Even Small-Town Newspapers Censor the Facts Another Angry Rant
Posted on 14. Jun, 2010 by Patten in Business
I’m not a great writer. I don’t even think I’m at an average. As for my educational background: worse than you could imagine. Much worse. No sir, mine’s pure conviction: it’s the deterioration of our civil rights and the undemocratic processes of globalization that make me write. Then came last winter, and as I was fixing to do just that, an Earthquake destroyed much of Haiti.
It was a time to consider others. But I had no money to give – my paycheck is probably less than theirs, anyways – so I decided to do my part by writing a little essay about the damage Haiti incurred by United States Imperialism over the last 100 years or so. It would be scathing, and angry, but informative none the less, and important for everyone who thinks Bill Clinton’s ambassadorship is an ethical career choice.
First pulling from Noam Chomsky’s book Failed States, in which the retired intellectual explains the history of Haiti at the hands of Uncle Sam; and then by playing Google detective (the only information outlet not yet censored) I managed to type out a concise, informative Haitian history at about 700 words.
The article was sent over to my local newspaper, the Examiner. It’s a small town paper; mostly dealing with community events, budget reports, lost dogs, and, a front-page column for the mayor. But – it also has three or four regular columns for the town’s most astute commentators. There’s a Right-to-Center-to-Left viewpoint on all sorts of subjects. “Why not an independent commentator?” – Like myself.
But, alas, my little town has been sold on the brand of conservatism they have these days. The “Neo” branch. My definition of it: Having questions for your Government is a treacherous thing that should be held far aloft from. Fascism and corruption are the political realities that act as safeguards for the mainstream media.
Paranoia rung high for me after I realized this, although I never mind having it once in a while, and with a knee-jerk reaction, I assumed the role of vindicator. I knew what I was saying was at least 90 percent correct, and it was not any worse than the fashion-show media we have on the CNN’s of the world. Also on my side was the fact that this paper doesn’t have any Larry Kings’ featured in it, so I hoped the sphere of influence hadn’t yet found itself on the community rag. It was probably a fifty-fifty shot.
Fortunately, the editor liked it, and his bossman gave him permission to try me out with a fresh column. In good old fashioned black and white paper, my article “Bemoaning Haiti” was read by a couple thousand people. Not bad, and what writer doesn’t like being in print?
Right after they had told me they were going to publish it, I asked myself a very important question: Is it wrong to ask – is it immoral, I say – to write about such matters? Even if it’s ancient history? Is the morality such in our country that we can’t even discuss basic facts? The real point: Did Woodrow Wilson not send the troops over in 1915? Was Aristide not overthrown in a U.S-backed coup? Did President Clinton refuse to declassify the documents showing the CIA’s connection with F.A.R.C. leader Emmanuel Constant? Most important: Is it wrong to discuss these questions?
Inquiries of this magnitude are supposed to encompass the so-called “Watch Dog Media,” a term, I fear, is all but lost in this country. It still can denote and summon the old gumshoe mentality of putting your emotions and ideals on the sidelines while real facts and information come to the public light. With encouragement like that in the back of my head, I wrote another one – this time dealing with Obama’s refusal to recant Bush-Era Policies.
Again, nothing terribly wrong with the basic facts; Obama does have Bilderberger’s, CFR members and others swimming in his administration, he has continued the Patriot Act’s eavesdropping capacities, and he has continued with these endless wars. All true, but still, being the pessimist that I am, I had to be surprised when my article was published for a second time. Two for two, and both of which I didn’t think would happen at all.
That would be the very last one. I wouldn’t know it until about a month later, when I sent in another article entitled “A Small Study of Globalization and Indoctrination.” My column was dropped from the paper. Someone, somewhere, had decided that I was “insane” and therefore discarded. Ignorantly, still, I sent in my NWO article. The next morning I received a response from the editor:
“I’m starting to have a problem with your articles…They’re overly conspiratorial…Not everything on the internet is true.”
Then he quoted from a long-time reader who had written him an angry letter, condemning my viewpoints, labeling me as a conspiratorial nutjob, and topping off his vitriol by calling me the “Mount Rushmore of Dribble.” I was flattered, even when he said that my smartass smile will “haunt him for weeks to come.” What can I say? – I’m confident in my research, and besides, he couldn’t last 2 minutes in a debate with me. Not even close.
Was it something I said? I doubt it; you can never have enough Bush-Bashing. And, as much as the eco-warriors won’t admit it – and whatever you might say about the sciences (I don’t know a damned thing, myself) – it’s true: Global tax requirements are the natural next step in the evolution of technology-based marketplaces. A region’s industrial production leads to pollution, which – supposedly – leads to the Greenhouse Effect.
We’re all then spoon-fed fear, starting with Bush Sr.’s creepy voice in his New World Order announcements of ‘90-91 – and that we’ll die of “foreign enemies,” or sun radiation, or insecticidal aliens, or something else if we don’t yield freedom and sovereignty over to the internationalists so that we can be protected. And so it is. Terrorists, Patriots, and Global Warming – oh brother! Once it’s gone, it won’t be coming back. The Banksters and the World’s fascist governments will consulate soon enough. Then, maybe, Jesus will Return and things will get more interesting.
Perhaps not everything I said was accurate. I did call Bush Senior the “King of Bloodsuckers.” He might be a lizard, or he might not be, but one thing is for certain – all these Elitists are after Global Domination. It’s not a mad plot from a James Bond movie, it’s another natural occurrence of hegemony; first the town, and then the stars.
There’s an ironic part to this story; before I even submitted anything in, I sent over an inquiry/solicitation letter. The editor asked me “I don’t know what you are? Are you on the Right or Left?” He was baffled. He couldn’t comprehend that I was an independent thinker. Isn’t this always the problem? American’s are so divided with these terms. All of a sudden “I can’t join your cause because my ideological brain tells me it’s against what I believe in.” Intelligent creatures are supposed to question relevant facts. I replied to the editor the only way I could, telling him that I think for myself – weighing each issue on its merits. I’m pro-gun, anti-partial birth abortions, pro-drug law reform, anti-banking cartels, anti-manipulative war, and, because of the oligarchies that rule over nations – sympathetic to democratic institutions (unfortunately, however, most socialism is undemocratic). And if I have to be labeled on either side, it will be with the conspiratorial researchers. At least theirs doesn’t talk about the latest celebrity scandal.
If Ron Paul and Ralph Nader can team up to combat growing problems in our country, then why can’t we come together to combat the forces that want to take away even our most basic freedoms? Not through violence – as Chris Matthews frightens the people into believing that as the case – but by factual information. All I was trying to do was do my part in informing the public about perfectly rational, perfectly referenced, perfectly accurate depictions of real-life. Maybe in some fantasy world is policy decided by the President or the American Idol winner, or whoever, but for now, it’s the scumbags sitting off to the sidelines, and while the people work till they’re crippled, they spend their days on golf courses, drinking the best whiskey, and receiving the best health care that fake money can buy. What a democracy! Go back to your Reality Shows, ladies and gentleman, nothing to worry about here.
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