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Old 04-23-2010, 10:38 AM
 
Location: Southcentral Kansas
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In his books "Nudge" and "On Rumors" Sunstein talks about conspiracy theories and how they must sometimes be controlled by government. He admits that some of them are proven true but not enough to allow that to go on and on. He has also written a paper while at Harvard, in 2008, in which he talked about how to destroy conspiracy theories and the theorists that advance them. Now think about what the White House is throwing around about the Tea Party movement and wonder if it is not a conspiracy theory. Sunstein says that the way to get at anti-government groups like this is to infiltrate their groups with government employed people to help spread their falsehoods. This man may well be the most fearful man in our government because of the power he has and the way he works.

Top Obama czar: Infiltrate all 'conspiracy theorists'
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Old 04-23-2010, 10:46 AM
 
Location: Southcentral Kansas
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In his books "Nudge" and "On Rumors" Sunstein talks about conspiracy theories and how they must sometimes be controlled by government. He admits that some of them are proven true but not enough to allow that to go on and on. He has also written a paper while at Harvard, in 2008, in which he talked about how to destroy conspiracy theories and the theorists that advance them. Now think about what the White House is throwing around about the Tea Party movement and wonder if it is not a conspiracy theory. Sunstein says that the way to get at anti-government groups like this is to infiltrate their groups with government employed people to help spread their falsehoods. This man may well be the most fearful man in our government because of the power he has and the way he works.

Top Obama czar: Infiltrate all 'conspiracy theorists'
For those who can't accept this story from WND here is one from HuffPo on the same topic.

Arthur Goldwag: Cass Sunstein's Thought Police
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Old 04-23-2010, 11:03 AM
 
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How many government spies do you think are here on CD? I can think of a few off the top of my head.
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Old 04-23-2010, 11:48 AM
 
Location: Raleigh, NC
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I repeat:

First they ignore you,
then they laugh at you,
then they fight you,
then you win.

We're past halfway there!
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Old 04-23-2010, 12:19 PM
 
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How many government spies do you think are here on CD? I can think of a few off the top of my head.
There are so many of them, that many are actually arguing with each other.
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Old 04-23-2010, 12:21 PM
 
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There are so many of them, that many are actually arguing with each other.
I agree, they are in complete disarray
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Old 04-23-2010, 03:36 PM
 
Location: Southcentral Kansas
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How many government spies do you think are here on CD? I can think of a few off the top of my head.
I can think of more like 5 and have intimated to a couple that I think they are disseminating propaganda. They come up with links too readily and fast for me.
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Old 04-23-2010, 03:39 PM
 
Location: Southcentral Kansas
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I repeat:

First they ignore you,
then they laugh at you,
then they fight you,
then you win.

We're past halfway there!
But can we make it the rest of the way with THEIR control of the powers that could take us down. Sunstein talks about nudging people to where you want them to be and it seems to me that he is doing it right along. When they declared war on Fox, Beck, and Limbaugh last fall it appeared to me that they weren't at all worried about being seen as taking away freedom of speech for all.
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Old 04-23-2010, 03:39 PM
 
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In his books "Nudge" and "On Rumors" Sunstein talks about conspiracy theories and how they must sometimes be controlled by government. He admits that some of them are proven true but not enough to allow that to go on and on. He has also written a paper while at Harvard, in 2008, in which he talked about how to destroy conspiracy theories and the theorists that advance them. Now think about what the White House is throwing around about the Tea Party movement and wonder if it is not a conspiracy theory. Sunstein says that the way to get at anti-government groups like this is to infiltrate their groups with government employed people to help spread their falsehoods. This man may well be the most fearful man in our government because of the power he has and the way he works.

Top Obama czar: Infiltrate all 'conspiracy theorists'
Cass Sustein is strange joke of a man.
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Old 04-23-2010, 03:40 PM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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These unlawful "czars" in particular this dangerous clown should be one of the items on the agenda of the Tea Party.

We can't get rid of these people soon enough.
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