What follows are the resources that were used as reference in our coverage of Alex Jones’ 2009 “documentary” The Obama Deception.
On a fundamental level, most of the worldview that is expressed by Alex Jones’ voice-over, and that of his main “expert” Webster Tarpley is traceable to W. Cleon Skousen’s 1970 book The Naked Capitalist. That book was a complete misrepresentation of Carroll Quigley’s work, particularly his books The Tragedy of Hope, and The Anglo-American Establishment. If you would like to hear Quigley’s take on Skousen’s work, and how he trafficked in misrepresentations, you can find a basic example here.
This explains a good deal of the historical revisionism in the film, so it felt appropriate to bring that up at the start.
And now, the citations:
Obama’s speech from the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner
Alfred E. Smith Dinner speakers from the past
Obama’s speech in Colorado Springs was about expanding diplomacy and the Peace Corps
Rahm Emanuel’s interview on C-SPAN from 2006
Video of students chanting about being inspired by Obama
Audit finding missing funds at Urban Community Leadership Academy
Charter schools are a “failed experiment”
Rep. Brad Sherman explains his “martial law” comments when he appears on the Alex Jones Show, circa Oct. 2008
Louie Gohmert tells Anderson Cooper about “terror babies”
Louie Gohmert compares homosexuality to beastiality
Louie Gohmert goes to Egypt with Bachmann and Steve King
General El-Sisi killed civilians in the 2013 Rabaa Massacre
El-Sisi’s government is “working to eradicate independent civil society”
KRS-One is trying to start a religion, and says Christianity’s “time is up”
FreedomWorks letter about 2013 Government Shutdown
2008 Rasmussen poll showing that 9% say Congress is doing a “good or excellent job”
2008 Gallop poll showing a 14% approval rating for Congress
Webster Tarpley hosts World Crisis Radio on the Genesis Communications Network
NY Supreme Court rules that calling Lyndon LaRouche antisemitic is a “fair comment”
Webster Tarpley’s Bibliography
Review of Tarpley’s work
Catholic University of America censured by the American Association of College Professors for “academic freedom violations”
The Fulbright program is funded by the State Department
Webster Tarpley’s article condemning Trump, Ron Paul, Libertarianism in general, and (without naming him) Alex Jones
Melania Trump successfully sues Webster Tarpley for defamation
Gerald Celente’s bio says he is a “citizen of the world”
Celente saying he doesn’t know about $20,000/oz gold, but that $2,000/oz is imminent
Gold hasn’t hit $2,000/oz since 2011, 5 years before Celente’s prediction
Gerald Celente predicts that Bubble Tea is a bust
Gerald Celente was very, very wrong about Bubble Tea
Gerald Celente’s terrible 2000 predictions about “voluntary simplicity,” lawns and music
Gerald Celente’s process is to read two newspapers a day
Andrew Jackson and the Second Bank
Richard Lawrence thought he was Richard III, was not an agent of the banks
That Abraham Lincoln quote is fake
The fake Lincoln quote comes from careless editing of the 1950 Lincoln Encyclopedia
Obama’s original cabinet
The quote about Woodrow Wilson regretting creating the Federal Reserve is a fraudulent use of two quotes that predate the 1913 Federal Reserve Act
More on that fake Woodrow Wilson quote
Executive Order 11110 was not about eliminating the Federal Reserve, actually gave the Reserve more power
Troops in Vietnam increased 500% in Kennedy’s time in office
Bilderberg 1991 was in Baden-Baden, Germany
Bilderberg 1992 was in Evian-les-Bains, France
“And Now For A World Government” article from the Financial Times
Gideon Rachman was opposed to the UK getting involved in the Euro
Bilderberg Attendees, 2017
Business International Corporation’s founder’s son tells the NYT that they provided cover for spies in the Cold War
The Democratic primary election in 2008 ended on June 3, 2008
The 2008 Bilderberg conference was held on June 5-8, 2008, after Obama already won the primary
Alex tells a contradictory story on Coast To Coast AM
Professor Griff’s terrible commentary
Some more of Griff’s terrible commentary
Barry Goldwater’s quirky life accomplishments
Goldwater becomes a supporter of LGBT rights in his 80’s
Council On Foreign Relations member list
Trilateral Committee member list
George Humphrey bio
George Humphrey’s bad 9/11 film
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors is appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate (notice the .gov URL)
How the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee works
More on how the Federal Reserve system works
The Federal Reserve is regularly audited
Samantha Power interview on BBC’s HardTalk
Samantha Power interview with The Scotsman
Samantha Power leaves Obama campaign because of Scotsman interview
Obama and Russian President Medvedev were working on compromise in early 2009
Obama didn’t promise to get rid of the Patriot Act, just to revisit it
Obama’s adviser’s NAFTA comments were were a smear, and misreported by CTV
Executive Order 13492 did not say Obama was “thinking about closing Guantanamo,” it set a timetable for its closure
Concerns about intelligence sharing with the UK in Feb. 2009 were regarding the information they were possibly going to reveal, not the fact that they were going to reveal evidence of torture