17 United Arab Emirates 15,749,000,000 7.3%
18 Turkey 15,634,000,000 2.7%
19 Netherlands 11,604,000,000 1.5%
20 Afghanistan 11,600,000,000j 1.8%
The fact is that the United States spends 42.8% of the
entire Worlds military spending. Is that figure OK with any of you? Why do we
have a military budget that is six times the amount of China's? Why are we in
wars all over the globe? Was Libya a threat to national security?
This government we have today is totally out of control. The President has had four people killed without any judicial presence. It was by executive order. This President has killed two American citizens in Yemen without any legal charges against them. If they had committed crimes that could be proved, they could have been tried in absentia and if convicted, could have gotten the death penalty. Instead, the President declares them a menace to the State and orders their execution. Is this the democracy our founding fathers envisioned? I think not.
The occupy movement in Oakland saw the police in riot gear shooting tear gas canisters, rubber bullets and concussion grenades at the protesters that were exercising their First Amendment rights. They hit a former Marine that had served two combat tours in the Middle East. His brain swelled and they put him in a medical coma. We can only hope that Scott Wilson will recover. This hasn't stopped the occupy movement in Oakland; they are back larger than before. We should all salute them.
I have over 400 articles on Op-Ed. I've been trying to
explain what's happening to as many people as I possibly can. Now I feel a bit
useless. So many people now know the truth about this country. The government
is a sham. Congress and The President have been bought and paid for by Wall
Street and the corporations. When the primaries went on in 2008 I warned
everyone about Obama. I did a little research at OpenSecrets.org. I found out that
Obama's largest campaign contributor was Goldman Sachs. Now the cabinet and
other parts of the Administration are filled with Goldman Sachs alumni. Is this
ridiculous or what?
I don't write much anymore. It's because the majority of the people "Get it" and there is really not much more for me to say. Every time I think of an article that should be written, I see an article on the subject, and I have nothing else to add. It really makes me happy though. Everything I've written about is now being said and written about by others. By no means do I believe I started this, there were many others writing about the same things as me. Now we are so successful we are really unnecessary at this particular junction. Everyone is on the same sheet of paper.
This is why I hope that this movement succeeds. There is absolutely
no chance of changing the status quo by electoral politics. The game is rigged
and we can't win. We need these war criminals and power brokers out of
Washington. I believe that the people are speaking. This won't go away. It will
only get larger with each decision by the government to wage more wars and cut
down our civil liberties. We don't want
to live under a fascist "security state". We want to live in a free society
where laws are passed for the peoples benefit and not just for the rich and powerful.
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