"The Obama Deception", Examined.

The Obama Deception

In Alex Jones’ Film “The Obama Deception” there are many critical evaluations made of the way our world is currently functioning. In the recent change of power Alex Jones’ has gone out and tried to find truths about the way President Barack Obama, the most “powerful” man in the world makes his decisions and what kind of background influence there might be. In this film Mr. Jones is trying to prove that there is a “Globalist Agenda” that is creating every decision made by our government. There is a large group of bankers, corporate owners, and financial masterminds controlling the US.
This film works extremely hard on the triune brain. Starting with the limbic we are constantly exposed to images and sounds that stir emotional responses. Alex Jones’ deep and ominous voice sets the tone for viewers to become seriously critical of all topics he brings up. The neocortex is working overtime as there are many messages being analyzed, the whole “Wall Street is Killing Main Street” idea is a great example of just how deep you have to think while watching this film. And the reptilian is pulled out of hibernation when Mr. Jones starts yelling through the bullhorns at the Bilderberg group.
When a critical film like the “Obama Deception” is produced it has to contain many different modes of persuasion so it can win over the viewers. Persuasive techniques like Plain Folks, Hyperbole, Bandwagon, Fear, Testimonial, Big Lie, Name Calling, and Repetition were used. Plain folks show up when Jones continues talking about Middle America being taken advantage of. Jones makes himself seem like he is part of the American struggle and tries to relate to viewers on their level. Hyperbole is constantly used for example when Alex Jones’ is in the Hotel and he makes it seem like everyone is out to get him, there is no actual evidence that he was confronted, just his story. Bandwagon is shown when the groups of people are standing outside of the Bilderberg conference joining together to fight the system! Fear is conveyed by the images that are photoshoped of Obama with dark ominous figures behind him controlling him. One of many testimonials in the film was given by Daniel Estulin, this helps sell Jones’ idea that much more. One example of Big Lie is used when he shows Henry Kissenger starting the “New World Order.” Jones repeats terms like puppets and Wall Street council to get his point across that there is a Global Agenda in place. The use of name-calling comes into play when he states that the government are profiteering and when uses the terms liberal and conservative to put a face with the ideals.
Some general principles used were the production techniques; jump cuts and fading were used to move to the next point or idea he was trying to make. The creation of images and the use of the “Ken Burns Effect” brought more emotional responses out of people as they saw pictures of Obama with Wall Street behind him.
Some of the media matrix themes that were brought up were the personal shift, the political shift and the cultural shift. The personal shift was used when Alex Jones’ finished the film saying that they only way anything in this situation will change is if individuals take the initiative to go out and discover the truths themselves and inform others around them. The cultural shift from privacy to surveillance is brought up when talking about the individuals monitor the American people and the Patriot Act was brought up to explain a form of control. And the political shift has gone to deregulation because of the small group of powerful individuals that form an oligarchy to control the way our country functions.
During the film Alex Jones refers to many groups and topics that I know very little about. Due to my lack of knowledge in certain areas like the Federal Reserve, the Bilderberg group, and Info Wars I decided to look further into these groups. The Federal Reserve is the first topic I decided to research and I learned more about the Reserve than I ever knew before. The Federal Reserve System is the central banking system of the United States. Created in 1913 by the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, it is a quasi-public (government entity with private components) banking system that comprises the residentially appointed Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, D.C.; the Federal Open Market Committee; twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks located in major cities throughout the nation acting as fiscal agents for the U.S. Treasury, each with its own nine-member board of directors; numerous other private U.S. member banks, which subscribe to required amounts of non-transferable stock in their regional Federal Reserve Banks; and various advisory councils. This group sounds pretty elitist, but I also questioned the purpose of this bank. “The primary motivation for creating the Federal Reserve System was to address banking panics. Other purposes are stated in the Federal Reserve Act, such as "to furnish an elastic currency, to afford means of rediscounting commercial paper, to establish a more effective supervision of banking in the United States, and for other purposes" (federalreserve.gov). Banking crises like the current economic slump we are in? Alex Jones talks about the Federal Reserve being able to control situations like this one in the US and even though I think he’s crazy he begins to make some sense now that I understand more about the “Fed.”
Jones also brings up the Bilderberg group and its influence on world affair. He states in the movie that this group has a “Globalist Agenda” and that they are trying to create a “New World Order.” So what is the Bilderberg group exactly? “The Bilderberg Group is a group of influential people, mostly politicians and business people, whose existence and activities are private, and due to its secretive nature is the subject of numerous conspiracy theories. The group meets annually at five-star resorts throughout the world, normally in Europe, although sometimes in America or Canada. It has an office in Leiden, South Holland.” Alex Jones brings up the point that many Presidents of the US have been “puppets” in Bilderberg schemes to control the world. Barack Obama is no different as he’s shown in the film attending a meeting with this supposed group of powerful individuals. It seems like the only information I can find about Bilderberg comes from conspiracy sites and videos so it’s hard to be sure the factual evidence and the fictional.
Info Wars is a group that Alex Jones runs which is trying to combat “the war for our minds.” At their website they talk about the endgame created by groups like Bilderberg that is planned to end in global enslavement. Info Wars seems to have many conspiracy theories jumping off the page at you while reading on the website. This media group functions to inform people about the danger that we are in, and the actions that we need to take in order to survive as a free society. The website infowars.com has multiple places to post your opinions and read about the deep truths on topics that the mainstream media only hits the surface with their coverage.
The Obama Deception was a very thought provoking film that I enjoyed watching and critiquing. When reflecting on the texts that we have read I realize that the book of Censored Stories has the same general objective that this film has. To inform people around the world about hidden topics that the government and mainstream media don’t want you to know about. Feed also creates parallels with Alex Jones’ film. The construct built by secret organizations to control us is relevant in both the film and the novel. To end with a thought about Feed and the Obama Deception, the idea of the Bilderberg group is similar to the idea of the Feed controlling us, both are hidden to the common person but they exist behind all the clutter, they are there to keep us in line and stop us from thinking for ourselves.