Freedomain Radio: All media scares in three breaths...

[Surhotchaperchlorome]

And people wonder why I don't watch TV anymore.

Period...

[Surhotchaperchlorome]

*APPLAUSE!* :-)

[TheEfkk]

You mention GM foods at both 0:22 and 1:22, but great video nonetheless. Never mind, scratch that, GM foods deserves to be mentioned twice cause of the insane opposition it has gotten from the leftists and the Christians.

[Nostradamis]

Isn't THAT the truth?

[BradBrassman]

So sad to see all those children maimed like that. Not in my name please!!! Especially as it is in the name of Governmental and therefore Corporate control of their resources not the freedom of the people.

Africa is next, you wait and see. The rape of that continent will begin soon. Clinton and Obama paved the way on their recent charm offensive. Now you know why the banks backed Obamas campaign and wanted a black man in the White House. Think about it, and watch the news.

[stratvic]

You forgot to mention the media's solution to all those "problems" ...more government! (the actual problem).

[ikemkrueger]

You were right with your conclusion. As i know government is govern-mind, or: mind-control. Think about it. ;)

[LillianColwynnscehy]

This is nice video85712934

[tomfrankly]

people who support the war really haven't thought things through.

[Guncriminal]

Or they've been lied to.

[Sean2046]

so fluoridation isn't something to be worried about? i've tried doing research on this and can't seem to figure out which side is right...

[DeeperBlueX16]

omg 4:09

[unlimitedfury1]

this is a horribly true video of how fucked up America is right now, because of Bush...

[RuddODragonFear]

All I could think when I was listening to the three breaths was:

We didn't start the fire.

It was always burnin' sins the world's been turnin'.

[themonkeywrench]

If the media wasn't the government's bitch and actually had the bollocks to show this video on air, people would not stand for the evil of the government.

[thorsmitersaw]

:*(

[saxmanmax]

chilling

[mport1]

Excellent.

[TruthHidden]

This was very refreshing, one of your best. Nothing like end of the world propaganda to support an opposite of all reason and known solutions: government garbage control.

[WorBlux]

The best or at least one of your best ones yet. Excellent video.

[Klarkster]

"As long as you have governments you have war"

Indeed... This inescapable conclusion has been occupying my mind allot recently.

[USSLIBERTY1]

Brilliant.

[dysurian]

The empathetic human mind is apparently not equipped to see a half-decapitated child lying dead on the ground without bursting into tears. What must the editors at major media outlets think when they hide the results of such atrocities, and instead publish pictures of weary soldiers and flags?

[stefbot]

Sadly, they wish to curry the favor of their political masters...

[Plosifer]

On your forum many people added those scares at your request. You headline the video "All the scares I could think of" taking full credit. Where is the truth in your title and how is that misrepresentation of the truth you display any different than the scares of the government. Seems they all serve one person or entity.

[stefbot]

Right, so you're conflating a more catchy title - and the fact that credits at the end would have ruined the impact - and the fact that this info is openly available on my forum - with the murder of thousands of children.

My friend, you have the compassion, empathy and reasoning skills of your average shark.

[Plosifer]

I did not watch the video as I am aware of the truth and the media. Yes I am conflating and equating your lack truth used in the more catchy title for impact, much the same way you are addressing the media for doing precisely the same thing.

My friend you operate from assumption and have the integrity, reasoning skills and compassion of your average cult leader.

[qkholster]

"I did not watch the video"

Then you have no credibility in your response to it.

[Plosifer]

I did watch the title and listened to the subject matter.

I commented on the title as it relates to the subject matter.

The fact is: Stefbot did not think of those scares in 3 breaths and admitted as such. Credits used when? The you tube public would check and search his forum? If he says I thought of those scares in 3 breaths, I think that it would be fair to expect to believe him.

Credibility? w.e.

[jcastillo81]

He didn't "think of them" in 3 breaths - he recited them. If you watched the video you can see he is clearly reading a queue card. Nothing wrong with that but, Stef, you might want to reword the description.

[garvess]

All he could think of. In three breaths. His meaning seems pretty obvious to me.

[garvess]

And your probably a christian or a politician.

[jcastillo81]

Wow, impressive. Actually I'm an atheist and an-cap. The total opposite of what you somehow gathered from one comment...

[Surhotchaperchlorome]

@Plosifer

While I agree that plagiarism is a bad thing, I think you're sort of missing the point.

[Orenazt]

Technocratic, watch my video "The Fundamental Fallacy of Statism." You seem to be making it.

[Technocratic]

Ahhh, the black and white fallacy. Either there is absolutely no regulation of the media market by the government OR you support censorship. Obviously, there's nothing in between! Libertarian logic at it's finest. A or B.

Regulating outright dishonesty o lies rapes the connotation of censorship.

[thorsmitersaw]

you are either dead or you are alive, you are either free or somehow being coerced. There is no fallacy there fool.

A or various degrees and modes of B.

[Technocratic]

This is a public forum. It's amazing that you only want positive comments in agreement with you. Is that why anyone who disagrees gets automatically 90 negative hits?

Fascinating pattern. Now you want to run away and avoid discussing your core principles. You simply want everyone to assume they are valid or they don't belong here. No debate. You're right. Thats the end.

Thanks. Hah.

[TheUnworthy]

I really don't understand what you mean by this and believe me I'm really trying here. You're not blocked. Your comments haven't been deleted.

What's clear to me is your unwillingness debate. When I see your dozen or so comments(spam) it seems to me you believe that whoever screams the loudest is right. You provide zero facts but rather ignorant sentimentalities about the virtues of government and the corruption of money. Facts, logic, and links are what make a debate. Not passionate arrogance.

[Technocratic]

On the contrary, I do know what I am talking about. I understand you, like many Libertarians, are accustomed to surrounding yourself with people who yes you to death, pat ya on the back, and say "good point." Amazingly, much like Communist ideologues. Except the State is replaced by "the market"

[Technocratic]

Ahh, so if someone disagrees with you, he doesn't know what he's talking about. It's fascinating that you choose to wrap yourself in self-congratulatory cadres and wig out when someone doesn't accept your principles at face value.

Good going.

[Technocratic]

So? Why is coercion wrong? I disagree with the libertarian notion. If anything, coercion is necessary for morality and an important component of it, given that humans are stimulus response organisms that respond to incentives and punishments. Operant Conditioning.

[stefbot]

Please stop posting here. You don't have any idea what you're talking about.

[Technocratic]

one of the problems with our media model is that the media isn't regulated enough by the government. That's why it's allowed to twist information and all but outright lie to sell you what you either want to hear or what sounds good so you will give them ratings.

[stefbot]

I don't think that violence solves problems. The state is an agency of violence, relying on taxation and coercion for its existence.

[danrod43]

You are very wise. The government needs to censor the media better for that it doesn't make the government look good. Do you have a Youtube video I could subscribe to? I sense that I have a lot to larn from you.

[Technocratic]

What makes you believe that the corporate media would tell the truth? You seem to believe that if we eliminated the big bad government, everything would be fine. But take the media. Even if we eliminated the government, little would change because the ultimate goal of the media is to provide a product that sells. It doesn't matter if it's "real news" or biased or wrong. That's why talk radio is so popular. It infotains.

Corporations influence how you think and provide you with bunk for ratings

[Technocratic]

What does violence of government have to do with the problem that many of the issues expressed here are not really overblown at all, but rather misunderstood by the Media and actually underrepresented in their seriousness?

American media is notoriously poor precisely because of its profit motive. It wants to sensationalize and simplify things for mass consumption. It's McDonalidized Infotainment. That doesn't mean the problems of Peak Oil and Global Warming aren't real

[stefbot]

The government educates the citizens, tightly regulates the media and controls the information the people need to know (particularly economic info) - the media cannot speak truth to power because it is so dependent on that power.

[poncethegreat169]

good god, how can this guy sleep at night?

[mcphilthy]

GO FDR!

[egoistorms]

fight propaganda with propaganda, eh?

"emotionally potent oversimplifications"

[dakatesr]

Amazing!

[Technocratic]

The problem with the arguments in this thread is that people simply assert that there will be a magic cure--a magical new substitute that will ride down on a beam of light to fix the problem in the nick of time, as if we live in TVland and this is 24. That's not reality.

It's a fundamental flaw in the field of economics. It's always assumed growth is infinite and that all problems will fix themselves and all will be fine like a faerietale. That's just not true.

[mole6674]

I don't think there is talk of magic cures.I think this thread is much more about the violence that is at the core of government propaganda.

[Technocratic]

I am not saying civilization will disappear, either. I am saying we're in for a crude awakening. The current capitalist consumer model can't continue like this: it's unsustainable, but few people want to see the problem because it's unpleasant. People are accustomed to cheap oil, which is why they whine when it goes up a few cents. They really don't comprehend the severity of Peak Oil.

Nuclear power could have helped ease the transition, but just look at the rabid anti-nuclear environonsense.

[Technocratic]

It's not really a case of someone eventually trying to come up with a solution. The issue is timing and relative utility compared to oil.

By the time they recognize the problem and stop pretending infinite production and consumption increases are possible, it will be too late. The fact that a profit can be made later doesn't mean they will think ahead that far or that they can suddenly "switch" as the market demands it. It's not that simple as increased demand = more supply from nowhere.

[Technocratic]

There are potential alternatives for oil, but they are not actually good substitutes. There is currently no substitute that can do what oil does.

Moreover, even if people DO realize economic benefits, that doesn't magically manifest time, resources. You overestimate the intelligence and the will of the majority of people to recognize the problem and deal with it. It's difficult getting people to even comprehend the idea of what Peak Oil is, much less get them to do something.

[Technocratic]

In the meantime, oil will get precipitously expensive. We are going to see the end of cheap oil, not the end of oil itself. That is the problem given our entire society is predicated on the existence of cheap oil and mass consumerism that can only be sustained by it.

We are poorly prepared for this problem. Claiming the market will fix it won't make that a reality. That requires time, money, the will, and a suitable substitute, of which there currently is none that has the utility of oil.

[XOmniverse]

So people will just ignore the obvious money making opportunity of providing a cheap alternative to oil? Or do you simply think that development of an alternative is not feasible?

[themonkeywrench]

Plus the price of oil hasn't actually increased that much in relation to gold. It's increased in price because of inflation.

In Britain, you pay the equivalent of $11 per gallon and that's mostly tax and inflation then increases the price in pounds.

[Technocratic]

Peak Oil doesn't mean oil is going to magically disappear. It means that we are hitting a point wherein the amount of oil we are able to extract will not continue to increase via production. This means that demand will outstrip supply. We already seeing the foundations of this problem having an impact with rising fuel costs.

Moreover, you can't simply "switch" to a new resource, and the invisible hand won't suddenly fix the massive deficit of action and infrastructure necessary to change.

[Rorshak1313]

Powerful. Excellent work stef.

[adorianvlad]

There are disturbing and brutal real life videos, such as "Fitna" and so many others, made about the present or past societies we, as humans live in.

As Jiddu Krishnamurti said, we must change ourselves, outwardly, as well as inwardly; there are videos here at youtube, where Krishnamurti with David Bohm or Dr. Anderson are discussing such issues.

Are really the governments at the core of all evil in the world, or is all about this process of people changing themselves inwardly and outwardly?

[VCADD]

Religion is the root of all Evil.

[gnomehawk]

I don't know if you first heard that phrase from the Richard Dawkins video but Dawkins doesn't actually even believe that. He was encouraged by a production company to use that title because it sounded sensational and he only agreed to use it if there was a question mark at the end; "Religion: The Root of All Evil?".

Just FYI. I'm not trying to start shit.BTW I'm an Atheist.

[garvess]

Great video. I am still waiting for one of these to be featured. I think I'll be waiting a long time.

[gnomehawk]

The "war of nature" that occurs in evolution happens without governments. Isn't limited resources, both within individuals and externally in the environment to blame?

Wasn't there a time before governments when groups slaughtered each other? And if governments were disbanded wouldn't it just be the same as before. I admittedly don't know much about history or biology but from my ignorant point of view my point of view seems reasonable. ;)

[ForOrAgainstUs]

So violence was once a problem, and now that government has initiated violence in order to quell the violence, there's less violence?

Sounds like there's more violence to me.

[snipa4lyfe]

The last video you'll ever need. Good work, stef.

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

Damn ... brutal, Stef.  And necessarily so.

[VCADD]

I understand the impact of imagery on younger generations.I know that your motives are the most honerable.I just think War Porn is wrong under any circumstances.

[stefbot]

I think I understand. When you see pictures of a genocide, the only thing you see to criticize is the pictures? Is that right?

[VCADD]

I will ponder that.I guess to me the context does not justify the content with regard to the individual.

[snipa4lyfe]

The pictures were completely necessary. This video wouldn't have made it's point without them. Those gruesome pictures are the product of YOUR government. If you dance around the facts, then the arguments for anarchy never hit home and become moot.

[VCADD]

I would argue that the audio from that video exposes more of the true nature of the issue than the mutilated humans.

What were the results of the violent imagery of 911?Surge in recruitment directly leading to more mutilation and statist control.

[adorianvlad]

Good point, VCADD, however, I don't know what would change people in better human beings.

When I was a kid, I've found a book containing images of naked skin and bone female and children from Auschwits and Bruchental in a book called "The Factories of Death" and believe me, as a child, I just couldn't believe or imagine there can be possible such (I don't even have the right word for it!, perhaps Evil Stupidity) on this Planet. It made me realise that everything is hopeless with such realities.

[kingofthebrittains]

It's not regular people, it's mainly the wealthiest 1-2% that run this whole show. Of course soldiers, cops, prison guards, media shills, etc all cooperate willingly. Otherwise they would take their weapons and turn them on their commanders. Or they would quit the army, police, etc and do something that doesn't brutalize human beings. Humans are altruistic in nature b4 they get conditioned by a corrupt society to be callous and hateful. Babies aren't naturally evil are they? No, they're Taught.

[debaiona]

Extremely powerful. Extremely disturbing.

[lukeev]

...WOW.

[ravensmomscorp76]

my sentiments, exactly

[Technocratic]

Except global warming and peak oil aren't oveblown by the media. If anything, the media is under-representing the problem.

But hey, let's not leave science to those pesky scientists!

[XOmniverse]

A basic Austrian understanding of economics combined with an examination of previous resources that we ran out of indicates that peak oil isn't a valid issue.

Prices increase as supply slowly drops, increasing market demand for an alternative, which in turn generates at lease one of not several.

[LibertyIsNotGiven]

**"Except global warming...."

junkscience[dot]com

And it can't be "global warming" when some regions are getting colder.