Sep 28 2008
The Bailout, Pandemic, 9/11, and Y2K
Remember all the warnings about Y2K? The government warned us that we had to be prepared for limited services, food shortages, power outages and an array of other problems. Nothing happened. It was all hyped up.
But did the government ever tell you about al Qaeda. A quick google search for news stories on al Queda for the years 1995-2000 came up empty. I remember wondering “Why haven’t I heard of this group before?” when news reports attributed the attack to this group.
In January of 2004 we were told by experts ” Bird Flu Could Kill Millions.” Again we were warned that we could suffer food shortages, power failure, banking problems and any other tragic scenios. This cry of doom went on for over a year and suddenly it is no longer mentioned, except for break through in vacines or death of some birds in Africa or other countries.
Now we get an S.O.S. warning that if a deal is not made for the $700 billion dollars bailout for Wall Street, we will have credit, bank, and all kinds of problem world wide. This is after Barney Franks assured everyone for years that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were in good shape.
I don’t care what party you belong to…. they are all at fault for misinformation and not being transparent with the public. Why couldn’t the recent finance meeting be telecast? What are they afraid of?
6 Responses to “The Bailout, Pandemic, 9/11, and Y2K”
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Afraid of Americans finding out the truth. Everything with politics have become shrouded with secrecy, and if you’re a good american you’ll just assume that they’re doing what’s best for you and everyone.
The chance of a bird flu pandemic is as real as it was in 2004, maybe greater, but the reality is that it doesn’t make great headlines. The last tiem there was a pandemic was in 1918, so we can’t even talk about the last time it happened and scare people that way. the lack of info on al Quaeda was and is a factor of bad journalism. Unfortuantely, the ehrd mentality of the press corps is disgusting and disheartening.
moonshadow,
I don’t think the government informed the media of al Queda, not that it was under reported. I agree that the media is at best mediocre in their coverage… if they aren’t bias, they don’t get the fact right, or they miss something all together. My point was not on the media but on what the government tells us and what it doesn’t.
skwquitar, I’m not sure if being a good american means believing what the government tells or doesn’t tell is because they know what is best.
I wonder how the familes of 9/11 feel about that….. I love my country, support my leaders most of the time… but there are times I question their judgement.
Oh believe me I’m not either… we really need a sarcasm font on today.com
hehe, a sarcasm font. That would be good.
I agree with you. It’s amazing the amount and level of distraction techniques. Scare them with X so they don’t know a thing about Y. Even now. It took a serious crash in the market before we were told a thing about the real situation. Most of us knew the economy was not good (except Bush who thought it was just fine until this week), but none of us (outside of those directly involved) had any idea just how bad.
Kelly
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