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To: BlueDragon
"Then, as Mao ordered rapid industrialisation during the Great Leap Forward, the grain supplies disappeared. Simultaneously local officials, terrified of failure, began to report fictional bumper harvests. Mao, meanwhile, publicly humiliated any party leader who voiced doubts. The result was the greatest famine in modern history."

We've seen the same behavior from the US press over the last four years of Obama. They've relentlessly played down every one of his failures, and trumpeted huge successes that were nothing more than official, state sanctioned propaganda. Whenever the press dared to dip a toe into the waters of fair criticism, they were harshly dealt with by the regime, and made to get back in line.

During the 2012 campaign, we watched the press ignore the unprecedented disasters of this man's first term, while they did everything in their power to vilify and beat up every potential Republican challenger. The yellow 'journalism' and dirty tricks were endless.

We're witnessing history repeat itself here. Welcome to Obama's Long March Forward.

17 posted on 11/26/2012 5:11:42 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier
We've seen the same behavior from the US press over the last four years of Obama. They've relentlessly played down every one of his failures, and trumpeted huge successes that were nothing more than official, state sanctioned propaganda. Whenever the press dared to dip a toe into the waters of fair criticism, they were harshly dealt with by the regime, and made to get back in line.

Sad but true. Have we heard anything more about the effects of hurricane Sandy? Beyond providing a campaign prop, does the MSM even care?

It seems bizarre to contemplate 35 million people being starved to death by their own government, and the event is virtually unknown. Idiot kids think it's cool to walk around with a tee shirt with a picture of Mao, the architect of this mass murder.

19 posted on 11/26/2012 5:31:37 PM PST by Flick Lives (We're going to be just like the old Soviet Union, but with free cell phones!)
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