Steve Kangas: The Origins of the Overclass
America's transformation into a fascist state is defined by obscene and growing inequalities of wealth and income, the rise of the Military/Industrial Complex, and the role of the CIA as 'enforcer' for the establishment. 'Terrorism' is but Bush's pretext to wage a series of oil wars that John McCain says may last '10,000 years'. A phony ' War on Terrorism' must be considered in context. Ronald Reagan's infamous tax cut of 1982 is high upon a list of many milestones along the US path to fascism read
Steve Kangas: The Origins of the OverclassSunday, June 29, 2008 Len Hart America's transformation into a fascist state is defined by obscene and growing inequalities of wealth and income, the rise of the Military/Industrial Complex, and the role of the CIA as 'enforcer' for the establishment. 'Terrorism' is but Bush's pretext to wage a series of oil wars that John McCain says may last '10,000 years'. A phony ' War on Terrorism' must be considered in context. Ronald Reagan's infamous tax cut of 1982 is high upon a list of many mileston read
2008 NBA Draft PreviewThe lottery has come and gone, and the Finals are over, so it’s time to look ahead to the NBA Draft. The Bulls were the big winners in the lottery, overcoming steep odds (1.7%) to win the #1 pick. Each team has to make the best of their current situation, which means they need to quit thinking about what might have been and start thinking about what could be. This year’s draft is believed to be deep, but like last season, there are two (seemingly) clear choices at the top of the draft. Since th read
OBAMA’S CONNECTIONS TO MURDEROUS POLITICIANS AND TERRORISTSEarlier I posted about how Barack HUSSEIN Obama was in Detroitistan meeting with a supporter of Hezbollah and now we have a couple more stories to stir the Barack “I Am Not A Muslim…But I Love and Support Terrorists) Obama. Let’s give them a read. When you’re done the only thought going through your mind should be, “why is it that this man is leading in the polls? Have American voters lost their minds?” First off, look at this picture: Now, read on. In Kenya, lots is go read
Mobilizing Architecture for Film and WarTitle card from The Lion Has Wings (Source: Criterion Collection) In 1939, while working on the wildly popular fantasy epic The Thief of Bagdad, émigré producer Alexander Korda, along with Michael Powell (one-half of the estimable directing team of Powell and Pressburger), Brian Desmond Hurst and Adrian Brunel, directed a propaganda film called The Lion Has Wings. The film contained an unlikely mix of G.P.O. Film Unit documentary footage, maudlin storytelling, and anti-German sentiment. The sto read