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Topic: The Power of Nightmares
The 3rd debate: Did McCain really say that?
By Debbie Boen | October 22, 2008 | 
I googled the third debate dialogue to see if McCain really said:
- Put soldiers in schools as teachers without requiring certification and Desert Storm was about protecting the oil.
- Americans are innocent victims of greed and excess on Wall Street and as well as Washington, D.C.
- Palin is a role model to women.
- McCain rallies harbor few fringe peoples.
Here are McCain’s statements:
1. McCain’s solutions to education and why we had Desert Storm.
During the third debate, when asked about the state of education in the US, McCain had this, among other things, to say:
McCain: “We need to encourage programs such as Teach for America and Troops to Teachers where people, after having served in the military, can go right to teaching and not have to take these examinations or have the certification that are are required in many states.”
My Reaction (Incredulous) : Returning soldiers should go straight into teaching? «Read the rest of this article»
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First Friday Film: The Power of Nightmares
By Debbie Boen | July 30, 2008 |
The Power of Nightmares (Part 1) is being shown this Friday, August 1, at 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3053 Highway 41A South. The screening is a continuation of the UU First Friday Film program.
Adam Curtis showed us in Century of Self a key way of controlling the masses is by making people good consumers. Make people want things they do not need by appealing to their secret desires. Come to present time in The Power of Nightmares, where terror and torture and the fear of such has become the new tools of control by governments.
About the movie: For a time politicians promised to create a better world. When this dream lost its promise, politicians were simply seen as managers. Their power to control has returned as their job became rescuing us from dreadful dangers. Much of the terrorism threat is a fantasy that is an exaggerated and distorted dark illusion spread by governments, security services, and the international media. «Read the rest of this article»
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