I think the standard definition of “astroturfing” is that you have some powerful interest, like, say, the oil industry, that wants to create the appearance of a groundswell of public support for their position, so they hire a PR firm to gin up some fake “grassroots” events.

It’s disturbing to see at least some liberals responding to the tea-party and town-hall protests by claiming that any level of organization is de-legitimizing, e.g., that these protests were “astroturfed” because right-wing talk radio told people to go, or provided talking points to the protesters. Organization, by itself, isn’t “astroturf.”

Debord r00lz! Situationists 4evah.

http://www.notbored.org/report.html
http://www.notbored.org/censor.html

It was written by an Italian member of the Situationist International (ultra-left 1960s grouping that was on the cutting edge of critiquing the marriage of media, capitalism and political power). He published it anonymously under the name ‘Censor,’ and circulated it to heads of industry in Italy. Most of those he sent it to agreed with his theses, which basically called for Italian Capital to fund false flag terror attacks to undermine the Italian Left and far left.

It makes for sobering but incisive reading.

It would have been better if ‘the caller’ had said:

‘I done been had been put a bizzomb in yo’ bizzuildin’ bee-yatch! Gaia forever! Remember the Chicago Seven! Allahu Akbar!’

I’m rather surprised that the call wasn’t instantly traced via call-display to some local ACORN office … & “fortuitously” videotaped in-progress for good measure.

(insert “they’re just phoning it in” joke here)

They’re long-since shrivelled down to a shadow of their original (even then pretty damn lame) strength, & I’m supposed to believe they’re getting bomb-threats NOW?

They better watch their asses. Calling in a fake assault can get you a bad reputation & psychotherapy; calling in fake terrorism can get you a very interesting set of bunkmates for a long, long time.

Calling & saying “There’s a bomb in the broom closet in the southeast part of the third floor & it’s going off in ten minutes” is pretty much a guaranteed bldg. clearer.

“I put a bomb in your building, bitch,” just isn’t going to work as well. Of course, who knows what was really said. (And the DC Police may be working on a different standard these days.) It doesn’t clearly state that the DC Police said that’s what was said, anyway, & we know how far FW should be trusted.

That’s what Steinhauser was hoping. Birth of a nation!

Naturally. When your scrotum hangs down to your knees it makes the process that much easier.

And now, ABC apparently says there are “Tens of thousands” expected at the main event. So here’s my question – logistically speaking, shouldn’t their have been more teabaggers in town for the big name teabagging pre-rally, also organized by Freedomworks, if there are going to be tens of thousands teabagging away on the Mall later today? Sure, republicans like to say they don’t go to protests cause they gots jobs and such, and that since this pre-rally was during the week they couldn’t go, but since most teabaggers are grayhaired pensioners anyway, I would imagine it would be less of an issue.

I will be very surprised if their actual baggy numbers today break ten of thousand, let alone tens.

False Flag Operations Rule #1: Don’t pad the part.

Sheesh, what drama queens. I’m surprised Armey didn’t report it as “And then the guy said menancingly, ‘Iz done be putting a bombizzle in yo buildizzle, you cracka-ass cracka’”.

Woot!