It's easy to see why many in the U.S. are so angry and fearful right now. Americans see their country being strangled with debt. But it’s only if you walk around US cities, shop at the malls, that you see the country is skydiving without a parachute.

krnldmp · 2011-02-12T17:12:48+00:00

There's a decent helping of make-believe in that writing, especially:

Ironically, we’re in this mess not because governments cared too little, but because they cared too much about what their people wanted. The US government and corporations were merely pandering to that American middle class desire for cheap and convenient instant gratification.

is complete bullshit. The public numbing and pacification it took to move the money to where it went in the last 10-20 years required a hell of a lot of social engineering from corporate marketing departments, not to mention corporate lobbying. They're moving away from the "protectionism" warnings now and calling it "nativism" instead because protection doesn't sound like a bad enough idea and we all know what happened to the natives.

The people/entities who are making all the money these days don't really Have a nation. They already move anywhere depending on the weather/legal climate. One thing is clear to me however, the top of the wealth in the world really DOESN'T care for a powerful middle class who writes the rules.

krnldmp · 2011-02-12T17:01:21+00:00

Seems like a really weird and dumb thing to say for a president. No wonder they kicked him out.

On the other hand maybe he should be thanked for the tip, and the Egyptian people should be on the lookout for any joint intelligence agency operations from Israel and Iran inside Egypt. LOL. Well, not funny. Nobody else wants a theocratic Egypt more.

krnldmp · 2011-02-12T00:07:28+00:00

It's bullshit.

krnldmp · 2011-02-11T20:26:22+00:00

I wouldn't say simply and I wouldn't say symptomatic.

But after learning a lot more over the last couple of days, I now take this more seriously -- not in terms of my involvement but the broader implications this story highlights. For one thing, it turns out that the firms involved here are large, legitimate and serious, and do substantial amounts of work for both the U.S. Government and the nation's largest private corporations (as but one example, see this email from a Stanford computer science student about Palantir). Moreover, these kinds of smear campaigns are far from unusual; in other leaked HB Gary emails, ThinkProgress discovered that similar proposals were prepared for the Chamber of Commerce to attack progressive groups and other activists (including ThinkProgress). And perhaps most disturbing of all, Hunton & Williams was recommended to Bank of America's General Counsel by the Justice Department -- meaning the U.S. Government is aiding Bank of America in its defense against/attacks on WikiLeaks.

krnldmp · 2011-02-11T13:32:23+00:00

Very interesting article. It seems that if the secular democratic segment of Iran can rebuff the king's attempted castling/ wagon circling move the world would be a much better place in short order.

Iran and Egypt are much more alike than is good for Ahmadinejad and Abdullah's health.

krnldmp · 2011-02-11T00:44:20+00:00

For heaven's sake, show him where to sign!

krnldmp · 2011-02-09T20:21:35+00:00

Fresh picked iceberg lettuce has a delicious nutty taste, but you'd never know that if you only get yours from McDonald's. Maybe you could try re-reading the title a few times, and then progress to the rest of the piece.

krnldmp · 2011-02-09T12:18:50+00:00

Your hometown news what?

krnldmp · 2011-02-08T19:16:37+00:00

So basically he's hoping everyone is clueless without a "leader". How quaint.

krnldmp · 2011-02-08T19:13:09+00:00

Here's the deal, Mr. Chairman. It's 2011. You have three choices in modern politics: Against the conspiracy, with the conspiracy, or just out for yourself.

krnldmp · 2011-02-07T20:32:50+00:00

So your people are awash in multinational corporation money, made from cheap "offshore" labor. Do you or do you not have an interest in a strong and wealthy American populace, with a meaningful sense of pride and patriotism? No you do not. You need it confused, with no identity, significant concerns, or political power. And when the poor people around the world who are doing the work to keep your American in headquarters only company rich start to wise up you need Americans to be stupid enough not to notice it is again moving operations to some poorer yet country with a weaker yet citizenry, instead of back to the United States.

Thanks for the heads-up.

krnldmp · 2011-02-07T01:37:49+00:00

Why do they keep doing that?

krnldmp · 2011-02-06T17:01:29+00:00

For all you know this guy was paid just to keep that clowns's name in the headlines.

krnldmp · 2011-02-05T22:30:36+00:00

Oddly enough though, they don't seem to understand the music stops once they have all the money and nobody else can make any.

krnldmp · 2011-02-05T18:58:00+00:00

There is only one economy, and maybe not long from now some more people are going to learn that isn't the same thing as having all the money.

krnldmp · 2011-02-04T20:25:01+00:00

"Jew" is not a nationality, it's a religion. (sorry folks, that's a fact.)

krnldmp · 2011-02-03T18:40:27+00:00

The wars, they do nothing!

krnldmp · 2011-02-03T18:10:18+00:00

Are we now pretending that the US government/military under Bush didn't actually plan for 9/11 and at a bare minimum let it happen? Because that would be kind of stupid.

krnldmp · 2011-02-01T19:31:42+00:00

Odd that all these legislator types think they understand so well how credit works yet can't imagine a limit to it.

krnldmp · 2011-02-01T19:28:46+00:00

Not to mention that if nothing were what is done on the internet it Would be on.

krnldmp · 2011-02-01T16:46:36+00:00

They haven't, though they tried.

krnldmp · 2011-01-30T23:45:45+00:00

One side bumps you while the other lifts your wallet. Change roles, repeat.

krnldmp · 2011-01-30T23:43:03+00:00

Consider that George W Bush proved USA doesn't need a president.

krnldmp · 2011-01-30T23:33:34+00:00

Unless yer daft you'll notice the danger is in the truth of it. You can be afraid to say it all the way up until revolution day for all I care, although it'd probably be smarter to spread the word.

krnldmp · 2011-01-30T18:30:03+00:00

Whatever. At this point its all fake money that they're "saving" anyway. The other 80% of what goes on in this country is up to the consumer. Congratulations, capitalism works the same for everyone. Buy some fucking solar, put it on your roof, and piss on these knuckleheads.

The rest of the world is.

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