THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!
"Imperialism today is taking place in the context of...the 'universalization' of capitalism. It is not now primarily a matter of territorial conquest or direct military or colonial control. It is not now a matter of capitalist powers invading non-capitalist powers in order to bleed them dry directly and by brute force. Now it is more a matter of ensuring that the forces of the capitalist market prevail in every corner of the world (even if this means marginalizing and impoverishing parts of it), and of manipulating those market forces to the advantage of the most powerful capitalist economies and the United States in particular." ... "Military force is still central to the imperialist project, in some ways more than ever."-- Political scientist Ellen Meiksins-Wood, Z magazine Nov 1999, p26
HAPPY 'KICK OUT THE GOVERNMENT' DAY!!!
Hurricane Gustav scaled up on purpose ?
Was hurricane Gustav's scaled up to a catergory 3 hurricane in an attempt to create a big story?
Did the US Government know that it was not reall going to be a category 3 hurricane, but scaled it
up to scare the public?
Was it a political move to wipe talk of the Democratic Convention from the airwaves and media?
Was it designed to show how empathetic the Republicans are to the needs of the people?




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Dead because of a lie. Dead because selfish people in government wanted a war and lied to get one. How can you not be angry?


Comments
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kcimosthere was a story on Yahoo yesterday (i only read the headline and a few words) talking about how all the billions spent recently improving new orleans was proven to be justified / affective by the fact that limited damage occured due to Gustuv. As in "WAY TO GO BUSH ADMIN!!!, just like everything else you do, its all OK"
BS
It's obvious that much is
MadnsassyIt's obvious that much is going on behind the scenes. Central Bankers scheming and conniving while burning the midnight oil. Hedge fund Managers on Prozac and sleeping pills, also scheming and conniving. Russia/US standoff in the Georgia Region. Pakistan melting down. US aircraft carriers in and around the Persian Gulf. Israeli proclaiming that Iran cannot have nukes under any circumstances. The Taliban gaining control in Afghanistan. US and Iraq not able to reach terms on oil production and troupe withdrawal, while Iraq makes oil deals with China. And, yes, all those hurricanes out there.
Other than the hurricanes and Palin, the silence concerning a myriad of global crises is deafening.
"Was it designed to show how
Not Sure"Was it designed to show how empathetic the Republicans are to the needs of the people?"
Oh my gawd, they didn't really think anyone would believe that rofl
Maybe the Ron Paul inspired protesters at the convention are out of control and they didn't know how to shut it down in time so they had to make up an excuse to cancel.
I think all of the McCain/Palin Gustav stories are a distraction from their plans to attack Iran soon.
"The years passed, mankind became stupider at a frightening rate. Some had high hopes the genetic engineering would correct this trend in evolution, but sadly the greatest minds and resources were focused on conquering hair loss and prolonging erections."
Having gone through
dragline190dHaving gone through Hurricanes before I have to disagree with this assessment and just consider them lucky that the storm came in from the East and worked its way West!
If the storm would have approached from the south and headed directly North through the Mississippi River it would have backed all the swell straight up and the results would have been far different.
GOP antics
Mike RiveroI knew this was all being puffed up when the GOP canceled the first day of their convention even though the storm would never have realistically been a threat to Minneapolis.
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Or....
chillyphantomWas it to get people to think that government preparedness for this one was waaaaay better?
I think so. Before I saw
earlybirdI think so. Before I saw this article, I mentioned that to my husband. I had the internet open while watching CNN. One was saying it was downsized to Category 2 while the other (CNN) continued saying Category 3. I am also wondering if there was some nefarious reason why the RNC was canceled or scaled back. Are they trying to distract from something other that is going on? Is the Palin story another distraction from something else going on?