JAMES MADISON QUOTE - 1822

"A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives."

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Political Strategy, Media and Propaganda/ Maskirovka in Action

The new face of the Republican Party exposed, deceit, extremism, propaganda.
The TVA is directly connected to local political deceit. In their efforts to build and spend 10's of billions of dollars on new nuclear construction the TVA is waging a propaganda campaign of unprecedented proportions. To include directly intervening in the local political process to garner support.

What seems to be internet trolls are sometimes not trolls at all. But an intentional effort to disrupt for the purpose of political control of discussion forums. This current technique is being utilized on "al.com's Scottsboro forum."


Intelligence and Propaganda. The old Soviet/Russian technique of the Political Maskirovka is being utilized by the Republican Party on local discussion forums and political action within rural areas of Alabama.
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Forum notes and tactics. On "al.com's" Scottsboro forum an interesting communication trend has developed. Previously censorship was utilized as a tool to eliminate unwanted political discussion. Advanced techniques of political propaganda are now being utilized.
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One person or group names utilized on the same page for the purpose of disruption. 9 names, same pattern of word usage, same theme in their speech. The names: kosmocramer, thebanditt, HarbourTown, indianplaya, takemeback2yesteryear, 1sttofight, statelottery, joepepitone, androsteve.
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This is my theory on the situation based on observation, consistent trends of communicative action by the individual or group, interviews and intelligence gathering: All names above used on this forum page initiated by the same person or group of people working in a coordinated attempt to disrupt speech within this forum. This effort has been occurring since the forum was reinstated approximately 5 years ago. However, the effort has dramatically increased within the past year.
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All have several common factors. 1) Right wing extremist oriented; 2) intentional attacks; 3) bigoted expression; 4)intentional disruption; 5) pander to those who support right wing extremism; 6) high probability of political motivation by the Republican Party; 7) high probability supported and coordinated by media and Republican Party political staff for the sole purpose of preventing open discussion of political topics.
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In this case, it seems if you do not support the radical ideology of right wing extremism of the Republican Party an attempt is made to radically alter the use of the forum for communications and discussion.
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An increase of right wing extremist speech has been noted as follows: 1) discussion of the TVA's nuclear plant construction at Bellefonte; 2)since the election of President Obama; 3) creation of the Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center.
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A change in tactics. Censorship as a tool for suppression of political speech previously utilized has waned for the use of more advanced communicative propaganda techniques.
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Word from Huntsville has it the Huntsville Times will stop covering news items in Jackson, Marshall and Dekalb Counties in a couple of months via closure of the Times Bureau in northeast Alabama. This makes me wonder about the influence of the Republican Party in this deal?
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Northeast Alabama is a strong Blue Dog Democrat area. It seems the Republicans have to resort to surreptitious tactics, such as DR. Griffith's party switch and formation of "hidden" rural political groups to gain political ground.
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It has been discovered that the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC), http://alcofcc.wordpress.com/ has become involved in various positions within the Republican Party as well as having leadership support in media outlets. The CCC is a group which supports right wing extremist ideology and racism.

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