I accuse you, Glenn Greenwald, of being a Left Gatekeeper!!

http://alaskafreepress.com/msgboard/board/83

Expose the Left Gatekeepers

Many "progressive" news sites and writers are what's known as 'left gatekeepers'. They pretend to be anti-bush, anti-war, etc- when actually they are covering for the Bush Regime.

There is no doubt that Bush's spy program is UnConstitutional, or that 650,000 innocents are dead because BushCo lied to start a war. Yet the gatekeepers continue to pretend that there is nothing that can be done to stop the evildoers from sending more troops to their death.

It's COINTELPRO all over again- the CIA/MI-Complex is actively infiltrating and disrupting any and every media outlet that poses a threat to their agenda. It's widely known that Kos 'purged' users that were exposing the election fraud. Democratic Underground does the same with 9/11 and impeachment.

The reason Kos and C&L are the biggest blogs out there is because they get lots of attention from the mainstream media- they are working together with the corporate media to keep the public in the dark about what's really happening to America. They distract with fluff while ignoring the stories that could end the war or impeach the Bushites.

Note- I want to be clear that Kos and Dem Underground users are not all fake, merely the site management. However, there are paid phloggers as well (I read recently that Kerry himself hired 43 stooges to pump him.)

The gatekeepers job is to report the news, lots and lots of news, just keep on reading about all the horrible shit that is going down, but don't do anything about it... maybe in 2008 Hillary or Obama will save us.

The gatekeepers need you to trust them- so they will speak the truth and say all kinds of great things- when it's a lost cause- but when the time comes, they roll over (ie Kucinich, Boston, 2004).

Take for instance Keith Olbermann on MSNBC's Countdown- recently he's ranted a number of times about how Bush has shredded the Constitution, yet now Olbermann does not back impeachment. They get you to agree with them, to trust them, then they let you down when it counts.

This is a starter list of left-gatekeepers, please feel free to add others below.

daily kos

talking points memo

mydd

firedoglake

atrios

crooks and liars

americablog

democratic underground

progressive independent

Global Exchange

CodePink

MoveOn

UFPJ

ANSWER

World Can't Wait

Working Assets

ZNet

The Nation

Counterpunch

Buzzflash

Salon

GNN

Common Dreams

Pacifica Radio

Democracy Now

Tom Paine

NPR

PBS

PDA

Air America Radio

Ed Schultz

Thom Hartmann

Al Franken

Al Gore

Howard Dean

John Conyers

Nancy Pelosi

John Murtha

Henry Waxman

Dennis Kucinich

Maxine Waters

Noam Chomsky

Amy Goodman

Keith Olbermann

Jon Stewart

Medea Benjamin

Col Ann Wright

William Rivers Pitt

Molly Ivins

Juan Cole

I go back and forth about Cindy Sheehan, my current guess is that she's for real, but manipulated by her cointelpro handlers Medea Benjamin and Ann Wright.

Of course it's logical to doubt my assertion, how could it be that all these people and organizationsare fake? Are they all part of a big conspiracy? Are they mind-controlled via hypnosis or other MK Ultra techniques? Perhaps it's just self-censorship- they are making good money, and they know where to draw the line, lest they lose their funding, their cush jobs and lifestyle. Maybe it's a combination of all of the above...

Another example: Remember Move-on during the 2004 election cycle? Billionaire George Soros joined move-on, and offered them lots of money, if they backed Bush cousin and fellow (Skull and) Boner John Kerry.

Also, you have to realize that this whole Bush agenda did not just happen overnight. It was no accident that Bush stole the Florida in 2000. This plan for a "New American Century", to attack and dominate the Middle East and conquer the non-cooperative (non central bank controlled) peoples oil has been in the works for quite some time. As such, the evil bastards were planning on these events taking place, so they set up this fake left network far ahead of time.

There are a hundred different gatekeeper levels, so when you wake up to one, there is another stooge ready in the wings. Maybe you used to believe that NPR was 'liberal' news- so when you stopped buying that, there's was another gatekeeper at the next level waiting to catch you- perhaps CommonDreams.org, or Democracy Now. Let's look at DN- the only alternative radio/tv news show just happens to be the most dry, boring newscast on the airwaves.

It's like Hannity and Colmes- the big, strapping, clean-cut all-American football type is the Republican, the squirrely guy with glasses is the Dem. Fox news has babes in mini-skirts sitting provacatively reading the news for the publiCons. The left has Amy Goodman with headphones on... she's got a tv show but she still wears the radio headphones? What the hell?! Is Democracy Now really the best the left can do? Of course not, but that's what is allowed... if you ask me, it's like a sick joke on the left.

What are we supposed to do about it? boycott them all? Sign up on their websites and call them out on their bullshit, trying to inform the good people that they are spinning their wheels posting at a site controlled by the enemy...

http://leftgatekeepers.com/chart.htm

Vote for the Unity '08 Ticket of Ron Paul and Lyndon LaRouche!!! 9/11 Truth!!

Larry Craig! Loookee, Larry Craig!... More of that politicisation, politics of destructions, and BDS....

Seriously, folks: What will it take to get the American people en masse to take out the buckets of tar and feathers, and ride the entire crew of hypocritical, lying sacks'o'sh*te out of town on a rail?

Cheers,

I really think you need to take some serious criticism here. Please read Ché's points E, F and G very carefully. Seriously.

E - bloggers are not impeding street protests.

F - street protests can be really valuable in persuading people.

G - The Revolution is going to happen (or not happen) regardless of what bloggers do.

How is any of that a "serious criticism" of me, let alone ones I should read "very carefully"?

I consider Che a very valuable, smart and insightful contributor here, so I generally read what he writes carefully. He and I have had this disagreement before in various forms and I'm sure we will again. But in light of his last clarification -- and specifically points E-G -- I don't see how it can be construed as a criticism of me.

As for others here who have complained about the tone of the commentary, etc. -- I always find it interesting that commenters feel free to come here and voice rather strident disagreement and criticism of what I write -- and I encourage that and hope it will continue -- but then sometimes act all fragile and hurt if I respond in kind.

Many of the comments here expressed a defeatism that I find toxic, self-pitying, baseless and harmful. I'm going to respond to it aggressively, though with civility. Satire, light mockery, sarcasm may be in the formula, just as it is for comments directed to me. So what?

People feel strongly and passionately about political issues. I think that's a good thing. Anyone who wants to come to a blog and criticize what someone has written should be prepared for a strong response. I delete less (almost never) and respond more than most bloggers. I think that's better -- a vibrant debate, even if it's sometimes sharp -- than simply ignoring commenters or deleting disagreeable posts the way that many, perhaps most bloggers do.

But I feel strongly about issues just like commenters. Commenters here are free to disagree with anything I say or write as vociferously as possible, but part of that deal is that I may respond, not always as agreeably as someone might like. That's just the nature of free political discussions.