Hear Chris Hedges!

[PoliTalker]

Hello montgomery,

https://ca.video.search.yahoo.com/yh...a&action=click

I know that few are going to watch a video of that length but maybe they will become interested enough after some discussion to clue themselves in to what Hedges is saying?

He understands that the two major parties are the same evil bastards who have hijackked the ordinary people and are working to uphold the very wealthy at the people's expense. The 1% in other words. He's supported the Libertarian party but that shouldn't be held against him. He freely admits that he was voting against the two major parties which are totally corrupt.

And he's zeroed in on Trump's cheap tricks of appealing to the people to blame minorities for their horrible losing lot in life. It's exactly the same tactic that Hitler used to rise to power, and only the minorities are different this time. Will it work for Trump? It will work the same as it worked for Hitler and drive the world away from the US. In fact it's quite obvious that is already happening.

Chris Hedges is only one man who is trying to get the message out to Americans. But as I said, nobody is likely to watch a video that long without first becoming interested in the message. I think perhaps a 10 minute sampling of his ideas could stir some interest here. Then that will lead to a great discussion as the fangs are bared by both sides!

I didn't take the time to watch. I'm familiar with Hedges. He is a voice of logic in this illogical nation.

There is a good entry on his political views on wiki.

A good thing to know about Hedges is that everything he says is fact-based, verifiable. He deals with real news. Hedges is credible.

[evince]

https://ca.video.search.yahoo.com/yh...a&action=click

I know that few are going to watch a video of that length but maybe they will become interested enough after some discussion to clue themselves in to what Hedges is saying?

He understands that the two major parties are the same evil bastards who have hijackked the ordinary people and are working to uphold the very wealthy at the people's expense. The 1% in other words. He's supported the Libertarian party but that shouldn't be held against him. He freely admits that he was voting against the two major parties which are totally corrupt.

And he's zeroed in on Trump's cheap tricks of appealing to the people to blame minorities for their horrible losing lot in life. It's exactly the same tactic that Hitler used to rise to power, and only the minorities are different this time. Will it work for Trump? It will work the same as it worked for Hitler and drive the world away from the US. In fact it's quite obvious that is already happening.

Chris Hedges is only one man who is trying to get the message out to Americans. But as I said, nobody is likely to watch a video that long without first becoming interested in the message. I think perhaps a 10 minute sampling of his ideas could stir some interest here. Then that will lead to a great discussion as the fangs are bared by both sides!

he is wrong


this country would be dead already if it were not for the people in the Democratic party


condemning both is what the republicans do every time they tear things up


they cant protect their horrible actions so they try and make the Democratic party share their blame

[evince]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hedges


Christopher Lynn Hedges (born September 18, 1956) is an American journalist, Presbyterian minister, and visiting Princeton University lecturer. His books include War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (2002), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction; Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle (2009); Death of the Liberal Class (2010); Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (2012), written with cartoonist Joe Sacco, which was a New York Times best-seller; Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt (2015); and his most recent America: The Farewell Tour (2018).
Hedges is a columnist for the progressive news and commentary website Truthdig.[1][2] He is also a host for the television program On Contact on RT.[3] Hedges spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, West Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Balkans. He has reported from more than fifty countries, and has worked for The Christian Science Monitor, NPR, Dallas Morning News, and The New York Times,[4] where he was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years (1990–2005).


why does he take money from Putin?

[evince]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hedges


Christopher Lynn Hedges (born September 18, 1956) is an American journalist, Presbyterian minister, and visiting Princeton University lecturer. His books include War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (2002), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction; Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle (2009); Death of the Liberal Class (2010); Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (2012), written with cartoonist Joe Sacco, which was a New York Times best-seller; Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt (2015); and his most recent America: The Farewell Tour (2018).
Hedges is a columnist for the progressive news and commentary website Truthdig.[1][2] He is also a host for the television program On Contact on RT.[3] Hedges spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, West Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Balkans. He has reported from more than fifty countries, and has worked for The Christian Science Monitor, NPR, Dallas Morning News, and The New York Times,[4] where he was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years (1990–2005).


why does he take money from Putin?

Three of Hedges' articles were based upon the stories of Iraqi defectors, who had been furnished to Hedges by the Information Collection Program of the U.S.-funded Iraqi National Congress.[20] The program promoted stories to major media outlets in order to orchestrate U.S. intervention in Iraq in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Most significant of his reports in this period was a November 8, 2001, front-page story about two former Iraqi military commanders who claimed to have trained foreign mujahedeen how to hijack planes without using guns.[21] Hedges quoted a man whom he believed to be an Iraqi general: "These Islamic radicals ... came from a variety of countries, including Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Algeria, Egypt, and Morocco. We were training these people to attack installations important to the United States". The two defectors also asserted there was a secret compound in Salman Pak facility where a German scientist was producing biological weapons.[22]
According to Mother Jones: "The impact of the article ... was immediate: Op-eds ran in major papers, and the story was taken to a wider audience through cable-TV talk shows. When Condoleezza Rice, then George W. Bush's national security adviser, was asked about the report at a press briefing, she said, 'I think it surprises no one that Saddam Hussein is engaged in all kinds of activities that are destabilizing.'" As late as 2006, conservative magazines including The Weekly Standard and National Review continued to use this article to justify the invasion of Iraq.[23]
It later was revealed that the story which Hedges reported was "an elaborate scam". The defector whom Hedges quoted, who had identified himself as Lt. General Jamal al-Ghurairy, was a former sergeant. The real Ghurairy had never left Iraq. Hedges said that he had taken on reporting this account at the request of Lowell Bergman of Frontline, who wanted the defectors for his show but could not go to Beirut for the interview. The trip had been organized by Ahmed Chalabi, whom Hedges considered to be unreliable. Hedges said he had done the piece as a favor to Bergman, explaining, "There has to be a level of trust between reporters. We cover each other's sources when it's a good story because otherwise everyone would get hold of it." Hedges had relied on the U.S. embassy in Turkey for further confirmation of the man's identity.[23]
Hedges wrote two more articles that year that were informed by Chalabi-coached defectors. The second one, claiming that Iraq still held 80 Kuwaitis captured in the 1991 Gulf War in a secret underground prison, was also found to be baseless.[24]

[evince]

He works for Putin

[evince]

He goes after both right and left radicals, thanks for bringing him to my attention.

because he works for Putin

[Guno צְבִי]

better to listen to this guy

[evince]

A very interesting comment! But don't you think that Trump is already pushing the limits for halfway decent society? Can he push it further and still remain within the law? He's already close to inciting violence! (once again, the similarity to Hitler's brownshirts) Already!

and this makes putin happy

he wants us divided and chaotic America

So does Hedges

[evince]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hedges


Christopher Lynn Hedges (born September 18, 1956) is an American journalist, Presbyterian minister, and visiting Princeton University lecturer. His books include War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning (2002), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction; Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle (2009); Death of the Liberal Class (2010); Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (2012), written with cartoonist Joe Sacco, which was a New York Times best-seller; Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt (2015); and his most recent America: The Farewell Tour (2018).
Hedges is a columnist for the progressive news and commentary website Truthdig.[1][2] He is also a host for the television program On Contact on RT.[3] Hedges spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, West Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and the Balkans. He has reported from more than fifty countries, and has worked for The Christian Science Monitor, NPR, Dallas Morning News, and The New York Times,[4] where he was a foreign correspondent for fifteen years (1990–2005).


why does he take money from Putin?

In October 2012, Hedges publicly supported Jill Stein, the candidate of the Green Party of the United States, in the 2012 United States presidential election.[45] On April 7, 2013, Hedges delivered the keynote address at the Green Party of New Jersey state convention.[46][47]


Jill Stein was at that same table with Putin as Flynn

[evince]

[evince]

Hedges is working for Putin

he is paid By RT or Russian Times which is Russian/Putin owned

[evince]

Putin wants you to hate the Democratic party too


it helps make Americans hopeless

stop being a piece of playdough for Putin

[kudzu]

I was only saying that because some of the Democrat House members have been talking about opening up the investigations on the White House spending.

White House spending budgets are established in Congress and signed by the president.

The White house has quadrupled their spending over the allotted annual budget in 2018! And someone will be having to pay the government back for every penny of it.

Evidently Melania had a seven hour layover in Cairo on her return trip from Africa that cost $14,000.00. Maybe that's why she fired Mira Ricardel.

[PoliTalker]

Hello evince,

he is wrong


this country would be dead already if it were not for the people in the Democratic party


condemning both is what the republicans do every time they tear things up


they cant protect their horrible actions so they try and make the Democratic party share their blame

The Democrats can be wrong.

You know, when we align with a political party, we give up some of our freedom. It is making a deal. We give up something, we get something. If our views are not completely aligned with the PARTY we compromise on some things and accept what THE PARTY wants. We give up some of our individuality.

If THE PARTY has most of what we want, that's enticing. We might think it is worth it. THE PARTY has power because there are so many people in it. We add to that power when we join. But we sacrifice anything THE PARTY doesn't want. Even if we think it is a good idea, we have to give up on that. We give up creativity and innovation.

We also have to accept some things we might not want.

If THE PARTY backs something we don't really agree with, we lend our power to that by going with THE PARTY.

POLITICAL PARTIES are not the end-all be-all.

What they are is people giving up on things together.

[evince]

Hello evince,



The Democrats can be wrong.

You know, when we align with a political party, we give up some of our freedom. It is making a deal. We give up something, we get something. If our views are not completely aligned with the PARTY we compromise on some things and accept what THE PARTY wants. We give up some of our individuality.

If THE PARTY has most of what we want, that's enticing. We might think it is worth it. THE PARTY has power because there are so many people in it. We add to that power when we join. But we sacrifice anything THE PARTY doesn't want. Even if we think it is a good idea, we have to give up on that. We give up creativity and innovation.

We also have to accept some things we might not want.

If THE PARTY backs something we don't really agree with, we lend our power to that by going with THE PARTY.

POLITICAL PARTIES are not the end-all be-all.

What they are is people giving up on things together.

you know what Putin wants ?


Americans to feel their system is hopeless.


why were you using WE?


you were NOT talking about me


I am no dupe


people who buy the idea that the Democratic party is as corrupt as the republican party buy lies.



they are NOT the same

Pretending they are both equally evil is utterly a LIE


I don't need to pretend the Democratic party and its leaders are evil to make my self feel fair



I am aware enough of what is going on to DECLARE with Facts what they actually are.



and Im sure not going to listen to some evil man who takes Putin money.


take Putin money and you are dead to me



he is a right wing man who takes Putins money

My party is full of decent men and women who could roll this guys head with facts that prove he has a failed philosophy and should nit be taking Putin payments



The SECOND the Democratic party abandons its Ideas I will bail on them

please don't insult me by pretending Im backing merely a label


that man is nit the end all be all is he ?


so why does he get respect from YOU as if he is better than all the humans in the Democratic party leadership who have saved this nation from LIE filled marches to war, economic disasters and decades of election cheating ?


an unreal sense of fairness?


this man takes Putin money

remember my first words to yu 9n this site


It was a warning that if you began to look like a FAKE left poster I would recognize it in a very short time



this man is a FAKE left guy working for Putin to try and malign the ONLY party this nation has the represents the people who voted for it


he is working for putin


He takes Putins Money


he is evil

lets remember Mussolini pretended to be working for the people with his words


and then delivered his own nation to the already wealthy by appointing them too all the seats of power


HES LYING AND WORKING FOR PUTIN