GrowRebel
04-17-2007, 11:01 PM
I was listening to Randi Rhodes last week and she was talking about a documentary by the BBC she saw called "The Power of Nightmares" .... she said it was one of those must see film and so on and so forth .... It's at the google video website so I downloaded all three parts .... and checked it out ....
Synopsis
THE POWER OF NIGHTMARES
The Rise of the Politics of Fear
This is a series of documentary films about how fear has come to dominate politics in America, Britain and around the world ' and that much of that fear is based on an illusion.
The films tell the story of the rise of today's nightmare vision of a hidden, organised network of terror and show clearly how much of that threat has been distorted and exaggerated by politicians.
In an age disillusioned with optimistic political visions of the future, politicians have stumbled on a new force that can restore their power and authority ' the fear of a hidden and organised web of evil which they can protect their people from.
These films show how that fantasy was created ' and why ' by telling an epic story that starts in America in 1949 and ends in the present day. At the heart of the story are two groups ' the American Neoconservatives and the Radical Islamists. Both these groups were idealists born out of the failure of the post-war liberal optimism, and both had very similar explanations for why that failure had occurred.
Both groups did change the world ' but not in the way either intended. Their actions over the last thirty years have led to today's strange fantasy of fear which has spread through all levels of government, the security services and the international media.
A fantasy that no-one questions because those with the darkest nightmares have become the most powerful.
FILM ONE ' BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
It begins in 1949 with two men in America. One was an Egyptian school inspector called Sayyid Qutb ' his ideas would directly inspire those who flew the planes on the attack of September 11th.
The other was an obscure political philosopher ' Leo Strauss. His ideas would be one of the main influences on the Neoconservative movement that now dominates Washington
Both men believed that modern liberal freedoms were eroding the bonds that held society together.
Now this clown Strauss thought that making up shit to keep the people in line was A'Okay .... the war on terror is bullshit ..... it just to keep the people brainwashed .... which is what his admirers are doing today .... it works pretty well with the bushies, but as far as the rest of us .... well we are consider immoral like Clinton .... It talks about Clinton and why the neocons went after him.
Very interesting film it certainly explains the mindset of both extremes and why they are dangerous.
Knowledge is power ..... for those of you that are interested in this type of power .... go to google video and type in the title.:hippy::rastasmoke: :thumbsup:
:noel:
Synopsis
THE POWER OF NIGHTMARES
The Rise of the Politics of Fear
This is a series of documentary films about how fear has come to dominate politics in America, Britain and around the world ' and that much of that fear is based on an illusion.
The films tell the story of the rise of today's nightmare vision of a hidden, organised network of terror and show clearly how much of that threat has been distorted and exaggerated by politicians.
In an age disillusioned with optimistic political visions of the future, politicians have stumbled on a new force that can restore their power and authority ' the fear of a hidden and organised web of evil which they can protect their people from.
These films show how that fantasy was created ' and why ' by telling an epic story that starts in America in 1949 and ends in the present day. At the heart of the story are two groups ' the American Neoconservatives and the Radical Islamists. Both these groups were idealists born out of the failure of the post-war liberal optimism, and both had very similar explanations for why that failure had occurred.
Both groups did change the world ' but not in the way either intended. Their actions over the last thirty years have led to today's strange fantasy of fear which has spread through all levels of government, the security services and the international media.
A fantasy that no-one questions because those with the darkest nightmares have become the most powerful.
FILM ONE ' BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
It begins in 1949 with two men in America. One was an Egyptian school inspector called Sayyid Qutb ' his ideas would directly inspire those who flew the planes on the attack of September 11th.
The other was an obscure political philosopher ' Leo Strauss. His ideas would be one of the main influences on the Neoconservative movement that now dominates Washington
Both men believed that modern liberal freedoms were eroding the bonds that held society together.
Now this clown Strauss thought that making up shit to keep the people in line was A'Okay .... the war on terror is bullshit ..... it just to keep the people brainwashed .... which is what his admirers are doing today .... it works pretty well with the bushies, but as far as the rest of us .... well we are consider immoral like Clinton .... It talks about Clinton and why the neocons went after him.
Very interesting film it certainly explains the mindset of both extremes and why they are dangerous.
Knowledge is power ..... for those of you that are interested in this type of power .... go to google video and type in the title.:hippy::rastasmoke: :thumbsup:
:noel: