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Video Released From Knife Rampage at Chinese Primary School That Left 23 Students Wounded

Dec. 24, 2012 8:45pm Christopher Santarelli

On the same day Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 children and six adults in Connecticut during one of the most deadly acts of in-school violence in American history, 36-year-old Min Yongjun of China left 23 students and an elderly woman wounded after going on a knife rampage at a primary school in Central China’s Henan province. Like Lanza, Yongjun’s attack is suspected to be connected to mental illness, as a local government report says the Chinese man was influenced by rumors that the world was about to end. CNN has released on their YouTube channel Monday security footage video of Yongjun with a knife chasing frantic students near the school’s gate, before being driven off by several adult males that had grabbed whatever objects they could to subdue the attacker.

According to a government report obtained by China Daily, in addition to fears about the Mayan Calendar, Yongjun had epilepsy. Yongjun had stabbed and slashed students in the head and face before being knocked to the ground by a teacher wielding a stick, after which the attacker ran away. The China Daily reports that Guangshan county people’s procuratorate confirmed on Monday that Yongjun had been arrested for endangering public security.

None of the injured students are in critical condition, while four have serious injuries. BBC News reports that security at China’s schools has been increased in recent years following similar knife attacks that left nearly 20 children killed.

Fears over an apocalypse at the Mayan Calendar’s end–which came and went on December 21–were prevalent in China. Paranoia spread over the possibility of a December 21 doomsday after the release of the 2009 Hollywood film starring John Cusack “2012,” which was a hit in China. A candle buying panic took off in the Sichuan province, and police in Shanghai released an official public warning that “The end of the world is a rumor,” and “Do not believe it and do not be swindled.”

There has been a decree of public outcry in China over the lack of media coverage given to the knife attack, and according to instructions obtained by the China Digital Times website, the government’s central propaganda department had told Chinese media to downplay what happened in Henan. AFP reports that six local officials, including the school principal, have been removed from their positions.

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KentuckyVet
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 11:35am
That is not a knife. That is clearly a meat cleaver!

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- DeOppressoLiber
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 6:34pm
  If you are going to use a knife do not slash stab. History shows this with the Roman short sword, the Gladius.
  
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Guitar Master
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 11:15am
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In the future, will people ever be stopped from committing mass murder? The answer is absolutely not !

Why then would the clowns in Washington want to zero in on banning guns?

They know that the ban on guns won’t stop these kinds of killings since it was proven in the previous assault gun ban which lasted for 10 yrs., so there must be another motive.

Could it be population control by rendering the population defenseless against assault weapons that ALL MILITARY personnel carry? Nahh, you will think this is way too far fetched.

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- NOT A CRAZY
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 3:19pm
  Governments will never stop committing mass murder. That is exactly why our Founding Fathers made sure we had the 2nd Amendment.
  
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- VoteBushIn12
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 4:32pm
  I’m a man of numbers and statistics. You know what those numbers say?
  
  Countries with strict gun control have far less gun violence AND far fewer murders than countries without similar laws.
  
  I don’t care why you “think” guns prevent crimes. The empirical data suggests the contrary. Armed countries have higher violent crime and murder rates.
  
  Case and point: THIS ARTICLE.
  America: A guy with a gun attacks elementary school kids = 20+ dead
  China: A guy with a knife attacks elementary school kids = 0 dead.
  
  Debate me.
  
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- tothepoint
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 5:45pm
  Don’t fall for the phony stats from those who pretend that gun control stops mass murder.
  Paul Harvey did the research and found that 56 million citizens were murdered by their own governments AFTER their governments took away their right to bear arms (in a 100 year time span.)
  Harvey said: “If any one says they are for gun control ask them which group they want to exterminate.”
  You see, history proves that governments take away guns so they can exterminate their own.
  When one does the research one realizes that the right to bear arms is what keeps governments from murdering their own.
  
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- Carlosovitch
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 9:54pm
  votebushin12
  
  Are you familiar with the gun laws in Mexico? Can you cite the number of violent gun deaths there in the last 5 years? Tell us how secure people in Mexico feel knowing their gun laws are strictly enforced.
  
  Debate finished
  
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- OIF3survivor
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:10am
  votebush:
  
  Ok I’m game. Apparently ‘empirical evidence’ is a catchphrase for you and you really have no grasp on what it really means.
  
  Before you start spouting your nonsense you should first start by reading:
  
  More Guns, Less Crime: John R. Lott Jr (single most comprehensive study of gun control laws in regards to both time and scope)
  Point Blank: Gary Kleck (largest collection of data regarding self-defense uses of firearms annually, indicating more than 2.5 million usages per year)
  The Samurai, the Mountie and the Cowboy: David Kopel (largest nation by nation comparison of gun-control laws, as well as civil rights in order to understand violent crime statistics)
  
  Once you’ve actually familiarized yourself with both raw data and published peer reviewed studies and are not merely spouting off brainless ‘Brady Campaign’ talking points, you should try again-otherwise, you are just proving yourself to the rest of us as the blow-hard you appear to be.
  
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- VoteBushIn12
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 12:54am
  @OIF3SURVIVOR
  
  I don’t doubt many Americans use their guns for self defense every day. The problem with this position is you can’t argue the benefits of gun ownership using statistics from a country that allows gun ownership. Where’s the control group? What are you comparing the figures against? It’s not as a simple as saying “If they didn’t have guns, those 2.5 million people would be dead” because maybe their assailants would also not have guns and there would have been no crime and, therefore, no potential victims to begin with. Again, speculation, but you see the predicament.
  
  The only fair analysis is to compare countries WITH gun control to those countries WITHOUT gun control.
  
  Let’s look:
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
  
  The countries with the lesser intentional homicide rate tend to correlate with stricter gun regulations. This correlation isn’t perfect, obviously, but it’s a trend that cannot be overlooked. Maybe there are other factors, I don’t know, but I DO know that correlation is a stronger argument than any I’ve heard across the aisle.
  
  And let me be clear, I’m a gun owner. As of now, it’s my right and I’ll exercise that right. I’m just saying maybe it shouldn’t be a right for EVERYONE… (or anyone) if that’s what it takes to keep ourselves safe.
  
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- Balzy
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 5:14am
  @bush
  
  ummm both murderers: 20+
  
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- Balzy
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 5:31am
  the story changed, sry bout that. But after 20 children almost died, CHINA is gonna add more security because they care about those children’s protection… all the US is talking about is taking away more american rights. idk if i buy this change in story, i mean cmon! China just admitted they think we should be disarmed… this doesn’t look at all fishy to you guys? They tried to downplay this story, then make our story look like banning guns is the ONLY answer… Idk if you guys know this, but not a lot other countries like us that much. If we were to disarm our people, that would give the incentive that they could invade… If you don’t think that could ever happen, pick up a history book.
  
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- stelin1998
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 10:48am
  @VoteBushin12
  
  What country would you suggest to be used as a control group? Which country has the same percentage of criminal elements? Gangs? Cartel presence in hundreds of cities? Massive government suppression or comparable freedoms as we have? Do you truly believe that a viable option is to remove all privately owned guns and then only our government ‘protectors’ would have firearms and the bad elements in society would only shoot nerf balls at their victims? Utopia, as far as I know, has never existed. Let us know when you find a good example of that and then describe how we go about transforming our country and the entire world into that utopia.
  In the meantime the present responsible gun ownership by the vast majority of gun owners sits pretty well with me.
  
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- NOT A CRAZY
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:00pm
  Carlos…I don’t think you could have made any clearer of a point. Mexico is the perfect example of a current anti-gun policy that results in mass murder of defenseless civilians.
  
  Bush…debate? Leftist don’t debate. Leftist stick their fingers in their ears and make obnoxious noises. The facts are easily and readily available but you all will never acknowledge them.
  
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- OIF3survivor
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 1:23pm
  votebush:
  once again, educate yourself first and talk the statistics afterwards. Wiki? Really? How about FIRST if you’d like to look at comparative crime stats you first look beyond the laughable, ridiculously simple-minded mono causal answer of guns. Any economist, historian or statistician who would make such a claim, regardless of the topic being discussed would be laughed out of the room in which he was speaking.
  As I was saying, if you’d like to discuss comparative crime stats perhaps you should look at the entire picture, including civil rights, incarceration methods and even more importantly social and civic norms within a society. Its absurd to cherry-pick data from the nations which have statistically low crime rates, ie., Great Britain to support your claims while meanwhile ignoring almost all of Latin America which has exceptionally high rates of violent crime that aren’t even complete due to poor and incomplete reporting methods. Further, this cherry picking avoids discussing nations such as Switzerland and Israel-as well as other nations- which have MANDATORY ownership of firearms and in the case of the former, has mandatory possession of fully automatic assault rifles and yet has absolutely miniscule violent crime rates(not the artificial category of assault weapons which has no similarity to military weapons outside of cosmetics).
  But I digress. Find some primary sources, not web-based wiki sources if you’d like to actually have a meaningful deb
  
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BlasberryStrat
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 11:13am
“Fa Ra Ra Ra Ra…Ra Ra Ra Raaaa”. I thought the Chinese were more efficient? A .223 is “such a deadly weapon”. That guy must have had a Red Bull in order to wield a weapon of such destruction. (Actually he was trying to butter his bread, but the butter was too cold and hard. Pi$$ed him off and he went in to a rage..)

Well….gonna have to ban knives, and protest with picket signs saying “Murder Ron Popeil”. Hey, while we’re on a roll, the Gov. had better ban all forms of Acid. After all, “throwing acid in the face” is the choice of the Black girls in NY schools! Where’s Bloomberg when you need him?! (He’s having a 32 oz. Coke behind closed doors)

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Halloween
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 10:47am
Assault Knives can slash up to 600 times a minute!

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Ron Staiger
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 10:04am
As a result, China has banned all assault knives- that is all knives with multiple blades (Swiss knives) and those with blades exceeding 2cm in length.

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waspanglosaxon
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 9:32am
Y’see, Obama? One of your own people (a communist) tired to OJ a buncha kids in a public school as well? Whaddya suggest, outlawing knives?

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SanDiegoCountyCitizen
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 9:17am
Nunchucks are illegal in most Chinese provinces… as can be seen in the video, the disarmed serfs are left to defend themselves with brooms. As will soon be the fate of US Citizens under Obama and his progressive-statist minions.

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NoMoMrNiceGuy
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 8:12am
Thats it ! BAN The Knife ! We are not responsible enough to use them !

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- dublinthewagons
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 9:15am
  Only ban assault knives with spring loaded magazines.
  If we ban children going to school it would serve the same purpose.
  
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Alternative_Thought
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 7:40am
What we NEED, is Jesus Christ back in our churches and taking a leading role in our society.

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Marsh626
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 7:36am
I also wanted to add that it didn’t look this guy was actually trying to kill the kids. Just randomly slash them. He could have easily pounced on those kids and stabbed them to death. But he seemed satisfied with merely doing quick single slashes at some of them.

Maybe that’s the real reason why none of these kids died. Not because he didn’t have a gun. But because he wasn’t really trying to kill them.

We saw similar odd behavior here in Fairfax, Virginia recently with a **** slasher. These was this deranged “hispanic” man who walked around our malls and stores slashing females in the **** with a knife and then he’d just walk off like nothing happened.

Don’t bother trying to understand crazy people. Their brains weren’t made right.

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Marsh626
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 7:28am
D Baggers are actually using this story to say that China’s gun control resulted in these kids being injured rather than killed. What they’re ignoring is that similar knife attacks like this in China have resulted in dozens of kids being murdered. Which proves that evil/insane people can’t be stopped with mere bans on weapons.

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- NOT A CRAZY
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 3:17pm
  Chinese gun control works perfectly. The Chinese government can take their citizens at will and murder them. That is what gun control is really all about.
  
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- Balzy
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:19am
  my point exactly. I just hope so bad that people see this, before it’s too late. Most cops see the reason why we need our own efficient means of protection. When they’re out on the field and they encounter someone else with a gun, i bet you a million bucks they’re damn glad they had a gun. Same goes for us. I wish it were that simple, to just rid ourselves of guns completely. who’s gonna benefit from this? The cartels would certainly have a whole new product for criminals, US gangs would know they could raid stores without ever worrying that the cashier could do anything about it. Cops would be held accountable for every shot that comes out of their gun. You better not screw up cops, all eyes will be on you. The second you mess up, YOUR protection will be next. Then the guns will be in the hands of the gov’t and criminals alone. Hmmm i wonder how that worked out in Mexico… oh yea 25000+ intentional homicides as opposed to 13,000 in the USA. The cartels are basically in control, can you even imagine how much that would suck? The gangs here are bad as it is, you really want to empower them? I’m sry but if local law enforcement and the gov’t couldn’t even stop voter intimidation on one of our most important days, then i don’t see how anyone could put so much faith in them… just sayin.
  
  ty bush, good example
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
  
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- Balzy
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 6:23am
  @not a crazy*
  
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2ndOpinion
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 2:54am
They need a guard at every door wielding a broom stick or plunger handle.

Criminals DO NOT CARE about laws. The 6.9 million people in U.S. prisons at the end of 2011 demonstrate that. Blaming the gun is like blaming the keyboard for your poor grammar.

People are buying guns like it’s the most important thing in their life. If, or when, the feds come to take those guns away, are they going to fight and defend their right like it’s the most important thing in their life, or are they going to comply like sheep and hand them over? Give it some serious thought. What are you going to do when they knock at your door?

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- MittensKittens
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 6:17am
  Time to ban knives in China now…YOu know it’s the knife’s fault this happened…When will the Chinese government strengthen their knife laws!!!
  
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FaithfulFriend
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:46pm
I’m certain the chinese constitution recognizes no natural right of any citizen to defend themselves, or anyone else, even with a mop or broom.

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Bodacious_Boedi
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:35pm
Oh, no…no….MSM will not cover this anymore than they cover an armed citizen breaking up a robbery or some such.

No, guns are always to be cast in a tragic light.

It’s gonna be an ugly four years, gang…..buckle up tight!! My recurring nightmare is Dear Leader appointing ALL of the three upcoming SCOTUS seats that could be opening.

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rsanchez1
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:38pm
So in China, the government told the media to downplay the incident, but here the government told the media to exploit the incident.

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- AbrahamsSheepdog
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 5:49am
  Coincidentally both plans work. Sacrifices to agendas of canibal media. That’s sickness really. Mentally ill everyone. To what end?
  
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Chromo200
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:28pm
You know what the progressive will say .. the kids were hurt but not killed. so a knife is safer than a gun.

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- oldguy49
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:27pm
  the point is a nut will find a weapon and its not the weapons fault
  
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- bonesiii
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 12:25am
  I was thinking the same. Of course, the “preemptive strike” is that knives ARE used to kill people all the time, and in some ways it may be easier to get away with it. No ammo and no boom.
  
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normbal
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:08pm
More reason the US should pass sensible knife control laws NOW. Ahead of the UN ban.

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denkat56
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:05pm
Proves that if your hell bent to hurt somebody , anything can be a weapon ie the broom. Oh yeah the knife to.

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denkat56
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:00pm
I know let’s send Chris Mathews, let’s see if he can figure how he can blame it on white guy. Lord knows were going to get the blame. It’s all just a tingle away. Hey Chris how come we don’t hear MSNBC cover this attack. No tea party, no whites involved, no assault weapons used, no mental history released by the chicoms. No news. No tingling. Go figure. It’s like they pick the stories they want to air, not the news as it happens. Anything for ratings against conservatives.

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Dseosg
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:57pm
We must keep sharp objects away from people. We must also outlaw large soft-drinks. I also hate shinny objects. They scare me. When we finally get enough laws there will be world peace. We need a giant brained personal to tell us all what to do. Please join with me to outlaw stuff today. We can’t let this crisis go to waste.

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whatthecrazy
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:51pm
Poor kids,they would stand a better chance of surviving if they were left alone in the wilderness with the animals.If you truly hurt a child and i don’t mean a spanking then you should go to one of those camps they got sitting everywhere and live the rest of your life behind a barbed wire fence.If you kill a child,not by accident then you should also die period.

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- The-Monk
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:43pm
  Hi Walkabout,
  
  Hey it’s China…. no one had a pair of Nunchucks handy?
  
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- Balzy
  Posted on December 26, 2012 at 9:17am
  i agree that this is the most messed up thing i’ve ever seen, i didn’t watch the video before… God i hope those kids are alright. I’m so sry guys, i got caught up in the debate again. I didn’t mean to politicize this story and i feel like a real @ss. Can’t imagine how frighting that must’ve been for the families… I’m so sry this happened to all of you.
  
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GoodStuff
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:34pm
This is how the democrats want us to defend ourselves…with brooms.

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- The-Monk
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:06pm
  Hi GoodStuff,
  
  Oh no… can’t use brooms. You’ll insult Witches.
  
  Their Union just joined up with the LGBT to make the LGBTW Union.
  
  You’ll be sued in a heartbeat and your hot dog cart destroyed even quicker.
  
  Merry Christmas GoodStuff… : )
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:36pm
  A broom is a staff, club, or spear. Just depends on how you want to use it. Of course a purpose built weapon is usually better.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:51pm
  Hi Walkabout,
  
  Hey it’s China…. no one had a pair of Nunchucks handy?
  
  Don’t know how this ended up on the other post? Oh well….
  
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elderbat
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:28pm
another example of why we should have armed guards in all of our schools, not just the ones attended by the children of the elites, as in sidwell friends. this is truly frightening, no matter where it happens.

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progressiveslayer
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:23pm
You can write any law you like and the criminal element will always find a ***** in it.
the government’s central propaganda department had told Chinese media to downplay what happened in Henan. It works the same way here,the regime tells the propagandists ie so called ‘media’ whats fit to print and they go with it.

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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:30pm
  Indeed, and yet China demands that Obama disarm the US Citizenry, probably to ensure that Comrade Obama will have no opposition when he declares his dictatorship.
  
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- Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:33pm
  Voice to America – a Phoenix based radio station has a saying that: The public media determines the political message as set by the outlook of the public mass.
  
  I hold that the leftist media is done in the reverse as you stated: Obama tells the public media what political messages are to be set before the public mass as “truth” that he wants to have out there for his political gain.
  
  I wish people would understand that its usage of the old fashion term: Propaganda.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:36pm
  Merry Christmas ProgressiveSlayer…. : )
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:39pm
  Merry Christmas to you too Snow.. : )
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on December 25, 2012 at 8:05am
  Merry Christmas Monk,Snow and everyone! :)
  
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N37BU6
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:20pm
Thank goodness for that teacher with a stick… all teachers should have sticks.

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