U,S. BLACKLISTS AND BRAINWASHING

MANY ARE COMPLETELY UNAWARE THAT AMERICA CREATED WATCHLISTS BEGINNING IN 2001, WITH AMERICAN CITIZENS RANKED BY THEIR POTENTIAL TO BE A THREAT TO SOCIETY, TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, TO HOMELAND SECURITY. 

OUR "LEADERS: WERE ABLE TO PULL THIS OFF BY BRAINWASHING AMERICANS TO ACCEPT SUCH A THING, TO MAKE US BELIEVE IT IS NECESSARY TO NATIONAL SAFETY.

LINKS TO THE CREATION OF SUCH BLACKLISTS, ERIC HOLDER'S TESTIMONY ABOUT THE NEED TO KEEP THESE LISTS OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE, ETC,  ARE GIVEN NEAR THE END OF THIS BLOG.

BRAINWASHING HAS LED TO WORSE THAN THESE BLACKLISTS, AND HOW IT WAS ACCOMPLISHED BEGAN LONG AGO.

IT IS DEBATABLE WHICH NATION FIRST MADE THE GIANT STEP TO CONTROLLING THEIR POPULATION BY BEHAVIOR CONDITIONING, aka "BRAINWASHING", BUT CHINA'S PROCESS IN THE 1940s CERTAINLY DREW OTHER NATIONS' ATTENTION, AND ACTUALLY GAVE US THE WORD "BRAINWASHING", AS "HSI NAO" IS DERIVED FROM THE TWO CHINESE CHARACTERS WHICH MEAN "TO SCRUB THE MIND/BRAIN".

HSI NAO: BRAINWASHING FOR COMMUNISM

"The treatment was simple and direct. 
The offenders were imprisoned and removed from ALL forms of spiritual and intellectual contamination. 
They were exposed to proper patterns of thought, and they were allowed to go free only when their speech and actions showed agreement with the authorities. "

THIS TECHNIQUE WORKED FOR SEVERAL REASONS, BUT PERHAPS THE 3 TOP REASONS WERE: 

1~ TOTAL ISOLATION.
 NO OTHER HUMAN CONTACT BUT THE "REPROGRAMMER(S)".

2~ REMOVAL OF ALL PRIVACY. 
EVERY MOVE WAS OVERSEEN BY 'THOSE IN CHARGE'. 
THE ONE BEING 'REPROGRAMMED' WAS NOT ALLOWED TIME FOR CONTEMPLATION, ONLY COMPLIANCE, IF HE/SHE WISHED TO EAT, DRINK, REST, OR BE ALLOWED USE OF BATHROOM FACILITIES, ANY TYPE OF BATHING, ETC.

3~ RELENTLESS REPETITION.
INCESSANT DENOUNCEMENT OF "OLD" BELIEFS AND WAYS AND EQUALLY INCESSANT PRAISE FOR THE "NEW" WAY.
CONSTANT REMINDERS THAT ONLY WHEN THE NEW WAY WAS ACCEPTED COULD THE 'VICTIM' RETURN TO FREEDOM, FAMILY, SOCIETY.
RECENTLY, CHINA HAS BEGUN WHAT MAY BE CONSIDERED THE BIGGEST BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION EXPERIMENT IN HISTORY.
IT INVOLVES ALL OF ITS NEARLY 1.4 BILLION PEOPLE.

READING ABOUT THIS "NEW SOCIAL EXPERIMENT" IN CHINA, IT STRUCK ME THAT AMERICA IS ALSO ENGAGED IN A VERY SIMILAR BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION PROCESS, A BRAINWASHING, AND HAS BEEN FOR POSSIBLY LONGER THAN CHINA'S NOTORIOUS "HSI NAO", THE "BRAIN-SCRUBBING THERAPY" THEY USED TO BRING ABOUT THE ADHERENCE OF THEIR MASSES TO COMMUNISM.

WE CAN SEE, IF WE WISH TO SEE, THE SUBTLETIES OF SUCH "REPROGRAMMING" IN OUR SCHOOLS, IN OUR MEDIA, AND EVEN WHERE WE WORK,
PEER PRESSURE, BEING PART OF "THE TEAM", THE NEED TO "FIT IN", TO "BELONG", TO BE RESPECTED OR AT LEAST LIKED...ALL ARE TECHNIQUES USED IN BRAINWASHING.
THE NEW CHINESE "EXPERIMENT"

A citizen score system has been developed which will rate each citizen on the basis of their political views, their expression on social media, the kinds of purchases they make, and their credit scores. 

These scores, ranging between 350-950, will be taken into account when handing out loans, approving travel visas, securing grants from the government, and may also be used to determine who will get access to certain types of jobs or better housing.

The idea has been developing since 2003, and China’s government hopes it will be able to give a score to every individual, legal entity and organisation in the country by the end of 2017. The rating, issued along with identity cards, will initially be based on business records, tax payments, social security payments and traffic violations. 

China’s state news agency Xinhua said people would be assessed in four areas: administrative affairs, commercial activities, social behaviour and the judicial system.  “Credibility” will be constructed through 30 areas in which points can be awarded and taken away, from energy saving to advertising.

By 2020, people with scores above a certain level will receive rewards, such as credit to start a business, while those with lower ratings could face ominous-sounding punishments.

Transgressors will face measures such as “limitation of online conduct and barring sectoral access” and being reported to “corresponding departments for publication and exposure."

IS THIS MUCH DIFFERENT FROM WHAT HAPPENS ON AMERICAN "SOCIAL MEDIA SITES" LIKE FACEBOOK, TWITTER, MYSPACE, GOOGLE+, ETC?

ISN'T IT THE SAME AS "CYBERBULLYING", "AIRING ANOTHER'S DIRTY LAUNDRY", OR WONDERING IF THE BOSS SAW A COMMENT YOU MADE ON YOUR "WALL"?

NOW THAT THE NEW "PEEPLE APP" HAS BEEN INTRODUCED, THINGS CAN ONLY GET UGLIER FOR AMERICANS WHO HAVE IN ANY WAY "WRONGED" ANOTHER, WHO WILL SURELY BE "EXPOSED AND RATED" BY 'PEEPLE'....JUST VAGUELY DIFFERENT FROM GARNERING FACEBOOK "LIKES", ISN'T IT, OR HAVING A GOOFY PRIVATE VIDEO "GO VIRAL", OR A TWEET GETTING MEDIA ATTENTION?

SO, IN CHINA, HERE THEY GO, AGAIN...

Essentially, "life opportunities" in China, centered around financial gain and social status, will be determined by this score.

IN COMPARISON, DON'T WE SEE THE SAME IN AMERICA?

In a bold move, China will make these scores PUBLICLY available, thereby ensuring social pressure to behave in the STATE-FAVORED lest it affect one's family and friends.

The scores of everyone's family and friends can also affect each citizen's score,setting all as watchdogs over each other.

This was also done during China's transition to communism when even children were rewarded for turning in noncompliant parents.

Thinking of this particular part of the "new experiment", I couldn't help but go back to the Bush era's push via 'Homeland Security' which some called the "See Something, Say Something" , or "Squeal on neighbors and family" movement.

Remember those circulars, those "warnings" of "Who Might Be a Terrorist"?
Virtually all or any of us Americans who went against the Bush White House (or, later, the Obama one) could be seen as a "potential homegrown terrorist".

"SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING" STARTED AS AN AD CAMPAIGN.

Adweek reported on it in January 2002.

January 2002: Korey Kay & Partners unveils “If you see something, say something”

Allen Kay shares five text-only ads with Adweek. In addition to the slogan “If you see something, say something,” the ads read, "More catastrophic bombings and biological warfare are imminent terrorist threats. Not just for the United States, but the entire world. Let's have no more surprises,” as well as "There are thousands of terrorists in this country.
You can start to stop them. If you notice anything suspicious, report it. Immediately." 

Kay tells Adweek that the Departments of Justice, State, and Homeland Security passed on his ad campaign.

December 2002: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) adopts “If you see something, say something”.   

YES, IT WAS CREATED IN 2001 BY AN ADVERTISING FIRM.

IT RUINED SEVERAL PEOPLE'S LIVES.

March 2004: Reports of suspicious objects in New York skyrocket

Sixteen months after the adoption of “If you see something, say something,” reports of suspicious packages in the MTA system skyrocket. This is widely attributed to the March 11 bombing of the Madrid train system, in which bombs left in unattended knapsacks killed 191 people and wounded 1,800. Prior to the Madrid bombings, reports of suspicious packages ranked below suicides and maintenance as causes of delay, not even cracking the top 40 reasons. After the Madrid bombings, suspicious packages become the number one cause of delays in the MTA system.

July 2005: DHS raises the threat level to Orange after the London tube bombings, and the slogan spreads to Chicago

While Kay’s ads are still officially contained to the MTA system, the slogan spreads to Chicago via Mayor Richard M. Daley, who tells Chicagoans, “If you see something, say something.” In D.C., home of the nation’s third most populous public transit system, riders are given yellow cards encouraging them to report "unusual behavior, unattended packages, anything that seems suspicious."

May 2007: The Coast Guard uses the slogan in its National Safe Boating Week campaign

As part of its National Safe Boating Week campaign, the USCG releases materials that read, “Boaters should be vigilant and keep an eye out for (1) their fellow mariners and (2) anything that looks unusual on the water. ‘If you see something...say something.’”

2008: “If you see something, say something” goes viral

In January, Roger Webb, president of University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, tells Oklahoma’s Campus Life and Safety and Security Task Force that it should adopt the MTA’s slogan. “If someone’s behavior is strange or if there’s a package that’s in a place that it shouldn’t be, tell someone.”

AND THEN, EIGHT YEARS AFTER DHS TURNED DOWN THE AD FIRM'S OFFERING, IT BECOMES A GRAND NEW MOTTO.
AMERICA WAS SOLD.

ADVERTISING PAYS!

AND, NO, THIS WAS ALMOST NO DIFFERENT FROM CHINESE CHILDREN TURNING IN THEIR PARENTS IF THEY DIDN'T ACCEPT COMMUNISM.
THE ONE DIFFERENCE MAY HAVE BEEN THE "FEAR FACTOR".
AMERICANS WERE SCARED DAILY...BUT THEN AGAIN, SO WERE THE CHINESE WHO DIDN'T READILY EMBRACE COMMUNISM.
THEY SAW A LOT OF PEOPLE "DISAPPEAR" IN THOSE DAYS!   

IN AMERICA, BEHAVIORAL MODIFICATION THROUGH FEAR.
INSTEAD OF CASTING ASIDE OUR OLD WAYS/BELIEFS TO ACCEPT COMMUNISM, WE WERE TOLD AFTER 9/11 THAT WE HAD TO BECOME "TRUE PATRIOTS", THAT IF WE WERE NOT FOR THE CHANGES TO KEEP US SAFE FROM TERRORISTS, WE WERE "UNAMERICAN", "POSSIBLE TERRORISTS" OURSELVES, "ENEMIES OF THE STATE", ETC.
WE HAD TO BE "GOOD, SOLID PATRIOTS" AND FALL IN STEP WITH THE "PATRIOT ACT".

ALMOST EVERY MEMBER OF CONGRESS HAS EXPRESSED REGRET FOR PASSING THE PATRIOT ACT.
ALL HAVE USED THE EXCUSE THAT IT WAS HASTILY VOTED ON WITH NO ONE HAVING TIME TO READ THE VERY LENGTHY DOCUMENT.

THEY SHOULD HAVE MADE TIME!

IN 2007, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WERE SHOWN A LIST OF WHAT COULD BE CONSTRUED AS "UNAMERICAN", THREATENING THINGS WE SHOULD ALL WATCH EACH OTHER FOR AS SIGNS THERE MIGHT BE ONE AMONG US TURNING AGAINST "THE STATE".

THIS LIST WAS CREATED FOR AND BY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FROM THE FEDERAL TO THE LOCAL LEVELS.

WHEN YOU GO TO THAT LINK, SIMPLY SCROLL UP TO GET TO PAGE 1, AND DOWN TO THE LAST PAGE, PAGE 133...YES, 133 PAGES OF CONSIDERED THREATS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT...ALL STILL IN EFFECT TODAY, 8 YEARS LATER!

FEW CHANGES

A FEW CHANGES HAVE COME ABOUT, WITH THE CHART BELOW SHOWING YOU WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT IN 2014 SAW AS MAJOR THREATS AND POSSIBLE TARGETS AS COMPARED TO 2007:

PLEASE NOTE THAT ANIMAL RIGHTS FOLKS AND THOSE WHO SEE THEMSELVES AS SOVEREIGN CITIZENS, ANYONE IN A STATE MILITIA, "CHRISTIAN EXTREMISTS", THOSE AGAINST TAXES, EVERYONE INTO "PREPPING" OR WHO SEEM TO BE "SURVIVALISTS", THOSE CONCERNED WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND ALL ANTI-ABORTIONISTS ARE ALL STILL SEEN AS "POSSIBLE TERRORIST THREATS" AND BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU!

EVEN THOUGH THE 2007 RESULTS WERE DURING A GOP ADMINISTRATION, ALMOST NOTHING HAS CHANGED AFTER 7 YEARS OF A DEMOCRAT IN OFFICE.

THE ONE THING I SAW THAT WAS MISSING FROM THE 2007 LIST WAS RON PAUL SUPPORTERS...YES, IF YOU SUPPORTED RON PAUL IN 2007, YOU MIGHT BE A TERRORIST IN THE MAKING !

BELOW, SEE HOW WE'RE "NOMINATED" TO CERTAIN WATCHLISTS, WATCHLISTS THAT BOTH CONGRESS AND MANY IN THE GENERAL POPULATION KNOW EXISTS, BUT , HEY, WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT, RIGHT?
WE'RE OKAY WITH BEING WATCHED AND LABELED AND MARKED. 

Until 2001, the government did not prioritize building a watchlist system.
THAT CHANGED ALMOST OVERNIGHT.

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ERIC HOLDER TESTIFIED ABOUT THE WATCHLISTS, MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD ANYBODY CAN ACCESS....BUT YOU BLOODY WELL CANNOT SEE THE ACTUAL LISTS!
THOUGH NOT REALLY CLASSIFIED AS SECRET, YOU STILL MAY NOT SEE THEM.
In 2012 Tim Healy, the former director of the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center, described to CBS News how watchlists are used by police officers.

“So if you are speeding, you get pulled over, they’ll query that name,” he said. “And if they are encountering a known or suspected terrorist, it will pop up and say call the Terrorist Screening Center…. So now the officer on the street knows he may be dealing with a known or suspected terrorist.” 

Of course, the problem is that the “known or suspected terrorist” might just be an ordinary citizen who should not be treated as a menace to public safety.The system has been criticized for years. 
In 2004, Sen. Ted Kennedy complained that he was barred from boarding flights on five separate occasions because his name resembled the alias of a suspected terrorist. Two years later, CBS News obtained a copy of the no fly list and reported that it included Bolivian president Evo Morales and Lebanese parliament head Nabih Berri. One of the watchlists snared Mikey Hicks, a Cub Scout who got his first of many airport pat-downs at age two. In 2007, the Justice Department’s inspector general issued a scathing report identifying “significant weaknesses” in the system. And in 2009, after a Nigerian terrorist was able to board a passenger flight to Detroit and nearly detonated a bomb sewn into his underwear despite his name having been placed on the TIDE list, President Obama admitted that there had been a “systemic failure.”

CALL IT THE FEDERAL BLACKLIST, AND SINCE WE'VE BEEN BRAINWASHED TO ACCEPT IT, JUST ACCEPT THAT SOMEWHERE IS A LIST WITH YOUR NAME AND RATING ON IT.

"The immediate family of suspected terrorists—their spouses, children, parents, or siblings—may be watchlisted without any suspicion that they themselves are engaged in terrorist activity. 
But another loophole is quite broad—”associates” who have a defined relationship with a suspected terrorist, but whose involvement in terrorist activity is not known. 

A third loophole is broader still—individuals with “a possible nexus” to terrorism, but for whom there is not enough “derogatory information” to meet the reasonable suspicion standard."

There are a number of loopholes for putting people onto the watchlists even if reasonable suspicion cannot be met.

In addition to data like fingerprints, travel itineraries, identification documents and gun licenses, the rules encourage screeners to acquire health insurance information, drug prescriptions, “any cards with an electronic strip on it (hotel cards, grocery cards, gift cards, frequent flyer cards),” cellphones, email addresses, binoculars, peroxide, bank account numbers, pay stubs, academic transcripts, parking and speeding tickets, and want ads. 

The digital information singled out for collection includes social media accounts, cell phone lists, speed dial numbers, laptop images, thumb drives, iPods, Kindles, and cameras. All of the information is then uploaded to the TIDE database.

Screeners are also instructed to collect data on any “pocket litter,” scuba gear, EZ Passes, library cards, and the titles of any books, along with information about their condition—”e.g., new, dog-eared, annotated, unopened.” Business cards and conference materials are also targeted, as well as “anything with an account number” and information about any gold or jewelry worn by the watchlisted individual. Even “animal information”—details about pets from veterinarians or tracking chips—is requested.

The guidelines bluntly state that “the general policy of the U.S. Government is to neither confirm nor deny an individual’s watchlist status.” But the courts have taken exception to the official silence and foot-dragging: In June, a federal judge described the government’s secretive removal process as unconstitutional and “wholly ineffective.”

The difficulty of getting off the list is highlighted by a passage in the guidelines stating that an individual can be kept on the watchlist, or even placed onto the watchlist, despite being acquitted of a terrorism-related crime. The rulebook justifies this by noting that conviction in U.S. courts requires evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, whereas watchlisting requires only a reasonable suspicion. Once suspicion is raised, even a jury’s verdict cannot erase it.

[TO SEE A LOT MORE IN THE GOVERNMENT'S OWN WORDS, <CLICK HERE>.]

CHINA HAS NOTHING ON AMERICA....AMERICAN CITIZENS WILL ACCEPT WHAT THEY'RE TOLD TO ACCEPT.
IT'S THE COMMUNIST, OOPS, I MEAN AMERICAN WAY.

BRAINWASHING COMPLETE.
WE ALL KNOW WHO TO HATE, WHO TO SUSPECT, WHO TO FEAR, WHO TO WATCH, WHO TO SEE AS "THE ENEMY"...DON'T WE, COMRADES?

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RELATED READING:

~ HOW THE PATRIOT ACT CREATED AN AMERICAN POLICE STATE

~ WHY GUANTANAMO FAILED TO GET USEFUL INFORMATION FROM ANYONE...EVER.   IMPROPER BRAINWASHING.

~ YOU MIGHT BE AN ANTI-AMERICAN TERRORIST IF...

~ NO-FLY LISTS AND OTHERS