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James 2008-12-03

Are the Bush's sinners for what they have done? Or saints for showing that it could be done THE CRUDE WAY IT HAS BEEN.

James 2008-12-03

Unfortunatelly he is not aware that FAMILY COMES FIRST. The Bush's, like any self respecting family, are of one mind and purpose.

tbarj 2008-12-02

Stability isn't the word I would use to describe the consequence our national security state has fostered on the world since 1948, unless, of course, one is talking about derivatives from profiteering.

AnHonestActivist 2008-12-02

The strongest military power? I'm afraid that may be coming to an end for the U.S. Everybody knows that in order for a country to sustain its military might, it needs the financial support - i.e., a strong economy. That's how the U.S. achieved its military dominance in the first place. But I see a definite turn in this trend. The fact of the matter is, our government is financially broke. Much of the spending it does today isn't done through a strong economy, it's done through debt arrangements financed by foreign investors (and supplemented by the printing presses of the U.S. Treasury). This kind of deficit spending can go on for only so long. Eventually, our government will have no choice but to start cutting back on the military budget. I just hope they don't destroy the value of the U.S. $, and completely wipe out middle class America, before it decides to do so.

JanT 2008-12-02

Hello Mark "There is NO Left, outside of desperate and fragmented issues: gay rights, ennvironmentalists, anti-war, single-payer healthcare, etc,. etc,." To take one example: the anti-Iraq protests were enormous (& multinational). Look at the increased concern in "Homeland Security" in the USA. To protest/resist is not to hopelessly back a desperate cause. Those in power purport to base their authority on the will of the people: call them on it. If we all stood together & said "no" how could they be seen to be enacting anyone's will but that of their own interests?

georgeb.martin 2008-12-02

No change, just excuses. The net is full of folks giving in to the Obama big government, interventionist ideology. I thought we were hated around the world because of foreign policy we have had for the past 60 years. Now we get more of the same. There is no difference between the Demoplicans and Republocrats. They are all controlled by the elite establishment. The rest of us are screwed. Wow, it seems as if the breathless anticipation over Obama's arrival is less and less. At least some folks are begrudgingly waking up. Hope it isn't too late.

markmason 2008-12-02

Bennis is your run-of-the-mill academic who speaks multisyllabic nonsense. She's well-indoctrinated within the corporate strutcture. Bennis offers a Sesame Street version of American power and empire.

markmason 2008-12-02

More euphemisms. Pragmatism is a euphemism for genuflecting to corporate power. Obama is unprincipled, operating out of expediency. He is an aparatchik, a functionary within the context of the existing corporate power structure. Change? Sure, the change is moving government from the far right, to the center right. Wow, aren't we impressed? He's a product, packaged and sold like toothpaste. The US has no Left. Doesn't exist outside of Nation Magazine. There is NO Left, outside of desperate and fragmented issues: gay rights, ennvironmentalists, anti-war, single-payer healthcare, etc,. etc,. Why pretend? At least Canada has a parliamentary system which has shown signs of life lately, but the US poltical system is controlled by transnational corporations-- Obama, or not. The Obama "Change" is a charade, a plug nickel.

JanT 2008-12-02

sonobono: JFK: did you listen to what Gore Vidal said about him at the end of the video? Obama is one of a small, alien (to ordinary people, to the majority) elite group who govern the USA. If you wish to do something then you need to stand up & protest against what has happened: there are millions of you. The protests against the Iraq atrocity - which still continues - were the largest of their kind: why is it that they do not still continue today? The real power is in the hands of the American people, not in the tiny minority (vastly invisible behind their corporate facades).

sonobono 2008-12-02

I have to agree with Phyllis and tangentially Anne Rice regarding the US need for more conciliatory and less military positioning in the world; and I wonder that if we stop our military posturing and, hopefully, reduce our military 'might' in favor of social programs of health and education, what will the Pentagon think and how will they react? we have seen a military take-over, a fascism, and I cannot imagine them surrendering their budget and dominance will any alacrity. Question then is: how long will they allow Obama to live? will there be a repeat of JFK's assassination?