You May be Brainwashed by Corporate Media if You:

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Mon, 03 Oct 2005 11:18:32 -0500

You May be Brainwashed by Corporate Media if You:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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You May be Brainwashed by Corporate Media if You: By Todd Smyth

 

 

 

... believe the 5 corporations who own almost all of the media in the

U.S. are liberal.

 

... believe $300 billion of U.S. tax money, allocated for the war and

reconstruction in Iraq is actually going to Iraq .

 

... are unaware Iraq had 650 million barrels of oil in reserve just

before the war in Iraq .

 

... are unaware at least $8.8 billion is known to be missing in Iraqi

oil revenue from the period the U.S. was in control of Iraq .

 

... are unaware 198 million in Iraqi dollars is missing from the Iraq

treasury from the period the U.S. was in control of Iraq .

 

... are unaware that war is exceptionally profitable for a small number

of investors.

 

... believe Halliburton's no-bid contracts have nothing to do with

former CEO, now Vice President Dick Cheney.

 

... are unaware that the Iraq war is the biggest case of war

profiteering in human history.

 

... believe Saddam Hussein or Iraq had anything to do with 9/11, Al

Qaeda or Osama bin Laden.

 

... are unaware the U.S. has killed more than 10,000 innocent women and

children in Iraq with cluster bombs and depleted uranium munitions.

 

... believe depleted uranium weapons are not radioactive or deadly

weapons of mass destruction (they are 12% less radioactive than

nuclear weapons grade uranium and very deadly).

 

... believe wealthy, warmongers can also be true Christians.

 

... are unaware stem cell research threatens the pharmaceutical

industry by curing and preventing diseases which drug companies profit

from by treating with drugs.

 

... are unaware the pharmaceutical industry is based entirely on

treatment and is threatened by cures and prevention.

 

... are unaware the Food and Drug Administration does NO testing of

food or drugs. They only set guidelines and review the testing

corporation's do of their own products.

 

... are unaware the Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act

has been 're-estimated' to cost U.S. taxpayers $1.3 Trillion (not the

original $243 billion or the 'adjusted' $400 billion), and only

pharmaceutical corporations and HMOs benefit from the increase.

 

... are unaware the Boston Tea party was a protest against corporate

corruption (East India Company).

 

... are unaware our founding fathers intentionally made sure that

corporations had no power over people or our government.

 

... are unaware corporations have fought aggressively and

systematically over the past 200 years to increase their power and

influence over our government.

 

... are unaware U.S. corporations are now protected under the 14th

amendment as a legal 'person.'

 

... are unaware the definition of fascism is: 'The marriage of

corporation and state' -- Benito Mussolini.

 

... are unaware well known U.S. corporate interests attempted a

military coup against Franklin Roosevelt in 1933.

 

... are unaware most corrupt and wasteful government projects are run

primarily by corporate contractors.

 

... are unaware 'less government' means paying corporate contractors

three times what we pay government workers to do the same work.

 

... are unaware American corporations behave very differently in other

countries.

 

... are unaware Enron and others were NOT investigated until they

collapsed under the weight of their own greed.

 

... are unaware Bush's massive tax cuts were invested overseas to build

sweat shops, factories and other facilities, where our jobs have been

outsourced.

 

... are unaware outsourcing American jobs weakens labor unions and

keeps wages low and corporate profits high .

 

... are unaware weak enforcement of immigration laws lowers wages in

the U.S. and increases corporate profits.

 

... are unaware 'Free Trade' means 'Slave Wages' to poor people in

Honduras, Bangladesh, China, Malaysia, Burma, Cambodia, Dominican

Republic, Colombia, Philippines, Thailand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,

Indonesia, Nepal, El Salvador, Guatemala, Burma, Cambodia, Laos,

Vietnam and others.

 

... believe America is hated all over the world because of our freedom.

 

... believe the massive U.S. national debt (now $7,786,000,000,000)

created by Republican presidents Regan, Bush and Bush does not

seriously threaten the future of our children and grandchildren.

 

.... are unaware massive national debt ensures the expansion of

poverty, which keeps wages low, which increases corporate profits.

 

... are unaware widespread poverty keeps wages low and corporate

profits high.

 

... are unaware weak gun control laws perpetuate violence in poor

neighborhoods which expands poverty, reduces wages and increases

corporate profits.

 

... are unaware abortions go down only when we reduce poverty, expand

healthcare and improve education.

 

... are unaware that making abortion illegal expands poverty which

reduces wages and increases corporate profits.

 

... believe the Michael Jackson trial deserved more news coverage than

the genocide of 400,000 people in Darfur, Sudan.

 

... believe Social Security is the biggest priority in America .

 

... are unaware privatizing Social Security would be a massive give

away to experienced Wall Street investors that would also destabilize

Social Security.

 

... are unaware that NOT funding 'No Child Left Behind' is dismantling

funding for schools in poor neighborhoods, which expands poverty,

lowers wages and increases corporate profits.

 

... are unaware the Healthy Forests Initiative has led to massive clear

cutting of prime lumber and almost none of the forest fire prevention

that it was sold on.

 

... are unaware the Clear Skies Initiative has increased pollution.

 

... are unaware Tort Reform will absolve corporations of massive

negligent liabilities for things like asbestos exposure, pollution,

mercury poisoning, hazardous waste, mad cow disease and all sorts of

dangerous products and practices.

 

.. are unaware mercury pollution (mostly from coal fired power plants

and medical vaccines) has caused an epidemic of Autism, ADD and ADHD

in the U.S.

 

... are unaware the Bush administration is dismantling three decades of

US environmental protection.

 

... believe global warming is a rumor or conspiracy.

 

... are unaware 'Global Warming' is causing colder weather because the

melting ice caps are cooling the gulf stream.

 

... believe the science of evolution is less valid than literal

fundamentalist interpretation of creationism.

 

... believe the UN scandals could have taken place without the largest,

most influential member and host nation being involved.

 

... believe making a war monger ambassador to the UN will help prevent

more wars.

 

... are unaware that expanding equal rights to any segment of the

population (including gay people) also expands economic opportunity

and puts pressure on wages, which would reduce corporate profits.

 

If you believe Fox News is fair and balanced, you have been brainwashed by

corporate owned media.

 

 

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