Sunday, October 30, 2016
Trumpelrad?
Back in Cold War I, radio and TV stations typically had a set of hardware and 'software' for running the Conelrad alert system. Oddly enough, this hardware was not standardized; some stations ran the wildly complex arrangement manually...
until their engineer could rig up an automatic system. Soon a variety of commercial systems were available. The commercial outfits were typically triggered by a big red button under the announcer's console. There were tape reels and cartridges holding the official announcement.
For the real thing, there was supposedly a final tape made by the President (who was already dead or out of commission in a bunker) reassuring the citizens that we had won the war. I'm not convinced this was true; I have a memory of seeing that tape, but the memory could be false after all these years.
What would today's radio and TV stations do in the event of a Trump presidency? Has Obama made his Bunker Tape? Stations will have to alter every aspect of their "entertainment" and "news". Returning to Bush mode won't do the job. Bush was Official Enemy in public but his actions and agenda were internally approved. Media made lots of noise but OBEYED Bush policies because Bush policies increased the power and wealth of corporate controllers and tyrannical bureaucracies.
If Trump is not simply an Agent Provocateur ... if he actually starts to dial back the plate voltage of globalism ... it will be time to push the Red Button. No more obedience. Total DeepState rebellion against the nominal government. Just like what happened to Morsi in Egypt. But NOT like Erdogan, who continues to show the correct way to clean up a DeepState.
Could get interesting.
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Later: IBD says that 35% of Federal workers threaten to quit if Trump takes over. Instant salvation for the country! Also, Obama has said, pretending to be joking, that he won't do the 'transition' for Trump. Even more salvation, because it means that Trump won't be trained in the status quo. All we need now is a mass quit and mass suicide from the media and from lawyers, and we'll finally be SAFE.
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until their engineer could rig up an automatic system. Soon a variety of commercial systems were available. The commercial outfits were typically triggered by a big red button under the announcer's console. There were tape reels and cartridges holding the official announcement.
For the real thing, there was supposedly a final tape made by the President (who was already dead or out of commission in a bunker) reassuring the citizens that we had won the war. I'm not convinced this was true; I have a memory of seeing that tape, but the memory could be false after all these years.
What would today's radio and TV stations do in the event of a Trump presidency? Has Obama made his Bunker Tape? Stations will have to alter every aspect of their "entertainment" and "news". Returning to Bush mode won't do the job. Bush was Official Enemy in public but his actions and agenda were internally approved. Media made lots of noise but OBEYED Bush policies because Bush policies increased the power and wealth of corporate controllers and tyrannical bureaucracies.
If Trump is not simply an Agent Provocateur ... if he actually starts to dial back the plate voltage of globalism ... it will be time to push the Red Button. No more obedience. Total DeepState rebellion against the nominal government. Just like what happened to Morsi in Egypt. But NOT like Erdogan, who continues to show the correct way to clean up a DeepState.
Could get interesting.
= = = = =
Later: IBD says that 35% of Federal workers threaten to quit if Trump takes over. Instant salvation for the country! Also, Obama has said, pretending to be joking, that he won't do the 'transition' for Trump. Even more salvation, because it means that Trump won't be trained in the status quo. All we need now is a mass quit and mass suicide from the media and from lawyers, and we'll finally be SAFE.
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