February Festival of Deceit Award Winner:Toyota

Congratulations Toyota!

Contenders for February's FOD Award included 'The Party of No' (aka the Neo-Con-Job enslaved US Republican Party), Adobe Systems Inc. (for their poor installer and security consciousness), and the US federal government (for dumping grain on the Haitian market thereby destroying the native grown grain market). But the winner by a landslide was Toyota Motor Corp. for their remarkably deceitful hiding of deadly faults in millions of their cars over the course of several years. The deaths of many Toyota owning people can allegedly be attributed to Toyota's deceit, always an award winning strategy.

Let's review Toyota's deceit, how it was discovered and its ramifications.

Toyota faces criminal probe, lawmakers' ire

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A 2009 document obtained by congressional investigators that was released on Sunday showed Toyota's Washington D.C. staff trumpeting over $100 million in savings from convincing regulators to end their 2007 probe of sudden acceleration complaints with a relatively cheap floor mat recall.
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"Unfortunately, this document is very telling," said department spokeswoman Olivia Alair in an emailed statement.

Another Smoking Gun in the Toyota Saga

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Toyota apparently bargained with U.S. regulators to limit the scope and cost of a recall. The recent discovery may do as much harm to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration as it does to the Japanese car company.
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"Wins for Toyota Safety Group," says the firm saved $100 million by convincing the NHTSA to limit an accelerator recall to 55,000 Lexus and Camry models.
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Gov't: 34 deaths alleged in Toyotas since 2000

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Complaints of deaths connected to sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles have surged in recent weeks, with the alleged death toll reaching 34 since 2000, according to new consumer data gathered by the government.
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Toyota Motor Corp. has recalled 8.5 million vehicles globally during the past four months because of problems with gas pedals, floor mats and brakes, threatening the safety and quality reputation of the world's No. 1 automaker.
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The new complaints reflect the heightened awareness of the massive recalls among the public and underscore a flurry of lawsuits on behalf of drivers alleging deaths and injuries in Toyota crashes.
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This is a particularly sad award announcement for me as I was a very happy owner of a 1991 Toyota Corolla. I might well still have it on the road if not for a deer having used it to verify The Law of Reflection. The deer ended up 25 feet away at an angle of reflection exactly equal to the angle of incidence. Both my car and the deer were sadly totaled during the experiment. I nearly bought another Toyota to replace it. These days I drive a Suburu, which turns out to be a vastly superior automobile. Thank you to my brother for finding the Suburu for me and not listening to my requests for another Toyota.

Seriously. The FOD award is a flippant exercise in satire. But I have to extend my sorrow to the friends and family of Toyota owners killed by Toyota's deliberate lunatic deceit. May justice be served. While we wait, imagine CEO Toyoda wearing his FOD Award:

9/11 Cover Up Hilarity:The Loony Fringe Embarrassment Method

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It's time for some Festival of Deceit nostalgia.

Neo-Con-Job scum and their suckers say it is an affront, an insult and so forth, to 9/11 victims to suggest that the collapse of the three buildings had anything to do with anyone except al-Queda. If al-Queda scum and their suckers where serious, they'd point out that the murder planes they flew into the World Trade Center were entirely incapable of bringing down the buildings. Instead we have collusion between these two scumbag-cults to commit deceit against US citizens. They are two over-the-edge fake 'conservative' deceit mongers doing their usual routines to get their way, no matter what. It's probably the most fascinating collusion of deceit so far in the 21st Century. As an observer optimist cynic, I find it fascinating, far more intriguing that all the cover ups and collusions of the 20th Century, including Pearl Harbor. We are talking about epic deceit, a block buster movie.
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Yeah, conspiracy theories are a dime-a-dozen and typically their veracity depends upon human intelligence connivance that is way beyond reality. There are sadomasochists who make them up just to revel in their ability to manipulate others, haha, made you believe. But the case for collusion regarding 9/11 is, despite the assertions of such intellectuals as Noam Chomsky, blatantly obvious. Look them up yourself. Here are some useful key words:

PNAC (Project of the New American Century)
Iraq
Incendiary device
Thermite
Molten metal
Controlled demolition
7 WTC

For the lazy among us, at least read THIS.

The giveaway for the entire collusion scenario is the collapse of building 7 WTC. Darn, the demolition charges didn't go off when they were supposed to. Again, look it up yourself. Lazy folks can read THIS. My favorite bits of evidence are interviews with WTC owner Larry Silverstein HERE and HERE with added commentary HERE. He admits that 7 WTC was 'pulled' down. It did not collapse on its own. And how was it 'pulled' Larry? (I've got copies of the interviews if they get yanked off the net. Just write me for them). Watching the arrogant expectation that Joe Blow will settle for cover up rhetoric, deceit and embarrassment incentives against thoughtfullness.

It is more intimidating and scary to be considered loony than it is to be heroic and speak truth to deceitful power. I'm going to have to work on that line. But there's the concept. Sadly, there are always actual loonies among mankind to tell tall tales, making what I call The Loony Fringe Embarrassment Method all too easy.

The cap on the pile of collusion evidence is the hilarious defensiveness against controlled demolition over at the 9/11 Wikipedia entry. It reads like a fairy tale told to gullible little kids incapable to knowing that adults really do make stuff up just to keep the kids quiet. (o_0) You can also find intensely bizarre defensive videos up on YouTube. Videos trying to explain how 7 WTC was 'pulled down' merely because of fires are laughter inducing.

Recall how I stated that most conspiracy theories are baloney because they don't take into account basic human stupidity. Here we have anti-conspiracy theories that don't take into account basic human stupidity. For the WTC buildings to NOT have been pre-planned to be brought down by controlled demolition requires outrageous intellectual contortions and ignoring of facts, all of which are evident in the defensive commentaries.

This is my species.

Then today a classic case of The Loony Fringe Embarrassment Method was published. Enjoy.

TEXAS GOVERNOR CANDIDATE QUESTIONS ANY US ROLE IN 9/11

Brief summary: Debra Medina, a Republican candidate running for governor of Texas, who sadly is not among the 9/11 cover up cogniscenti, dared suggest there were "some very good arguments" that the U.S. was somehow involved in 9/11.

Uh Oh.

And seeing as the Neo-Con-Jobs run the Republican party these days, that was not acceptable. Therefore, they pulled The Loony Fringe Embarrassment Method on her until she recanted. This kind of reminds me of astronomer Galileo suggesting that the Earth revolved around the Sun and not vice versa. Very naughty. He recanted too.

Personally, I see no evidence pointing to anyone in particular, except of course Larry Silverstein, knowing about the controlled demolition of 1, 2 and 7 WTC. The fact that US defense air coverage of the area was specifically removed that day sounds shady. The fact that air defense was using exactly the 9/11 scenario as a training game sounds shady and incredibly convenient for providing communication confusion. Nonetheless, the only reliable facts in the matter are that controlled demolition of 1, 2 and 7 WTC had been pre-planned days before 9/11. Who, why, and so forth remain nebulous, forcing intuitive guessing.

And Now For A Message From the Oligarchy

The citizens question:
So who really killed Kennedy? Who really killed the WTC victims? Whatever...

The oligarchy answers:
Oh shut up and get back to work! Just believe the lines we feed you or we'll call you loony. And you don't want that to happen, do you! Dumbass peons of the oligarchy. We know better dammit! Without us you'd have NOTHING! You've got your oil. You've got your car. You've got your house. You've got your dimwit little American Dream. So just STFU you spoiled idiots! You make me sick. Why do we bother thinking for you?!

[Wait a second. Was I just channeling Richard Nixon? Nah. Can't be. I guess they all sound alike.]
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Oh, and lest anyone think I champion that other US party, enjoy yourselves. The US two party system has proven itself to be worthless no matter what side of the aisle.

MONEY (That's What I Want)

The best things in life are free
But you can keep them for the birds and bees
Now give me money
That's what I want
That's what I want, yeah
That's what I want

You're lovin' gives me a thrill
But you're lovin' don't pay my bills
Now give me money
That's what I want
That's what I want, yeah
That's what I want

Money don't get everything it's true
What it don't get, I can't use
Now give me money
That's what I want
That's what I want, yeah
That's what I want, wah

Money don't get everything it's true
What it don't get, I can't use
Now give me money
That's what I want
That's what I want, yeah
That's what I want

Well now give me money
A lot of money
Wow, yeah, I wanna be free
Oh I want money
That's what I want
That's what I want, well
Now give me money
A lot of money
Wow, yeah, you need money
now, give me money
That's what I want, yeah
that's what I want

'Money (That's What I want)' was written by Berry Gordy and Janie Bradford for American singer Barrett Strong ©1959

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Red China vs The World: Showdown

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I was amazed this morning to see my country's Senate actually do something intelligent:

US Senate condemns hacking of Google in China

Now how about the US Senate condemning the hacking of US federal computers over the last 12 years? Hmm. That would be expecting too much no doubt. (o_0)

Over here in the states it feels as if everything is covered in Neo-Con-Job mud, making any thoughtful action slow and lame. But it happens! Little seeds in the wind grow to be mighty maples in the most modest of mud. (Notice how I avoided the 'acorn' to oak metaphor, cough cough).

Red China's reply? Mostly likely the most vacuous and bogus of rhetoric. Let's watch! . . .
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