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Oy. Nt xchrom Aug 2013 #1
Perfect - oy indeed! polichick Aug 2013 #114
They should just hire an ad agency leftstreet Aug 2013 #2
How many times have we heard "We just need better messaging?" BrotherIvan Aug 2013 #14
messaging is the one thing that actually gets funding nashville_brook Aug 2013 #31
But on the other hand BrotherIvan Aug 2013 #56
oh hell yeah -- the 2008 branding campaign knocked it out of the park nashville_brook Aug 2013 #67
He even beat Nike, Apple and Coors leftstreet Aug 2013 #73
and who knew it would be so easy to dismantle the social network post-election! nashville_brook Aug 2013 #144
"an absence of real people involved in the discussion" Aerows Aug 2013 #62
"Maybe find out who does the high-fructose tv commercials" deurbano Aug 2013 #89
"sugar ... is sugar" *extremely self-satisfied smirk* MisterP Aug 2013 #108
"spying in moderation can't hurt you" leftstreet Aug 2013 #117
"spying...in moderation..can't HURT you" *smarm smarm smarm* MisterP Aug 2013 #118
"i only look at kitteh pictures and justin bieber youtube videos" nashville_brook Aug 2013 #123
... TBF Aug 2013 #110
smack! KoKo Aug 2013 #3
DOA, Infant Mortality. Downwinder Aug 2013 #4
So the plan was to create a conspiracy Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #5
when this is your strategy, it proves you're working with "bad facts." nashville_brook Aug 2013 #6
It's mindboggling Aerows Aug 2013 #9
was Sunstein was tapped in order to implement his "infiltration" strategy? nashville_brook Aug 2013 #12
Apparently, not anymore Aerows Aug 2013 #13
you can't fight distrust in govt with lies and paid propagandists nashville_brook Aug 2013 #18
OMG I had missed this one. Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #23
gee -- i wonder what the pro-NSA response will be. nashville_brook Aug 2013 #38
My Theory? The Koolaid Brigade© is feeling slighted and underappreciated right now. Dragonfli Aug 2013 #177
my theory SwampG8r Aug 2013 #196
"two from Canada" ? DURHAM D Aug 2013 #210
should at least get first dibs nashville_brook Aug 2013 #213
Not all conspiracy theories are false. n/t backscatter712 Aug 2013 #21
Sunstein defines CT as "reference to the machinations of powerful people" nashville_brook Aug 2013 #24
I wouldnt trust Sunstein on about ANYTHING. 7962 Aug 2013 #76
+1 nashville_brook Aug 2013 #120
Oh, boy, do I know that! Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #25
It can no longer be deemed "conspiracy theory" Ocelot Aug 2013 #47
good point - perfect example. nashville_brook Aug 2013 #93
It's like a Mobius strip ... made of conspiracy DirkGently Aug 2013 #57
it's very meta isn't it Enrique Aug 2013 #70
Yes, that is the irony of his proposals. And if someone in one of the threads notices something sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #105
There have been stories like this going back to the 60's. Jackpine Radical Aug 2013 #106
Yes, and now we have someone who is going to watch out for our privacy, actually sabrina 1 Aug 2013 #116
They're here. tblue Aug 2013 #192
In other words Aerows Aug 2013 #7
Please remember, Obama surrounds himself with Republicans. RC Aug 2013 #43
I'm pretty sure Sunstein isn't a Republican. I just have a hard time believing that anyone SlimJimmy Aug 2013 #134
Kick and Rec. Fuddnik Aug 2013 #8
Oy. It just gets worse. n.t myrna minx Aug 2013 #10
Some people in Washington need to get out of the bubble Aerows Aug 2013 #11
I'm so crestfallen from all of these revelations. myrna minx Aug 2013 #17
This is jaw-droppingly bad stuff. GliderGuider Aug 2013 #15
And thanks to the NDAA Aerows Aug 2013 #16
It's not a possibility. It's a reality that "Obama is just as good at his job as he seems,"... truth2power Aug 2013 #197
Why not get Karl Rove and Ollie North, then? Why screw around? Waiting For Everyman Aug 2013 #19
Couldn't get much more blatant, could it? "Hey, we hiring professional liars DirkGently Aug 2013 #27
"it's like a clown car with unlimited power and money." blackspade Aug 2013 #173
I am beginning to suspect that Obama knows, at most, 30 people Dreamer Tatum Aug 2013 #20
When Republicans do it, it's called cronyism. n/t QC Aug 2013 #132
That they'd hire PROfessionals to infiltrate forums makes a lot of SENSE. n/t backscatter712 Aug 2013 #22
cleaning coffee off screen... nashville_brook Aug 2013 #28
Can you please clean mine too? L0oniX Aug 2013 #34
Naughty Naughty! n2doc Aug 2013 #40
Yer bad... L0oniX Aug 2013 #45
i see what you did there frylock Aug 2013 #48
Snork!!! GliderGuider Aug 2013 #59
*BWAH!* Hydra Aug 2013 #84
Ha! whatchamacallit Aug 2013 #87
Very juvenile -- and making a very baseless accusation karynnj Aug 2013 #92
"That poster has been here since at least 2005 and has been very consistent in her positions." friendly_iconoclast Aug 2013 #103
My iPad is pretty insightful ... GeorgeGist Aug 2013 #94
LMAO! n/t Aerows Aug 2013 #109
Clever, but I'll stnad up for her here Jack Rabbit Aug 2013 #174
Another shallow, ignorant tool who is going to explain things to us. bemildred Aug 2013 #26
and the conceit that they can make people believe that POWER doesn't affect change nashville_brook Aug 2013 #30
is there such a problem with doing the right thing? G_j Aug 2013 #29
Yes, it appears so Aerows Aug 2013 #32
Trust them? .....................................................LMFAO ....pathetic. n/t L0oniX Aug 2013 #33
well you know...journalists are terrorists, so if you knew what's good fer ya... nashville_brook Aug 2013 #35
Damn journalism jihadists! L0oniX Aug 2013 #42
clutching with their AP Style books like the Koran! nashville_brook Aug 2013 #44
Preaching about the 1st Amendment Aerows Aug 2013 #58
with protected status or something! nashville_brook Aug 2013 #61
Read that link that I have at the bottom of the thread as a response Aerows Aug 2013 #71
Hey - That's not a reform committee, It's a propaganda panel like the Creel Committee ! limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #36
The Guardian was reporting a similar story back in 2011 Ocelot Aug 2013 #37
"on-shoring" of previously exported programs: Naomi Klein on China's All-Seeing Eye nashville_brook Aug 2013 #41
Thanks for the link, this looks like good reading! arcane1 Aug 2013 #65
it's really eye-opening...the problem with spying is as bad or worse when it's nashville_brook Aug 2013 #146
LOL! City Lights Aug 2013 #39
Hmm...I actually think this has already started... joeybee12 Aug 2013 #46
probable cause to question overt pro-NSA messaging... nashville_brook Aug 2013 #49
I bet Sunstein's proposal was not unique in the sense others were joeybee12 Aug 2013 #51
Absolutely-- if not by government agencies themselves, then outiside PR Marr Aug 2013 #52
it's the definition of a "think tank" -- nashville_brook Aug 2013 #53
I think so too. I just don't know what to say about this latest development...nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #96
Yeah, it's disconcerting that a person like this would be given joeybee12 Aug 2013 #112
The administration's position and agenda here is pretty clear. Marr Aug 2013 #50
A bit of "Stick it in Greenwald's Eye" KoKo Aug 2013 #63
it goes the other way too...confirming that this was significant. nashville_brook Aug 2013 #66
Good Point...but, you will never see an admission of that.... KoKo Aug 2013 #80
indeedydoodoo. nashville_brook Aug 2013 #95
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OnyxCollie Aug 2013 #54
no better way to prove conspiracy theorists wrong Enrique Aug 2013 #55
I eagerly await the palace guard's rhetorical gymnastics on this, should be amusing. KG Aug 2013 #60
They're conspicuous by their absence. GliderGuider Aug 2013 #90
Sunstein must be having a cognitive infiltration kickoff meeting. DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2013 #161
I smell burning gears LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #142
Warning! Warning! Does not compute! Oilwellian Aug 2013 #155
I keep waiting for the alarm clock to go off dgibby Aug 2013 #64
The stench is overwhelming. ctsnowman Aug 2013 #68
Since we are bringing things to light Aerows Aug 2013 #69
Yea, better propaganda will reform NSA's illegal spying. HooptieWagon Aug 2013 #72
Maybe we should all claim we have pot.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #179
Hmmm...I like that! HooptieWagon Aug 2013 #181
I'm already picturing the NSA is going down... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #183
I certainly hope so. HooptieWagon Aug 2013 #194
My experience is that once an agency is seen as "bad" it's gone.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #198
I think usually they get absorbed into other agencies. HooptieWagon Aug 2013 #200
Obama should just come clean, tell us the truth and stop spying on us Jack Rabbit Aug 2013 #74
notice the absence... nashville_brook Aug 2013 #126
No, not at all Jack Rabbit Aug 2013 #133
"Cass Sunstein has long been one of Barack Obama’s closest confidants" GliderGuider Aug 2013 #75
It explains a lot, doesn't it? nt bemildred Aug 2013 #77
Sadly, yes it does. nt GliderGuider Aug 2013 #82
Come again?? Hydra Aug 2013 #88
That link should be required reading. cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #170
Well isn't that special? whatchamacallit Aug 2013 #78
The left wing Robert Bork is someone we can all trust to protect our privacy! Dawson Leery Aug 2013 #79
NSA has been part of a decades lonjg spy on us RedCloud Aug 2013 #81
there's been outrage about domestic spying since Cointelpro become known nashville_brook Aug 2013 #85
K&R woo me with science Aug 2013 #83
What the fuck?! bunnies Aug 2013 #86
K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2013 #91
Why does President Obama often pick the wrong people? Enthusiast Aug 2013 #97
He unwittingly trusts the wrong people, he's threatened by the wrong people, or... polichick Aug 2013 #115
He doesn't just Nite Owl Aug 2013 #125
Because from a slightly different point of view the're not "wrong" at all. GliderGuider Aug 2013 #199
Oh, I'm double-plus unhappy Enthusiast Aug 2013 #203
I guess I am one they would target b/c I KNOW OUR GOVERNMENT IS TOTALLY BOUGHT AND Dustlawyer Aug 2013 #98
to add on to what you're saying...a particular Rep/Sen doesn't even have to be "bought" nashville_brook Aug 2013 #100
I agree. As to Alan Grayson, I love him. Everyone loves to bash us Plaintiff lawyers as ambulance Dustlawyer Aug 2013 #135
i know a little bit about how difficult it is to do that kind of law nashville_brook Aug 2013 #140
I've been referring to "them" as "catapulters" rusty fender Aug 2013 #99
i can barely think of the word 'propaganda' without nashville_brook Aug 2013 #101
Sunstein's Wikipedia entry is fascinating. DirkGently Aug 2013 #102
Recommend.. "libertarian paternalism" KoKo Aug 2013 #104
Should be an OP whatchamacallit Aug 2013 #121
reminds me of sophomores reading The Republic... nashville_brook Aug 2013 #122
I don't think he can be dismissed as a shitty intellectual cali Aug 2013 #137
i don't think anyone is dashing his smarts -- it's on the subject of NSA that he's questionable nashville_brook Aug 2013 #145
He's a fucking elitist. They play squash. Haha? DirkGently Aug 2013 #148
Gosh. The hits just keep coming. Octafish Aug 2013 #107
oh my! thanks for posting this! nashville_brook Aug 2013 #111
+1 leftstreet Aug 2013 #119
Thanks for posting. myrna minx Aug 2013 #124
That's a great juxtapositioning. DirkGently Aug 2013 #129
cognitive infiltrator Rex Aug 2013 #139
or psyops, even. these are dark waters for someone so close to the president. nashville_brook Aug 2013 #141
Thank you for posting this. Am so looking forward to barrage of Linkosaurus-Blue links idwiyo Aug 2013 #151
Deafening silence, isn't it? hatrack Aug 2013 #188
I thought I was going deaf. Not even a cricket chirping... idwiyo Aug 2013 #195
Recommend Read.. KoKo Aug 2013 #189
Thanks for the links Dack Aug 2013 #113
welcome to DU -- no one mentions the "team of rivals" anymore nashville_brook Aug 2013 #136
Interesting that he never lifted a finger to market the benefits of Obamacare BlueStreak Aug 2013 #127
amen...and don't get me started on ACORN. nashville_brook Aug 2013 #143
Sounds like a tacit admission that the NSA is inherently untrustworthy. n/t winter is coming Aug 2013 #128
NDAA: It is legal for the government to lie to your face. Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #130
Everyday some new Nite Owl Aug 2013 #131
"cognitive infiltrator" Rex Aug 2013 #138
Havent you heard? The Spy Committee Report has been leaked. rhett o rick Aug 2013 #147
There's much here with links that folks might want to go back to...K&R KoKo Aug 2013 #149
add this link: CASS SUNSTEIN: Meet the new Obama elite, or "all the president's middlebrows" nashville_brook Aug 2013 #150
Fascinating...for background...before Cass was Cass as we know him today? KoKo Aug 2013 #153
oh ouch DURHAM D Aug 2013 #163
"ponderous middlebrows concealing their old-fashioned pursuits" DirkGently Aug 2013 #211
K&R idwiyo Aug 2013 #152
K&R LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #154
unbelievable! neverforget Aug 2013 #156
Also on the review committee is Richard Clarke. I like Richard Clarke. Zen Democrat Aug 2013 #157
"And while Barack Obama is POTUS" LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #158
And you know just how much power the general do and don't have at NSA? Zen Democrat Aug 2013 #204
it will be interesting to see how Clarke comes out of this... nashville_brook Aug 2013 #164
Obama's "close confident" is also the husband of Obama's Ambassador to the United Nations. Zen Democrat Aug 2013 #205
I lost faith in the President long ago. mick063 Aug 2013 #159
So you joined the Tea Party? Zen Democrat Aug 2013 #206
Holy shit mick063 Aug 2013 #207
+1 nashville_brook Aug 2013 #212
"Cognitive infiltrator": resume-speak for "buillshit artist". n/t winter is coming Aug 2013 #160
Kick! n-t Logical Aug 2013 #162
The committee is useless. It's only purpose was to fool the public. JDPriestly Aug 2013 #165
it's actual, stated purpose is to influence our opinion nashville_brook Aug 2013 #166
K&R WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2013 #167
Kind of like how Priebus says Repuke policies are fine; they just need better messaging bullwinkle428 Aug 2013 #168
K & R DURHAM D Aug 2013 #169
Thanks for the info. blackspade Aug 2013 #171
Fools? libdude Aug 2013 #172
The crowning insult to this affair is that Sunstein and the other apparatchiks HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #175
His "base" isn't Dems who voted for him....it's the "Fusion" he is about... KoKo Aug 2013 #190
We are so f**ked. n/t countmyvote4real Aug 2013 #176
I guess this proves Obama isnt "out of the loop". HooptieWagon Aug 2013 #178
I respect Clarke. He has always done his job honestly and to the best of his ability. Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #180
You can trust your government! limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #182
Transparent blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #184
It just keeps getting creepier. JEB Aug 2013 #185
I think Obama misread that old saw as, the best disinfectant is ... GeorgeGist Aug 2013 #186
truly a brave new world,. now propaganda trumps policy, pathetic. Civilization2 Aug 2013 #187
Yes, a dangerous course. HooptieWagon Aug 2013 #201
I log on to DU w/the Dorothy Parker question: "What fresh hell is this?" Divernan Aug 2013 #191
Kick LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #193
kick cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #202
In case anyone missed it . . . . snot Aug 2013 #208
It gets worse, and we pray for a reprieve from the betrayal, delrem Aug 2013 #209
get ready for the ensuing media blitz Supersedeas Aug 2013 #214
It's odd that, in his paper, Sunstein attributes.... PosterChild Jul 2014 #215
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