Here’s a little vindication for the artificial scarcity thesis. Today on Democracy Now!, investigative journalist Greg Palast discussed his new book Armed Madness. Palast is the guy who, after fleeing to Britain in search of a chance to actually report news, broke the story of over 50,000 names purged from voter lists in Florida before the…
Iraq is a big success. Well, it is for US oil companies, defense companies, construction firms and Saudi Arabia. A ripping good, record profit bonanza. Dividend heaven. Which may account for the “investor” tax cut House and Senate GOPers just dreamed up. Don’t want those profits getting into the wrong hands, after all. But Iraq…
Okay, so we’ve got a nice booklet and another posturing speech outlining the “Plan for Victory” in Iraq. Fair enough. We’ve heard these arguments before…many times. Now that Rep. Murtha has opened up the debate, the airwaves are bristling with electronic chatter about the mission, if and how we win, and if and how we…
Fort Knox…a world-famous repository of America’s gold reserves. A bounty of bullion. One stop shopping for the Goldfingers of the world…should they dare to breach it’s defenses. And then there is the White House. A fortress of opportunities for no-bid contracts, taxpayer-funded projects and for the defense industry. Whether they start wars, or simply respond…