"Today the tyrant rules not by club or fist, but, disguised as a market researcher, he shepherds his flocks in the ways of utility and comfort."
Marshall Mcluhan
I have blogged about this many times. Mostly it gets ignored. But the truth is that ever since WWII a large part of our economy depends on defense contractors and defense spending. Socialism at it's best. So it's no surprise to me that David Swanson says so too.
The debt crisis in Greece has taken on a dramatic new twist. Sources with information about the government's actions have informed SPIEGEL ONLINE that Athens is considering withdrawing from the euro zone. The common currency area's finance ministers and representatives of the European Commission are holding a secret crisis meeting in Luxembourg on Friday night.
Voters favor cutting unemployment over reducing the deficit 54 - 35 percent, but in another question, 47 percent say reduce unemployment while 46 percent say reduce spending.
I've been sort of mulling things over concerning our current economic state of affairs and reading some blogs. I came across this piece by Stephen Zarlenga co-founder of the American Monetary Institute concerning some legislation being introduced, for
You heard that right: “Thank God for President Obama,” Rush Limbaugh said on his radio show Monday afternoon.
“Ladies and gentlemen, we need to open the program today by congratulating President Obama,” Limbaugh said Monday afternoon at the start of his show. “President Obama has done something extremely effective, and when he does, this needs to be pointed out.”
I was wondering after all the hoopla, what do some of the other countries and people feel about this. Most especially Pakistan. Well here is what the Guardian has on this.
What do we know of al-Zawahiri? Perhaps inevitably, his views are extremist and his willingness to use deadly violence isn't in doubt. His 2001 treatise "Knights Under the Prophet's Banner" established a long-term strategy for the jihad movement. To wit: to inflict "as many casualties as possible" on the Americans, while attempting to establish control in a nation, and "to launch the battle to restore the holy caliphate" of Islamic rule across the Muslim world.
I came across this presentation while watching MHZ networks on Sunday. Unfortunately I cannot embed it here but here is a link to this program from The Carnegie Council.
Much has been written about the current republican budget put forth by the likes of Paul Ryan and his committee. Straight from the texts of Ayn Rand. A self involved, self centered sociopathic personality that bears a strange resemblance to such historical figures as Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. Most people today probably do not remember very well her unapologetic diatribes against anyone who she deemed less that her self.
This however is generally not the case. Most people in this country are in hock up to their eyebrows. Ted Rall - a columnist I like to read - has some good points on this here.
Last night, Rachel Maddow looked at the competing fights to recall various Wisconsin state legislators in the wake of Governor Scott Walker’s (R) moves to strip public unions of their collective bargaining rights. And, while Democrats are looking to recall some Republican state Senators in districts that are now trending more Democratic, Republicans did get enough signatures to put some Democratic state Senators through recall fights themselves.
