Overtly covert wars and drone assassinations happen because Obama and his unremarkable White House national security staff want them. Obama's fulsome embrace of tactical expediency only accelerates degeneration of American strategic thinking into … [Continue reading]
What’s So Funny About War, Budget Bloat And Nomenklatura Self-Interest?
DoD propaganda against the Budget Control Act's sequester is remarkably shameless even for them. First, the 'draconian' cuts are anything but. They return DoD to Bush's 2007 defense budget. DoD will get funded at the same level as at the height of a … [Continue reading]
Democrats In Wisconsin Confirm Now Is Oligarchy’s Time
Democrat failure to recall Scott Walker presages a new phase of demotic politics: nascent oligarchical entrenchment. In the post Bush era, oligarchy until now is largely insurgent and opportunistic, feeding off astro turfed Tea Parties or … [Continue reading]
Droning On And On: Obama, Alone
The Times' piece on the drone assassination program reveals depressing and all too predictably sordid details about the routinization of murder 2009-2012. We also see another glimpse of Obama the political actor. Sure, he's exposed (again) as … [Continue reading]
Political Theater In America
Another season of political packaging is upon us. If 1968 gave us "The Selling of the President", 42 years on both the product and its marketing are on a baroque trajectory. Personality products and manufactured controversies peddled as disposable … [Continue reading]
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