Columbo: Somebody killed the Gulf of Mexico, Sir. Your fingerprints are all over the place.
Barack Obama: Sorry Lieutenant. Did you ask Bobby Jindal, Mary Landrieu. or Ken Salazar?
The Republican party has given America its only documented instances of attempted coups d’etat (three and counting), and instigated pernicious campaigns of anti-communism that poisoned the American mind for generations. Democratic party corruption and cowardice helped, of course. Crossposted with BuzzFlash on Thu, 05/27/2010 http://blog.buzzflash.com/jonas/194 Steven Jonas, MD, MPH In 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt invited [...]
Everything we see today could have been predicted—and was—by a simple examination of class dynamics under capitalism. And a better grasp of the system’s inexorable dynamics leading to the chaotic barbarism and crimes against nature we witness in all continents. By Chris Hedges Posted on May 24, 2010 HERE’S TO THE GREEKS. They know what to do [...]
Mean-spirited to the bone, and one of the greatest intellectual frauds of modern times–Rand’s success was assured because her deranged ideas were supportive of corporate power and especially hyper-individualism, which keeps people atomized and helpless in the face of plutocratic attacks. Only a capitalist-dominated society could hail a sociopath like Rand. Corey Robin | May [...]
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David Michael Green There are several key explanations for the rise of the insane right over the last three decades, but surely one of them has been the compliance of the mainstream media. Politicians have been able to make the most absurdly ridiculous and hypocritical statements without fear of being called on them. MAYBE we [...]
Book Notes • This book is highly recommended by The Greanville Post editors This review is from: JESSE VENTURA & Dick Russell’s American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies that the Government Tells Us (Skyhorse Publishing, 2010, Hardcover) THIS BOOK is an excellent primer on some of the major political conspiracies in American history, from [...]
Big Brother’s Got the Ju-Ju, Gaia’s Got Them Blues That common womb of American consciousness is dying. Slowly or rapidly, depending on how you assess the global ecocide and peak everything, it is dying. There will be resuscitations along the way, more massive infusions of money, fear and the rawest sort of fantasy fed to [...]
Ruling elite mouthpieces like George Will earn mountains of cash and fame for their service to the powerful, who in the final analysis are their enablers. By David Walsh • 20 May 2010 NOT TO PUT TOO FINE A POINT ON IT, Washington Post columnist George Will is a pompous windbag, one of the most [...]
If Barack Obama isn’t the epitome of this mentality, then Elena Kagan surely is. Nobody can figure out what she stands for, because she has been so careful never to stand for anything. Obama’s really the same, although as a former candidate for the US Senate and the presidency, he’s been obliged to make a [...]
From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: I heard that Walmart is having a bigger positive impact on the environment than any other U.S. institution. What are they doing along these lines? — R. Schlansker, Beaverton, OR IMAGE: Walmart’s CEO Mike Duke card. —> WALMART has indeed been working to clean up [...]
