Propaganda Czar

DdC · 05-23-2003, 09:26 PM

"The world fears Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld, not Saddam Hussein."

" There's the news and then there's the truth."

"The media are a pitiful lot. They don't give us any history, they don't give us any analysis, they don't tell us anything. They don't raise the most basic questions: Who has the most weapons of mass destruction in the world by far? Who has used weapons of mass destruction more than any other nation? Who has killed more people in this world with weapons of mass destruction than any other nation? The answer: the United States."
Howard Zinn

"Perhaps, you have a responsibility to be informed, to know for yourself. To know the truth. And then, perhaps you must decide with your own conscience and your personal energy and your resources what you should do."
Isabel Allende, author

"Americans are the best entertained and the least informed people in the world."
Neil Postman

"As long as an economic system provides an acceptable degree of security, growing material wealth and opportunity for further increase for the next generation, the average American does not ask who is running things or what goals are being pursued."
Daniel R. Fusfeld, Friendly Fascism

"The most esteemed journalists are precisely the most servile. For it is by making themselves useful to the powerful that they gain access to the 'best' sources."
Walter Karp, Harpers magazine

"I have the greatest admiration for your propaganda. Propaganda in the West is carried out by experts who have had the best training in the world -- in the field of advertizing -- and have mastered the techniques with exceptional proficiency ... Yours are subtle and persuasive; ours are crude and obvious ... I think that the fundamental difference between our worlds, with respect to propaganda, is quite simple. You tend to believe yours ... and we tend to disbelieve ours."
Soviet correspondent based five years in the U.S.

Propaganda Czar

John P. Walters is a man on a mission to save Americans from themselves. The director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy told Congress he's battling widespread "ignorance" about the dangers of marijuana, and about the true motives of those who would permit its use for medicinal purposes.

Legalization of the drug is their goal, he contends, which Mr. Walters equates with "giving up" on the problem of drug abuse.

Ignorant hicks we may be, but we know enough to be alarmed about zealots from Washington using our tax dollars to promote ideological crusades.

The Bush administration's drug czar is seeking the power to cut off federal drug enforcement money to local police in states where marijuana has been decriminalized for medical use.

As of yesterday, that could include Maryland, where Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. signed into law a bill that sharply reduces the penalty for marijuana possession when the defendant is seeking relief from symptoms of cancer, AIDS and other devastating illnesses.

Mr. Walters, who waged a fierce last-minute lobbying effort against the Maryland measure, also wants the authority to run advertising campaigns against similar legislation in other states.

This is frightening stuff from a career bureaucratic drug warrior who is not a doctor yet claimed the Maryland legislature had been "conned" into aggravating the state's addiction problems by a "cynical, cruel and immoral effort to use the sick and suffering" to legalize marijuana.

The federal government has no business using tax dollars to help wage such lobbying campaigns, or to punish states that don't fall into line.

Mr. Walters' obsession with marijuana is also wrong-headed, says Del. Dan K. Morhaim, a sponsor of the Maryland legislation and an emergency room physician who has seen the drug wars from the front lines. Cocaine, heroin, alcohol, tobacco - those are drugs that send people into the emergency room every day, he said.

Marijuana, almost never. But pot does offer comfort, he said, when comfort is all that doctors can provide.

Mr. Ehrlich, to his credit, gets it. He shrugged off pressure from the White House and signed the bill.

Members of the House Government Reform Committee get it, too. Objections to Mr. Walters' proposals by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings and other Democrats may well put a stop to these misbegotten ideas.

Eight other states have medical marijuana laws, and more are pending. Most Americans know that the danger of drugs lies elsewhere. Mr. Walters is wasting his firepower on the wrong target.

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Source: Baltimore Sun (MD)
Published: May 23, 2003
Contact: letters@baltsun.com
Website: <a href="http://www.sunspot.net" target="_blank">http ://www.sunspot.net</A>

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"The loud little handful will shout for war. The pulpit will warily and cautiously protest at first.... The great mass of the nation will rub its sleepy eyes, and will try to make out why there should be a war, and they will say earnestly and indignantly: "It is unjust and dishonorable and there is no need for war."

Then the few will shout even louder.... Before long you will see a curious thing: anti-war speakers will be stoned from the platform, and free speech will be strangled by hordes of furious men who still agree with the speakers but dare not admit it...

Next, the statesmen will invent cheap lies...and each man will be glad of these lies and will study them because they soothe his conscience; and thus he will bye and bye convince himself that the war is just and he will thank God for a better sleep he enjoys by his self-deception."

Mark Twain -- observing how wars that are at first seen as unnecessary by the mass of the people become converted into "just" wars

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patriot · 05-24-2003, 08:25 PM

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05-23-2003, 09:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
DdC Decade Yahookan Join Date: Feb 1999 Location: Santa Cruz,CA,USA Posts: 2,117 Blog Entries: 5 Thanks: 51 Thanked 607 Times in 399 Posts	Propaganda Czar "The world fears Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld, not Saddam Hussein." " There's the news and then there's the truth." "The media are a pitiful lot. They don't give us any history, they don't give us any analysis, they don't tell us anything. They don't raise the most basic questions: Who has the most weapons of mass destruction in the world by far? Who has used weapons of mass destruction more than any other nation? Who has killed more people in this world with weapons of mass destruction than any other nation? The answer: the United States." Howard Zinn "Perhaps, you have a responsibility to be informed, to know for yourself. To know the truth. And then, perhaps you must decide with your own conscience and your personal energy and your resources what you should do." Isabel Allende, author "Americans are the best entertained and the least informed people in the world." Neil Postman "As long as an economic system provides an acceptable degree of security, growing material wealth and opportunity for further increase for the next generation, the average American does not ask who is running things or what goals are being pursued." Daniel R. Fusfeld, Friendly Fascism "The most esteemed journalists are precisely the most servile. For it is by making themselves useful to the powerful that they gain access to the 'best' sources." Walter Karp, Harpers magazine "I have the greatest admiration for your propaganda. Propaganda in the West is carried out by experts who have had the best training in the world -- in the field of advertizing -- and have mastered the techniques with exceptional proficiency ... Yours are subtle and persuasive; ours are crude and obvious ... I think that the fundamental difference between our worlds, with respect to propaganda, is quite simple. You tend to believe yours ... and we tend to disbelieve ours." Soviet correspondent based five years in the U.S. Propaganda Czar John P. Walters is a man on a mission to save Americans from themselves. The director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy told Congress he's battling widespread "ignorance" about the dangers of marijuana, and about the true motives of those who would permit its use for medicinal purposes. Legalization of the drug is their goal, he contends, which Mr. Walters equates with "giving up" on the problem of drug abuse. Ignorant hicks we may be, but we know enough to be alarmed about zealots from Washington using our tax dollars to promote ideological crusades. The Bush administration's drug czar is seeking the power to cut off federal drug enforcement money to local police in states where marijuana has been decriminalized for medical use. As of yesterday, that could include Maryland, where Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. signed into law a bill that sharply reduces the penalty for marijuana possession when the defendant is seeking relief from symptoms of cancer, AIDS and other devastating illnesses. Mr. Walters, who waged a fierce last-minute lobbying effort against the Maryland measure, also wants the authority to run advertising campaigns against similar legislation in other states. This is frightening stuff from a career bureaucratic drug warrior who is not a doctor yet claimed the Maryland legislature had been "conned" into aggravating the state's addiction problems by a "cynical, cruel and immoral effort to use the sick and suffering" to legalize marijuana. The federal government has no business using tax dollars to help wage such lobbying campaigns, or to punish states that don't fall into line. Mr. Walters' obsession with marijuana is also wrong-headed, says Del. Dan K. Morhaim, a sponsor of the Maryland legislation and an emergency room physician who has seen the drug wars from the front lines. Cocaine, heroin, alcohol, tobacco - those are drugs that send people into the emergency room every day, he said. Marijuana, almost never. But pot does offer comfort, he said, when comfort is all that doctors can provide. Mr. Ehrlich, to his credit, gets it. He shrugged off pressure from the White House and signed the bill. Members of the House Government Reform Committee get it, too. Objections to Mr. Walters' proposals by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings and other Democrats may well put a stop to these misbegotten ideas. Eight other states have medical marijuana laws, and more are pending. Most Americans know that the danger of drugs lies elsewhere. Mr. Walters is wasting his firepower on the wrong target. <a href="http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread16365.shtml" target="_blank">Prop aganda Czar</a> Source: Baltimore Sun (MD) Published: May 23, 2003 Contact: letters@baltsun.com Website: <a href="http://www.sunspot.net" target="_blank">http ://www.sunspot.net</A> <a href="http://freedomtoexhale.com/medical.htm" target="_blank">Medi cal Marijuana Information Links</a> <a href="http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread16368.shtml" target="_blank">Bust ed</a> <a href="http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16363.shtml" target="_blank">Ehrl ich Signs Marijuana Law</a> <a href="http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread16362.shtml" target="_blank">Atti tudes Ease Toward Medical Marijuana</a> <a href="http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15893.shtml" target="_blank">Stan ding Up To Bullies</a> <a href="http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread15791.shtml" target="_blank">Drug Czar Calls Marijuana Bill Immoral</a> <a href="http://www.thirdworldtravel er.com/War_Peace/War_Peace.html" target="_blank">War and Peace</a> "The loud little handful will shout for war. The pulpit will warily and cautiously protest at first.... The great mass of the nation will rub its sleepy eyes, and will try to make out why there should be a war, and they will say earnestly and indignantly: "It is unjust and dishonorable and there is no need for war." Then the few will shout even louder.... Before long you will see a curious thing: anti-war speakers will be stoned from the platform, and free speech will be strangled by hordes of furious men who still agree with the speakers but dare not admit it... Next, the statesmen will invent cheap lies...and each man will be glad of these lies and will study them because they soothe his conscience; and thus he will bye and bye convince himself that the war is just and he will thank God for a better sleep he enjoys by his self-deception." Mark Twain -- observing how wars that are at first seen as unnecessary by the mass of the people become converted into "just" wars <a href="http://www.thirdworldtravel er.com" target="_blank">THIR D WORLD TRAVELER</a> Puts up magazine articles and book excerpts that offer an alternative view to the corporate media about the state of democracy in America, and about the impact of the policies of the United States' government, transnational corporations, international trade and financial institutions, and the corporate media, on war and peace, democracy, civil liberties, free speech, human rights, and social and economic justice, in the Third World, and in the United States. Visitors are encouraged to buy the books and subscribe to the magazines that appear on this website, to ask their libraries to put them on their shelves and their bookstores to stock them, and to tell others about the wealth of information that they provide. For, without public awareness of and support for independent progressive authors, publications and publishers, this much-needed information may not continue to be available. THIRD WORLD TRAVELER also provides information and links to aid international travelers. 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05-24-2003, 08:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
patriot Liar,Cheat,and Fraud Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: United States of Saudi Arabiaa Posts: 1,679 Thanks: 34 Thanked 154 Times in 103 Posts	Heil Dubya!!!!!! Zeig heil!!!! Zeig heil!!!! Zeig heil!!!! Heil to the Fourth Reich!!!!! Heil Dubya!!!!!! __________________ A true patriot is always ready to stand up against his own government. We can't be using plants that come from the Lord for beneficial purposes. Now hurry up, or we'll be late for church. The bigger the lie, the more people will believe it.-Adolf Hitler Legalizing marijuana won't grow our economy-Barack Hussein Obama 2009

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