"Nightwatch" Now; Fascism in our Times

I am a big fan of the series "Babylon 5". The characters, story and production as a whole was fantastic. By season 3 and 4, Earth had been taken over by Fascists, after an assassination of the original President. The new regime in power started a group called "Nightwatch"... a branch of their own version of Homeland Security. Through Nightwatch, they controlled media, News agencies, and in fact, the military and general population. The difference between Nightwatch and Hitler's very own Waffen SS was really only the color of the armbands.

More and more, I see the Administration in the US sliding down this path towards Fascism. Already, they boast their very own "Nightwatch" and in fact have had incidents such as the infamous "Homeland Security bust on a toy store for copyright infringement" situation among many others... Couple that with the illegal detaining of countless prisoners for years, the general lies to the public and the continuing blatant disregard for liberty, freedom and democracy... and we have all the makings of a Fascist regime.

Just recently, the White House has instructed it's agencies to ignore the GAO's (Government Accountability Office) ruling on "illegal" TV news releases...

WASHINGTON - The White House, intent on continuing to crank out "video news releases" that look like television news stories, has told government agency heads to ignore a Government Accountability Office memo criticizing the practice as illegal propaganda.

The Deputy Assistant to the US Attorney General Legal Department (guess who that is... Mr. Gonzales), Steven Bradbury, says it is a ""Cost-effective means to distribute information through local news agencies..."

Now, the GAO is the investigative arm of Congress. Their recommendations keep the administration in check. They are reportedly very dissapointed with the decision the White House has made. The GAO sent a memo to government agency heads stating that video news releases by the Department of Health and Human Services as well as the Office of National Drug Control Policy have both violated the Federal LAw barring the use of government money for propoganda.

"Television-viewing audiences did not know that stories they watched on television news programs about the government were, in fact, prepared by the government."

All the White House spokesperson said was that it is made very clear to the television stations, where the videos are coming from.

"They are intended to be indistinguishable from news segments broadcast to the public by independent television news organizations," Walker wrote. "To help accomplish this goal, these stories include actors or others hired to portray 'reporters' and may be accompanied by suggested scripts that television news anchors can use to introduce the story during the broadcast."

So we knew that we can't believe everything we see on tv, but the government is now preparing their own "news videos" about themselves to be aired in a manner as to fool viewers... Sounds just like Nightwatch to me. Government controlled media. Perfect. Maybe the US could clone Goebbels. That would do wonders for their regime :)

All I have to say is, CANCEL YOUR CABLE SUBSCRIPTION. And open your eyes. Be careful in these times... Always wear your tinfoil hat when watching the news...