The biggest lie the Devil ever told was when he convinced the world he wasn't real.
While I don't believe our government is as competent as it should be, I don't believe the incompetence argument works.
Incompetency by the government actually works in their favor, for the powerful ones who actually call the shots. Because it breeds that same argument. "Oh they're just morons. I don't need to worry about them.."
Not to bring up crazy talk, but there is overwhelming evidence that our government allowed Pearl Harbor to take place so that we would have the political support of the masses to enter World War II. Sixty years on, we don't think about that. We only think, "Gee, those Japanese were bastards for doing that." It's taught in our children's history books that we had to retaliate to pay back the Japanese and prove America was strong. Not that it could have been prevented and that the military knew it was going to happen. A lot can be learned in sixty years. In 2061 will we be saying the same thing about September 11th?
But this isn't a conspiracy thread. The reason I bring Pearl Harbor up, is because it is all propaganda in one form or another. From these Guantanamo events to Pearl Harbor to September 11th. I have a hard time believing our government would be against using propaganda at any level, even that which takes civilian lives, as they have proven they can do so to achieve what they want, time and time again, if it is important enough to them.
The question we have to ask ourselves is, "Is it important enough to us, as citizens of the United States?"
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The biggest lie the Devil ever told was when he convinced the world he wasn't real.
While I don't believe our government is as competent as it should be, I don't believe the incompetence argument works.
Incompetency by the government actually works in their favor, for the powerful ones who actually call the shots. Because it breeds that same argument. "Oh they're just morons. I don't need to worry about them.."
Not to bring up crazy talk, but there is overwhelming evidence that our government allowed Pearl Harbor to take place so that we would have the political support of the masses to enter World War II. Sixty years on, we don't think about that. We only think, "Gee, those Japanese were bastards for doing that." It's taught in our children's history books that we had to retaliate to pay back the Japanese and prove America was strong. Not that it could have been prevented and that the military knew it was going to happen. A lot can be learned in sixty years. In 2061 will we be saying the same thing about September 11th?
But this isn't a conspiracy thread. The reason I bring Pearl Harbor up, is because it is all propaganda in one form or another. From these Guantanamo events to Pearl Harbor to September 11th. I have a hard time believing our government would be against using propaganda at any level, even that which takes civilian lives, as they have proven they can do so to achieve what they want, time and time again, if it is important enough to them.
The question we have to ask ourselves is, "Is it important enough to us, as citizens of the United States?"
That would be Batman's first appearance on the big screen. The Batman from 1943. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035665/