The conservatives and their clones are amazing. They were amazing when they were in power from 2000 to 2008 and now they amaze even more with their ability to lie and to deceive.
Just look at the amazing distortion of the BP Gulf of Mexico disaster. From 2000 to 2008 de-regulation was the unofficial policy of the U.S. Government. This disaster ranged from the financial markets to oil production and drilling.
"Drill Baby Drill" was a campaign slogan of Sarah Palin and John McCain. There are dozens of examples of big oil literally buying government regulators, just like Wall Street bought the S.E.C.
Then, in 2008 the wheels fell off the wagon. The inevitable distortion of competition wrecked millions of American's savings and made thousands homeless.
And in the Gulf, the inevitable occurred. A gusher of oil has soiled the ocean and the mess is just beginning. There is not a shadow of a doubt that the lack of regulation led to this disaster.
Meanwhile, the "cons" are trying every excuse from "It's an Act of God" to "It's the environmentalists fault" to cover their tracks.
And, just as a side note, the past six months as recently reported by NASA probably will be the warmest in human world history.
Of course, the cons are incredulous, pointing to the cold American winter and the recent mild spring in California.
The danger of this propaganda is that is so distorts reality that people actually believe it.
Historical examples of these kind of mass hallucinations are frightening. The most famous example was Hitler's (I don't mean to sound like Joe Beck) successful brainwashing during WWII that led an entire country to suicide. Germans swore they did not know of the Holocaust. At the end of the war, boys willingly ran into machine guns to protect the homeland, far after most countries would have surrendered. It took Hitler's suicide to finally end the madness.
Japan likewise followed the same tragic delusional course. When G.I.s invaded Okinawa they were faced with a civilian population that had been so deceived that many committed suicide rather than surrender. This led to the use of the Atomic Bomb to shock Japan's leadership out of their delusions. Only the threat of total destruction led the Emperor to finally stop the madness.
Mass delusions are an historical fact.
In America's west, we saw "Manifest Destiny" used to justify genocide of Native Americans. This included clubbing babies to death and starving women and children. Christian Americans took part in atrocities all in the name of spreading democracy from sea to shining sea. In retrospect the mass murder is reprehensible and an national shame. The Japanese used these atrocities to delude their people into so distrusting Americans that it took an Atomic Bomb to shock them into surrender.
Ironically, the growth of the "Indian Gaming Industry" has produced enormous wealth for some of the survivors of America's Holocaust, but only a fraction of a once robust population survive.
You can distort, you can lie, you can deceive, but history always seems to come back to haunt you!
The SAME mind-set that led America to exterminate Native Americans is at work today in conservatives denial of Global Warming and in their stubborn lies about dirty oil.
A myth must be maintained no matter what. The ends justify the means. Drill Baby Drill. Go Nuclear. It's the environmentalists fault. Oil shale is endless energy and is cheap. There is clean coal energy generation today. Liberals are using Global Warming for cheap political advantage. The planet might be warming but naturally, not by humans. B.P. is for green energy. Trust us!
You get the drift. Denials, lies and propaganda are being funded by big oil and corporations to cover their polluting and corruption tracks.
The cons have a vested interest in fooling us all so they can be returned to power. President Obama used a perfect analogy. "It like giving the keys back to the guy who drove you into the ditch".
In California Proposition 16 is being aggressively pushed by PG&E in about as blatant a self-interest campaign as we have seen. (That is saying quite a bit in California).
The line is that PG&E is trying to save taxpayers money that cities are throwing away on cheaper energy options for customers. Incredibly this tact is gaining traction and the proposition might pass! The truth is PG&E will keep their monopoly on their markets and a 2/3 vote requirement will make it virtually impossible to free people from higher energy bills.
And, sadly, municipal energy companies have proven to be much more ready to develop clean energy production, while PG& E is using oil, coal and natural gas; all dirty petroleum based. It is after all, Pacific Gas and Electric!
In short, PG&E propaganda is deluding Californians into voting exactly against their self interest and the environment.
Sound familiar? This is the same thing B.P. and Big Oil was able to do from 2000-2008, deceive the general population and America's leadership into a "trust us" mentality, fueled by millions in campaign contributions or outright bribes.
America Wake Up! Stop trusting corporations and big oil. Stop trusting conservatives who yell for smaller government and less regulation with the promise of economic growth.
Where is it? From 2000 to 2008 we saw the most massive de-regulation and tax cuts in years and what was the result?
The result was a grinding recession/depression, a oil slick in the Gulf killing wildlife and destroying the economy, and global warming that will ultimately kill millions and may end our way of life.
Wake up America!!!!
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