At approximately 11:45 a.m., on March 19th 2010, a friend and I were walking between sections of Parking Lot A on the George Mason University Fairfax campus. We encountered a two-lane street that bisects the parking lot. My friend paused at the near side of the intersection to adjust a load she was carrying and began to cross the street. Under my arm, I was carrying a non-partisan political sign that I had previously displayed at a rally in opposition to contentious legislation. At the time of this incident, I was not intentionally or overtly displaying the sign.
At the point where I was crossing the street, there is a narrow divider between the two lanes. As I crossed the first lane, I noticed a small-size, blue SUV approaching in the second lane. I stopped near the divider to yield to the vehicle. After I was stopped in-place near the divider, the driver of the SUV stopped about 15 feet short of my crossing path. The driver of the SUV then motioned to me to cross in front of his vehicle that was now at a complete stop. In an expeditious fashion, I began to cross in front of the stopped vehicle. When I was about two steps into the lane, I heard the engine of SUV rev, the horn sounded, and with my peripheral vision, I sensed the SUV rapidly approaching. I quickly ran out of the path of the SUV. As the SUV proceeded beyond me, a man leaned his head out of the open passenger side window and laughed. I shouted a remark at the man. The driver and the passenger of the vehicle were both male, in their mid-twenties, and had features indicating they were of Middle-Eastern descent.
Propaganda - An Enemy of Truth
April 18th, 2010Recently I visited the National Holocaust Museum. I have intended to visit there for quite some time and have been even more interested since the installation of the special exhibit entitled “State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda.”
The permanent exhibition of the museum is sheer gravitas. Even when one has significant knowledge of the topic of The Holocaust, the presentations of the museum bring a much greater depth to understanding that when man dispenses with the knowledge of nominal morality, all measures of evil are possible. Methods of propaganda were among the human designs that caused these things to occur.
A portion of the State of Deception exhibit provided a concise description of the integrated methods of propaganda. An open-minded viewing of these details validates concerns that these methods continue to be used today to control society and enslave the individual into service of seen and unseen masters. Recognizing these methods quickly removes the veneer and allows us to see through what is otherwise effective deception.
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