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The Waco Lie
You may have seen Waco the recent mini series depicting the siege on David Koresh and the branch Dividians in Waco Texas in 1993, I’ve heard people praising the mini series for supposedly exposing the ATF and the FBI for its excessive force and the malpractice that lead to the deaths of over 75 people, 25 of whom were children, but nothing could be further from the truth. In fact the mini series is a complete white washing of the government sanctioned mass murder that occurred in Waco. Propaganda that seeks to exonerate the people at the top while explaining away the corruption as the work of a few cartoonish bad apples and outright lies about the assault itself and it completely omits the coverup that took place afterwards. It’s a rewriting of history and quite frankly it parallels what’s happening today with the corruption of our federal law enforcement being portrayed in the media as just a few bad apples acting on their own, while the administration is portrayed as clueless of their rogue activities, complete with congressional hearings put on for the public that never lead to any consequences. In other words, it was really good propaganda pice for intellectually lazy citizens of our current police state.
So let’s dissect lies. One of the aspects that makes this propaganda so effective is that they make David Koresh a relatable character. To build credibility with the audience, the propagandists have largely abandoned the distorted view of Koresh that was crafted by the federal government and the mockingbird media in the 90s, the pedophile that thought he was Jesus that Americans were told about is portrayed more realistically as an actual human, maybe for the first time ever in mainstream media. I understand the need to dramatize things and truncate actual events into the time available for a miniseries so I don’t really take issue too much with how Koresh and the branch Dividians were portrayed in the first few episodes.
What I do take issue with is how the federal government is portrayed. Again, the people behind the miniseries, who most likely received government approval for their script, try to gain the trust of the audience by showing us the incompetent bureaucrats at the ATF hopelessly screwing up an unnecessary raid they had intended to put on as a show for the news cameras to justify or increase their budgets . The miniseries goes even further by showing the audience that the ATF shot first, murdering several of the branch Dividians and then lying to the public about it.
Again, to be effective they have to give you a little taste of the truth so you believe them when the lies come. Now the first big lie needs development. in the Show Waco After the ATF has made a complete mess of the situation by storming the branch Dividian church unannounced with guns blazing taking the lives of several of its members, the FBI swoops in and we are introduced to the hostage negotiator with a heart of gold in contrast to the evil militant FBI agent that is almost never seen without his tactical gear. Most of the series focuses on the hostage negotiators efforts to reason with the branch dividians all the while the militant villain FBI agent is insistent on using force. Eventually the militant FBI agent wins the battle of wills and I’m willing to excuse the inaccurate details of this characterization for the purpose of story telling, but here come the big lies.
While they admit that the president is being kept apprised of the situation in Waco they conspicuously never mention that president is president Clinton. They then insert a scene where the bad FBI agents go to a woman who they never name but who is obviously Janet Reno, Clinton’s attorney general, and they trick her into approving their evil plan to use force. Just like today when the media tells us that peter Strzok and macabre, and all the other bad apples were working right under Obama’s nose and they tricked him and the FISA judge into spying on trump. You see, the ruling class in America is never held responsible. Ever. And this miniseries covers up the Clinton administration involvement just as dutifully as if it were produced by CNN.
But thats not the most egregious lie. The biggest lie is the attack on the compound itself. And there is no excuse for this because we have video evidence of exactly what happened. In the miniseries Waco after the bad FBI agents send the nice negotiator home, they decide to pump tear gas into the compound. The damage to the building traps the branch Dividians inside and the bad FBI agents start to panic when they see that nobody is leaving the buildings. Because after all, they weren’t monsters, they were just misguided and used excessive force out of frustration. In this scene we see the militant fbi villain brought to tears when he realizes what has gone wrong after valiantly rushing into to try to save the suffocating branch Dividians.
This disgusting lie is what they need you to believe. They need you to believe that overly aggressive but basically good people got carried away, lied to the attorney general so the president, who will remain nameless, would sign off on a poorly thought out but well meaning plan and things got out of hand and it was all a big accident.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
For starters, bill Clinton closely watched and to some extent orchestrated the invasion in Waco, the siege had gone on for over 50 days on national television, the compound itself was a treasure trove of damaging evidence that would implicate the federal government in the murders of several of the innocent church members. Clinton needed a decisive win. In fact, sources close to Clinton have since revealed that Janet Reno was reappointed as attorney general for taking the fall for the attack in Waco. And by taking the fall, I mean nothing ever happened to her. No prosecution or discipline, just a little bad press, because the ruling class is never held to account.
So what exactly was this plan? As it happens, infrared or fleer footage from helicopter mounted cameras show that the FBI possibly with the help of members of delta force opened fire on the compound during the assault killing those that tried to flee the flames. Flames that they ignited as you can clearly see in this footage. The fleer footage and forensic evidence shows branch dividians were run over by tanks. Tanks that knocked down walls, and pumped the compound full of flammable gas while flash bang grenades were thrown into the gas filled building as well as what appears to be other incendiary devices used to start the fire. It is illegal for the government to use military force agains civilians without authorization from congress, but President Clinton illegally authorized the use of delta force, who are likely the individuals seen exiting this Bradley tank and opening fire on the branch dravidians attempting to escape. They may also be the individuals seen firing into the compound from this helicopter and were undoubtedly the team used to place and detonate this explosive located above the room where the women and children were located trying to escape the flames and smoke.
The federal government at the highest levels wanted these citizens dead and the evidence destroyed and they murdered these innocent people on live television as fake news CNN lied to the public over and over and over again about what was really transpiring. At no point did they have an epiphany and rush into the flames only to face the error of their ways. They summarily executed these people and then destroyed the evidence.
This is how the deep state re-writes history. As the murderers involved live out the rest of their lives on comfortable government pensions never facing any consequences, this is the new fiction the public is fed.
The Waco miniseries ends with the nice guy hostage negotiator being called to testify but that’s where it ends. It fades to black. we never see the hearings. The hearings where Chuck Schumer, yes the same Chuck Schumer, in full deep state coverup mode defends the ATF and FBI and lies about David Koresh and the branch Dividians in front of the families of the dead and the few survivors that escaped the murderous FBI and ATF.
There is also no mention of Vince Foster’s involvement or how files on Waco were removed from his office the night of his suspicious death.
Instead, Waco is expertly crafted propaganda designed to protect the ruling class by lying about their involvement and the deep state by minimizing the horrors and the brutality of the acts of war the federal government perpetrated on its own people. It’s a stunning example of how the elites in Hollywood are joined at the hip with the deep state and how they take advantage of the American people’s ignorance. The similarities between this deception and the media’s current portrayal of the present is all too illustrative of the complete disregard the elites have for rule of law and human life.
Your life doesn’t matter now, just as the branch dividians lives didn’t matter then. And should you find yourself in the way of these sociopaths, these are the clever lies they will tell a disengaged and gullible public until people wake up and hold them to account.
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Hey @blackpilled, great post! I enjoyed your content. Keep up the good work! It's always nice to see good content here on Steemit! Cheers :)
Here was my encounter with one of the only 8 survivors of that tragedy, David Thibodeau, who I met in 2002 at the Libertarian Party of Illinois Convention that year.
Thanks! I've never used steemit before but I will be checking it out today.
As I make this comment the video is still being processed. YouTube removed this video even though it was CLEARLY Fair Use. Let me know if the video is working, I may have to reverse the frame or something if it's getting flagged by Viacom.
I am glad you are here. Thanks for making the switch!
I recently found your content on YT and am glad I did. I replied today asking you to join steemit. Then I went to see if the account blackpilled was already registered. It was. Now I am pleased to see it was you and not someone else reserving it!
Please consider doing an introduceyourself post. They really help get your follower base growing quickly. In the beginning you will not have much bandwidth, so use it wisely. I tell new people to do 80% engagement with others through replies and 20% of their own authored posts.
You already have quality content and are a pro at this, so you may not need to stick to that formula for best results. Let me know if you are running into bandwidth problems though. I'll send you some funds if needed to get you started.
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https://steemian.info/signup-faq (This site is by @drakos and has a ton of good information for new users to help them get started.)
https://steemd.com/ (This site is used to keep track of your voting power and other stats. You do not want to run out of voting power, and you only get so much per day. I keep my voting power around 80% for example. Also use it to look at the coding for other people's posts. If you see a formatting trick they use, you'll see the code for that trick within the post details on steemd.)
https://steem.makerwannabe.com/ (This site will tell you who follows you, who unfollows you, and who mutes you. It is great for meeting new people too. I regularly check it to see who has followed me to see if I should follow them back.)
https://steemit.chat/ (This site is the official chat webpage for Steemit. There are Discord channels too, but I usually stick to the official site. Come in to network and meet new friends. You can directly message people there too, so it makes it easier to communicate with your closest friends.)
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Bots
There are a lot of bots on Steemit. Some are useful and good, and others are not. If you see a cookie cutter reply, especially to your intro post, it is almost certainly a bot. Check the account's reputation. If it is low, I would recommend just ignoring them. Everything is public on Steemit, so you can go look at an account's comments and replies. Are they all the same? It's a bot.
There's one good bot worth mentioning for new users. It is called GINAbot, and you can use it to keep track of things the makerwannabe site above cannot easily do. For example, GINAbot will tell you when a key phrase is used, when you or someone else is mentioned by account name, or even if someone deletes a comment. The bot is extremely powerful and free. Simply add the following Discord server:
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When you connect to it, it will ask you to register and verify your account with a .0001 SBD or STEEM transfer. Then you will get a direct message from the bot with a private link to your configuration page. Go there to setup your options. The entire process takes 5 minutes, and it will be up and running. You can tweak the settings as you go too. I highly recommend people use it for networking purposes.
I have mine set to look for phrases like "residential security" and "private investigator" as two examples. Then I never miss out on content related to those, and it makes going there to engage in those conversations much easier. Without GINAbot, I would never have had the opportunity either! Check it out, and ask if you have any questions.
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Here's a link to a Google Document I made to help with the coding:
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Verifying your identity is very important because it will get you more support and people will trust you more. The best way to verify is to link back to your Steemit account by using another public social media account.
For example, I share my Steemit posts on my @finnianGC Twitter account. Another way would be to add your Steemit information to your Facebook account. Some people will even post a video of themselves writing out their account information since that cannot be Photoshopped.
The more famous a person is and the more valuable their content is, the more important it is that they verify.
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Definitely keep a backup copy right before you post it too, for some people have come back the next day to see half or the entire post missing even though the day before it displayed correctly. Make sure you copy and backup your long replies as well, for they can vanish immediately after clicking to post them.
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Again, welcome! If you have any questions about getting started, look me up on the chat site or reply to this post.
See my reply please. I strongly suggest you ignore people with really low reputation scores. It means they are almost always scammers, spammers, or bots.
P.S. My reputation isn't very high, but I've hit you with a few 100% upvotes to raise your reputation a few points. The higher rep people giving you high power votes, the faster your reputation will go up.
I checked out your webpage. Please link back from there to this new account. That will confirm that this is indeed you. Sadly, we have a lot of fake accounts here. I don't suspect your account is fake of course, but verifying it will make people trust you more. More trust means more support, and that means more upvotes. :)
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Cool thanks, I'm new to Steemit so this will be helpful. To verify it's really me you can see I linked this video on the Waco post on Blackpilled.com
That doesn't verify you though. You would need to link back to this account from an existing one or mention your new account here in a video.
Very important. Thanks for posting.
Ew. Nobody respects dumb and desperate people. Are you a kid or something?
What is the point in sharing this? Why do you think that anyone cares about seeing a picture of you and survivor? The only thing that we would care about in this scenario is what the witnessing survivor has to SAY about the event - and you couldn't even be bothered to touch on that. LAME.
"Do not use your owner key to log into Steemit.com to post. Use your private posting key instead. Keep your owner key offline as much as possible, and only use it when you must."
I am new to this platform, and I only have ONE super long password (which I am going to assume is my "owner key"). Would you mind explaining that part of your comment that I quoted in a little more detail?
Where do I make a seperate "private posting" password (and are you talking about private personal text messages/Instant Text Messaging type comments, or making comments on videos like I am doing at this very moment)?
Sorry for the noobie questions! There seems to be a lot to this platform. If you don't mind clarifying that bit, I'd be super appreciative. Thanks in advance, if so! :D
FYI, that last comment of mine is directed at direct towards you, FINNIAN. Not sure how to tag someone yet that I want to read my post.
Scroll up please, finnian. A comment of mine is directed towards you. Not sure how to tag someone yet that I want to read my post. I also don't know how to edit or delete my comments filled with typos yet.
Welcome to Steemit! Go into your wallet and then the permissions area. In there you'll see your public keys.
Use the Private Posting key for day to day steemit use like replying to posts and authoring posts.
Use the Private Active key to make transfers of your crypto, etc.
The "owner" or master key is the primary key for the account, and it should be kept offline and not used on a day to day basis as much as possible. People should print that key out in a font that makes sure you can read it easily. Then store it in a safe place. If your account is ever hacked, that is the key used to recover it. The key is also used to change the other ones. Any time you think your account may be compromised, change your keys using the master/owner one. Always save your previous master/owner keys too. Having an old one helps in the recovery process as I understand it. If you make a habit of printing them out onto paper, that should be easy to do.
The memo key is used for purchases of crypto. For example, when I transfer from bittrex into my account, I use the memo key along with my account name to let bittrex know where to send the coins.
I hope that helps a little. It is very confusing at first. The main mistake people make, and I made it too, was to keep using your master primary key for everything. Do not do that! Stop using that primary key, print it out, put it in a safe place, and then don't be typing or copying and pasting that key on a regular basis to use steemit. The more online that key is, the more likely the key will be stolen.
You tag people using the @ symbol followed by their account name without a space between them. Steemit.com will not notify them reliably, but GINAbot and other similar services will.
The point is to say to those who might find it interesting, and many have found it very interesting, that I was there to speak with him, personally, and think I know his vibe too. At the very least it is commiseration in one image.
It's interesting how you've gone out of your way to attempt to shit on it, maybe thinking you won't get a reply. Are you jealous? Were you attempting to read the worst possible motive behind it by projecting what weirdness is in your head? Are you autistic?
I met Thibodeau in July 2002. I was on the ballot for US House against Rahm Emanuel in November 2002. Thibodeau's plight was most definitely among my motivations for going that far. I also ran 2 more times, almost winning the 3rd, in a completely different region of the country, on a shoestring budget, and with almost no help, and without going a penny into debt.
Experiences like his were my reason for picking up the torch and doing what I could.
Hey Blackpilled-great to see you here !! waiting for more !!
Very helpful comment, thanks! :]