Comments on: US Government Planting Stories in Iraq Media

By: Haeresis

Haeresis — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 23:30:43 +0000

Well,they did it here first, why would this be a surprise?

By: Charlie's Horse

Charlie's Horse — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 05:06:17 +0000

Ahh, sarcasm in the tone of Bill Hicks. Much like Jesus, there is a Bill Hicks consciousness that lives inside of all of us, waiting to be coughed out in a stream of smoke and cusses. Crazy bastard lives awfully close to my skin sometimes.

By: Allison

Allison — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 22:29:11 +0000

I got the sarcasm as well. And I concur on the LOL! In fact, master of irony that I convince myself I am, I don’t think I could have evoked more with fewer words, via Socratic Irony, if I’d tried.

You need to stop impressing me so much so I can stop feeling like such a kiss-ass. Say something stupid! Stupid.

I feel better already.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 20:30:12 +0000

Yeah i get your ironic sarcasm of the situation! LOL! Friggin Leo Strauss and the friggin Neo-Cons!
Friggin Hypocritical Idiots! We’re living in a world of lies. Im sick of this!

By: Tim Boucher

Tim Boucher — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 18:43:18 +0000

Oh yeah, I know. That statement was what you call Socratic Irony. Even in that article itself they mention:

The Government Accountability Office found this year that the Bush administration had violated the law by producing pseudo news reports that were later used on American television stations with no indication that they had been prepared by the government. But no law prohibits the use of such covert propaganda abroad.

Or check out Operation Mockingbird for a longer more detailed history of this practice:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird

By: Elizabeth Anne Ensley

Elizabeth Anne Ensley — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 18:38:24 +0000

Actually, it is done in the U.S.A., too. It’s just not ‘outed’ as frequently.