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Meanwhile the "liberal" media is urging the US to get involved in a war between Russia and Georgia. The insanity will lead to the unloosening of nuclear weapons. Paul Craig Roberts, a former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury and former associate editor of the Wall Street Journal, has held numerous academic appointments. He has been reporting shocking cases of prosecutorial abuse for two decades. A new edition of his book, The Tyranny of Good Intentions, co-authored with Lawrence Stratton, a documented account of how Americans lost the protection of law, was published by Random House in March, 2008.
If you listen to PCR's participation on internet/broadcast radio interviews you will know he does not regard democrats blameless. But he is a Republican (perhaps was, now) and is clearly disgusted with what his party has become. I only fault him in that he has not typically addressed the issue that both parties are complicit with the NWO/industrial fascism. Both parties are puppets. The great hoax of 'choice'. by
richard (0 articles, 5 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 871 comments)
on Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 5:12:20 PM
Richard Mynick is a US citizen who, despite the best efforts of the corporate media, noticed something disturbing about how the 2000 election was decided, & felt it augured poorly for democracy.
PCR often sounds almost like a leftist. In this piece, there is only one passage that wouldn't easily fit into a high-quality leftwing journal. That's where he tosses a quick approving nod in Reagan's direction, writing, "After Soviet communism collapsed, the US taxpayer-funded neoconservative National Endowment for Democracy broke every agreement President Reagan had made with Gorbachev and began using US taxpayers' money to rig and purchase elections in former constituent parts of the Russian/Soviet empire." Apart from that, the rest of the article wouldn't be out of place in a serious leftwing critique. In fact, it would have a sharper edge than many supposedly "leftwing critiques." It's more succinct & accurate than any of the drivel that comes out of the mouths of Democratic politicos or pundits, & is much better than the stuff written by over-the-hill former leftists like Tom Hayden or Todd Gitlin. It's remarkable, & really very admirable, considering where PCR has been. by
Richard Mynick (2 articles, 3 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 1212 comments)
on Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 6:37:03 PM
waldopaper is an insignificant teacher, informed reader and professional writer... living in dominionist crackerland... with two women, one young man, three cats and two dogs... alarmed at a failing state controlled by corporate psychopaths armed with nuclear weapons. There's a light on. Somebody's home.
The Great Hoax of Choice... ...exactly. There is only ONE "party:" the Money Party... and they don't give a crap whether you "vote" for McPantsload or Bama-lamma. They disconnected the levers 8 years ago. Anybody who has evidence to reveal this will wake up one morning with a horse's head. They have all but dropped the pretext. All they need is the 37% terminally-stupid part of the US population who will get all lumpy over flags and eagles and buddy-Christ and "precious moments" figurines to operate the death camps and populate the "Police Departments." "Idealism" or "philosophy" has nothing to do with any of this. "Conservative?" "Liberal?" What a load of crap. The REAL "political" spectrum no longer goes left-to-right... it goes top-to-bottom. We keep the hoax going by nattering about "elections" and celebrity-cult "politics." But, hey-- it's good for clicks and eyeballs. by
waldopaper (11 articles, 3 quicklinks, 25 diaries, 430 comments)
on Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 6:41:40 PM
On this correct hoax of choice Please check out my new article published only on Swans: by
Joel S. Hirschhorn (132 articles, 34 quicklinks, 60 diaries, 526 comments)
on Monday, August 11, 2008 at 10:13:23 AM
Pravda better than the Post If I want to read about foreign affairs, I will read Pravda before the Washington Post. The Post sucks and it's editors are pathetic propagandists. by
Mac McKinney (47 articles, 75 quicklinks, 176 diaries, 1128 comments)
on Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 9:44:59 PM
"It is not enough for a people to gain its liberty. It must secure it. It must not intrust it to the Keeping, or hold it at the pleasure, of any one man. The Keystone of the Royal Arch of the Temple of Liberty is a fundamental law, charter, or constitution; the expression of the fixed habits of thought of the people, embodied in a written instrument, or the result of the slow accretions and the consolidation of centuries; the same in war as in peace; that cannot be hastily changed, nor be violat...
Total control? NOT This goes out to all the spooks working for the NWO; Try and control this: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/07/a/format/zoom/ by
Keystone (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 173 comments)
on Sunday, August 10, 2008 at 10:34:44 PM
Mike Folkerth is the author of "The Biggest Lie Ever Believed" and is not your run-of-the-mill author of finance and economics.
At some point in the not so distant future, China, Russia, Korea and India will both require and take by force if necessary, the entire resources on this planet. by
Mike Folkerth (120 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 566 comments)
on Monday, August 11, 2008 at 10:56:54 AM
Richard Mynick is a US citizen who, despite the best efforts of the corporate media, noticed something disturbing about how the 2000 election was decided, & felt it augured poorly for democracy.
Why don't you include "The US" in your list of nations that will "require and take by force if necessary, the entire resources on this planet"? I hope you're not assuming that the US claim to those resources is naturally justified, while those others are mere usurpers. You say that "The U.S. has planned poorly for decades." I agree -- if you mean that the mistake was in failing to reduce consumption, & to become more resource-efficient. // But the US always tried as hard as it possibly could to control the maximum amount of global resources -- & is still trying to do exactly that. In that sense, US leadership was always aware of the potential difficulty, & tried to plan for leaner times. The mistake was not one of ignoring the potential trouble; it was that the only solution US leaders could envision, was via the path of control & domination. by
Richard Mynick (2 articles, 3 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 1212 comments)
on Monday, August 11, 2008 at 11:21:33 AM
waldopaper is an insignificant teacher, informed reader and professional writer... living in dominionist crackerland... with two women, one young man, three cats and two dogs... alarmed at a failing state controlled by corporate psychopaths armed with nuclear weapons. There's a light on. Somebody's home.
Speculation... ...that the ruling elite in China, Russia, India, etc. are more than aware that they cannot seize the natural resources of the entire world by force. Only the US elite... with its megabuck wartoys are under the illusion that it is possible for THEM to do so... and have been attempting to do that very thing for a loonnng time. by
waldopaper (11 articles, 3 quicklinks, 25 diaries, 430 comments)
on Monday, August 11, 2008 at 12:38:05 PM
Midwesterner, veteran of VietNam era naval service, I still feel an obligation to defend the Constitution against "all enemies, foreign and domestic."
Never, ever,... underestimate the capacity for delusion in any ruling elite. It is why history books are divided into eras of conflict. by
John Sanchez Jr. (6 articles, 0 quicklinks, 12 diaries, 1266 comments)
on Monday, August 11, 2008 at 1:01:56 PM
Evil is right http://www.debka.com/index1.php DEBKAfile’s military sources note that the arrival of the three new American flotillas will raise to five the number of US strike forces in Middle East waters – an unprecedented build-up since the crisis erupted over Iran’s nuclear program. This vast naval and air strength consists of more than 40 carriers, warships and submarines, some of the last nuclear-armed, opposite the Islamic Republic, a concentration last seen just before the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Our military sources postulate five objects of this show of American muscle: 1. The US, aided also by France, Britain and Canada, is finalizing preparations for a partial naval blockade to deny Iran imports of benzene and other refined oil products. This action would indicate that the Bush administration had thrown in the towel on stiff United Nations sanctions and decided to take matters in its own hands. 2. Iran, which imports 40 percent of its refined fuel products from Gulf neighbors, will retaliate for the embargo by shutting the Strait of Hormuz oil route chokepoint, in which case the US naval and air force stand ready to reopen the Strait and fight back any Iranian attempt to break through the blockade. 3. Washington is deploying forces as back-up for a possible Israeli military attack on Iran’s nuclear installations. 4. A potential rush of events in which a US-led blockade, Israeli attack and Iranian reprisals pile up in a very short time and precipitate a major military crisis. 5. While a massive deployment of this nature calls for long planning, its occurrence at this time cannot be divorced from the flare-up of the Caucasian war between Russia and Georgia. While Russia has strengthened its stake in Caspian oil resources by its overwhelming military intervention against Georgia, the Americans are investing might in defending the primary Persian Gulf oil sources of the West and the Far East. DEBKAfile’s military sources name the three US strike forces en route to the Gulf as the USS Theodore Roosevelt , the USS Ronald Reagan and the USS Iwo Jima . Already in place are the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea opposite Iranian shores and the USS Peleliu which is cruising in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden." by
pft (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 499 comments)
on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 6:29:49 PM
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