Department of Inconvenient Truths
Indicium Parilis Facultas ne Necessarius Veritas

Common Sense, as we knew it, is no more. It’s gone. The vast majority of reasonable people in this World have given into the spin that’s inundating our societies. Nothing is truthful any more. No matter what is talked about, written about or videoed in real-time, caught on film with witnesses to the effect thereof, nothing is truthful. Everything has an angle and someone out there can spin it out of control and outside the realm of reality. Something someone says on video tape, with witnesses to the effect is spun in each direction possible by a plethora of detractors and supporters from every corner of the societies involved. Someone can go on stage and simply state “The car was red.” From that point forward, the truth becomes a matter of media corruption. And, it’s not just the media that’s involved in this type of whoring of data. It’s the common every day folk. One person reads a slant to an event on Facebook that someone else has posted from a fringe website and everything completely balloons out of proportion from that point forward.

Let’s take the case of the Dept. of Agriculture rep Shirley Sherrod and how the video of her was spun in both directions because the originating poster, BigGovernment.com (Breitbart) cropped the video (please don’t say ‘edited’ as that implies, at least to me, some form of falsification, whereby cropping may leave parts out contextually, editing could involve injecting sounds, video, etc.) and supposedly, the video was taken out of context. The Whitehouse almost immediately condemned her words, the NAACP later did the same and finally, when the full context of the video was released, BigGovernment.com did an about-face and condemned the Whitehouse and NAACP for their original condemnation. This story is a multi-level example of how things can be twisted and I for one thought when the video was originally released and in the first hour, that’s exactly what Breitbart wanted to do/show. I further think, that was the ultimate goal without actually getting someone fired, although, a mid-level functionary such as Ms. Sherrod could be used a cannon fodder to prove a point. In the end, I believe she did get her job offered back to her (not looking it up, it’s not important for the process of this post).

There are so many detractors for different events these days, unless you are standing there (and sometimes then, they can spin the crap out of things after-the-fact and make you think that what you saw wasn’t really what you saw), that NOTHING is as it seems. The entire world has turned into “Wag the Dog” with a dose of David Copperfield, David Blane and Chris Angel for good measure. I can guarantee you, any major news story, when read from only one source, can sway your judgement to the point that you are from that point forward, if you don’t immediately seek input from other sources, determined “that’s the way it happened alright.” Again, it’s just not the media, it’s individuals as well. Eye witnesses, setting on chairs, 10 ft. from the event, will give you many different versions of what-happened. They cannot simply give you a chronological list of events as they occur during the activity. They’ll inject their views and opinions into their retelling of the event, making it damn near impossible, unless they’re on the witness stand, under-oath and otherwise being hammered by a top-notch prosecutor, to get the truth, the whole-truth and nothing but the truth, so help them God. They’ll give you an account of what happened alright, but it’s what happened in *their minds* and how the person was affected as a youth by being beaten by his father and how the person had spent time in a Turkish Prison which caused him to like getting it up the arse by a flea infested camel, that’s what happened. Yea.

It’s time people come to realize, the truth matters. It’s not about what-all you can get out of someone with little to no effort. It’s about how much integrity you have and how well you treat your fellow man. The time for “salesperson” mentalities are over. It’s time to quit judging and start witnessing the truth. To witness doesn’t just involved seeing or hearing something happen, it’s about relaying that information to someone else. “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.” Don’t lie! Tell the truth! Stand up for what’s right and just, not for what’s popular at that particular time. Don’t inject opinion where an opinion isn’t warranted. Tell it exactly like it happened. Pass information on to others as if your life depends on the truth to be told. For Pete’s sake, stand for what’s right and not for what you can get right now!

/CF

I was just reading this article: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/12/08/wikileaks.students/index.html?eref=rss_topstories

Within that article, a professor states the following:

“The security clearance asks whether or not you’re a risk when it comes to sensitive material. This could be one indicator that, when taken together with others, creates a broader pattern that might suggest you’re not a person to be hired,” said Pepperdine University law professor Gregory McNeal, who specializes in national security law.

They may very well take into account your opinion, as a job candidate, whether or not you think WikiLeaks is a good thing or bad thing for the country,” he said. “It’s a small issue, but one to approach with caution if I were a student seeking a job in the national security field.”

E-mails went out last week to students at several schools, including Boston University’s School of Law, Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, cautioning students against commenting on or posting links to the documents on social media sites such as Facebook or Twitter.

Do you realize what that professor just said? Read between the lines. “Don’t admit that you’ve read these documents or you may not be able to get a security clearance.”

I’ve held that security clearance he’s speaking of. Let me tell you something, if you withhold the information and THEY find out about it, it’s a helluvalot worse than if you’re upfront about it to begin with.

Worse so than that, this professor is telling students not to admit they’ve read the wikileaks documents. They’re also saying that the information contained therein is still classified material of the U.S. Federal Government. Are they telling students these things to get them to falsify their security clearance applications in order to more easily gain their security clearances? Why? Just to get a job? I think not.

It’s worrisome to me that a professor would first, not be aware of what they’re advising students to do or not to do. Secondly, it’s worrisome that they’re probably not just doing this for the sake of the students, but for some other nefarious reason. It’s also worrisome that people are going to point the finger at me and say I am a conspiracy nut, when in fact, we have proof positive (wikileaks docs) that there are sleepers inside the government and military willing to leak classified documents for their cause.

Where has the honesty, integrity and consideration gone in this country?

Why, as people of authority, are professors leading students down the road to a felonious charge by law enforcement? Lying on a security clearance application is a crime. And they’re doing this in a public forum. A friggin CNN interview! My God!

Amazing…..

/CF

More than 1000 dissenting scientists (updates previous 700 scientist report) from around the globe have now challenged man-made global warming claims made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and former Vice President Al Gore. This new 2010 320–page Climate Depot Special Report — updated from 2007′s groundbreaking U.S. Senate Report of over 400 scientists who voiced skepticism about the so-called global warming “consensus” — features the skeptical voices of over 1000 international scientists, including many current and former UN IPCC scientists, who have now turned against the UN IPCC. This updated 2010 report includes a dramatic increase of over 300 additional (and growing) scientists and climate researchers since the last update in March 2009. This report’s release coincides with the 2010 UN global warming summit being held in Cancun.

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After 4 years of a democratically (read: left wing) controlled congress, the U.S. citizenry has spoken at the polls. No more overwhelming odds face our representatives in the House. Pelosi is soon to be history. Finally, one can look at the television screen without seeing that arrogant bitch spouting off her liberal diatribe.

While I am not completely satisfied, as we didn’t win back the Senate, this will be a HUGE help to all of us worried that the leftists bastards were driving this once Great Nation into doom and gloom. While some of you will look at this post as yet another conservative slanted post of mine, you would be incorrect. Those of you with liberal leanings tend to believe that anything that’s not “with you” is conservative are factually incorrect on many levels.

Why do so many Americans align themselves with the platform of the Tea Party? It’s because, most of us feel the same way the multitude of other Tea Partiers feel: We need to get back to the Constitution and retake America for America’s sake!

As Fire Chief, I was recently given an online form to fill out for Fire 20/20. It’s some type of ACORN-esque non-profit feel-good organization bent on aligning government agencies (fire departments) with multiculturalism in America. They wanted to know what we, the fire service, need in my particular area, to make it easier to serve “high risk” citizens. They want to know what language barriers we have and such.

I let them know, that the “african american” culture in our area was the same as the “white american” culture (we don’t have limits to classes around here, we’re all “Americans” and no one is considered sub-standard, if you don’t count the drug heads, which are mostly, if not 99.9% white) are all on an even keel. As for “foreign language speaking” members of our communities, I simply told Fire 20/20, teach the foreigners how to speak english, as that would be less problematic and less expensive than teaching first-responders how to speak a bunch of different languages or having interpreters available. In other words: Learn to speak english or GET THE FUCK OUT of my country.

I have much higher hopes for America now that the election is past. If the dems had maintained control of both houses of Congress, it’s hard to say where this country would head. Pre-election congress was doing everything in it’s power against the American citizen while masquerading as “for the people”. You cannot “tax and spend” your way out of a recession or depression. It’s impossible to increase the financial well-being of society by taxing the citizens. 100% IMPOSSIBLE. The government should never be there to stimulate the economy. The economy should always be controlled first by the demand of the citizens and secondly, by the supply of the providers. Anything else is snake-oil.

America has spoken. The majority rules.

In the last election (’08), I feel that many Americans were led down that dark and gloomy road by government snake-oil salesman. Never underestimate the intelligence of the average American. They’ll see through the sales tactics by the pseudo-leaders and figure out that the snake-oil tastes just like water, bland and sterile.

/CF

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How the fuck can we take the “leader of the free world” seriously when he dresses like the kid that always got beat up in high school?

Holy shit! He looks like Erkle’s mentor for Pete’s Sake!

O'Failure!

Obama, leader of the free world? I don’t think so.

These are pictures from the activities of Barrack Hussein Obama and Vladimir Putin, over the course of the summer 2010. Obama, whilst biking and looking like  a reject from a Bill Gates biographical piece fails. Whilst Vladimir Putin dons a very masculine seafarers jacket and wool watch cap and goes whale hunting – well, actually, he’s shooting whales with darts for a tracking/research project, but he’s in a rubber boat, doing something manyly.

Look at me, I am Obama, I am the messiah.

Now look back at Putin, he’s a man’s man. A real hunter and provider.

Now look back at me.

Look at him.

It’s not like we didn’t see this coming. I didn’t bury my head in the sand or allow his air of confidence to con me into thinking this guy was for real. I knew going into this sham that he’s a failure. Now the world is seeing it.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100050412/the-stunning-decline-of-barack-obama-10-key-reasons-why-the-obama-presidency-is-in-meltdown/

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/542171/201007301830/Will-Washingtons-Failures-Lead-To-Second-American-Revolution-.aspx

Too many overreaching laws give the president too much discretion to make too many open-ended rules controlling too many aspects of our lives. There’s no end to the harm an out-of-control president can do.