Mind Control, The Song!

I found this video when I clicked a link from a commenter over at Digby's place, The topic was Chris Matthews and members of the media praising him.
The commenter MarkC of imissfaf.blogspot.com, made a point that I've seen before but bears repeating:

What I think both Chris M. and Rick H. suffer from is a lack of appreciation of the institutional biases built into the government and media, naively assuming that personalities matter most. So whether Chris M. is a jealous Clinton-wannabe or a guilty Catholic is irrelevant to the fact that the media as a whole doesn't cover the way big business dictates the legislative agenda, and the defense industry spins our foreign policy.
MarkC | Homepage | 05.28.08 - 9:02 am

The Defense industry spins our foreign policy is an interesting comment. The industry has a lot of power and it would be nice if we as a people could say, "Hey we gave you all that money to make stuff to protect us and blow stuff up, so when the people doing the protecting and blowing stuff up are damaged, could you please use some of that money to help 'em out? Thanks, signed The American Taxpayers.

It is really sad when veterans groups have to sue the government for timely treatment for Vets suffering from PTSD and psychiatric injuries.

When someone suffers from PTSD they are suffering from a form of mind control. They can't control their own mind.

Images and thoughts are burned into the brain, overwhelming the normal processes. The chemicals of the brain interact with the synapses to lock memories in place. (The process is described in a great book, The Paranoia Switch: How Terror Rewires Our Brains and Reshapes Our Behavior--and How We Can Reclaim Our Courage by Martha Stout).

The memories and experiences are so vivid and the feelings are so strong that whenever you are up against experiences that are similar you flash back to that experience. Just the thought of being in a similar situation makes you dread it and work to blunt the memory or avoid it.

Imagine a group of people, so callous that they want to evoke PTSD in people in order to get what they want. A group of people who actively wanted people to relive their worst nightmare (9/11) in order to achieve something that would NOT help the nightmare go away. The people they want to relive the nightmare are us. Keep that in mind when you read about Scott McClennan's new book. McClellan knew.