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The fraud of “Big-Picture” thinking

Campaign For Liberty
by James Bovard

07/29/10

Politicians, pundits, and others perennially invoke the ‘Big Picture.’ Recognizing the role of the Big Picture is vital to understanding how contemporary democracies are going off the rail. The Big Picture provides preemptive exoneration for almost anyone who wants to kowtow and cheerlead for political power. Fifteen years ago, there was a hullabaloo to denounce ‘politically correct’ mandates and imperatives. But the biggest beneficiary of ‘politically correct’ thinking may be political power itself...

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=1037


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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Die Kluft zwischen den reichsten Amerikanern und der Mittelschicht ist zwischen 1979 und 2007 enorm angestiegen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/148097



Ärmliche Hoffnung auf die Superreichen

Gute Spenden, schlechte Spenden."The Giving Pledge" und die Politik.
http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/6/148140



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On the well-connected elites that will make billions from it
http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/carbon-cronyism.html



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Video & Transcript

Our real enemies are not those living in a distant land whose names or policies we don't understand; The real enemy is a system that wages war when it's profitable, the CEOs who lay us off our jobs when it's profitable, the Insurance Companies who deny us Health care when it's profitable, the Banks who take away our homes when it's profitable. Our enemies are not several hundred thousands away. They are right here in front of us.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26047.htm



American Soldiers Brainwashed with "Positive Thinking"

By Bruce E. Levine

"As far as I can tell this is the largest, deliberate, psychological intervention in human history. . . . We don't know when the global war on terrorism is going to end so we're preparing to have to be engaged for a long period of time."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26044.htm



From Freedom Fighter to Terrorist

By Jacob G. Hornberger

The same Gul who was viewed by U.S. officials as a "pro-Western and moderate" freedom fighter is now viewed by the U.S. government as a "murderous terrorist agent."

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26056.htm

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Banks, drugs and US-sponsored terrorism
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/906.html

What war on drugs?
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/910.html



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Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

07/28/10

They don’t call Afghanistan the graveyard of empires for nothing. Just ask Great Britain and Russia. It seems that the U.S. Empire, however, is bound and determined to prove that it’s the exception to that adage. No matter how bad things get for the Empire, U.S. officials become more and more determined to stay the course and let the chips fall where they may, including the possibility of economic and financial bankruptcy for the United States...

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2010-07-28.asp



The anti-American American empire

Strike the Root
by Tony Pivetta

07/29/10

It may well be that nothing’s more powerful than an idea whose time has come, but a carefully cultivated Big Lie will invariably give that timely idea a run for the money. People know what they know. They know war brings prosperity. They know because ‘World War II got the U.S. out of the Depression.’ They know because the government schools told them ‘World War II got the U.S. out of the Depression.’ Beyond that, they know because of what they see. They see the manufacturing might of the military-industrial complex (MIC). They see it employing land, labor and capital. They see its technological sophistication. They see the high-paying jobs. They don’t know what they don’t see...

http://www.strike-the-root.com/anti-american-american-empire



The myths that made an empire

The American Conservative
by Bruce Fein

08/01/10

Two unassailable orthodoxies drove [Cold War US] hyper-interventionism. First was the belief that the national security of the United States was dependent upon the vitality of democracy in foreign lands. Second was the notion that a global military presence, with its ability to ensure international stability and access to resources, was indispensable to economic growth. Both orthodoxies are patent nonsense, yet both continue to dominate American thinking...

http://www.amconmag.com/blog/the-myths-that-made-an-empire/



How to dismantle the American empire before this country goes under

AlterNet
by Andrew J. Bacevich

07/29/10

No doubt the case can, and probably will, be made that the obligations of global leadership demand that the United States take on the problems besetting Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia, much as it has addressed those besetting Afghanistan and Iraq. Little evidence exists to suggest that such efforts are likely to have a positive effect, however. No evidence exists — none — to suggest that U.S. efforts will advance the cause of global peace...

http://tinyurl.com/342sbga


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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The U.S.-Made Mess in Somalia

By Gwynne Dyer

The U.S. decision in 2006 to send Ethiopian troops into Somalia was one of the stupidest moves in a very stupid decade. This week, some of the chickens spawned by that decision came home to roost.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26247.htm



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U.S. taxpayers may be on the hook for as much as $23.7 trillion to bolster the economy and bail out financial companies, said Neil Barofsky, special inspector general for the Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program.

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By Mike Whitney

The bottom line? When Wall Street is hurting, money's never a problem. But when the states are on the brink of default and 14 million workers are scrimping to feed their families, there's not a dime to spare. Explain that to your kids.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26040.htm



U.S. Congress Passes $59 Bn Afghan War Funding Bill

The new funding is on top of the $130 billion Congress already approved for Afghanistan and Iraq this year.

http://www.rttnews.com/Content/Policy.aspx?Id=1372920&SM=1



Funding the Afghan Occupation

How They Voted
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll474.xml



Democrats abandon Obama on Afghanistan war

The House's vote yesterday on emergency funding for the Afghanistan war shows a significant eroding of support for President Obama's war policy -- from members of his own Democratic Party.

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