level as people who deny the Holocaust they say; which is about as scummy as it gets.

With the officially announced killing of Osama bin Laden on May 1st, 2011, the government laid 9/11 right at our feet just in time for the tenth anniversary. The government/media version of 9/11 parades before us the same falsehoods, implausibilities and denials. Very few will be allowed access to media to counter the official version and those that are will be equated with anarchists or Holocaust deniers.

If you are still reading this, you may be wondering what I think. Holographic planes? Mini-Nuke bombs? Missiles? Phony jumpers? Phony planes? Phony terrorists? No. Those and many other disinformations distract from the real two questions about 9/11. Yes, two questions, just two.

Trillions of dollars were spent safeguarding this countries' airspace from planes and missiles since 1945. The AP reported that NORAD jet fighters had "...67 scrambles from September 2000 to June 2001..." and yet on September 11th the United States failed to intercept 4 hijacked airliners. All the years of training, all the money that was spent and there was a complete and utter failure of the system to such an extent that the Pentagon itself was struck over one hour after the attack began.

How is that possible?

Second, watch this clip from the BBC. They report that WTC building #7 (aka the Solomon Brothers building) has collapsed, yet right over the reporters' left shoulder there is building #7 STILL STANDING. They report a collapse of a building that won't collapse for approximately 25 minutes.


How is that possible?

SHOOTING ON A SHOESTRING BUDGET - PART 3

WARNING: bad language ahead!

I love film making!!!

First, I should point out that I learned my film editing chops with film. It was one of my favorite parts of the process being tactile and real and non-linear. Then, along came video with its original linear or it's the highway attitude. And then, digital, sorta like film, sorta like video. And it is non-linear. However, digital comes with a large caveat: the computer. It's not like film, which you can actually hang your "clips" on the wall.

THE 9/11 DRINKING GAME!!!

I was ruminating about doing a rewrite of an earlier blog post when I thought, what the heck, I'll just do a new video and post it on my blog.

Here's a warning: strong language therein!
ENJOY!