By VC | May 2nd, 2011
After the announcement of Bin Laden’s death, hundreds of people gathered in front of the White House chanting “USA! USA!”.
It is in times like these that a line is drawn between critical thinkers and those who get swiped by media crapstorms; Between those who understand the complexity of a situation and those who’d rather not know; Between those who know about the underlying motives of the people in power and those who go outside chanting “USA! USA!”.
Barak Obama’s statement on the evening of May 1st was one of triumph and celebration. He claimed that, with the death of Osama Bin Laden, “justice was served”. The media spin following the announcement was equally as celebratory: “It is a great day for America and the world”…”It is one those news where we we’ll all remember where we were when we first heard it”…The entire “event” is artificially inflated, glorified and exaggerated.
Why is the death a man causing such happiness and celebration? Since when have we devolved into such a barbaric state? Because he perpetrated 9/11? Did he also implode WTC 7? Damn you Osama and your team of engineers!
I’ll spare you the entire “9/11 was an inside job” speech, as I know most of this site’s readers are all too aware of it. So why should we care if Ben Laden is dead or not? Is he really dead? Did he die two years ago? Who really knows? We’re living in an era of artificial, fully-staged, media-generated events. Why was Bin Laden’s death announced on the evening of May 1st? It was the required sacrifice...[Full Article]
