The two parties in the US are completely bought and paid for by multinational corporations and the super-wealthy. They have national elections (and some local elections) completely sealed up. All this hand wringing about Dems v Repugs is nonsense. Of course it's amusing to watch Mitt piss all over himself, but it doesn't really matter. Both candidates are hand picked by big money. And I think at this point they are throwing Mitt under the bus. They are done with him. Obama can get the job done, just as well, or better. He can cut taxes on the rich (he's already done it). He can up the wars (we'll be invading Iran in no time). He can protect the interests of the big banks (almost all his cabinet members have a connection to Wall St.). And, in broad daylight, he is fighting the ruling of a NYC judge that holding people indefinitely w/o charge or trial is unconstitutional. Obama knows the constitution quite well. He knows it's unconstitutional; he just doesn't care. This is the guy they want. And why not? Why replace an effective administrator for their interests with a total screw up who ties his dog to the roof of the family truckster?
Showing posts with label Chris Hedges. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chris Hedges. Show all posts
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Chris Hedges -- On Voting
"I will not vote for a Democrat. I was in there, the last
election, voting for members of the Revolutionary Socialist Party... I
didn't even know who they were. I don't care. I'm quite happy to muck up
the system but ... stop thinking that the route to reform is electoral
politics." [24:30]
The two parties in the US are completely bought and paid for by multinational corporations and the super-wealthy. They have national elections (and some local elections) completely sealed up. All this hand wringing about Dems v Repugs is nonsense. Of course it's amusing to watch Mitt piss all over himself, but it doesn't really matter. Both candidates are hand picked by big money. And I think at this point they are throwing Mitt under the bus. They are done with him. Obama can get the job done, just as well, or better. He can cut taxes on the rich (he's already done it). He can up the wars (we'll be invading Iran in no time). He can protect the interests of the big banks (almost all his cabinet members have a connection to Wall St.). And, in broad daylight, he is fighting the ruling of a NYC judge that holding people indefinitely w/o charge or trial is unconstitutional. Obama knows the constitution quite well. He knows it's unconstitutional; he just doesn't care. This is the guy they want. And why not? Why replace an effective administrator for their interests with a total screw up who ties his dog to the roof of the family truckster?
The two parties in the US are completely bought and paid for by multinational corporations and the super-wealthy. They have national elections (and some local elections) completely sealed up. All this hand wringing about Dems v Repugs is nonsense. Of course it's amusing to watch Mitt piss all over himself, but it doesn't really matter. Both candidates are hand picked by big money. And I think at this point they are throwing Mitt under the bus. They are done with him. Obama can get the job done, just as well, or better. He can cut taxes on the rich (he's already done it). He can up the wars (we'll be invading Iran in no time). He can protect the interests of the big banks (almost all his cabinet members have a connection to Wall St.). And, in broad daylight, he is fighting the ruling of a NYC judge that holding people indefinitely w/o charge or trial is unconstitutional. Obama knows the constitution quite well. He knows it's unconstitutional; he just doesn't care. This is the guy they want. And why not? Why replace an effective administrator for their interests with a total screw up who ties his dog to the roof of the family truckster?
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Chris Hedges Suing Barack Obama
"The supine and gutless Democratic Party,
which would have feigned outrage if George W. Bush had put this into
law, appears willing, once again, to grant Obama a pass. But I won’t.
What he has done is unforgivable, unconstitutional and exceedingly
dangerous."
"The oddest part of this legislation is that
the FBI, the CIA, the director of national intelligence, the Pentagon
and the attorney general didn’t support it. FBI Director Robert Mueller
said he feared the bill would actually impede the bureau’s ability to
investigate terrorism because it would be harder to win cooperation from
suspects held by the military. “The possibility looms that we will lose
opportunities to obtain cooperation from the persons in the past that
we’ve been fairly successful in gaining,” he told Congress.
"But it passed anyway. And I suspect it
passed because the corporations, seeing the unrest in the streets,
knowing that things are about to get much worse, worrying that the
Occupy movement will expand, do not trust the police to protect them.
They want to be able to call in the Army. And now they can."
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/why_im_suing_barack_obama_20120116/
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