Barack Obama is gutting the core principles of the Democratic party by Glenn Greenwald
Bernie Sanders: It Would Be A ‘Good Idea’ To Primary President Obama by Zaid Jilani
Obama Is No Victim of the Right Wing -- He's Pandered to Corporate Interests for Years by Jeff Cohen
I might add that Obama recently said in a speech to the US Chamber of Commerce that what is good for Corporations is good for Americans. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
The Arsenal of Democracy
In 1981, Tom Gervasi published, 'The Arsenal of Democracy II'. Excerpts (the good parts) can be read here:
Not to mention the greatest fraud perpetrated on the American people.
And all this was written 30 years ago!
Arsenal of Democracy IIEverything that I've been writing about what has happened to the US has been in place for a long time. Excessive, monopolistic oil profits and price setting in the oil industry year after year. Government guaranteed contracts with guaranteed price overruns. Corruption, conflicts of interest, bribery, double dipping. The "revolving door" between government, military personnel and defense contractors. False estimates of the USSR's military spending to justify US defense spending. Creating public fear to push through policies. Creating conflict in the middle east and then selling arms to both sides in the name of, you guessed it, profit. Saddling countries with debt as a coercion technique. Using inflation as a transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich. Yes, the oil companies are well insulated from inflation.
Not to mention the greatest fraud perpetrated on the American people.
And all this was written 30 years ago!
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