“I Demand More Than Your Vote–I Want Your Mind!!”–A Call to Boycott Obama’s Media Buy (10/29) (UPDATE 1X–Verdict: Infomercial a Flop)

~~By Grail Guardian

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I Demand More Than Your Vote: I Want Your Mind!

I want, no make that need, you to join me in supporting a critical nationwide movement. This Wednesday, October 29, 2008, Senator Barack Obama has purchased half-hour blocks of programming on NBC, CBS, and Fox News Channel. His intent, I firmly believe, is to use Neuro Associative Conditioning (NAC) and Ericksonian Hypnosis to subconsciously influence millions of voters to “pull the lever” for him on November 4^th whether they want to or not. We must do everything possible to stop the American public from watching.

As GRL pointed out last Sunday in the The Past Week roundup for October 12-18, there is substantial evidence (pdf file) that Obama is using hypnosis techniques to win supporters any way he can. Please take the time to read at least the majority of the linked pdf file; I know it is extremely long, but it is important and explains in great detail what I cannot in this limited space. After you read it, forward it to all of your friends. I don’t care if they are McCain die-hards, PUMAs, or part of the Oborg. Everyone needs to read this information, and while I know it sounds somewhat over the top, I hope to convince you why this is so important.

So let’s talk a bit about Neuro Associative Conditioning (NAC). Many years ago, in my youth, I was a student of one Anthony J. Robbins. Robbins. There have been rumors on the web for months that Senator Obama is a protégé of Robbins. For those of you that have somehow managed to avoid his influence, is a world-renowned master of psychological operations (Psy-Ops) in the form of Ericksonian hypnosis, NLP, and his own form of this, which he calls NAC. He is a trainer of athletes, movie stars, businessmen, and politicians. Tony is best known for his famous Fire Walking seminars, where he used to teach ordinary people to walk across 2,000+ degree coals in their bare feet. His methods are quite powerful; I have done it twice myself, and have seen literally hundreds of others do the same. Robbins twist on NLP (see pdf file for a description of NLP) is what he calls Anchoring. This involves using a physical unique gesture to link to the feelings you create using NLP and hypnosis. Robbins teaches that you can use anchoring to link the feeling of calm, centered energy and power you feel just before Fire Walking so you can access them at will simply by repeating your unique gesture. Or in Obama’s case, you can link the anchor to the subconscious message you’ve imbedded in your subject’s mind using Ericksonian hypnosis. The pdf file goes into great detail about how this is done, but for simplicity’s sake, all you need to know is Obama’s main unique gesture is this (look at his right hand):

So why, you might ask, is this seemingly innocent hand gesture so important in Obama’s quest to seize control of our nation? Simple; it is designed to make you remember a message that he has implanted (or at least tried to) in the depths of your brain to vote for him on November 4^th. He has been using this gesture for months, but the true success of NLP and NAC is in repetition. The more you see it, the deeper it is embedded and the stronger the subconscious response becomes. On Wednesday, Obama wants to use this half hour to ensure that everyone in America who watches will vote for him when they are triggered by their own action of picking up a pen to cast their vote. (And of course, there is always time to embed future instructions about what to do after the election.)

I’m sure by now the skeptics and Obama supporters are laughing their heads off, but admit it; just a little tiny part of you somewhere is wondering if there might just be something to this. That’s the rational part of your brain trying to battle the non-rational subconscious that’s been NAC’ed. You’ve been programmed to go against your own instincts, and while NAC is very powerful, ultimately the brain you were born with is more powerful if you can only release it. The less emotional you are when the programming is done, the less likely it is to “take”. That is exactly why the Obama campaign spends so much time trying to whip you into an emotional frenzy. That’s why he gets people excited with race-baiting and misogyny (although with the misogyny he’s taken a big gamble that he can pull this off without offending women, which I believe he lost; he’s playing on a centuries-old core societal instinct that men are more powerful and important than women and using that belief to agitate the masses into behaving badly against women). For those of you who’ve wondered why the mainstream media have been so pro-Obama, think about it; who has been more exposed to his speeches, his gestures, his patterns, his hypnosis techniques than those who are paid to watch his every move? Why do you think Obama touches people (especially reporters) so intimately? He’s using touch as part of his hypnosis! NAC is all about using sights (gestures and symbols), sounds (slogans like “Yes, We Can” and “Change You Can Believe In”), and intentional touch (when possible) to link your message deeply.

If you’re still skeptical, stop and ask yourself one simple question: Why would Barack Obama scramble to buy up Prime Time TV slots just 6 days before the election? Even MSNBC seems to recognize the unusual and historic implications of this move:

Short political spots have been the traditional way for politicians to communicate with voters. But a prime-time, sitcom-length commercial would provide Obama an opportunity to make a closing argument to the entire country.

“It’s a luxury to be able to afford that kind of communication,” said Tad Devine, a Democratic media consultant who was a senior adviser to John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign.

If Obama was far ahead as the polls indicated 2 weeks ago when he purchased this time, why would he need to make this unprecedented TV buy at the 11^th hour? Why not radio; it’s much cheaper? Why not print ads; also less expensive? The answer is simple – he needs a visual media in order to convey his message. He needs the power of television to plant his subliminal messages and anchor them to the visualization of holding his thumb and forefinger together (as if holding a pen), so when Americans go into the voting booth they will trigger his message within their own subconscious when they grasp a pen to cast their votes.

In case you think I’m the only one that’s noticed this, commenter Hal at Uppity Woman’s blog observed:

A friend has satellite TV in West Virginia and wrote to me that there are, not one, but two channels in the lineup with 24/7 Obomber propaganda.

Now, why would that be? For starters, Obomber and Axelrod are so damn scared that no one has lost WV and won the presidency that they are swamping the Mountaineer state with nonstop ads and pissing off people of that little state in the process.

Before making all these compliments of FOX, you must realize that Rupert Murdoch never met a greenback that he could resist. Whether you call it “good business” or not, Murdoch OWNS Direct TV.

He OWNS a network that will broadcast Obomber’s informercial right before the World Series starts.

Repeat lies often enough and they’re the accepted truths.

I would add to this to say that Obama feels the people of West Virginia need more programming than the rest of America. As far as Fox, it is obvious that Obama has used NAC on Bill O’Reilly –remember the knee touching?– and probably several other reporters and owner Rupert Murdoch (normally a conservative, but uncharacteristically supporting Obama this time through). And they are even delaying the start of World Series in order to accommodate “That One”.

So I am supporting a movement started by NoHillaryNoVote:

I am sharing this idea on several blogs this week where others are not supporting Obama.

For the record:
I am a PUMA in northern VA
I am a Black woman
I am a registered democrat
I am one of the voters who supported Hillary Clinton in the primary

AND I am not voting for Obama-Biden.

I am so tired of hearing about Obama spending big bucks to run his infomercial on October 29th by trying to blanket mainstream television airways.

I think we need to begin to promote a “Turn off Obama-TV” on October 29th. I say – Do NOT Listen to or Watch Obama’s 30 minute commercial on October 29, 2008. Obama thinks he can MAKE us listen to what he has to say by spending all that money in order to have his commercial on several networks at the same time. We do NOT have to listen. We do NOT have to support this gimmick.

Let’s all participate in: “Turn Off Obama-TV” that night. On October 29th for that specific 30 minutes: Push mute – Turn down the sound – Change the channel – or Turn off the television. Do not listen to any more of Obama’s hot air, false promises or his lies about McCain-Palin.

INSTEAD for that 30 minutes do something else with your brain cells — (here’s a few ideas)

Watch a different tv program
Watch a DVD or video
Listen to the radio
Listen to a CD
Read a book or magazine
Play a board game
Surf the web
Watch YouTube videos
Call a friend on the phone
Play a video game
Write an email to a friend
Work on one of the word games or word puzzles in the newspaper
Play the piano (or instrument of your choice)
Do some exercising
Play a card game
Work on your family’s scrapbooks
Bake Halloween cookies or cupcakes
Work on your favorite hobby

Between now and Oct 29th – Let others know that you are choosing NOT to listen to & to NOT watch Obama’s commercial. And encourage others to join in a national response to this media effort.

Please join me by choosing to turn away from Obama’s efforts to control the outcome of this election by spending so much money on a one night media blitz.

Tell all your family & friends to “Turn Off Obama-TV” on Oct. 29th!!

I wish there was a more radical way that I could make Americans understand the importance of not watching this program. My hope is that most of America is so sick and tired of the election that the concept of watching another solid half hour of a politician droning on for 30 minutes will just plain turn them off naturally. But if there is even one single person that you can influence in your circle of family, friends, and co-workers, please urge them to stay away from this broadcast. If they are already an Obama supporter, they don’t need to hear more of the same. If they are against Obama, they don’t need convincing. If they are undecided, ask them to read a transcript of the program on Thursday, or read a recap. And I cannot emphasize this enough: DO NOT PUT LINKS TO THE BROADCAST ON YOUR WEBSITE! If you want to share details, do it with printed words. As many PUMAs have noticed, reading Obama’s speeches leaves one quite confused as to why the masses are so enthralled with him. The words themselves have little or no meaning. He rarely answers questions that he is asked (except in the disastrous case of Joe the Plumber), and has a strange speech pattern that lulls one into a hypnotic waking-sleep trance. This is NLP at its best, and Obama at his worst.

In these final days of the election, it’s important to use every tool at our disposal to stop the overthrow of America. Please spread the word; feel free to link to this article, pass the pdf file around, and most importantly discuss this as a proven scientific process. Anthony Robbins has made millions of dollars using NAC, and Barack Obama hopes to use it to take over America.

UPDATE Posted 10/31 by GRL

Oops. Noted infomercial producer Anthony Sullivan declared the whole extravaganza a ‘flop.”

TV’S TOP AD STARS PAN BAM

By SALLY GOLDENBERG

Last updated: 11:11 am
October 30, 2008
Posted: 3:56 am
October 30, 2008

Two leading infomercial stars agree: Barack Obama‘s half-hour self-promotion last night was a flop.

“I don’t see enough smiling. Doom and gloom totally,” said Anthony Sullivan, one of the biggest names in infomercial history.

“I feel depressed right now,” added Sullivan, an Englishman famous for his infomercials touting the Swivel Sweeper and Smart Chopper. The only thing saving Obama, Sullivan said, was when the candidate appeared live at the end speaking at a rally in Florida.

“I think it needed it. I was about to throw myself through a window because it was depressing,” Sullivan said.

He and AJ Khubani, who has produced infomercials for 25 years, said Obama also fell short of offering solutions to the dire problems he laid out.

“I didn’t see a payoff. Classic infomercial is you show the before and you show the after. I didn’t see the music or the crashing waves of the Pacific,” Sullivan said.

He joked the producer “needs a spanking” for lacking optimism.

Khubani said: “Every infomercial lays out common problems, whether it’s a flabby belly or acne, and then it gives a solution. In this case the solution is Obama.”

But Obama didn’t pitch the product – himself – convincingly enough, he argued.

“We always spend much more time on the solution than the problem and he did the opposite,” Khubani added.

Saturday Smatterings…(10/25/08)

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A few items that are too small to do a full post on, but of interest…

1) I stopped by Greta on Thursday night and bumped into Karl Rove.  He was pushing his site, of course, and his electoral map, but Greta asked him about what effect Obama’s half-hour October 29th TV message to the masses might have.  Rove said that if he bombed, it could hurt him…but, if he did a good job, then it could very well give him a bump late in the game.

Here at IA, there were a lot of comments in response to a section of last Sunday’s roundup:

I watched The History Channel program called “Secrets of Body Language.” The commentators “swooned” over Obama’s voice…a commentor saying he’s so “powerful” a speaker that “the words become irrelevant.” They followed Obama with a segment on McCain, who, they said, speaks in a manner “exactly opposite” — more like a “technician” and with sincerity.  Remember just before the NH primary when Hillary showed emotion? Well, guess what? The experts were split on whether it was real or coached…

And here’s something else to ponder…Obama’s use of hypnosis techniques. I became certified in hypnosis and what’s in this piece sounds entirely plausible to me…

I don’t think I can stomach watching Obama’s half-hour verbal orgy, but I am curious about whether he’ll be using some of the various techniques that were discussed in the link above, as well as in the comment section of the post.  Grail Guardian and I have both had some experience with Tony Robbins (GG), hypnosis and NLP (me) and we think Obama HAS to be doing SOMETHING that is reeling in easily-suggestible people. Emotion and suggestibility…the combo that is at work.

NOTE: Grail Guardian will be posting a piece on this topic early next week!

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2) Regular visitor Leslie sent me the following via email:

The following quote is my response to the buzzflash current “wing of justice award”.

I haven’t gone to B—f—h in a long time and thought, I’d take a look today.

O.M.G.

They said:

Colin Powell Receives The BuzzFlash Wings of Justice Award for October 22. “Normally, a political endorsement, even if it is a post-partisan nod for the most powerful elected position in the country, does not merit a Wings of Justice Award. But in his endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama for president, former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell went beyond just telling us who he’ll be voting for.”

Leslie had the same reaction I did….the guy who LIED to us all at the U.N. is now beloved by the Obama crowd?? He now “merits” the Wings of Justice Award? Frankly, with Obama lapping up the Powell endorsement and possible advice from him in the future…that sort of negates the entire Iraq war “superior judgment” claim, doesn’t it?? McCain should pick up on that angle!!

And you wonder why I had to leave Buzzflash after 7 years?

3)Today, McCain and Clinton hit southern NM.  I’ll be in Mesilla at a square-foot gardening workshop while McCain is a few blocks away at the rally.  I’ll observe what I can observe and check out the local news reports and try to get them into The Past Week post for this Sunday.

The Past Week: Recaps & Random Thoughts, October 12-18 (A Fond Farewell; Polls and Polling Methods; Odinga Video; Fitzerald, Clintons, RICO?; Body Language and Obama the Hypnotist; Chicago; Greens!…3-Parter on ‘Independent Thinking’)

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A personal note…

I received sad news this week that a person I had been writing to since 2001 passed away after a long illness. Sharon and I “met” after she wrote to me about something I had written for Buzzflash. Sharon was just about to marry Ian and move to Europe at the time we started corresponding. Over the years she and Ian  became long-distance friends.  Sharon and I both loved cooking, dogs, and politics, and I will miss her frequent, long email letters describing the political situation in the UK and how the U.S. scene was being reported there… To Ian, I extend my deepest condolences and a hope that we will be staying in touch…

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Polls, Polls, Polls…

Polls are on everyone’s minds these days and I came across a couple of interesting articles to highlight.

First, here’s a discussion detailing a discussion with a purported internal pollster for Obama: Conversations with an internal pollster for Obama…

From the GOP side, a blogger did a very interesting overview on the polls at “Blogs for John McCain” under the title Obama’s Lead Crumbling, an Electoral Guide, which was posted on Thursday, October 16. Although things might not be crumbling at this point, the analysis is worth a look.

This week we we learned that Gallup is now using a different polling model which Uppity Woman discussed in detail (also posted by No Quarter). A post I wrote in July about polling methods which is now even more relevant.  As a matter of full disclosure, I was a study director at the “original” Gallup before it was sold; George Gallup, Sr., the founder of the company, was still active and Andy Kohut, who now runs Pew Research Center, was the President.  It’s sort of a “primer on polling.”  See: Musings on Pollsters: Confessions of a Former Gallup Study Director…(Updated 2X)

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Can’t let the week go by without a mention of Raila Odinga.  For some reason, the posts I wrote about him months ago have been percolating the last couple of weeks.  Here’s a link to a very powerful video which uses news clips to present a graphic portrayal of Odinga, his followers and the violence following the 2007 election, his political roots, and his relationship with Barack Obama. It is definitely something to pass around to as many people as possible.

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In case you missed this…from The Wall Street Journal’s “Market Watch” Community…an intriguing post about the Clintons vs. ACORN-Obama.  Is it true? Who knows?…but it IS intriguing…

Clintons File RICO Suit Against Obama – ACORN Stole the Nomination Too!

According to this post, Patrick Fitzgerald on the case.

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Our source in federal courts said, “Any crime that involves more than two people and is carried out across state lines qualifies as a corrupt organization. The fact that those “Goodwill” donations were made in Texas and received at Obama headquarters in Chicago or Washington means it qualifies for RICO.”

The “Goodwill donations” referred to above are the $228 million in undocumented, unverified campaign contributions the Obama camp has received — which the McCain campaigned filed a complaint to the FEC on this past Monday.

We’ve also heard that the Clinton campaign filed complaints to the FBI and other federal agencies over Obama’s fraud in the Iowa, Texas and other caucuses: voter intimidation, registration fraud, and other illegal activities.

The last thing we were told tonight in regards to all of this was that “the memo here is a tying together of all these various threads. That’s what you will see in the last weeks of the campaign: all things being tied together”.

If everything rumored here is true, it looks like David Axelrod, Howard Dean, Donna Brazile, Obama himself, and possibly even Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid were all involved, together, in massive RICO violations, and thus federal fraud, if the DNC and party leadership knew what the Obama campaign and ACORN were up to and allowed it to proceed. Knowledge of federal crimes being committed makes all parties accessories to those crimes — and part of the conspiracy to defraud the public.

Boy, wouldn’t that be something if all this were true?

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Tonight (Saturday) I’ve seen an ad running on The History Channel from the Republican Congressional Committee and John McCain…a joint ad. Topic?  Taxpayers money going to Rezko, headlines about corrupt Obama ties, Congressional Democrats featuring a lineup of Reid, Pelosi, and Barney Frank, and a parting message about the average guy being taxed so more money gets into the hands of the Democratic Congress. Threads are being connected in this ad.

I watched The History Channel program called “Secrets of Body Language.” The commentators “swooned” over Obama’s voice…a commentor saying he’s so “powerful” a speaker that “the words become irrelevant.” They followed Obama with a segment on McCain, who, they said, speaks in a manner “exactly opposite” — more like a “technician” and with sincerity.  Remember just before the NH primary when Hillary showed emotion? Well, guess what? The experts were split on whether it was real or coached…

And here’s something else to ponder…Obama’s use of hypnosis techniques. I became certified in hypnosis and what’s in this piece sounds entirely plausible to me…

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Finally, I caught most of “Chicago” on IFC tonight…a great flick and it was really funny to hear Richard Gere “tapping dancing” on the subject of Chicago corruption. One great line from Gere’s character–“This is Chicago, kid–You can’t beat fresh blood on the wall.” The whole picture seemed so…current.

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This week in the fall garden–finally got my arugula, pak choi, and more chard seeds planted. The mustard is growing rapidly.  Haven’t seen a hummingbird for a few days. The nights are getting pretty chilly, so soon I’ll be putting up the plastic “greenhouse.”

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THIS WEEK’S POSTS

*By Grail Guardian

**By  kenosha Marge

***By American Lassie

*Part 3-Independent Thinking: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS

Part 2–Independent Thinking: THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY/LATRINE NEEDS THE TY-D-BOL MAN

**Part 1–Independent Thinking: PARTISAN NO MORE

2001 Article from Chicago’s Community News Project (Funded by Woods Fund) Mentions Obama under “Organizing and Islam” Section

***Shakespeare, Warlocks and Barack Obama…(UPDATE 1X)

*Announcing the End of the “PC” ERA

The Past Week: Recaps & Random Thoughts, October 5-11 (Cloward-Piven, Mortgage Connections w/Charts; ACORN ad; Uh-Oh-Ohio; Musings on Middle Names; Slaughtering Sarah; Feeling Prickly)