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Octafish

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48. Lisa Pease said we need an honest news media to get Democracy back...
Sun Nov 17, 2013, 07:55 PM
Nov 2013

...yet only one side gets heard: "An agent told me: 'If you don't say Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone, you won't get on television,'" Lisa Pease said.

DemocraticUnderground, also, is an important part of that battleground, she said. Lots of readers from her site come from DU, she said, after we post articles. Several of the other presenters at Duquesne said the same thing to me, Octafish from DU.

Here's an important example of what Ms. Pease was talking about:

If TIME-LIFE were honest, they'd address CIA-Mafia assassination plots.

Instead, they write glowingly about a self-described "debunker" who has demonstrated loyalty to CIA. "Trust us. We're innocent. There's nothing in those documents or in this documentary record of lies and obstruction of justice."

Of course, TIME-LIFE doesn't mention the importance of CIA officer George Joannides, who was part of the CIA anti-Castro activities in New Orleans at the same time Lee Harvey Oswald came in contact with same. Nor does TIME-LIFE mention how CIA pulled Joannides out of retirement to take over CIA-Congress "liaison" duties with the the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA) and how he failed to inform our Representatives of his previous ties. Nor does TIME-LIFE mention the long unclassified and the newly declassified records that show CIA lied to President Kennedy and Attorney General Kennedy after they ordered them to stop those programs that were started by CIA director Allen Dulles in the Eisenhower Administration. That was all covered at the Duquesne conference.

All that would be in TIME, if they were they honest. Instead we get John McAdams, friend of Welfare for the Wealthy and War Inc.

For those interested in learning more.

Thank you, JohnyCanuck. Ad astra per aspera...

The curse of Cassandra. iemitsu Nov 2013 #1
The 'Why?' Octafish Nov 2013 #7
In before back and to the left. The Midway Rebel Nov 2013 #2
You're a person who says all this is a waste of time. Octafish Nov 2013 #9
That picture you always post convinces me of nothing. The Midway Rebel Nov 2013 #23
Here's another good one... MinM Nov 2013 #24
Puff of Smoke Octafish Nov 2013 #28
Puff of smoke? Yes, you blow lots of them. The Midway Rebel Nov 2013 #30
Let's compare DU Journals to see who's contributed what... Octafish Nov 2013 #32
Undoubtably this was the weapon. zappaman Nov 2013 #34
Wow. Quoting a right winger on DU as an ''authority''... Octafish Nov 2013 #35
Do you understand that the genetic fallacy is a logical failure, Octafish? Bolo Boffin Nov 2013 #37
That doesn't change the facts, Bolo Boffin: McAdams is a right winger. Octafish Nov 2013 #38
McAdams being a right winger doesn't change the facts either, Octafish. Bolo Boffin Nov 2013 #39
That's what the right wingers McAdams, Hoover and Dulles said. Octafish Nov 2013 #40
That's what the evidence says. Bolo Boffin Nov 2013 #41
The evidence you cite, perhaps. The rest of the evidence, no. Octafish Nov 2013 #42
2 + 2 = 4, even if McAdams said so. Bolo Boffin Nov 2013 #43
McAdams says it's Lovelady. Octafish Nov 2013 #49
McAdams says 2 + 2 = 4. Bolo Boffin Nov 2013 #50
That would be The Midway Rebel Nov 2013 #44
So modern rifles don't make some smoke when fired? meanit Nov 2013 #51
CIA Document #1035-960 Countering Criticism of the Warren Commission avaistheone1 Nov 2013 #3
Amazing to see what many people have suspected confirmed so clearly. Thanks for this post. sabrina 1 Nov 2013 #5
I'm not sure if the law was on the books back then hootinholler Nov 2013 #12
^ Wilms Nov 2013 #4
REDLICH Memo Proves FBI Lied from Day One... Octafish Nov 2013 #18
Thanks. New to me too. n/t Wilms Nov 2013 #22
I never knew this, Octafish. Old and In the Way Nov 2013 #26
I believe you are granting parrafin tests a degree of reliability they do not possess. n/t Bolo Boffin Nov 2013 #31
DURec leftstreet Nov 2013 #6
Where's a Reporter when you need one? CIA Lied to JFK, the Warren Commission, Congress... Octafish Nov 2013 #19
The corruption of our culture also occurs through meme management. robertpaulsen Nov 2013 #8
Send problems to the HAC... CIA spookspeak for ''Health Alteration Committee.'' Octafish Nov 2013 #27
I have to disagree with one thing... hootinholler Nov 2013 #10
That's the realm of belief. Octafish Nov 2013 #36
GOD, I am sick of this JFK shit Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #11
Thanks for your input, Pretzel_Warrior. Octafish Nov 2013 #13
Simple then, I suggest you ignore the thread avaistheone1 Nov 2013 #14
GOD isn't a DUer, and questions about the assassination of President Kennedy aren't fecal matter. bobthedrummer Nov 2013 #15
"GOD isn't a DUer" zappaman Nov 2013 #16
Good people don't play 'God' with other human beings. Octafish Nov 2013 #33
Thanks again, Octa. Mc Mike Nov 2013 #17
You are most welcome Mc Mike! What Lisa Pease learned about JFK and Indonesia... Octafish Nov 2013 #25
I didn't know of Ms. Pease until reading your posts and MinM's. Mc Mike Nov 2013 #29
Lisa Pease on twitter MinM Nov 2013 #20
James Galbraith said only Readers can get a true picture of Dallas and its 50-year aftermath... Octafish Nov 2013 #21
great post- some want more info and some do not. solarhydrocan Nov 2013 #45
The Difference. Octafish Nov 2013 #46
K&R n/t JohnyCanuck Nov 2013 #47
Lisa Pease said we need an honest news media to get Democracy back... Octafish Nov 2013 #48
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