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Tinman57:
Whoever controls the information is the ones in control. Information is one of the most powerful tools. If your only allowed to know what the government wants you to know, your in the dark, whether you know it or not.
The very first thing we did when we went into Iraq was to blow up all communications, including the AT&T building. Cut off the information, cut off the head of the snake, no one knows what's going on or what to do.
This is exactly why I don't believe half the crap that I see on tv, hear on the news or read in the history books. History was written by the winners, they're only going to tell you the good (or bad) that they want you to know, or mix in some truth with the lies to baffle you.
Renegade:
Whoever controls the information is the ones in control. Information is one of the most powerful tools. If your only allowed to know what the government wants you to know, your in the dark, whether you know it or not.
The very first thing we did when we went into Iraq was to blow up all communications, including the AT&T building. Cut off the information, cut off the head of the snake, no one knows what's going on or what to do.
This is exactly why I don't believe half the crap that I see on tv, hear on the news or read in the history books. History was written by the winners, they're only going to tell you the good (or bad) that they want you to know, or mix in some truth with the lies to baffle you.
-Tinman57 (October 05, 2012, 08:47 PM)
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'There is a Party slogan dealing with the control of the past,' he said.
'Repeat it, if you please.'
'"Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present
controls the past,"' repeated Winston obediently.
'"Who controls the present controls the past,"' said O'Brien, nodding his
head with slow approval. 'Is it your opinion, Winston, that the past has
real existence?'
Again the feeling of helplessness descended upon Winston. His eyes flitted
towards the dial. He not only did not know whether 'yes' or 'no' was the
answer that would save him from pain; he did not even know which answer he
believed to be the true one.
O'Brien smiled faintly. 'You are no metaphysician, Winston,' he said.
'Until this moment you had never considered what is meant by existence. I
will put it more precisely. Does the past exist concretely, in space? Is
there somewhere or other a place, a world of solid objects, where the past
is still happening?'
'No.'
'Then where does the past exist, if at all?'
'In records. It is written down.'
'In records. And----?'
'In the mind. In human memories.'
'In memory. Very well, then. We, the Party, control all records, and we
control all memories. Then we control the past, do we not?'
'But how can you stop people remembering things?' cried Winston again
momentarily forgetting the dial. 'It is involuntary. It is outside oneself.
How can you control memory? You have not controlled mine!'
O'Brien's manner grew stern again. He laid his hand on the dial.-Was supposed to be a book... Turned out it was a manual...
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IainB:
This seems seriously screwed-up, if true:
You've Been Owned: Tell Obama To Stop Siding With Copyright Trolls
(Copied below sans embedded hyperlinks.)
We need your help: Once again, the film studios and record companies that tried to censor the Internet are up to no good. The same business lobbyists who backed SOPA are trying to stop you from reselling most of the things that you own -- and President Obama has taken their side.
Arguments before the Supreme Court take place later this month: Please add your name at right to tell Obama to stand with consumers and Internet users.
A few months ago Demand Progress -- joined by over 100,000 Internet users and a coalition of public interest groups -- asked President Obama to take action and protect consumers' rights to resell their own things. The Supreme Court is currently hearing a case (Kirstaeng v. Wiley) that will decide whether you have the right to sell your iPod, books, and other goods on eBay and Craigslist -- or even at your own yard sale.
But the entertainment industry lobbyists at the MPAA and RIAA have filed a brief in the Supreme Court mocking consumers' concerns -- just like they did during the SOPA Fight. These special interests admit that they want the Supreme Court to decide against the interests of ordinary Americans and protect the music and film industries' "ability to control entry into distinct markets."
You heard that right -- Hollywood thinks that controlling their CD and DVD markets is more important than consumer rights.
Amazingly, the Obama administration agrees and has rejected the pleas of thousands of ordinary consumers: The White House's solicitor general filed a legal brief rejecting our arguments and allowing big businesses to sue people for reselling their things online.
Just sign on at right to email President Obama and your lawmakers.
The Supreme Court will hear this case in a couple of weeks, so please get your friends involved right away:
If you're already on Facebook, click here to share with your friends.
If you're already on Twitter, click here to tweet about the campaign:
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Renegade:
This seems seriously screwed-up, if true:
You've Been Owned: Tell Obama To Stop Siding With Copyright Trolls
-IainB (October 06, 2012, 04:38 AM)
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Just another in a long list of things that show that governments do not represent the people - they represent corporations. It's just what corporatists/fascists/socialists do - trample freedom "for the greater good". No big surprises there. Unfortunately.
Well, that is unless you believe that "Corporations are people, my friend."
Cued:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2h8ujX6T0A&feature=player_detailpage#t=14s
Speaking of... ;)
:P
Makes it hard to tell the difference between Obomney and Robama. :P
TaoPhoenix:
Makes it hard to tell the difference between Obomney and Robama. :P
-Renegade (October 06, 2012, 04:56 AM)
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One is an Obamination and the other sounds like something from Japanese Animation?
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