<\/a>When I watched Obama’s first speech on his plans to go after ISIS (now ISIL), I felt physically ill. As I watched his strange robotic body language, my own body\u00a0told me he was lying. He is not going after ISIL. ISIL is an excuse to\u00a0start another war in Iraq, and effect regime change in Syria. The ultimate plan is to regain control of Iraqi assets, depose Assad and install a\u00a0US puppet in Damascus.<\/p>\n

I say “he” but I don’t know if it is Obama who is starting a war, or John Brennan, director of the\u00a0CIA. It’s not clear to me who, exactly, is calling the shots when it comes to U.S. foreign policy and military involvements abroad. As we all know by now, John Kerry has directly contradicted Obama is some press statements. The State Department was heavily involved in fomenting the Ukraine coup as was the CIA.\u00a0Just prior to\u00a0Kiev initiating the violence against the separatists in the East,\u00a0John Brennan was there advising the newly installed puppets. Is State or Langley in charge? Ultimately, it doesn’t matter who is calling the shots.\u00a0I find what\u00a0Obama\u00a0was saying about ISIL and US involvement in Iraq and Syria to be\u00a0completely untrustworthy.<\/p>\n

Comedy exposes the truth<\/strong><\/p>\n

Comedians, like Jon Stewart, John Oliver and the UK’s Russell Brand have a way of cutting to the chase, to the\u00a0truth of a situation. We watch them because they are incredibly funny,\u00a0but we also watch them to\u00a0hear the truth. It’s their expression of the unvarnished truth, and our ability to recognize it that makes their comedy so powerful. It’s no surprise that many people get their news from the “Daily Show” or “Last Week Tonight.”<\/p>\n

In the following\u00a013 minute video, Russell Brand analyzes Obama’s speech, sentence by sentence, something we should all do when watching him or any other politician on the evening news. Brand shows how to deconstruct what is said, practice\u00a0critical thinking, and trust your\u00a0gut when something doesn’t sound right.<\/p>\n

Obama was elected to office through the cynical manufacturing of a personality cult where, starry eyed, we all filled in the blanks in his vague, platitude filled speeches. Brand teaches us to lose the Obama worship and really listen to what he is saying\u2014and not saying.<\/p>\n

Brand’s cockney accent might take a little getting used to but\u00a0it’s worth struggling with to hear what he has to say. His YouTube channel\u00a0is called “Russell Brand: The Trews” He uploads daily, Monday through Friday.<\/p>\n

Here’s his .47 second introduction to his channel:”Welcome to the Trews”<\/p>\n