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If you have ever watched President Obama give a speech on television or in person, be advised: Infowars.com, the website of conspiracist talk show host Alex Jones, says you were probably hypnotized against your will.
According to an article on the website from writer David Icke entitled "Barack Obama: The Naked Emperor," Obama uses a technique called neuro-linguistic programming, or NLP, which Icke says is a "mass mind-control technique" to "implant beliefs and perceptions into the mind of the viewer."
NLP was created in the 1970s as a form of alternative therapy by Richard Bandler and linguist John Grinder, who claimed that it would help people overcome their phobias, depression and other psychological disorders, according to Wikipedia.
Icke claims in his Infowars article that he, Icke, studied military mind-control techniques in the 1990s (establishing his "expertise"), before stating that Obama's rhetorical and campaign tools are part of the "most blatant mass-mind control operation you could wish to see."
Icke points to an unsigned paper as evidence of this, which appears to come from an organization called the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons -- a very offical sounding group with obvious connotations of clinical legitimacy.
But this is an extremely deceptive claim, coming from a group that is not recognized by mainstream physicians and has made thoroughly debunked claims about immigrants spreading leprosy and asserts false connections between breast cancer and oral contraceptives. AAPS is also a contributor to right-leaning causes, according to the Center for Media and Democracy's SourceWatch.
Furthermore, according to Wikipedia, NLP is a "pseudoscience" that is not supported by scientific evidence. Its founders additionally made "such extreme and changeable claims that researchers began to question the wisdom of researching the area further."
Despite these facts, which point to NLP as a quack science and not a scientifically accepted technique, Icke insists that Obama has used NLP to further his agenda in the most devious way -- by brainwashing Americans.
After briefly explaining DLP, Icke goes on: "All of which brings me to the parallels with Nazi Germany, fascist Italy and similar regimes throughout history."
That is the leap of logic of a conspiracist. Obama must be like Hitler because he is using (phony) mind control techniques, like Hitler did.
You see, Icke's article is actually not based on scientific fact, as he claims, nor is his "expertise" as one who studied miltary brainwashing techniques and worked in broadcast media relevant at all. It is presented this way so as to make him seem like an authority, to give weight to his fact-free argument.
The point of the article is to instill fear of Obama as somehow comparable to Hitler and the worst dictators of modern history, those who were known to use mass propaganda towards evil ends.
This kind of "factual" assertion -- backed up by official-seeming documents from official-sounding groups -- is cited by defenders of Jones as proof of his legitimacy. That lends credence to Jones' assertions that Obama is seeking to enslave Americans to usher in a New World Order.
But these are fake facts dressed up to llok like real ones. It is a technique used by a true deceiver to cover their tracks.
Finally, Infowars.com runs an advertisement on the page with the DLP article for a product called Alpha Mind Control, which the ad claims allows those who get the product to "use the elite's mind control tricks to your advantage."
Watch out what kinds of crackpot products you buy online.
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Comments
At least now I have an excuse for not following news... 'cause I don't want Obama's mind tricks to cloud my thinking.
The actual deception is in this article.
NLP is a highly mathematical language pattern that is used by attorneys, Doctors, Politicians,..a trait of highly educated people. Salesmen speak a watered down version, those who master the patterns are able to evolve and change the patterns when needed.
I have detected several patterns in Obama's speeches, however they are not in uniform. This would suggest to me that he is genuine. He is just a very good speaker.
Picking on infowars gets you NO WHERE.
What kind of loser site is this?
anything to bash infowars... were not buying it bubu!
Yeah it's all a crackpot conspiracy theory, just like (google it, please):
- Project MKULTRA
- Operation Northwoods
- COINTELPRO
- Black Operation
Zorabedian, you dope. Research some things, before you present your claims. It might pull the blinds off your eyes.
wow you really like infowars huh? why not advertise it some more for everybody
I love it how you can find no real articles to debunk so you attack the companies that pay infowars to advertise. Why not "examine" the website's actual content?
hey Jeffrey you should add project mockingbird to your list
Judging from the homepage of Examiner.com, there is an obvious agenda. Who's flippin' the bill? Obviously someone who wishes to sway opinion. And your article should make them very happy. If you want to attic David Ickes' article, why not go to davidicke.com? It seems your main source of critical information comes from Wikipedia, where anyone can submit information.Google search Neuro-linguistic programming, Wikipedia comes up first. You should have continued into your journalist investigation.Eight down would have taken you to Amazon.com: Neuro-Linguistic Programming for Dummies. You're offering no information, your not concerning yourself with major issues, your looking for holes to attack with a smear campaign, as are the other articles here.
You used Wikipedia as a resource to verify whether NLP and all the USER EDITED Wikipedia "facts"?
Are you that dumb or intentionally being a moron for this hit peice?
The main stream media uses NLP every single day with great success -- but you have a agenda so I'll keep my energy for someone who isn't a total dildo.
I think you're missing the point. EVERY high ranking politician uses NLP in their daily routine, EVERY speech writer uses and knows about NLP. Even people in lower management of companies now have mandatory NLP courses, it's very common in the business world. So OF COURSE Obama uses NLP in his rhetoric. How can you not know that? It's obvious you don't have the slightest clue about what you're talking about (NLP) and shouldn't write an article that is so obviously out of your expertise. But you have free speech, the right to make an idiot out of yourself in public. I hope Obama is not going to take that away from you. I really do.
"Furthermore, according to Wikipedia, NLP is a "pseudoscience" that is not supported by scientific evidence."
This is laughable. Every 5 year old can tell us what Wikipedia says. HOW ABOUT YOU DO SOME RESEARCH ON YOUR OWN.
Ah, so 'scientists' have said it's hogwash. Must be the case then. John, do some research.
I have used NLP as a therapist and a patient for many years and found the results very powerful. At the same time, if NLP is going to be discussed, as a negative motive used by a politician, why not discuss how the rise of advertising came about because of the rise in psychotherapy and how it exposed how the mind works. We are regularly hypnotized daily, by the media, by advertisers, etc. to believe in the need to be consumers, mass consumers. Religions do the same thing, only using fear to hypnotize people. So, I'd rather buy into Obama's message of hope, cooperation and self-empowerment than the other negative messages out there.
mr. zorb will always remain loyal to obama..thru thick and thin..doesn't matter...even after obama turning a blind eye to torturers in the past admin..and continuing warmongering in pakistan...continuing fisa..continuing the denial of habeas corpus..surrendering the nation to the global bankers...yet still, you'll remain a loyal lil trooper.that's dedication.
Maybe people should lay off the Zoloft pills and stop washing them down with fluoride tainted water as they tune into their favorite mind-numbing TV show. It then, might be possible, for people to think for them selfs, utilizing basic human skills such as logic and reason. I know first hand, When I decided to get my head out of my ass, and my ass out of the matrix, I became an outsider looking in. And I am better for it, I mean, my physical and mental health has improved ten fold. Maybe yours could too!
Wikipedia editors will only allow "reliable sources", which should be read as "mainstream media", which is clearly controlled. This is also you will never find anything about obama deception on wikipedia.
I agree at the point that infowars have a lot of very suspicious adverts on it.
Did Zorabedian just cite wikipedia as a source?
Final Grade: F.
Horrible job of discrediting and as usual bamboozling anyone with an alternative viewpoint as a conspiracy theorist.
John Zorabedian, you need to get your head out of you you know what and do some real reporting
Lots of people are trained in NLP, as someone mentioned above. Because it is an effective means of bypassing the rational mind of your audience, and using emotion to control them. It's simply unethical - and we don't even call it that. I identified immediately upon hearing him speak for the first time that Obama used NLP - and to be fair, so do many politicians. What is mind-boggling is how good he is at it. Nearly ALL of my good friends (respectable, kind-hearted, intelligent people) are still talking daily about him, his savior-like qualities and offering no substantive logical reason for their feeling this way. They don't know anything about his voting record as a senator, what he's done since in office, where he attended university, who his advisors are - only that he 'radiates light' and 'hope', and his speeches touch them...
Your article was disappointing. It would be nice to find more intelligence in reporting - some real journalism for a change. I'm not holding my breath.
Accusation-I am the Blue Sky Victim. The Television and Radio industries, hereinafter MEDIA, have expanded on the work of Dr. Jose Delgado and Dr. Fry.
1. I have seen firsthand demonstrations of the MEDIA’s ability to capture human thought, modulate it in with the MEDIA’s outgoing carrier so that those thoughts can be heard in the head of any person the outgoing carrier passes through; hereinafter TALKINGHEADPHENOMENA.
2. The MEDIA has also demonstrated the ability to make static/feedback heard in the same manner as TALKINGHEADPHENOMENA; hereinafter STATICHEADPHENOMENA. Multiple counties can be subjected to STATICHEADPHENOMENA. The only apparent reason for the STATICHEADPHENOMENA I observed in the Los Angeles/Orange county area was to coerce the population into acting in a particular manner.
3. I have seen firsthand demonstrations of the MEDIA’s ability to make entire videos appear as dreams during sleep; Hereinafter DREAMHEADPHENOMENA.
4. I have seen varied other radio/electrom
NLP is definitely real look up Derren Brown and watch some of his performances he can get some people to do amazing bizarre things like hand over their keys, watch, and wallet to him on the street. Obama probably does use it and I bet a lot of other politicians do too, it's used on the radio and television as well if you pay attention and know what to listen and look for you will notice. They teach this stuff to car salesman and believe me it works I use to be one and I've seen it in action, you wouldn't believe how suggestible a lot people are. If you did even a modicum of research you would find that neurolinguistic programming is very real (just watch a performance by a trained expert on youtube for 10 minutes). Why do you think his followers are so fanatical? I mean seriously I remember down the street someone did up 9 pumpkins to say Obama 2008. And I see all these bumper stickers for him next to peace bumper stickers and I wonder why they don't oppose Obama's warmongering.
"Seattle wellness says:
...So, I'd rather buy into Obama's message of hope, cooperation and self-empowerment than the other negative messages out there."
So let me get this straight, I should hope that Obama continues ordering the predator drones to kill innocent civilians at weddings (which are piloted by xbox controllers) in Somalia and Pakistan. He even made a joke about using them to kill his daughter's favorite boy band. Should I cooperate with his illegal undeclared wars? Yeah every other President since Truman has committed treason by going to war without a congressional declaration but I say the madness has to stop. We can't continue to allow the executive to go to war and kill millions of people, it's a recipe for disaster. We have spent well over $15 trillion since we started having undeclared wars 60 years ago. $15 trillion dollars is worth more than all man made wealth in the United States. Self-Empowerment my foot, more like state empowerment at your expense serf
Obama don't know is own mind from a crack in his butt
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