Tag Archives: Propaganda

First Principles: Stepping Up In Opposition

Posted on April 15, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Stepping up in opposition to the gravitational suck of those who attempt to redefine what freedom and liberty mean: A fundamental difference between the allegedly progressive and true classical liberal idealists, now called conservatives, is in how freedom and … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Plain Fact Is That Education Is Itself A Form of Propaganda – A Deliberate Scheme To Outfit the Pupil…With A Simple Appetite For Gulping Ideas Ready-Made

Posted on November 14, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“The plain fact is that education is itself a form of propaganda – a deliberate scheme to outfit the pupil, not with the capacity to weigh ideas, but with a simple appetite for gulping ideas ready-made. The aim is to … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: One Cannot Wage War Under Present Conditions Without the Support of Public Opinion, Which Is Tremendously Molded By the Press and Other Forms of Propaganda

Posted on March 26, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda.” – General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)

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On the 1619 Project

Posted on May 5, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

An ahistorical work that seeks to repudiate the founding principles of America won the Pulitzer Prize today. In my eyes, all luster is now gone to both the Nobel prizes and the Pulitzer with this move. It’s not … Continue reading →

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The Dark Days of Great War

Posted on April 4, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

American History marches on into World War I. The Dark Days of Great War by Michael Doyle Like a thunderstorm in the darkest night The Great War descended in Europe’s sight Suddenly, it seemed that August night All of its … Continue reading →

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Free Expression Heeded

Posted on January 29, 2019 by alohapromisesforever

The world we meet and grow in should be one in which free thought leads to free expression. Some will be good. Some will be bad. But, each thought should be allowed it’s space to be experienced and grown from. … Continue reading →

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Warning

Posted on March 31, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

A rational man realizes more than a few things Rely on the logic that a mind has and brings Such as the fact that science does not rest on consensus But on looking straight at the facts that convince us … Continue reading →

Posted in Photographs & Memories | Tagged Cherry Picking, Daily Prompt, Dogma, Emprical Observation, Failed Computer Programming, Fear Based Decision Making, Flawed Methodology, Global Climate Change, Global Warming, Hope, Ice Age, Propaganda, Real Data, Science, Speculation, Warning, Wordpress | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Propaganda Infused On Children Is Difficult To Uproot

Posted on March 28, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” – Lenin

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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Fact

Posted on March 8, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

It’s a natural born fact That it’s more than an act Manufactured news isn’t new Yet, it misleads me and you Propaganda is misery’s tool Destined to create a land of fools When alleged facts make no sense It’s up … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: In Strange Times, Lies Are Believed Over Truth

Posted on January 29, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught in falsehood’s school. And the one man who dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool.” – Plato

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