BBC Propaganda: Today's Highlights

We must be dumb here in the UK, because we pay the government to spoon-feed us with propaganda. So, in the spirit of sheepleness, here are some of my favourites from today's BBC reports:


(Image: BBCone's graphic design. They have circles. But if they reported on it, they may try to convince you those were squares)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7852628.stm

Global Warming is Irreversible! Oh no!

Of course it's irreversible, because we cannot have such a great impact on forces, like climate, which are beyond our control! We didn't cause warming, and we definitely can't undo it (but the Sun will).

It's interesting that the study which claims warming is irreversible, was funded by the US Dept of Energy and the Obama administration (cough-the prospect of carbon taxation represents a conflict of interest-cough)

Classic "Problem, Reaction, Solution" in action. In fact all three of these stories are.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7853254.stm

Because profit is indeed a dirty word.

OK, so short selling is hardly a 'moral' way to make money. But the entirety of the stock market and all those abstract 'assets' is one big casino/Ponzi scheme. So, some people win and others lose. Too bad.

But the solution to the problem is...not sound money or getting rid of the central bank...but more government and global financial restrictions! The cause of the problem shall now be the solution!

If you were prescribed drugs and they made you ill, chances are unless the doctor is Dr Mengele, you will not be told to increase the dosage. But that is exactly what we are told about globalism, private central banking and government financial restrictions.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7852640.stm

Yay, parents who don't pay child support will lose their passports! Except, this already happens. Just through proper legal means - you know, a COURT OF LAW. But now, government can remove someone's passport and driver's licence WITHOUT going through legal processes! What a triumph for liberty.

Oh, and I love the justification for this - that this is "faster, simpler and easier for the taxpayer". Simpler in that it gives more power to the authorities. "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a helluva lot easier." - George W Bush

And the horrible irony of Labour party members and their 'quangos' talking about lightening the burden on taxpayers. Priceless.