Question #1:

I have always been a spatial mapping kind of person, what kind of position can I get into the gaming industry?

Hello, I have always been the kind of visual artist who can look at an overhead map and be able to put myself in a virtual position of design for others to enjoy. Ever since I have been a young child I have always been fascinated by thematic mapping, and where I should go to place things.

I remember in the 6th grade I was told to create a map from scratch, and I did a rendition of the old Everquest map of the world, with polygons, figures, and water. I remember doing a spectacular job with re-creating the whole thing.

I am currently a 19 year old, full time college student who is currently enrolled in a GIS (Graphical Information Systems) class, and fully enjoying it. I have had past experience with GIS taking a college level science course in high school.

I guess I will get right to the point, what kind of position might I have in the gaming industry out there that deals with game design associated with spatial/thematic mapping? Not necessarily the one to creates the code, but one who uses cartography to create a virtual world. I am an avid MMO player, who has tried about every massively multi-player game out there, and completely enjoys the environment and textures that are associated with each world map and how it interacts with the gaming experience. I have always wondered with games like Crackdown and Grand Theft Auto, if they have people developing the maps with experiences of software similar to GIS to design their cities/towns?

On an irony note, I am also the kind of person who ever since have received my driver's license, seems to need a GPS everywhere I go and can get lost almost anywhere without having some sort of map at hand. Maybe some sort of paradox???

Please let me know my options or what kind of position I can partake in the game developing industry with this particular occupation in mind.

Question #2:

Whats with this illuminati conspiracy?

I just heard about the illuminati yesterday and all day ive been looking up things about it. at first i didnt think it was real but now i kinda do. like why do people in the music industry join them? and what do people have to do to join them? and i just saw stuf about how eminem used to be in it, but his album 'recovery' is all about him speaking against the illuminati. does that mean hes gona be killed soon like tupac and MJ? ive read so much info i cant even comprehend everything cuz they supposedly control everything in the world.

Question #3:

I am selling creepy items on eBay, will u read my story? What revisions should I make? (Short Story))))....?

If you think I should delete/add anything, let me know! Best Answe will be passed out ASAP!! I have excellent Yahoo history! I want this story to sound alive...and believeable...does it? What should I take out? What should I add?? It would help if you gave me example sentences as well, thanks so much!!
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Edith and Evelyn:
At the age of twenty four, Edith found love, settling down away from her family, at the age of twenty four. She and her husband, Herb, moved into an old cabin in a remote corner of California's wine country, 45 minutes North of San Francisco. She and her husband soon became a happy little family of 3, bringing Evelyn into the world. Their happiness proved to be short-lived, as Herb received a fatal diagnosis, in his early 30’s. Though he fought nobly, the disease won. He passed away during surgery, as Edith and Evelyn waited in the sitting area just down the hall. After only 7 years of marriage, Edith found herself a grieving widow with a small, 6 year old child. The mother and daughter lived privately, and made it through the years without their husband/father, living off Herb’s inherited stock from the wine industry.

Evelyn felt that losing her father due to illness was an unfair disadvantage to her life, and through the years, at a young age, It left an empty, scarred, angry hole in her heart. One that shaped her character from early on.

As Evelyn got older, she spent all of her time alone. She felt no remorse in neglecting her studies or when she stopped playing with the other children in the neighborhood. The only time she would leave her home was when she traveled down to the oceanside by bicycle. She was still a normal girl, just a quiet, introverted one. No one suspected anything, it was just thought to be Evelyn's way of coping. In her early teenage years, her mother discovered she was experimenting in local witchcraft. Soon, her isolation was coupled with pentagrams and spiritual studies.

By the time Edith was 37, she was diagnosed with Heliophobia and Agoraphobia. Because of her phobias, she eventually moved to the upstairs attic, covering every single window with cloth, blocking natural sunlight light from entering her darkened room. Afraid to live life, her disease and obsessive compulsive disorders only complicated matters worse. Some of her symptoms included wanting nothing to do with people, and avoided being outdoors at all measures. She was not even mentally capable of checking mail from her own box at the end of the driveway. The only person who ever came to visit their cabin in the woods was a local doctor, who would check up on them from time to time.

By the time Edith was in her late 80’s, her daughter Evelyn, who was in her 50’s, was beginning to show signs of a deteriorating mind. Neighbors stated that her depression had worsened, and her vision of reality had become faltered. It was said that she would play games with her mother’s mind, locking her in the attic, and tormenting her relentlessly because she believed that demons were living inside of her mothers body. Edith had a hard time accepting her own reality, because she had done everything possible to help raise her daughter the best she could. She believed that her daughter’s problems were from a combination of lifelong witchcraft, along with potential hereditary disorders. Edith was sane, but her phobias made her thoughts irrational at times, which made her daughter think that she was crazy.

Evelyn’s chemical disorders were all far more than the neighboring families wanted to accept. The home was no longer being cosmetically maintained, having problems of leaking roof tops, broken windows, overgrown vines flowing across the entire home and landscaping, that would begin to spread on to the neighboring properties. She suffered daily with panic and anxiety, but was already accustomed to this way of life.

Question #4:

How can OPEC’s actions affect world trade?

If you dont know what it is heres a little summary.

Several countries came together to form a coalition of oil producers. It was named the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Those countries included Iraq, Iran, Venezuela, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela. While oil was originally controlled by private companies (often owned by foreign interests), the governments of OPEC member states eventually nationalized the oil industry.

Question #5:

Would you please help to improve my English letter?

I am writing a motivation letter in English for applying a master program in France. Would you please help me to improve it, and make it being professional, high-level, not redundant, and more like a paper written by an master degree holder? Thank you~

My name is xx. I graduated from the Mechanical Design, Manufacture and Automation in xx University, which is in the top 10 of China. Thanks to my outstanding performance in the university, I joined in ABC as an R&D Engineer. In the three years of work experience, I developed a clear direction of my future career and I am aware of the importance of shaping a widely international view, and therefore, I make a decision of pursuing my study in France. The reason why I expect to study in France is as below.

To begin with, France is the country I have desired mostly. I knew France by learning accordion since 5 years old. The brilliant achievements of France in art are highly appreciated by me since I was a child. Meanwhile, in the filed of my major—mechanical engineering, France plays a key role all over the world. France is world’s fifth largest economy and has a well reputation for high technology in mechanical filed. The design conception, the production management and the research and development of French manufacturing are all on the leading positions of the world. There are the most famous aircraft manufacturer—Airbus, and the top advanced automotive brand---PSA Renault, as well as developed auto parts industry—such as the company I am working in--- ABC. Such a perfect country which well synthesized arts and engineering is not only significantly attractive but exclusive in the world.

In addition, when I joined in ABC, I recognized not only the strong of French engineering, but also the high quality of education in France, especially the Grandes Ecoles d’ingénieur. My French colleagues who graduated from Grandes Ecoles present solid foundation of mathematic, practical ability, combined with logical thinking ability, which indicates the high standard training offered by Grandes Ecoles d’ingénieur evidently.

In the light of these reasons, pursuing a master degree in France would be my only choice and desire. Moreover, I believe I have the ability to go through this program. Firstly, I am familiar with French mechanical regulars. I jointed the French company – ABC –as soon as I graduated from the university, and therefore, my entire work method is following the French model. Through the on job training offered the supervisor in ABC, I learned the French design rules, mechanical standard ( such as NTF), project management, quality controls, CAD standard, etc. In the meantime, I know the way to communicate and work with French engineers as well. During these three-year working, not only I acquire French, but also I made friends with French. Their enthusiasm, hard-working and romantic personalities made good impressions and I believe learning and getting along with French is an enjoyable thing.

Compared with the lacking of direction when I was fresh out of the university, there-year-working provides me the ability to make a mature decision of pursuing studies in France. I believe my study in France would be beneficial, well-judged and exciting. I am confident that I would be excellent in this program and France Grandes Ecoles d’ingénieur can offered me valuable training which can be of great benefit to my future career.

Question #6:

Eerie, SHORT STORY, 2 crazy old ladies? Haunted House? WHAT TO ADD, CHANGE, does it make sense?? HELP Plz?

***OK I PROMISE YOU, best answer will be handed out in ONE HOUR, I have excellent y/answers history**** So please tell me what makes no sense...or what I should add...or take out...plz and thank you!!

Young and vibrant, a woman named Mable decided to settle down, away from her family, at the age of twenty four. She and her husband, Herb, moved into an old cabin in a remote corner of California's wine country, 45 minutes North of San Francisco. She and her husband soon became a happy little family of 3, bringing Evelyn into the world. Their happiness proved to be short-lived, as Herb received a fatal diagnosis, in his early 30’s. Though he fought nobly, the disease won. He passed away during surgery, as Mable and Evelyn waited in the sitting area just down the hall. After only 7 years of marriage, Rose found herself a grieving widow with a small, 6 year old child. The mother and daughter lived privately, and made it through the years without their husband/father, living off Herb’s inherited stock from the wine industry.

Evelyn felt that losing her father due to illness was an unfair disadvantage to her life, and through the years, at a young age, It left an empty, scarred, angry hole in her heart. One that shaped her character from early on.

As she got older, Evelyn spent all of her time alone. She felt no remorse in neglecting her studies or when she stopped playing with the other children in the community. The only time she would leave her home was when she traveled down to the oceanside by bicycle. She was still a normal girl, just a quiet, introverted one. No one suspected anything, it was just thought to be Evelyn's way of coping. In her early teenage years, her mother discovered she was experimenting in local witchcraft. Soon, her isolation was coupled with pentagrams and spiritual studies.

As decades crept by, Mable’s socialization and contact with society became merely non existent. By the time Mable was 67, she was diagnosed with Heliophobia and Agoraphobia. She eventually moved to the upstairs attic, covering every single window with cloth, blocking natural sunlight light from entering her darkened room. Afraid to live life, her disease and obsessive compulsive disorders only complicated matters worse. Some of her symptoms included wanting nothing to do with people or being outdoors. She was not even mentally capable of checking mail from her own box at the end of the driveway. The only person who ever came to visit their cabin in the woods was a local doctor, who would check up on them from time to time.

By the time Mable was in her late 80’s, her daughter Evelyn’s mind was beginning to show signs of a deteriorating mind herself. Neighbors stated that her depression had worsened, and her vision of reality had become faltered. It was said that she would play games with her mother’s mind, locking her in the attic, and often believing that her mother had been stolen from their own home and that she would search for her mother on the grounds of the property, sometimes yelling and searching down the street. Her chemical disorders of the mind were all more than the neighboring families wanted to accept. She suffered daily with panic and anxiety, but was already accustomed to this way of life. When her name is brought up, people still share stories of seeing Evelyn on the beach side, performing spells on the sand, and spoke of her collection of shells, dolls, canister items, and other unknown memorabilia that was just recently discovered.

The mysteries of their lives, family, physical, mental history will never fully be exposed, as Evelyn was the last child of the family. Stories have been told that people thought Evelyn had cursed her mother into having phobias, which was the downfall of her sanity. When the mother finally passed, it is unknown where she was buried or if she was cremated. Evelyn eventually moved into a county home because she could no longer manage her own well being. Evelyn passed 8 years ago, and since she has left the home in which she grew up in,… no one has entered the home, until my contact, just recently.

Question #7:

Help with my *Very* short EERIE story?? Re-vision on only ONE paragraph?? U are all so good can you help me?

**First of all I need an Intro line if anything else*** Can you help me with that? Also...the paragraph in paranethesis needs to be re-written, and If you could help me add on a little bit about the 14 year old and the strange witchy things she would do. Thanks!

Millie Rose decided to permanently settle down, away from her family, at the age of 24. She and her husband, Herb, moved into an old cabin in a remote corner of California's wine country, 45 minutes North of San Francisco. She and her husband soon became a happy little family of 3, bringing Evelyn into the world. Their happiness proved to be short-lived, as Herb received a fatal diagnosis, in his early 30‘s. Though he fought nobly, the disease won. After only 7 years of marriage, Rose found herself a grieving widow with a small, 6 year old child. The mother and daughter lived privately, and made it through the next few years without their husband/father, living off Herb’s inherited stock from the Texas oil industry.

As the story is told…Evelyn felt that losing her father due to illness was an unfair advantage to her life, and through the years, at a young age, It left an empty, scarred, angry hole in her heart. One that shaped her character from early on.

(((As she got older, Evelyn spent all of her time alone, neglecting her studies, and other children in the community. The only time she would get out is when she would travel down to the oceanside on bicycle. It was discovered by her mother that she was engaged in local witchcraft at the tender age of 14.)))

If you could help me add on where ever you see fit, I want it to sound like they came from a classy family, lived away from them, then later on the daughter as she gets into her 60's and is taking care of her 80 year old mother their minds have corrupted/etc! hehe))) Thanks!!!

Question #8:

How come Obama is repeating the exact programs that failed and were repealed under FDR?

The New Deal was a series of economic programs passed by the U.S. Congress during the first term of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States, from 1933 to 1938. The programs were responses to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians call the "3 Rs": relief, recovery and reform. That is, relief for the unemployed and poor; recovery of the economy to normal levels; and reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression. The New Deal produced a political realignment, making the Democratic party the majority (as well as holding the White House for seven out of nine Presidential terms from 1933–69), with its base in liberal ideas, big city machines, and newly empowered labor unions, ethnic minorities, and the white South. The Republicans were split, either opposing the entire New Deal as an enemy of business and growth, or accepting some of it and promising to make it more efficient. The realignment crystallized into the New Deal Coalition that dominated most American elections into the 1960s, while the opposition Conservative Coalition largely controlled Congress from 1938-1964.

Historians distinguish a "First New Deal" (1933) and a "Second New Deal" (1934–36). Some programs were declared unconstitutional, and others were repealed during World War II. The "First New Deal" (1933) dealt with groups; from banking and railroads to industry and farming, all of which demanded help for economic recovery. A "Second New Deal" in 1934-36 included the Wagner Act to promote labor unions, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) relief program, the Social Security Act, and new programs to aid tenant farmers and migrant workers. The Supreme Court ruled several programs unconstitutional. The final major items of New Deal legislation were the creation of the United States Housing Authority and Farm Security Administration, both in 1937, then the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, which set maximum hours and minimum wages for most categories of workers[1] and the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938.

Despite Roosevelt campaigning heavily against anti-New Deal Republicans and anti-New Deal Democrats, Republicans gained many seats in Congress in the 1938 midterm elections and the Democrat opponents of the New Deal retained their seats[2], resulting in the WPA, CCC and other relief programs being shut down during World War II by the Conservative Coalition (i.e., the opponents of the New Deal in Congress); they argued the return of full employment made them superfluous.

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Interesting that history repeats itself with the liberal Socialist mindset, different leader expecting different results by renaming the same failed programs from the past and their followers think the new boss has a new idea

Failed under FDR, failed under LBJ and here is the "highly intellectual" Obama repeating the same programs expecting different results.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein

Question #9:

My Top 100 Favorite Albums Of The 00's (Rate, Hate, Debate)?

I posted this about a month or two ago, but it was just a top 10 of every year of the decade. Now its in the normal continuous format with some minor changes and some additions due to the fact that some years had over 10 albums worthy of the list while others only had like 6 that were worthy. So some albums that were top 10 for their year would have been on the other list but might have got beat out on this list by a better album from a better year but which wasn't top 10 of its year. Anyway, here's the list:

1. Jedi Mind Tricks – Violent By Design
2. M.O.P. – Warriorz
3. Dj Babu – Duck Season Vol. 1
4. Cymarshall Law – Hip Hop In The Flesh
5. Common Market – Common Market
6. Sticky Fingaz – Black Trash: The Autobiography Of Kirk Jones
7. Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek – Train Of Thought
8. Dead Prez – Let’s Get Free
9. 7L & Esoteric – Dangerous Connection
10. Binary Star – Master’s Of The Universe
11. Electric – Life’s A Struggle
12. Reks – Grey Hairs
13. Vakill – The Darkest Cloud
14. Masta Ace – A Long Hot Summer
15. Fashawn – Boy Meets World
16. Classified – Self Explanatory
17. Soulbrotha – Collector’s Item
18. Skit Slam – A Blessing In Disguise
19. Braille – Shades Of Grey
20. Snowgoons – Black Snow
21. Cali Agents – How The West Was One
22. Ivan Ives – Iconoclast
23. Edo G – The Truth Hurts
24. RJD2 – Deadringer
25. Bumpy Knuckles – Industry Shakedown
26. Louis Logic – Sin-A-Matic
27. DL Incognito – A Sample and a Drum Machine
28. Inspectah Deck – The Movement
29. Pacewon – The Only Color That Matters Is Green
30. Common Market – Tobacco Road
31. J-Live – The Best Part
32. Masta Ace – Disposable Arts
33. Apani B – Story 2 Tell
34. Mr. J Medeiros – Of Gods And Girls
35. Surreal & Dj Balance – Future Classic
36. Various Artists – Lyricist Lounge 2
37. Declaime – Conversations With Dudley
38. Big L – The Big Picture
39. Dj Honda – HIII
40. The Dwellas – The Last Shall Be First
41. Insight – Updated Software V.2.5
42. Macklemore – Language Of My World
43. J-Live – Then What Happened?
44. Shad – When This Is Over
45. Scarface – The Fix
46. Insight – The Blast Radius
47. KRS-One & Buckshot – Survival Skills
48. Murs & 9th Wonder – Murray’s Revenge
49. Swollen Members – Monsters In The Closet
50. Gang Starr – The Ownerz
51. Vakill – Kill Em All
52. The Molemen – Ritual Of The…
53. Jigmastas – Grassroots Lyrical Fluctuation
54. Athletic Mic League – The Thrill Is Gone
55. Screwball – Y2K: The Album
56. Army Of The Pharaohs – Ritual Of Battle
57. Finale – A Pipe Dream and a Promise
58. Cunninlynguists – Southernunderground
59. Classified – Trial & Error
60. Copperpot – Chapter Seven
61. 50 Cent – Get Rich Or Die Tryin
62. Code Red – Since Forever Til Forever
63. The Molemen – Below The Ground/Buried Alive
64. Mr. Complex – The Complex Catalogue
65. Athletic Mic League – Sweats and Kicks
66. PMD & Dj Honda – Underground Connection
67. Non Phixion – The Future Is Now
68. Adverse – Way With Words
69. Ivan Ives – Juice To Get Loose To
70. Factor – After The Fact
71. Uppanotch – No Greater Love
72. The Beatnuts – Take It Or Squeeze It
73. Asamov – And Now
74. Oddisee – Foot In The Door
75. GZA – Pro Tools
76. Afu Ra – Body Of The Life Force
77. Ill Bill – What’s Wrong With Bill?
78. Juice – Tip Of The Iceberg
79. Speech Debelle – Speech Therapy
80. Blue Scholars – Bayani
81. Prolyphic & Reanimator – The Ugly Truth
82. Cymarshall Law – Hip Hop In The Soul
83. Pseudo Slang – Well Keep Looking
84. Public Enemy – How You Sell Soul To A Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul
85. The Thyrday – The Perfection Xperiment 2
86. Panacea – Ink Is My Drink
87. Megalon – A Penny For Your Thoughts
88. Pumpkinhead – Orange Moon Over Brooklyn
89. Edo G – My Own Worst Enemy
90. C-Rayz Walz – Singular Plurals Vol. 2
91. Cunninlynguists – Will Rap For Food
92. Cannibal Ox – The Cold Vein
93. All Natural – Second Nature
94. LMNO – Leave My Name Out
95. Self Scientific – The Self Science
96. KZ Kombination – Time Lan Change
97. Soul Position – 8 Million Stories
98. 50 Cent – Power Of The Dollar
99. Factor – Famous Nights And Empty Days
100. The Game – The Documentary
I guess yahoo answers is going to be a b*tch and only post this Q but not the other one. Anyway, here's a link to my top 100 albums of the 90's list in case it doesn't post on the front page
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Question #10:

TNA Impact Episode 6 Rate the Show (Part 1)?

-Show starts off showing highlights of Jeff Jarrett's interview last week concerning his World Title defense coming up at Final Resolution.

Johnny B. Badd & Sonny Siaki vs. The Naturals (Chase Stevens & Andy Douglas)
Badd and Stevens start things off. Badd takes the early advantage with an armbar followed by a shoulder block as well as some hip tosses and a drop kick. Siaki is tagged in and they execute double back elbows to Stevens. Siaki follows that up with a flip leg drop. Douglas is tagged in after Stevens poked Siaki in the eye. Douglas receives a running neckbreaker from Siaki. Douglas counters a back body drop to go on the offensive. Siaki goes to the outside where Stevens works him over while Douglas watches from inside the ring. Siaki tries to fight back, but Douglas nails a high knee to the head of Siaki. Stevens comes back in. Stevens works over Siaki in the corner with some punches before tagging Douglas back in. Douglas rakes Siaki's eyes across the ropes. Stevens is tagged back in. Siaki fights back but Douglas comes in the ring to break it up on the double team. Siaki eventually gets a tag in and Badd comes off the top rope with a dual clothesline on the Naturals. Badd works over Stevens and Douglas together. Now Siaki and Badd irish whip the Naturals into each other. Siaki and Badd execute a double back body drop on Douglas sending him way up into the air. Badd goes for the frankensteiner (the Badd Mood) off the top rope, but Stevens holds the ropes and blocks it sending Badd down to the mat hard. Stevens goes for the pin with his feet on the ropes for extra leverage and gets the 3 count. Good opening match.

Winners: The Naturals

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-We go backstage to the Universal Parking Garage where Dusty Rhodes gives an interview from the bed of a pickup truck, which he says is his office. He says where he comes from, this is where you do your business. In the back end of a truck? Rhodes says Jarrett will defend his title at Final Resolution January 16th on PPV. Rhodes says he has a surprise waiting that is going to revolutionize the industry. Traci interupts the interview, congratulating Rhodes on Turning Point. Traci proposes that Rhodes needs a secretary. She gets into the truck bed and falls into Rhodes' lap. It ends up being Traci bending over looking for things in the truck with Rhodes checking her out, with Dusty saying this will work out great.

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Bobby Roode w/ Scott D'Amore vs. Jeff Hardy
Hardy starts off on the offensive after a backkick. Hardy goes up to the top rope, but Roode pushes him off sending him to the floor outside into the railing. D'Amore gets some shots in on Hardy before Hardy gets back in the ring. Roody works over Hardy's neck, twisting it. Hardy tries fighting out with some elbows, but Roode sends him back to the mat. Roode executes a swinging neckbreaker. Roode continues to work over the neck. Hardy fights back again, and executes a jawbreaker. Hardy follows that up with a swinging DDT. Hardy with a nice offensive move, basically a reverse Russian Side Legsweep. Hardy follows that up with a running clothesline. Roode goes back on the offensive with a spinebuster. Roode goes for a powerbomb, but Hardy blocks (it looked more like a botched move) it. Hardy goes for the twist of fate, but Roode counters it. Hardy with the corkscrew off the top rope. Hardy goes for the twist of fate, but it ends up beinga stunner. Hardy goes to the top for the Swanton. D'Amore distracts him and Roodge gets up and punches Hardy. Roode gets up on the turnbuckle with Hardy. Hardy throws Roode off the top rope, and then nails the Swanton for the win. Another good match, but not as good as the opener.

Winner: Jeff Hardy

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Question #11:

Can you tell "False" reality from "Fact"?

Edward Bernays, the American nephew of Sigmund Freud, is said to have invented modern propaganda.
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During the First World War, he was one of a group of influential liberals who mounted a secret government campaign to persuade reluctant Americans to send an army to the bloodbath in Europe. In his book Propaganda, published in 1928, Bernays wrote that the “intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society”, and that the manipulators “constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power in our country”. Instead of propaganda, he coined the euphemism “public relations” (PR).
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The American tobacco industry hired Bernays to convince women that they should smoke in public. By associating smoking with women’s liberation, he made cigarettes “torches of freedom.”
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Bernays was no rabid right-winger. He was an elitist liberal who believed that “engineering public consent” was for the greater good. This could be achieved by the creation of “false realities” which then became “news events”.

Here are examples of how it is done these days.

False reality:
The last US combat troops have left Iraq “as promised, on schedule”, according to President Barack Obama. The TV news has been filled with cinematic images of the “last US soldiers”, silhouetted against the dawn light, crossing the border into Kuwait.

Fact:
They have not left. At least 50,000 troops will continue to operate from 94 bases. American air assaults are unchanged, as are special forces’ assassinations. The number of “military contractors” is 100,000 and rising. Most Iraqi oil is now under direct foreign control.

False reality:
It is not known how many Iraqis have died. They are “countless”, or maybe “in the tens of thousands”.

Fact:
As a direct consequence of the Anglo-American-led invasion, a million Iraqis have died. This figure, from Opinion Research Business, follows peer-reviewed research by Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC, whose methods were secretly affirmed as “best practice” and “robust” by the Blair government’s chief scientific adviser. This is rarely reported or presented to “charming” American generals. Neither is the dispossession of four million Iraqis, the malnourishment of most Iraqi children, the epidemic of mental illness, or the poisoning of the environment.

False reality:
The British economy has a deficit of billions which must be reduced with cuts in public services and regressive taxation, in a spirit of “we’re all in this together”.

Fact:
We are not in this together. What is remarkable about this PR triumph is that only 18 months ago, the diametric opposite filled TV screens and front pages. Then, in a state of shock, truth became unavoidable, if briefly. The Wall Street and City of London trough was on full view for the first time, along with the venality of once-celebrated snouts. Billions in public money went to inept and crooked organisations known as banks, which were spared debt liability by their Labour government sponsors.
Within a year, record profits and personal bonuses were posted and the “black hole” was no longer the responsibility of the banks, whose debt is to be paid by those not in any way responsible: the public. The received media wisdom of this “necessity” is now a chorus, from the BBC to the Sun.
A masterstroke, Bernays would surely say.

False reality:
Ed Miliband offers a “genuine alternative” as leader of the Labour Party.

Fact:
Miliband, like his brother and almost all those standing for the Labour leadership, is immersed in the effluent of New Labour. As a New Labour MP and minister, he did not refuse to serve under Blair or to speak out against Labour’s persistent warmongering. He now calls the invasion of Iraq a “profound mistake.” Calling it a mistake insults the memory and the dead. It was a crime, of which the evidence is voluminous. He has nothing new to say about the other colonial wars, none of them mistakes. Neither has he demanded basic social justice – that those who caused the recession clear up the mess and that Britain’s fabulously rich corporate minority be taxed seriously.

The good news is that false realities often fail when the public trusts its own critical intelligence.
Two classified documents recently released express the CIA’s concern that the populations of European countries, which oppose their governments’ war policies, are not succumbing to the usual propaganda spun through the media.

For the rulers of the world, this is a conundrum, because their unaccountable power rests on the false reality that no popular resistance works.

Or does it?

Your thoughts,....

Question #12:

Is the Illuminati and New World Order fake? Please help?

Please read my whole question before answering, thanks T ^T
I just turned 14. I was just watching videos on youtube last week, when i stumbled across this video about the Illuminati and New World Order, i was really curious about it so i did some more research. I did a whole lot of research, and found out about how the Illuminati supposedly controls the world, media, music industry, government and everything. And how the ultimate goal is to brainwash people through media, and achieve this "New World Order", a one world government systerm. When I first found out, I WAS SO DEPRESSED AND STRESSED, i couldn't sleep and I literally lost hair on it. BUT, recently i realized that this could all be bull****. Some things just don't make sense. I am pretty gullible. Illuminati or not, I personally think that the youtube videos on how Lady Gaga, Beyonce and etc are Satan worshippers are absolute bull****, because i know they are kind and lovely people. Also they over analyze everything. BUT, i did find a pretty interesting video on how there are a lot of subliminal messages in Spongebob and similar shows. Like the "eye", and the "pyramid", they always appear in cartoon shows. That is truly creepy. I don't know what to believe anymore. Do you think that the Illuminati and the New World Order is true or fake?
I am just SO DEPRESSED over this, i am only 14 i don't think i can take this! It's like my whole life changed. All I do now is sitting in front of my computer searching up about these stuff. It's really getting to me! When I listen to music I feel sad because they are supposed to be controlled by the Illuminati. When I see words like "eye", I get all paranoid. When I see the okay/traingle hand signs, I creep out a little. I just cannot enjoy life like how i did before! I REALLY WISH I NEVER FOUND OUT ABOUT THESE BULL****, because i can never sing along to Gaga with my friends like how i happily did before. :'( I just want to forget about this, but I can't! Guys please help me, do you believe this?
OMG i'm actually crying about this right now I AM SO STRESSED! D': AHHHH PLEASE ANSWER THANKS SO MUCH :(

Question #13:

We now have not simply a friend, but a people's advocate in the White House?

President Obama is "considering" a radical agenda to nationalize the U.S. financial system, the Federal Reserve Bank, and private industries such as energy and other sectors whose future is "problematic" in private hands, claims the leader of the Communist Party USA.

In a major speech focused on Obama titled "Off and running: Opportunity of a lifetime," CPUSA leader Sam Webb also alleges Obama's administration is considering turning education, childcare, and health care into "no profit zones;" rerouting investment capital from military infrastructure to "green economy" projects and public infrastructure; and waging a "full scale" assault on global warming.

"We now have not simply a friend, but a people's advocate in the White House," declared Webb at a recent speech in Ohio for People's Weekly World Communist newspaper.

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YES WE CAN

Question #14:

Is Zionism the answer to humanity?

Look at all these achievements in less than 70 years:
1. New Israeli treatment improves blood flow: Click Here

2. Israeli discovery can stop cancer in it's tracks: Click Here

3. The cell phone was developed in Israel by Israelis working in the Israeli branch of Motorola, which has its largest development center in Israel. Most of the Windows NT and XP operating systems were developed by Microsoft-Israel.

4. The Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel. Both the Pentium-4 microprocessor and the Centrino processor were entirely designed, developed and produced in Israel.

5. The Pentium microprocessor in your computer was most likely made in Israel.

6.voice mail technology was developed in Israel.

7. Both Microsoft and Cisco built their only R&D facilities outside the US in Isra

8.The technology for the AOL Instant Messenger ICQ was developed in 1996 by four young Israelis.

9. Israel has the fourth largest air force in the world (after the U. S, Russia and China). In addition to a large variety of other aircraft, Israel's air force has an aerial arsenal of over 250 F-16's. This is the largest fleet of F-16 aircraft outside of the U

10. According to industry officials, Israel designed the airline industry's most impenetrable flight security. U. S. officials now look to Israel for advice on how to handle airborne security threats.

11. Israel's $100 billion economy is larger than all of its immediate neighbors combined. Israel has the highest percentage in the world of home computers per capita.

12. Israel has the highest ratio of university degrees to the population in the world.

13.Israel produces more scientific papers per capita than any other nation by a large margin - 109 per 10,000 people -- as well as one of the highest per capita rates of patents filed.

14. In proportion to its population, Israel has the largest number of startup companies in the world. In absolute terms, Israel has the largest number of startup companies than any other country in the world, except the U. S. (3,500 companies mostly in hi-tech).

15. With more than 3,000 high-tech companies and startups, Israel has the highest concentration of hi-tech companies in the world -- apart from the Silicon Valley,
Comparing zionism to KKK racism is borderline mental retardation and just downright stupidity.

Seriously, come up with a better comparison if you want to smear the name of Zionism.

Question #15:

What were "chemical dyes" used for in history and when first developed?

and what are chemical dyes used for today? how this industry has developed into other branches,,even modern pharmaceuticals?

how the chemicals used in dyes and paints are similar to the chemicals in medicines?

when, again, paints ,dyes, and pharamaceuticals became big industry and how this also really started the medical industry in Europe and USA?

please explain too how this is spread to other regions of the world

thanks for your answers!

Question #16:

what were "chemical dyes" used for in history and when first developed?

and what are chemical dyes used for today? how this industry has developed into other branches,,even modern pharmaceuticals?

how the chemicals used in dyes and paints are similar to the chemicals in medicines?

when, again, paints ,dyes, and pharamaceuticals became big industry and how this also really started the medical industry in Europe and USA?

please explain too how this is spread to other regions of the world

thanks for your answers!

Question #17:

how much tax does the tobacco industry pay and does it pay the most?

i was just wondering if the tobacco industry pays the most taxes. me and a friend got into a debate about how without the tobacco industry, the world would be in a better economic situation.
thanks player 0ne! so the taxes we pay go to the goverment, but the one that gives the most money to the goverment is the tobacco industry, correct? cause i think thats what i was trying to say but got them mixed up. thanks!

Question #18:

Why does Iraq's oil was stolen by American and British corporations? 9/11 was an excuse to steal Iraq's oil?

Iraq's oil: The spoils of war

Iraqis face the dire prospect of losing up to $200bn (�116bn) of the wealth of their country if an American-inspired plan to hand over development of its oil reserves to US and British multinationals comes into force next year. A report produced by American and British pressure groups warns Iraq will be caught in an "old colonial trap" if it allows foreign companies to take a share of its vast energy reserves. The report is certain to reawaken fears that the real purpose of the 2003 war on Iraq was to ensure its oil came under Western control.

The Iraqi government has announced plans to seek foreign investment to exploit its oil reserves after the general election, which will be held next month. Iraq has 115 billion barrels of proved oil reserves, the third largest in the world.

According to the report, from groups including War on Want and the New Economics Foundation (NEF), the new Iraqi constitution opened the way for greater foreign investment. Negotiations with oil companies are already under way ahead of next month's election and before legislation is passed, it said.

The groups said they had amassed details of high-level pressure from the US and UK governments on Iraq to look to foreign companies to rebuild its oil industry. It said a Foreign Office code of practice issued in summer last year said at least $4bn would be needed to restore production to the levels before the 1990-91 Gulf War. "Given Iraq's needs it is not realistic to cut government spending in other areas and Iraq would need to engage with the international oil companies to provide appropriate levels of foreign direct investment to do this," it said.

Yesterday's report said the use of production sharing agreements (PSAs) was proposed by the US State Department before the invasion and adopted by the Coalition Provisional Authority. "The current government is fast-tracking the process. It is already negotiating contracts with oil companies in parallel with the constitutional process, elections and passage of a Petroleum Law," the report, Crude Designs, said.

EARLIER THIS YEAR A BBC NEWSNIGHT REPORT CLAIMED TO HAVE UNCOVERED DOCUMENTS SHOWING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION MADE PLANS TO SECURE IRAQI OIL EVEN BEFORE THE 9/11 TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE US. Based on its analysis of PSAs in seven countries, it said multinationals would seek rates of return on their investment from 42 to 162 per cent, far in excess of typical 12 per cent rates.

Taking an assumption of $40 a barrel, below the current price of almost $60, and a likely contract term of 25 to 40 years, it said that Iraq stood to lose between �74bn and $194bn. Andrew Simms, the NEF's policy director, said: "Over the last century, Britain and the US left a global trail of conflict, social upheaval and environmental damage as they sought to capture and control a disproportionate share of the world's oil reserves. Now it seems they are determined to increase their ecological debts at Iraq's expense. Instead of a new beginning, Iraq is caught in a very old colonial trap."

Louise Richards, chief executive of War on Want, said: "People have increasingly come to realise the Iraq war was about oil, profits and plunder. Despite claims from politicians that this is a conspiracy theory, our report gives detailed evidence to show Iraq's oil profits are well within the sights of the oil multinationals."

"We work closely with other departments such as the Treasury to give assistance and advice," he said, adding that the Foreign Office had not been involved in specific lobbying.

Gregg Muttitt, of Platform, a campaign group that co-authored the report, said Iraq had an existing - albeit damaged - network of oil expertise and could use current revenues or new borrowings to fund investment. The report named several companies, including the Anglo-Dutch Shell group, as jockeying for position before a new government is elected. In 2003, Walter van de Vijver, then head of exploration and production, said investors would need "some assurance of future income and a supportive contractual arrangement". The group said yesterday that the involvement of foreign oil companies would be determined by the new Iraqi administration. "We aspire to establish a long-term presence in Iraq and a long-term relationship with the Iraqis, including the newly elected government."

No multinationals are operating in Iraq now because of the poor security situation.

The Independent, "Iraq's oil: The spoils of war", 22 November 2005.
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namsaev: are you ok? do you feel ok?

come on people, IRAQ'S OIL WAS INDEED STOLEN

Question #19:

Were you aware that by playing Candyland©, you are inviting Satan into this world to eat your soul?

That's right boys and girls. You may have heard that Ouija© opens a portal to hell, but what the board game industry doesn't want you know is that Ouija© isn't the only board game that does that.

Below I have provided a list of all board games currently known to summon the demons from hell.

⟢ Ouija©
⟢ Candyland©
⟢ Hungry Hungry Hippos©
⟢ Chinese Checkers©
⟢ Don't Spill the Beans©
⟢ Mouse Trap©
⟢ Stratego©
⟢ KerPlunk©
⟢ Trivial Pursuit©
⟢ Clue© (version under the title Cluedo© are currently assumed to be safe)
⟢ Pictionary©
⟢ Hi-Ho Cherry-O©
⟢ Castle Risk©
⟢ Don't Wake Daddy©
⟢ Scrabble© (Scrabble Jr.© is safe)
⟢ Monopoly© United States Coast Guard Edition
⟢ Any chess set made of plastic and not wood
⟢ Shark Attack©
⟢ Scene It? Disney Movies©
⟢ Barrel of Monkeys©

Remember, these are only the board games that are currently known to be demonic, and there may be several others not currently listed.

It would be best to avoid board games all together, as well as card games, dice games, video games, sports, and any other recreational activities, excluding rock paper scissors, which Satan generally avoids because he's always worried that someone will accidentally throw "Crucifix"

Question #20:

Can you tell me which of these Dead Presidents you like more?

These are two verse I wrote to Nas' Dead Presidents, can y'all read and rate them.

Here's the greed verse original verse:

Welcome to the country of the brave and the free
But if you wanna be free it'll cost ya a fee
They say the root of all evil is this money
If that's true we got no problems growin' a tree
Everybody out here's tryna make 'em a G
That's why a hustla's on the block just pushin' a ki
Soulja Boy even wnet and sold his dignity
The American Dream is spelled G-R-Double E-D
For a lil doe we'd betray each other
A good son would even go and sell his mother
Green is stronger than the bond between brothers
You can marry a woman but cash ya true lover
The rap game's about to gp R.I.P.
Cuz rappers from LA up to NYC
Don't wanna work hard like P-A-C
They just want clothes, hoes, and I-C-E
These greedy rappers are musics enemy
This musics been corrupted by the industry
Ya see good lyrics is so cost-i-ly
And labels don't wanna buy a simile
Hip hop might not be survivn' G
Cuz artists are actin' so miserly
But everyone wants to see their dollars stacked
Ain't you heard the story of David Mack?
He wasn't a dealer or a mobster
But greed turned him from a cop to a robber
Cash is all we want and I'm not lyin'
Like Fif, he got rich then he stopped tryin'
The Church wants tithes and si-mony
Magic Johnsin paid the AIDS to leave his body
See if you ain't got buck the world ain't nice
Hookers is honest about it, but everybody got a price

And here's the more political rewrite.

Our political situation been lookin' a lil bit funky
Cuz most these politicians don't give a damn about this country
The campaignin' for ambition
On a self servin' mission
Standin' on a slimy slope and I can tell that they been slippin'
When they only care about the power in they position
And they couldn't give a damn if a lil kid got a pot to piss in
I may sound like a cynic with these rhymes I been spittin'
But you gon' here the truth if you give it a listen
See thinkin' like them is gon lead to our destruction
Cuz power minus integrity equals our corruption
It's like ya priniciples ya wife and that makes power lustin'
Ya sexy secretary who's awful good at suckin'
Temptation may seem nice but ya gotta fight that seduction
Now matter how bad you wanna give up and start f*ckin
Cuz givin' in is why they got warlords in Africa
Do you wanna see them in Northern America?
I've watched politicians and seen how they do
They like gangbangers the way they trip over reds and blues
But they don't jack cars or do drive bys with K's
They just bomb ya land and take ya rights away
Some just want rights and protection
For white Anglo-Saxon Christians
I thought the law didn't care about race or religion
What about the followers of Islam, Buddha, 'n atheism?
Tell me do you care for us?
Or do we not fit into your America?
Unless we kill the corruption and hypocrisy
We gon' see the death of our democracy?

Tell me what you think, I'm open to constructive criticism.





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