Do you know your own conspirator, US citizen? (the passion, America)

[greatcalgarian]

GeneCosta posted "The Rise of Neo Cons and Radical Islamists" in a thread that has received no response. That is an excellent link to the BBC documentary, and I found the following particularly stimulating. If you have no time to watch all the others, you should watch at least this one, talking about the rise of the neo con in the 1980s Ronald Reagan era:
The Power of Nightmares Episode 1 Part 6
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBMbtHXQQm8

You will be shocked to find out how your own government can create evidence to justify their own mission. Pretty scary to me.

[Booko]

No -- all Americans are completely ignorant of the doings of their gov't domestically and in the rest of the world. None of us read newspapers, magazines, watch the news, or look at news sites online. We don't enter into discussions about politics, ever. We spend our time eating bon bons so we'll all be equally fat, and watching a combination of football, Dancing With The Stars and American Idol. That is, when we're not out speeding on the highways in our Hummers and shooting our guns.

[greatcalgarian]

Originally Posted by Booko

No -- all Americans are completely ignorant of the doings of their gov't domestically and in the rest of the world. None of us read newspapers, magazines, watch the news, or look at news sites online. We don't enter into discussions about politics, ever. We spend our time eating bon bons so we'll all be equally fat, and watching a combination of football, Dancing With The Stars and American Idol. That is, when we're not out speeding on the highways in our Hummers and shooting our guns.

What an honest American you are.

[Majikthise]

Do you know your own conspirator,US citizen?

Nice of you to introduce yourself.

[greatcalgarian]

Originally Posted by Majikthise

Do you know your own conspirator,US citizen?

Nice of you to introduce yourself.

You mean the little puppy you hold in your hand is the conspirator?

[Booko]

Originally Posted by greatcalgarian

You mean the little puppy you hold in your hand is the conspirator?

Yes. It's a conspiracy to bite the postman.

[greatcalgarian]

Poor Americans, in a country claimed to have freedom of everything, this BBC documentary is banned in USA.

The Power of Nightmares was first broadcast on BBC Two in three, one hour-long parts on consecutive Wednesday evenings in the autumn of 2004. The series was rebroadcast in late January 2005 on three consecutive nights, with the final part updated to reflect the Law Lords ruling from the previous December that detaining foreign terrorist suspects without trial is illegal.
Although the series has not been shown on U.S. television, its three episodes were shown in succession on 26 February 2005 as part of the True/False Film Festival in Columbia, Missouri, USA. After the film, Curtis made a public appearance and led a discussion in which he expressed pessimism about an eventual American TV airing or DVD release. It has, however, played in some small independent theaters.
Curtis has also stated: "Something extraordinary has happened to American TV since September 11. A head of the leading networks who had better remain nameless said to me that there was no way they could show it. He said, 'Who are you to say this?' and then he added, 'We would get slaughtered if we put this out.' When I was in New York I took a DVD to the head of documentaries at HBO. I still haven't heard from him."
An edited two and a half hour version was screened at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2005, with Pathé buying up distribution rights to exhibit this version in cinemas worldwide.
The Power of Nightmares was aired in Canada in April 2005 by CBC Newsworld.
On 16 July 2006 and 17 July 2006, the full three episodes of The Power of Nightmares aired again in Canada on the CBC Newsworld series, The Passionate Eye.
In Australia, the programme was to be screened on SBS commencing 12 July 2005 [1], however this screening of the series was cancelled. An e-mail response enquiring as to this cancellation was worded "SBS Management made the decision that in light of the recent London bombings it would not be appropriate to screen the series at this time." SBS rescheduled the series and it was screened over three nights commencing 6 December 2005 [2].

Source: Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Nightmares

[Majikthise]

Originally Posted by greatcalgarian

You mean the little puppy you hold in your hand is the conspirator?

Yes. He'll lick anybodies boots if you promise him treats.

[Majikthise]

Originally Posted by greatcalgarian

Poor Americans, in a country claimed to have freedom of everything, this BBC documentary is banned in USA.


Source: Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Nightmares

These media guys sell stuff. Banned is not the same as not relevent or just plain sucks.

[Booko]

Originally Posted by greatcalgarian

Poor Americans, in a country claimed to have freedom of everything, this BBC documentary is banned in USA.

Horse hockey. Just because no one feels like running a documentary doesn't mean it's "banned."

Or maybe you can find the gov't statement/regulation/law that banned it.