Mitt Romney's Callous Indifference

[motherwell]

I've always known that the belief that Republicans are "better" or "stronger" than Democrats in the area of foreign policy is a myth, and has been since 1941, if not earlier. (Democrats: WW-II and the Marshall Plan. Republicans: McCarthyism and Iraq.) I've also known that today's Republican Party is so weak on foreign policy that our enemies

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[phoenix_glow]

The whole thing is very sad, and Mittens is so not ready to be a president. I think the whole trailer of an offensive movie bandied about the internet smacks so much of propoganda designed to provoke a riot. There's a great recent book "Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator" by Ryan Holiday that talk extensively about this. How you can post negative reviews to a movie or book you are trying to hype to get the press, how you can do vandalism, document it, decry it and support it -- all with anonymous internet posting designed to create public interest.

There most likely is no anti-Muslim movie, and someone who wanted to bomb the Libyan embassy put it out to get the whole cover story rolling. It's all very chilling.

[motherwell]

Actually, there is a movie, it's called "Innocence of Muslims," and the trailer is what's been getting the Muslims riled up. Here's some rather creepy emerging facts about the movie, its makers, and its "quality:"

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/sam_bacile_film_embassy_attacks.php

Oh, and the filmmaker may have once been a meth cook:

http://www.salon.com/2012/09/13/innocence_of_muslims_filmmaker_was_also_a_meth_cook/