Wednesday, August 14, 2013

I Guess This Explains Everything

Like many others, I have been deeply troubled by the Edward Snowden's revelations about domestic spying conducted by the NSA. Watch the following video if you would like to know the true source of the problem.



By the way, Gordon Klingenschmitt, as you will see if you click on the link, has had an interesting career.

4 comments:

  1. Gordon Klingenschmitt is quite a buffoon, Lorne. How do you dig out the names of these clowns and their buffoonery?

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    1. I find alternative news sources quite helpful in this regard, LeDaro. I have a Facebook feed for The Raw Story, and I also have several sites bookmarked, such as Alternet, Truthdig and Truthout, all of which often carry information that rarely makes it to the mainstream media.

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  2. In contemporary America it's not necessary to be rational to prosper. One merely needs to acquire an adequate constituency and that's fairly easy when, electronically, you can cast a wide net. Alternative media provide characters like Klingenschmitt an electronic forum from which he can attract the low-hanging fruit. It's dirt cheap to produce his sort of programming. Beyond that what does he need save for a post office box and a bank account?

    Wait a minute? Why aren't we getting in on this? You can be Reverend Lorne and I can be the Prophet Mound. We can hire L.D. to spend a few hours a day scouring the Old Testament to find zingers to justify just about anything we want to preach. Two months a year and we can spend the rest lounging on the beaches of Maui.

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    1. That works for me, Mound. You, LeDaro and I will have to soon arrange a meeting to thrash out the details! ;)

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