Yesterday I Was Wrong

When I Said, "We All Know Now. . ." Turns Out That 43% Don't Know
by The Old Hippie Because We're A Nation Filled With Good, But Ignorant, Citizens

I admit that this just recently exposed fact, "43% of Americans still believe Iraq/Saddam had something/anything to do with the crimes of 9/11," stunned me.  But I also fully understood, the also revealed fact, that the lower the level of education, the more that believe this propagandized lie.  I have written, more than a few times, here in this blog, and at other sites, about this malleable 39%-44% of Americans - but even knowing all I have learned about them, I am still amazed at their continued level of self-destructive ignorance.

It would be easy to blame their ignorance on their own stupidity, for not making the effort to know reality.  Even though that is part of the problem, it is not the major cause of their ignorance.  I put most of the blame squarely on the shoulders of the corporately controlled "main stream media" (MSM) that has purposefully perpetuated this continued ignorance of, and division of, the American masses.

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This nation's MSM is the "4th Branch" of our government, and has always been, through out most of our history because of its vast diversity, and non-centralized control, the exposer of truth, concerning things political and corrupt - That was true until very recently - Now 95% of "our" MSM is in the hands and control of just 5 corporations, corporations that share many members of their boards of directors with the extractive, pharmaceutical, ag-chem, and military-industrial corporations.

Our nation, for the first time in its entire history, has all four of its branches under the corrupted rule of a small cabal of radical corporatists from one party.

Bush, "our" president, stated to Katie Couric on Wednesday, (September 6, 2006). . .

"One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror."

The fact that 43% of Americans still believe this purposeful lie is proof that, with almost total control of all three branches of our government, and almost total control over "our" MSM, it's really not all that difficult after all.