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They have managed to deflect responsibility and accountability for the most heinous of crimes. How do they do it? How DO they do it?
1) Echo chamber - "don't politicize", "don't blame", "local level" responsibility...are phrases I've heard from more mouths than I care to count this week. Are these people psychic? No. Daily Show viewers have seen Jon Stewart's montages of this phenomenon more than once. It's a concerted messaging effort that is very effective.
2) Focus on an enemy and not the situation at hand - Once someone actually blames them (ie. Nagin) then villify him. Tear him down.
3) Generalize -- Never mention Bush's name when talking about damning issues - news readers ask questions like "who IS responsible?". :eyes:
4) Deflect blame - The problem comes from the "state, federal and local levels" say Russert, Couric, and all other shills.
5) Create chaos - Allow looting in Iraq while Halliburton moves in. Let looting and rapes occur in NOLA, and let prisoners run free to justify pushing through a predetermined agenda: militarization on domestic soil.
Oh yeah, and while chaos reigns, stick in a few more freebies: repeal gas mix laws in favor the oil companies. Establish (?) posse comatatus (sp??) to strengthen and enrich the military industrial complex.
6) Count on stupidity.
Any more?
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