A Tool for the Laptop
May 23, 2008
There’s a south asian joke where a cuckold sighs relief at the death of his illegitimate son ‘because he looked like a dick anyway’. It would seem the father of this cretin (Ben Whitford) in the Guardian has not been afforded such satisfaction yet. However, this fellow doesn’t just look like a dick, he also acts like one. Look at this pathetic propaganda screed — this hack, to use Robert Newman’s words, has all the credulity of a 70s porn actress (‘Gee mister, you mean the time machine only works if I take off all my clothes?’). This may very well have been dictated by the US state department (and there is no reason to believe it wasn’t).
In the following, Forrest Hylton tells tells the Real News this is really about manufacturing threats. (Also check toni solo’s excellent analysis of the US-Colombian propaganda campaign)
