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What a Paul Craig Roberts Administration Would Look Like

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Cross-posted from Paul Craig Roberts

Unless I am being spoofed, several hundred readers wrote me in as their selection for President. I am honored. Some asked if I were elected by write-ins and not instantly assassinated, who would I appoint?

An easy question to answer.

Nomi Prins would be Secretary of the Treasury, and Pam Martens would be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.

Lew Rockwell would be the chairman of the Federal Reserve. 

Michael Hudson would be chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors.

Harvey Silverglate would be Attorney General.  

Glenn Greenwald would be Deputy Attorney General.

Dean Booth and Larry Stratton would be White House legal counsels.

Willie Nelson would be Secretary of Agriculture.

Jeffrey St. Clair would be head of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Elizabeth Warren would have whatever post she wants.

Cynthia McKinney would be Secretary of State.

The CIA would be headed by Ray McGovern and Philip Giraldi.

The FBI would be headed by Sibel Edmonds.

Homeland Security would be abolished.

David Ray Griffin and Richard Gage would head the 9/11 investigation.

Bradley Manning would be in charge of closing down the torture prisons.

Julian Assange and John Pilger would be heads of the Public Broadcasting Corporation.

Gerald Celente would be White House Press Secretary.

John Williams (shadowstats.com) would be in charge of federal statistics.

Key members of the Bush and Obama regimes from the president down, and every neoconservative would be handed over to the war crimes tribunal for trial.

The Republicans on the Supreme Court would be impeached and removed from office.

Brooksley Born would be in charge of all federal financial regulatory agencies.

Major General Antonio Mario Taguba would be Secretary of Defense.

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson would be Deputy Secretary of State.

Ron Unz would be chief of staff of the White House.

Norman Finkelstein would be US Ambassador to Israel.

Noam Chomsky would be US Ambassador to the UN.

David M. Walker would be Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

The Israel Lobby would have to register as a foreign agent.

I could go on. There are two or three hundred appointments to fill, but I think the picture is clear. It would be an administration that represented Americans, not special interests and foreigners, and an administration that put the country back in order.

But, of course, it is all a dream. No one who actually cares about our country is permitted to serve in public office.




 

http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/

Dr. Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury for Economic Policy in the Reagan Administration. He was associate editor and columnist with the Wall Street Journal, columnist for Business Week and the Scripps Howard News Service. He is a contributing editor to Gerald Celente's Trends Journal. He has had numerous university appointments. His latest book, The Failure of Laissez Faire Capitalism and Economic Dissolution of the West is available here:  http://www.amazon.com/Failure-Capitalism-Economic-Dissolution-ebook/dp/B00BLPJNWE/ref=sr_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1362095594&sr=8-17&keywords=paul+craig+roberts





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Dreaming on by Michael David Morrissey on Friday, Nov 9, 2012 at 3:24:29 AM
One, just one, third party at last? by Bryna Hellmann on Friday, Nov 9, 2012 at 3:30:51 PM
Cold Fusion and UFOs by Dante DeNavarre on Friday, Nov 9, 2012 at 5:25:20 AM
PCR has come a long, long, long....................... way. by Lester Shepherd on Friday, Nov 9, 2012 at 7:23:14 AM
If you return, Dr. Roberts (I know the full list is long), by Ad Du on Friday, Nov 9, 2012 at 8:07:19 AM
refreshing! by Ernie Messerschmidt on Friday, Nov 9, 2012 at 9:53:20 AM
Bill Mckibbon by intotheabyss on Friday, Nov 9, 2012 at 10:26:02 AM
Great article, but for the last line. by Daniel Geery on Friday, Nov 9, 2012 at 10:48:28 AM
President could abolish the Fed and end the national debt by Lance Ciepiela on Friday, Nov 9, 2012 at 2:16:39 PM