Category: US Politics
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Who Rules America? / Politics / US Politics
By: Paul_Craig_Roberts
What do you suppose it is like to be elected president of the United States only to find that your power is restricted to the service of powerful interest groups?
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Socialism Returns to Haunt United States / Politics / US Politics
By: John_Browne
America is more than a country; it is the ideal of liberty. In economic terms, liberty translates into the entrepreneurial spirit of hard work, risk taking and self-reliance. And this spirit has made America rich beyond compare.
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
House of Frauds, Tory Lords of the Manor Expense Claims / Politics / US Politics
By: Nadeem_Walayat
The Telegraph continued with its leaking of outrageous expense claims at tax payers expense, where the reaction from the Speaker of the Commons was to deride the media for publishing the content rather than on seeking to hold MP's to account, which is not so surprising given his own past track record of going on spending binges to the tunes of several hundreds of thousands at tax payers expense beyond his salary.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Debt Fuelled American Military Empire That Supports the Old World Order / Politics / US Politics
By: Global_Research
Those dastardly French! What arrogance! In 1789, they tried to destroy the Ancien Régime (read Old Order).
The Old Order is an aristocratic, social, and political system that prevailed in Europe between the 14th and 19th centuries. In it, power is held by the monarchy, the clergy, and the aristocracy, and society is divided into three Estates—the nobility, the clergy, and the rest of the people who are powerless. The Ancien Régime retains the privileges of both the nobility and aristocracy that existed in feudal times, and the people, whose lives have the value of mere livestock, exist only for the benefit of the state. The Ancien Régime is also militaristic, aggressive, and imperialistic. Wars are common, and between the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XVI, France fought in at least 27 of them.
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Sunday, May 10, 2009
“I had a dream.” It was 2008 and Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States. / Politics / US Politics
By: Robert_Singer
The world is engulfed in a global economic crisis of staggering ferocity rivaling four other financial meltdowns—which all began in the month of October. [1]
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Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Requiem for the Republican Party / Politics / US Politics
By: Mike_Whitney
The experts think the Republican party can get up off the canvas and stage a comeback, but don't bet on it. The poor GOP isn't really even a party anymore; it's more like a vaudeville troupe scuttling from one backwater to the next performing the same worn slapstick. They've simply become irrelevant, a "non-party" that no one pays much attention to apart from the occasional zinger on the Daily Show or Letterman. In truth, the GOP is so deeply-traumatized from their shocking fall from power, they'd probably benefit from a spell on the couch. Perhaps if they spent a few weeks in therapy, they'd see what a mess they've made of everything.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Swine Flu: When Government Plays Doctor / Politics / US Politics
By: Dr_Ron_Paul
This week, concerns about swine flu have dominated the media and many government officials. While the American people should be made aware of infectious diseases and common sense preventative measures, much of the hysterical reaction from government only serves to remind us how detrimental to your health it can be when government plays doctor.
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Sunday, May 03, 2009
Rep. Wexler Announces Legislation for Select Committee to Investigate Bush Abuses—A Real Investigation or a Waste of Time? / Politics / US Politics
By: Richard_C_Cook
In a letter to voters, Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL) has announced his introduction of House Resolution 383 to establish “a bi-partisan Select Committee tasked with making comprehensive recommendations on our national security policy - including those covering laws on torture, FISA law violations, wiretapping, civil liberties protections, among others. This committee would have all of the power of a standing committee, including subpoena power.” Co-sponsors are Barbara Lee (D-CA) and John Conyers (D-MI). Conyers is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Why the United States Still Hates Cuba / Politics / US Politics
By: Submissions
Federico Fuentes writes: At the centre of the Summit of the Americas held in Trinidad and Tobago over April 17-19, was the only country from the hemisphere not present — Cuba.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009
United States Debt and Exporting of the U.S. Economy Abroad Silent Conspiracies / Politics / US Politics
By: Richard_C_Cook
I met Senator Ernest F. “Fritz” Hollings (D-SC) in 1985 in the aftermath of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. I had testified before the Rogers Commission after I leaked documents to the New York Times about NASA’s past knowledge of flaws with the O-ring joints whose failure caused Challenger to blow up. Later I told commission investigators and the press it was political pressure from the Reagan White House that likely caused NASA to overrule the engineers who tried to stop the launch.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Obama: the Grand Illusionist / Politics / US Politics
By: Michael_Pento
President Obama is smooth. He has an incomparable ability to say the correct thing and then doing the exact opposite. For instance, he says the United States cannot continue the boom bust cycle of economic activity and must repent from its proclivity to engender GDP growth off the back of building asset bubbles. He also contends that George W. Bush was disingenuously hiding the size of the true deficit by keeping certain items off budget. In those two statements he is completely correct.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Tax Day protests, American's Are Revolting! / Politics / US Politics
By: Walter_Brasch
All across the country-from Boston to Atlanta to San Antonio-thousands of Americans, inspired by Fox News and radio conservative talk show hosts, took to the streets to protest.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
America, Do You Know Your Real Enemy? / Politics / US Politics
By: James_Quinn
Do you know the enemy?
Do you know your enemy?
Well, gotta know the enemy
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Emperor Obama and Pax Roma Picayune For November 20, 301 AD, The People’s Pique / Politics / US Politics
By: LewRockwell
Special Edition -
Emperor Diocletian’s Palace at Nicomedia
Tim Case writes: Officials close to Emperor Diocletian announced today that developing economic conditions, which may result in an unparalleled crisis, have made it necessary for the Emperor to take drastic steps to save the Empire.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
American's 94 Years of Serfdom / Politics / US Politics
By: Paul_Craig_Roberts
This April 15 is the 94th year that Americans have had to file an income tax. For most Americans, the day is a non-event. The federal and state governments have already collected the taxes due by withholding from each paycheck over the course of the calendar year. Most Americans never saw the money and have no real idea that they earned it.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
The Declining American Empire, Colonial Warfare / Politics / US Politics
By: LewRockwell
Eric Margolis writes: There are a lot of unhappy campers at the Pentagon right now. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates chose last week to present a controversial new budget that will affect the course of US foreign and military policy for decades to come. Read full article... Read full article...
Thursday, April 09, 2009
Free Markets, It’s Time to Wake up America / Politics / US Politics
By: Michael_Pollaro
Free markets don't work, says Tim Geithner and Ben Bernanke. Indeed nearly all our government leaders say so; the G-20 too. The economy is a mess, but no worries because we got your back. We'll spend and print our way out of this economic crisis, then slap a whole heap of regulation on the bad guys to make sure they never hurt us again. Read full article... Read full article...
Monday, March 30, 2009
Obama's Attack on the Middle Class / Politics / US Politics
By: Paul_Craig_Roberts
Obama and his public relations team have made it appear that his trillion dollars in higher taxes will fall only on "the rich." Obama stresses that his tax increase is only for the richest 5 percent of Americans while the other 95 percent receive a tax cut. Read full article... Read full article...
Sunday, March 22, 2009
An American Outrage: Bernie, AIG, and Us / Politics / US Politics
By: Walter_Brasch
There have now been more than 4,000 deaths and 30,000 casualties of American military in the war in Iraq. More than 100,000 Iraqis and others, most of them civilian, have also been killed in what is now known to be an unnecessary war. But, we as a nation are not outraged.Read full article... Read full article...
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Barack Obama and the Altar of Greed / Politics / US Politics
By: Submissions
David Michael Green writes: Barack Obama is dumber than a bag of hammers. I never thought I'd say that about the guy. I thought he would probably disappoint me with many of his policies. I thought he would probably fail to be bold enough for his times. I thought he might miss opportunities to do great things because of his seeming desire to be Mr. Rogers, complete with cardigan. But I never expected him to be really dumb. Read full article... Read full article...