[ To give you some idea of how cynical I've become of our "government" these days, I would not be surprised to learn that this assassination was intended to frame the "Christian right" in this country -- and to further the Homeland Security Department's allegations that those who oppose abortion are to be regarded as [...]
Monthly Archive for May, 2009
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Obama promises Arabs Jerusalem will be theirs
Official: President said Palestinian state with holy city capital ‘in American interest’
By Aaron Klein
JERUSALEM – President Obama and his administration told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting last week the U.S. foresees the creation of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, according to a top [...]
TORONTO – Former President George W. Bush called ex-President Bill Clinton “his brother” and the two rarely disagreed in their first-ever appearance together on stage.
The Republican and Democratic ex-presidents defended each other at a Toronto forum on Friday, disappointing some in the crowd of 6,000 who expected a more heated debate.
Bush said that he never [...]
U.S. Aims For Balance As GM’s Owner
Washington Post: Officials Say Administration Will Focus On Repairing Companies, Not Overseeing All Decisions
The owner of a car company can decide how many cars to make, to paint red, and to send to Maryland dealerships. The Obama administration, which plans to buy about 70 percent of General Motors, insists [...]
Torture Policy of Bush/Cheney hurts US troops
Posted in Babylon, Politics, Propaganda on May 30th, 2009
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Aldous Huxely’s Prescience
Posted in Babylon, Kulture, Politics, Propaganda on May 30th, 2009
In Brave New World non-stop distractions of the most fascinating nature… are deliberately used as instruments of policy, for the purpose of preventing people from paying too much attention to the realities of the social and political situation….
Only the vigilant can maintain their liberties… A society, most of whose members spend a great part [...]
If you’re not petrified, you must be asleep
Posted in Babylon, Fascism, Numbers, Politics, Propaganda on May 30th, 2009
The Worst Is Yet to Come”: If You’re Not Petrified, You’re Not Paying Attention
by Aaron Task in Investing, Recession, Banking, Autos, Housing
The green shoots story took a bit of hit this week between data on April retail sales, weekly jobless claims and foreclosures. But the whole concept of the economy finding its footing was “preposterous” [...]
The Audacity of TORTURE
Posted in Babylon, Fascism, Politics, Propaganda, Sodom on May 29th, 2009
Torture and the American Conscience
PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS
Counterpunch
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Torture is a violation of US and international law. Yet, president George W. Bush and vice president Dick Cheney, on the basis of legally incompetent memos prepared by Justice Department officials, gave the OK to interrogators to violate US and international law.
The new Obama [...]
[ The lovefest between mass media and the Obama administration has become a footsie-affair now... Sheesh... ]
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Robert Gibbs gets a lot of laughs in his briefings
The United States is facing its biggest financial crisis in ages. North Korea is blowing up nukes. Dick Cheney warns us of the “dangers that have not gone away.” [...]