The War on Propaganda

“The essence of propaganda consists in winning people over to an idea so sincerely, so vitally, that in the end they succumb to it utterly and can never escape from it.” Joseph Goebbels

There is no shame in artists receiving monetary compensation to sell ideas, products or a presidential agenda. When everything is transparent and contracted aboveboard, this is called advertising. When this process is whispered into being, strategized and set into motion from the shadows of government and from behind closed doors, it is propaganda.

From Sun Tzu to Psy Ops, propaganda has won wars, toppled cultures and changed civilizations. As a self-identified enlightened and educated culture, we  thought ourselves beyond such base manipulation. We were wrong.

Where were the voices of dissent on the NEA conference call when so called “artists” were asked to further the President’s agenda?

I have danced ballets and I have done commercials; one side art, the other side business. What side were the NEA recipients on? (more…)

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Tags: 9/12 DC rally, Constitution Revolution, Goebbels, hate speech, Hitler
Posted Oct 5th 2009 at 6:46 am in Entertainment, Politics | 23500294 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cburgard/2009/10/05/the-war-on-propaganda/The+War+on+Propaganda+2009-10-05+13%3A46%3A35Chris+Burgard

A Health Dirge Night: President Obama’s Lefty Health Club Band

Though hailed as one at the time, the Beatles masterpiece Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was not Rock’s first “concept” album.  Per John Lennon:  “It doesn’t go anywhere…  It works, because we said it worked…  Every other song could have been on any other album.”

Flash forward to the latest cacophony from “spoken word” Grammy winner President Obama and his Lefty Health Club Band’s radical “concept” album, A Health Dirge Night; examine a few select tracks; and, recognize the reprised promotional chicanery.

The album opens with the derivative 8-track era chestnut, With A Little Help from the Feds.  Here, President Obama’s Lefty Health Club Band warbles that a radical bill must pass – now! – because our broken health care system is in crisis.  Why?  Because they said so.  Yet, while concerned with rising costs, the vast majority of Americans believe our health care system is good or excellent, and they are satisfied with their current plans.  Why then did Obama’s band try to rush release a radical bill before the public could hear how it impacts their current health care plans? (more…)

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Tags: 8-track, AstroTurf, DNC, government-run health care, Health Savings Accounts
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The Republican Case for Gay Marriage

“I am a little to the right of Rush Limbaugh. I’m so conservative that I approve of San Francisco City Hall marriages, adoption by same-sex couples, and New Hampshire’s recently ordained Episcopal bishop. Gays want to get married, have children, and go to church. Next they’ll be advocating school vouchers, boycotting HBO, and voting Republican.” — P.J. O’Rourke, The Atlantic, July/August 2004

Thanks to Dave Konig for addressing the topic of gay marriage here on Big Hollywood the other day. As he pointed out, the issue itself might not cause most to lose sleep, come what may. But perhaps it should.

As a nation we’re at a crossroads, no question. Our banking industry scrambles to escape quasi-nationalization, our auto industry is in the process of being nationalized, and we have instituted, of all things, a Car Czar (note: it took Russia roughly 300 years to stack up so many czars). If that isn’t bad enough, nationalized health care is on the table again.

So as the Republic devolves and those with the means contemplate hightailing it to the Caymans, it’s probably time to ask ourselves what it is to be “conservative.”

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Tags: Car Czar, Dave Konig, gay marriage, Rush Limbaugh, same sex marriage
Posted Jun 10th 2009 at 4:58 pm in Politics | 1572026 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mflynn/2009/06/10/the-republican-case-for-gay-marriage/The+Republican+Case+for+Gay+Marriage2009-06-10+23%3A58%3A04Maura+Flynn

Mark Levin: The Thomas Paine of our Time

In September of 2001, I found myself employed at a theater in Los Angeles playing the part of Ben Franklin in the musical “1776.” The show is about the signing of the Declaration of Independence: an entertaining history lesson that concludes with all the bells in Philadelphia ringing and the actors freezing in a tableau recreating the famous painting of the original signers. It stirs up feelings of patriotism in the hearts of all but the most America-hating of theater goers.

As luck would have it, the first week of the show’s run concluded on Sunday September 10th. The next morning, I slept in, then awoke to find an answering machine message from my wife, who’d driven off to a breakfast date. “Turn on the TV,” her breathless voice said. “New York City has been bombed.” I spent the rest of the day, like most of the country, glued to my set, unable to believe what I was seeing or hearing. (more…)

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Tags: "1776", "Liberty vs Tyranny", "Men in Black", 9/11, Larry Elder
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Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid…Schoolhouse Rock: Earth!

My daughter cautiously approached me the other day and said plainly, “Mom, I don’t want you to have a heart attack, but there’s something you should know…” She then introduced me to a coming Disney DVD that didn’t actually kill me, but came pretty close: Schoolhouse Rock! Earth (hat tip to Riley).

I’ve yet to meet anyone in my generational sphere who doesn’t have a fondness for and owe a certain mnemonic debt to the old Schoolhouse Rock videos, which aired between Saturday morning cartoons back in the day (1973-1986, and less frequently after that). Honestly, I can’t even think of the preamble to the Constitution without singing it in my head. (more…)

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Tags: Bob Dorough, David Mccall, disney, Mr. Morton, School House Rock: Earth
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9 REASONS TO IGNORE BEN SHAPIRO AND WATCH ‘24′ WITH US TONIGHT

The nation’s most disorganized live-blog follows below starting as 9pm West Coast style.

1.  Anyone who goes to college at 16 and graduates Summa Cum Laude is clearly not smart.

2. Even though he is 24-years-old, and that SOUNDS cool, it’s not.  Ask yourself, is Jack Bauer a callow youth?  Don’t the young hotshots always go down hard when they’re around him?

3. Having happily posed for a picture with him, Kiefer Sutherland is expecting a little LOYALTY, thank you very much. (more…)

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