The Connection: "Boyz N the Hood" & Cigarettes

coberst

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The Connection: “Boyz N the Hood” & Cigarettes

Recently I watched for the third time the movie “Boyz N the Hood”; Friday morning I read “Big Tobacco Lied to Public, Judge says” in the Washington Post; and, of course, illegal immigration is big in the news constantly.
A federal judge ruled that tobacco companies have violated civil racketeering laws for decades while deceiving the public about the dangers of their product.
“Boyz N the Hood” is a movie about a black urban community wherein a father is trying to raise his son to be a man while simultaneously trying to play the role of ‘Dutch Uncle’ to other ‘boyz N the hood’.

Illegal immigration is a problem often seen on TV lately. It is basically about the absurdity of the actions by Congress, the White House, and industry as practiced in the United States regarding matters of border security, illegal immigration, general immigration, and jobs. This absurd dance has been on-going for at least two decades.

What is the connection among these three situations? The connection is that throughout our society we face multiple ills that are not a result of sun shine and rain like the daises growing in the field but do result from the decisions made by people who have the power to dictate public policy.[b/]

I suspect that anyone with some detective skills can ‘follow the money’ and discover that all three situations are controlled by the same group. Despite the will of the people these situations go on unchecked for decades. And they will continue to go on until the citizens awaken and begin to comprehend reality beyond its exposed face.

I am convinced my analysis is correct. Do you have the detective skills necessary in order to comprehend my insight?
 
I am convinced my analysis is correct. Do you have the detective skills necessary in order to comprehend my insight?

Do you use different definitions of 'analysis' and 'correct' and 'insight' to everyone else?
 
I suspect that anyone with some detective skills can ‘follow the money’ and discover that all three situations are controlled by the same group. Despite the will of the people these situations go on unchecked for decades. And they will continue to go on until the citizens awaken and begin to comprehend reality beyond its exposed face.

Are you trying to say that the tobacco companies are the force behind illegal immigration?

I am convinced my analysis is correct. Do you have the detective skills necessary in order to comprehend my insight?

Your ego is showing, coberst.
 
Cosmo says--"Are you trying to say that the tobacco companies are the force behind illegal immigration?"

Yes, they are members of the corporate leadership who determine public policy in the US of A.
 
Cosmo says--"Are you trying to say that the tobacco companies are the force behind illegal immigration?"

Yes, they are members of the corporate leadership who determine public policy in the US of A.

Then kindly provide some evidence for your conspiracy theory.
 
Then kindly provide some evidence for your conspiracy theory.


CA (Corporate America) has developed a well-honed expertise in motivating the population to behave in a desired manner. Citizens as consumers are ample manifestation of that expertise. CA has accomplished this ability by careful study and implementation of the knowledge of the ways of human behavior. I suspect this same structure applies to most Western democracies.

A democratic form of government is one wherein the citizens have some voice in some policy decisions. The greater the voice of the citizens the better the democracy.

In America we have policy makers, decision makers, and citizens. The decision makers are our elected representatives and are, thus, under some control by the voting citizen. The policy makers are the leaders of CA; less than ten thousand individuals, according to those who study such matters. Policy makers exercise significant control od decision makers by controlling the financing of elections.

Policy makers customize and maintain the dominant ideology in order to control the political behavior of the citizens. This dominant ideology exercises the political control of the citizens in the same fashion as the consuming citizen is controlled by the same dominant ideology.

An enlightened citizen is the only means to gain more voice in more policy decisions. An enlightened citizen is much more than an informed citizen. Critical thinking is the only practical means to develop a more enlightened citizen. If, however, we wait until our CT trained grade-schoolers become adults I suspect all will be lost. This is why I think a massive effort must be made to convince today’s adults that they must train themselves in CT.


“Thomas R. Dye, Professor of Political Science at Florida State University, has published a series of books examining who and what institutions actually control and run America. to understand who is making the decisions that affect our lives, we also have to understand how societies structure themselves in general. Why the few always tend to share more power than the many and what this means in terms of both a society's evolution and our daily lives. they examined the other 11 institutions that exert just as powerful a shaping influence, although somewhat more subtle: The Industrial, Corporations, Utilities and Communications, Banking, Insurance Investment, Mass Media, Law, Education Foundation, Civic and Cultural Organizations, Government, and the Military.”
http://www.21stcenturyradio.com/12-dye.html
 
I agree. This belongs in the Conspiracy Theory forum, not here.

Conspiracy

The word ‘conspiracy’, like many other words, has more than one meaning.
Conspire—to join in a secret agreement to do an unlawful or wrongful act or an act which becomes unlawful as a result of the secret agreement.
Conspire—to act in harmony toward a common end.

The individuals seeking to control public policy, as I claim, are not engaged in an illegal conspiracy. They are engaged in an effort to act in harmony toward a common goal, which is, I claim, to manipulate public policy to fit their particular interests.

The Matador controls the bull, which is strong but easily manipulated, by twitching the cape in such a manner as to keep the bull’s attention focused on the cape and not on the Matador. The Matador works in harmony with others who help prepare the bull for its dramatic death. The Matador in involved in a perfectly legal conspiracy even though the bull will suffer because the bull is strong but not enlightened.
 

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