The daily beast... They get their news info from Twitter On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 9:42 AM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not sure if true, can't find sources. Still interesting reads however. > > > http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/steve-bannon-will- > lead-trumps-white-house > > http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/22/steve- > bannon-trump-s-top-guy-told-me-he-was-a-leninist.html > > > > On Jan 31, 2017 9:39 AM, "Mathew Howard" <[email protected]> wrote: > > That was last week... > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I thought Pootie was the puppetmaster. Now I’m so confused. >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BfYYl2Lcls >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince >> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 31, 2017 9:06 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Or: Sally Yates >> >> >> >> My personal belief is that Trump is the puppet of Steve Bannon. It would >> explain a lot of things. >> >> >> >> bp >> >> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >> >> >> >> On 1/31/2017 4:48 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: >> >> ....The other thing is I've already seen multiple conspiracy theories >> describing some elaborate scheme where Trump becomes a dictator. >> >> >> >> We have to remember that when Obama was in office there were people >> claiming that he was plotting to submit to the rule of new one world >> government, or that he was pushing some secret "Muslim agenda", or make >> himself a dictator, etc. >> >> >> >> Conspiracy theories can be fun, but they usually can't be taken >> seriously. >> >> >> >> >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> >> From: "Faisal Imtiaz" <[email protected]> >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Sent: 1/30/2017 9:57:57 PM >> >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Or: Sally Yates >> >> >> >> Thought provoking ! >> >> >> >> =========================== >> >> From Heather Richardson, professor of History at Boston College: >> >> "I don't like to talk about politics on Facebook-- political history is >> my job, after all, and you are my friends-- but there is an important >> non-partisan point to make today. >> >> What Bannon is doing, most dramatically with last night's ban on >> immigration from seven predominantly Muslim countries-- is creating what is >> known as a "shock event." >> >> Such an event is unexpected and confusing and throws a society into >> chaos. People scramble to react to the event, usually along some fault line >> that those responsible for the event can widen by claiming that they alone >> know how to restore order. >> >> When opponents speak out, the authors of the shock event call them >> enemies. As society reels and tempers run high, those responsible for the >> shock event perform a sleight of hand to achieve their real goal, a goal >> they know to be hugely unpopular, but from which everyone has been >> distracted as they fight over the initial event. There is no longer >> concerted opposition to the real goal; opposition divides along the >> partisan lines established by the shock event. >> >> Last night's Executive Order has all the hallmarks of a shock event. It >> was not reviewed by any governmental agencies or lawyers before it was >> released, and counterterrorism experts insist they did not ask for it. >> People charged with enforcing it got no instructions about how to do so. >> Courts immediately have declared parts of it unconstitutional, but border >> police in some airports are refusing to stop enforcing it. >> >> Predictably, chaos has followed and tempers are hot. >> >> My point today is this: unless you are the person setting it up, it is in >> no one's interest to play the shock event game. It is designed explicitly >> to divide people who might otherwise come together so they cannot stand >> against something its authors think they won't like. >> >> I don't know what Bannon is up to-- although I have some guesses-- but >> because I know Bannon's ideas well, I am positive that there is not a >> single person whom I consider a friend on either side of the aisle-- and my >> friends range pretty widely-- who will benefit from whatever it is. >> >> If the shock event strategy works, though, many of you will blame each >> other, rather than Bannon, for the fallout. And the country will have been >> tricked into accepting their real goal. >> >> But because shock events destabilize a society, they can also be used >> positively. We do not have to respond along old fault lines. We could just >> as easily reorganize into a different pattern that threatens the people who >> sparked the event. >> >> A successful shock event depends on speed and chaos because it requires >> knee-jerk reactions so that people divide along established lines. This, >> for example, is how Confederate leaders railroaded the initial southern >> states out of the Union. >> >> If people realize they are being played, though, they can reach across >> old lines and reorganize to challenge the leaders who are pulling the >> strings. This was Lincoln's strategy when he joined together Whigs, >> Democrats, Free-Soilers, anti-Nebraska voters, and nativists into the new >> Republican Party to stand against the Slave Power. >> >> Five years before, such a coalition would have been unimaginable. Members >> of those groups agreed on very little other than that they wanted all >> Americans to have equal economic opportunity. Once they began to work >> together to promote a fair economic system, though, they found much common >> ground. They ended up rededicating the nation to a "government of the >> people, by the people, and for the people." >> >> Confederate leaders and Lincoln both knew about the political potential >> of a shock event. As we are in the midst of one, it seems worth noting that >> Lincoln seemed to have the better idea about how to use it." >> >> COPY AND PASTE. DON"T "SHARE" >> >> ========================= >> >> >> >> Faisal Imtiaz >> Snappy Internet & Telecom >> 7266 SW 48 Street >> Miami, FL 33155 >> Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 <(305)%20663-5518> >> >> Help-desk: (305)663-5518 <(305)%20663-5518> Option 2 or Email: >> [email protected] >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From: *"That One Guy /sarcasm" <[email protected]> >> *To: *[email protected] >> *Sent: *Monday, January 30, 2017 9:36:57 PM >> *Subject: *[AFMUG] Or: Sally Yates >> >> Commence the full stroke meltdown >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
