Neurolinguistic Programming

From the "you can't make this shit up" file:

Is Barack Obama a brilliant orator, captivating millions through his eloquence? Or is he deliberately using the techniques of neurolinguistic programming (NLP), a covert form of hypnosis developed by Milton Erickson, M.D.?

A fundamental tool of “conversational hypnosis” is pacing and leading—a way for the hypnotist to bypass the listener’s critical faculty by associating repeated statements that are unquestionably accurate with the message he wants to convey.

On Support Groups for Domestic Terrorism

If there's an organization applauding and encouraging cowardly acts of domestic terrorism, we should shut that organization down, even if it's "religious". Right?