Carl, what will the Trumpazoids think when they come to find out that Trump is
not running a legitimate campaign?
Frank
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[mailto:blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2015 1:13 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] If Ignorance is bliss, then what is, Stupid?
They say "ignorance is bliss".
Maybe Yes, maybe No. But being ignorant is very different from being, Stupid.
And ignorant person may be very wise in many areas, but lacks training or
natural abilities to gain enough information to rise above ignorance in a
specific subject.
Ignorant people often rise above their ignorance. But stupid people wallow in
the Pig Pen they have helped to create. Ignorant people are often able to
educate themselves and become knowledgeable. Stupid people are mentally lazy,
and revel in their own stupidity, building on it and refusing to allow any
outside influence to enter.
An ignorant person may come to question what they know or do not know on a
particular subject. A stupid person is so dull witted that they actually
believe that their opinion is the only truth.
When I was a young man, I believed we had many ignorant young people.
But, said I, with proper education they will rise above this ignorance and come
to a wiser place. In retrospect, I believe I was young and foolish, and unable
to differentiate between ignorance and stupidity.
This morning I listened to Donald Trump spew venom to the nation.
Around him came cheers and frantic cries. A cunning man gathering his stupid
forces of hate.
Heil Trump! Heil Trump! Heil Trump!
Carl Jarvis
On 11/24/15, R. E. Driscoll Sr <llocsirdsr@xxxxxxx> wrote:
All:
A beautifully written article.
R. E. (Dick) Driscoll, Sr.
On 11/24/2015 8:29 AM, Miriam Vieni wrote:
Herzog writes: "There's a secret intelligence network funded by evil
billionaire brothers determined to choose the next American president.
No,
that's not the plot of the new James Bond movie - it's life in the U.S.A.
circa 2015."
David Koch and his brother Charles are trying to buy young peoples minds.
(photo: Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters/Corbis)
No, You're Not Paranoid: The Koch Brothers Really Are Spying on You
By Katie Herzog, Grist
23 November 15
There's a secret intelligence network funded by evil billionaire
brothers determined to choose the next American president. No, that's
not the plot of the new James Bond movie - it's life in the U.S.A.
circa 2015.
A Politico article reveals that industrialist brothers Charles and
David Koch have a team of 25 - including at least one former CIA
operative - quietly gathering intelligence on the American left. "The
operation,"
reporter Kenneth Vogel writes, "which is little-known even within the
Koch network, gathers what Koch insiders refer to as 'competitive
intelligence'
that is used to try to thwart liberal groups and activists, and to
identify potential threats to the expansive network."
Terrifying! But is it really all that surprising? The Kochs are
reportedly sinking $889 million into this campaign season. Why not
have a secret agency to spy on the opposition too?! Gotta cover all
your bases when you're dropping nearly a billion dollars on an
election.
The motivation for this secret spy network, according to Politico,
was the
2012 presidential election, when the Kochs' handpicked heir to the
White House was trounced by the Democratic incumbent. But the
brothers want more than just a president in their pocket. "While the
Republican Party focuses on winning elections, the Kochs want to
realign American politics, government and society around free
enterprise philosophies that they hope to spread more broadly," Vogel
writes. That's right: Welcome to Earth, brought to you by Koch
Industries.
Here's more from Politico:
In addition to delving into the left, the competitive intelligence
team also monitors potential Koch network threats, according to
sources familiar with it. It tracks people deemed suspicious outside
the offices of Koch network groups, circulating be-on-the-lookout
photos to internal network email lists, while keeping an eye on the
network's own ranks for possible leakers or disloyal employees.
One former network executive remembers an email containing a photo of
a man identified as an operative with the environmental group
Greenpeace who allegedly had been spotted taking his own photos
outside the network's cluster of offices in the Courthouse
neighborhood of Arlington.
Connor Gibson, a Greenpeace researcher who focuses on the Koch
network, said he visits its component groups' offices once a year to
pick up their tax filings, and he speculated he could have been the
operative photographed by the competitive intelligence unit. While he
said he's never sought to conceal his identity during such visits, he
added "If the Kochs consider me an opponent, I'm flattered."
In another instance, sources say, [the surveillance] team set out to
identify an IT contractor who was working for one of the network's
groups and was posting anonymous messages to Reddit, proclaiming that
he worked for the Koch brothers but despised their stances. Within 48
hours, the team had sleuthed out the offender and his contract was
terminated.
"They were scared to death of moles," said the former executive.
And the rest of us should be scared to death of them.
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David Koch and his brother Charles are trying to buy young peoples minds.
(photo: Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters/Corbis)
http://grist.org/article/no-youre-not-paranoid-the-koch-brothers-real
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spying-on-you/http://grist.org/article/no-youre-not-paranoid-the-koch
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No, You're Not Paranoid: The Koch Brothers Really Are Spying on You
By Katie Herzog, Grist
23 November 15
here's a secret intelligence network funded by evil billionaire
brothers determined to choose the next American president. No, that's
not the plot of the new James Bond movie - it's life in the U.S.A.
circa 2015.
A Politico article reveals that industrialist brothers Charles and
David Koch have a team of 25 - including at least one former CIA
operative - quietly gathering intelligence on the American left. "The
operation,"
reporter Kenneth Vogel writes, "which is little-known even within the
Koch network, gathers what Koch insiders refer to as 'competitive
intelligence'
that is used to try to thwart liberal groups and activists, and to
identify potential threats to the expansive network."
Terrifying! But is it really all that surprising? The Kochs are
reportedly sinking $889 million into this campaign season. Why not
have a secret agency to spy on the opposition too?! Gotta cover all
your bases when you're dropping nearly a billion dollars on an
election.
The motivation for this secret spy network, according to Politico,
was the
2012 presidential election, when the Kochs' handpicked heir to the
White House was trounced by the Democratic incumbent. But the
brothers want more than just a president in their pocket. "While the
Republican Party focuses on winning elections, the Kochs want to
realign American politics, government and society around free
enterprise philosophies that they hope to spread more broadly," Vogel
writes. That's right: Welcome to Earth, brought to you by Koch
Industries.
Here's more from Politico:
In addition to delving into the left, the competitive intelligence
team also monitors potential Koch network threats, according to
sources familiar with it. It tracks people deemed suspicious outside
the offices of Koch network groups, circulating be-on-the-lookout
photos to internal network email lists, while keeping an eye on the
network's own ranks for possible leakers or disloyal employees.
One former network executive remembers an email containing a photo of
a man identified as an operative with the environmental group
Greenpeace who allegedly had been spotted taking his own photos
outside the network's cluster of offices in the Courthouse
neighborhood of Arlington.
Connor Gibson, a Greenpeace researcher who focuses on the Koch
network, said he visits its component groups' offices once a year to
pick up their tax filings, and he speculated he could have been the
operative photographed by the competitive intelligence unit. While he
said he's never sought to conceal his identity during such visits, he
added "If the Kochs consider me an opponent, I'm flattered."
In another instance, sources say, [the surveillance] team set out to
identify an IT contractor who was working for one of the network's
groups and was posting anonymous messages to Reddit, proclaiming that
he worked for the Koch brothers but despised their stances. Within 48
hours, the team had sleuthed out the offender and his contract was
terminated.
"They were scared to death of moles," said the former executive.
And the rest of us should be scared to death of them.
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