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Donald Trump Is a Perfect Ringmaster for the GOP 2012 Circus
Article By SALLY KOHN, Political Commentator
The GOP primary is an eight ring circus. So why shouldn’t Donald Trump play ring master for a night?
The Republican presidential candidates are doing everything they can to distract from the fact that their party’s policies put our economy in the dumpster and, if elected, they will all just do more of the disastrous same. The American voters see that the economy is, slowly but surely, getting better and backs President Obama’s plans to make it stronger while bucking at continued Republican obstructionism.
Voters and Democrats want America to succeed and can tell that Republicans–in Congress and in the campaign–only want Obama to fail, even if it means America fails, too. The dazzling side shows of the GOP primary are entertaining the voters, but they can tell the distinguish farce from the best interest of the future of our nation.
Still, with the always-entertaining Herman Cain out of the race and Newt Gingrich now trying to look more like a candidate than a curmudgeon, the clowns are running out of gags. Perfect timing for a man with implausible hair to preside over a debate with implausible political candidates.
Bring on the show! Every candidate should join in. American voters will no doubt tune in to see how many GOP candidates can fit in the clown car as they aim to drive our economy and our political system off a cliff.
Found here in U.S. News & World Report, dated December 8, 2011
Police More Militarized Than Ever
Updated Version of Noam Chomsky’s “9/11” Book Takes On Bin Laden’s Death, Imperial Mentality
Chomsky argues that the US government has done exactly what Osama bin Laden wanted it to do: Dig into a series of expensive and bloody wars in Muslim countries, draining the American economy and causing many civilian casualties. . . 9-11 is a crash course in America’s terrorism against inconvenient regimes, and a primer in the ways that those in power have misled the American public by suggesting that September 11 happened in a vacuum. . . He explains the hypocrisy of the US government’s definition of terrorism – the use of violence for political or psychological goals rather than monetary gain – in light of the fact that US government agencies have been using exactly those methods for decades, directly and indirectly.
Hazmat Suits to Break Up Occupations? How Mayors Feign Concern for Health to Trash a Growing Movement
Mayors and police around the country have pretended public health is the reason for shutting down Occupy protests, but their actions belie their words. . . Michael Ratner [president of the Center for Constitutional Rights] noted that the idea of protesters being unclean has a long history in this country, that various generations of immigrants were described as dirty, as outsiders, as not really American. “What it does is it paints the protesters as a dangerous infection in america that has to be cut out, it’s like saying they’re a cancer or radioactive, that’s saying they’re not part of our country, not part of our tradition of protest.” . . . Instead, it seems that the real contagion is community, as Fagin said, but more than that, the very idea of fighting back. Whether it’s a mayor shutting down an occupation in his or her city or a businessman complaining that his workers want to collectively bargain, the idea that people might work together appears to be, itself, a hazard.
From Occupation to “Occupy”: The Israelification of American Domestic Security
The Israelification of America’s security apparatus, recently unleashed in full force against the Occupy Wall Street Movement, has taken place at every level of law enforcement, and in areas that have yet to be exposed. The phenomenon has been documented in bits and pieces, through occasional news reports that typically highlight Israel’s national security prowess without examining the problematic nature of working with a country accused of grave human rights abuses. But it has never been the subject of a national discussion. And collaboration between American and Israeli cops is just the tip of the iceberg. . . Revelations like these have raised serious questions about the extent to which Israeli-inspired tactics are being used to suppress the Occupy movement. . . the Israelification of American law enforcement appears to have intensified police hostility towards the civilian population, blurring the lines between protesters, common criminals, and terrorists.
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The Trials of Henry Kissinger
Theatrical Trailer: Phil Ochs: There But For Fortune
Lincoln: “Labor Is the Superior of Capital,” By Alan Grayson
“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. . .”
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