Category: US Politics
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Baby Bush, the Worst President in History? / Politics / US Politics
By: LewRockwell
Doug Casey writes: I recognize that I’ve antagonized many subscribers over the years with "Bush Bashing." In January, just after OBAMA!’s election, I said I wouldn’t mention Bush again, his departure having made him irrelevant. I only feel bad that he and his minions will apparently get away scot-free with their crimes; better they had all been brought up before a tribunal and tried for crimes against humanity in general and the U.S. Constitution in particular. But that is objectively true of almost all presidents since at least Lincoln.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Health Care Reform or Welfare Program, Who Pays the Bill? / Politics / US Politics
By: Steve_Selengut
The White House has released another of its health care reform clarification emails--- there will be more. It seems strange to me that the focus is on insurance coverage rather than on the spiraling costs of health care itself.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Health Care in America: The Masquerade is Over, The Public Option is Dead! / Politics / US Politics
By: Global_Research
Rep. Dennis Kucinich writes: The masquerade is over! The "public option" is ... dead.
Health care reform is now a private option: WHICH FOR PROFIT INSURANCE COMPANY DO YOU WANT?
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Friday, August 14, 2009
The Four Step Healthcare Solution / Politics / US Politics
By: MISES
Hans-Hermann Hoppe writes: It's true that the US health-care system is a mess, but this demonstrates not market but government failure. To cure the problem requires not different or more government regulations and bureaucracies, as self-serving politicians want us to believe, but the elimination of all existing government controls.
Friday, August 14, 2009
The longest storm in American history has reached shore / Politics / US Politics
By: Michael_T_Bucci
The country is heating-up, and the bottom may fall out soon. The Ultra-right are moving quickly and the young people aligned with right-wing leaders are told they are insurance against fascism and socialism; and after quitting as Alaskan Governor, Sarah Palin is more vocal than ever, throwing the word "evil" around to propel the cross-carrying "true Christians" to join in her Inquisition.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The Neanderthals Wiped Out by Universal Healthcare? / Politics / US Politics
By: LewRockwell
Phil Maymin writes: Did the Neanderthals die out because of universal health care?
We know that Neanderthals and early Homo sapiens (i.e., us humans) overlapped for tens of thousands of years. Neanderthals existed for about one hundred thousand years before going extinct, and the bulk of the evidence suggests they did not interbreed with us, though we did share a common ancestor. They were our distant cousins.
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Sunday, August 09, 2009
Tax the Rich, the Cure for Economic Crisis / Politics / US Politics
By: Global_Research
Shamus Cooke writes: Healthcare isn’t the only social ill in the U.S. that needs a serious remedy. The list is long and growing: state budget crises, unemployment, infrastructure, education, housing, food assistance, etc. These are all things that must be paid for, but the money seems to be in short supply. When a country is in as much debt as the U.S., – $12 trillion and counting — the tasks at hand seem all but unachievable.
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
It can't happen here, This is America / Politics / US Politics
By: Michael_T_Bucci
As Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and their Chinese counterparts finished toasting each other on "agreements" reached, Homeland Security announced its latest plans to thwart terrorism that includes the active involvement of citizens. "You are the ones who know if something is not right in your communities, such as a suspicious package, or unusual activity," said DHS Secretary Janet A. Napolitano. The public needs to be educated and engaged. Specifics were not given about the curriculum behind citizen education programs, nor were definitions of "suspicious" and "unusual" given.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Citizens of the United States Welcome to Animal Farm 2009 / Politics / US Politics
By: James_Quinn
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” - George Orwell – Animal Farm
The United States has gradually degenerated from a Republic based on individual liberties to a socialized oligarchy run by an exclusive few. The country was founded upon the platform of individual rights. We declared our independence from Great Britain because of excessive regulation and taxation. Americans fought for the right to live their lives free from the subjugation of an overbearing governmental body. The Founding Fathers declared our independence with these immortal words:
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Friday, July 24, 2009
Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité – Providence, Miracle or What Really Happened / Politics / US Politics
By: Robert_Singer
Warning: Reading the following may be hazardous to your mental health. The material herein has caused readers to experience Cognitive Dissonance (CD). CD is the discomfort felt at the discrepancy between what you already know or believe, and new information or interpretation that contradicts a strongly held belief system – It’s that queasy feeling that rises in your gut and screams, I DON’T BELIEVE THAT! Because, if you accepted the new information, you would have to admit you been ”had,” or ”conned,” in this case into shopping for stuff to trash the planet.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Will the Republicans Save Us? / Politics / US Politics
By: LewRockwell
Laurence M. Vance writes: Now that the Democrats have regained complete control of the government, many conservatives are looking to the Republicans in Congress to save us from the socialism and fascism of the Democrats. As we saw when Clinton was president, many Republicans have started talking, and some have started acting, like the conservative advocates of liberty and less government they claim to be. Will the Republicans save us?
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Ron Paul: Wrong on the Economy, Wrong on Healthcare (Part 1) / Politics / US Politics
By: Mike_Stathis
While I do agree with Congressman Ron Paul's position on the Federal Reserve, this by no means should be used as a blanket endorsement of his political and economic views; and certainly not his views on healthcare.
The Federal Reserve mafia has been in control of America since inception. This cartel has worked particularly hard over the past two decades to gain control over the global banking system. So, you had better believe they aren't going away, nor is their control. They’re too powerful now, and they won’t allow anyone to get in their way. They control Washington. They control the media. They control economists. They control your lives.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Prescribing Cake to Cure the Health Care Crisis / Politics / US Politics
By: Walter_Brasch
Marie Antoinette, contrary to popular opinion, never said a solution for the starving masses of revolutionary France in the late 18th century was, "Let them eat cake." But, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) apparently said something close to it.Read full article... Read full article...
Friday, July 17, 2009
The Health Care Bill is a Prescription for Disaster / Politics / US Politics
By: Peter_Schiff
The health care bill unveiled this week by the House of Representatives (with the full support of the Obama administration) is one of the worst pieces of legislation ever drafted. If passed, it will reduce the quality and increase the cost of health care in America. But more importantly, it will severely undermine our already weak economy. To burden a country currently in the throes of a violent recession with such a bureaucratic albatross clearly illustrates the scarcity of economic intelligence in Washington.
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Saturday, July 04, 2009
A Political-economic Oligarchy has Taken Over the United States of America / Politics / US Politics
By: Global_Research
Prof. John Kozy writes: A political-economic oligarchy has taken over the United States of America. This oligarchy has institutionalized a body of law that protects businesses at the expense of not only the common people but the nation itself.
Saturday, July 04, 2009
Obama's "Cap and Trade" Energy Plan Will Cost Jobs / Politics / US Politics
By: Mike_Shedlock
A quick look at the details of the Energy Plan working its way through Congress shows that Obama's energy plan will cost jobs. Please consider Energy job losers could get windfall.
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009
U.S. Launches Offensive Operations in Cyberspace (CYBERCOM) / Politics / US Politics
By: Global_Research
Tom Burghardt writes: U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates signed a memorandum on June 23 that announced the launch of U.S. Cyber Command (CYBERCOM). A scheme by securocrats in the works for several years, the order specifies that the new office will be a "subordinate unified command" under U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM).
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Obama: Wrong on the Economy, Wrong on Healthcare (Part 1) / Politics / US Politics
By: Mike_Stathis
If you’ve been following my commentaries, you’ll recall how poorly of a job I feel Obama is doing. Perhaps you realized this on your own. But just in case you have any doubts, you might want to read an article I wrote a few weeks ago.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Terminal Absence of Leadership / Politics / US Politics
By: Midas_Letter
James West writes: I like Barack Obama. I like his sincerity, his thoughtfulness, his compassion, and his humanitarian priority. I like his calm resolve, and his humility. But I don’t think he’s going to succeed in staunching the hemorrhaging of the global economy that is now approaching all published definitions of “depression”.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
PSYOPS and the Waning Power of Truth / Politics / US Politics
By: Paul_Craig_Roberts
David Ray Griffin, the nemesis of the collection of disinformation known as the 9/11 Commission Report, has taken up the question of Osama Bin Laden, Dead or Alive?
On the basis of the available evidence, Griffin concludes that bin Laden died in December 2001, most likely of kidney failure. He has been kept alive in the media by US government PSYOPS as a useful bogyman to justify America’s illegal wars of aggression. The messages received from bin Laden since his death appear to be conveniently timed fabrications designed to advance US government purposes.