The Noble Lie

It seems that the City of NY is following in the Federal foot-steps of making the evidence fit the desired outcome.

One is left asking the question, “If this weren’t an election year, would such an announcement have been made?”

Public opinion was swayed just as the Republican spin machine desired: polls show a huge jump in Bloomberg’s rating with the public.

It seems like these continual sound bites and alerts come straight out of the Office of Strategic Influence, complete with foot-notes citing Adam Shulsky and his overt approval of deception in intelligence.

Anyone with an ounce of moral fibre knows that lying in order to reach a desired outcome is just as wrong now as it ever was. No society is free when the apparatus of government lies in order reach a political end.

But then, neo-cons and the guardians of the extreme right intelligencia make no pretence to a free society. Like Plato, Nietzsche, Strauss, Bloom, Karl Schmidt and yes Clarence Thomas they believe that masses are not fit for truth or for liberty.

So, here in NYC, we the masses are now being subjected to these “terror threats” and sent into a panic like rabbits, and then we beseech the powers that be for protection and comfort. It sounds like the backdrop to a bad medieval play. But it is just an election year in the 5 boroughs....

Tags:   bloom, bloomberg, free society, neo cons, strauss

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Posted on 10/12/2005 ( Permanent Link )
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