Who Are the Bad Guys?

A brief look at the hallowed American myth of “the bad guys.” It’s a myth based on a rich and varied tapestry of lies, and we’re still strapped to its mast.

Is This the Outbreak of The American Civil War II?

People on this side of the Atlantic and further afield have been wondering for a long time what’s going on in the U.S.A., and what is it all building up to? Please permit me to suggest that the American Civil War II, which has been brewing for past four decades (roughly since I departed for [...]

I’m at a Loss for Words

In a week in which it comes to light that President George W. Bush revealed that God told him to invade Iraq–with all that implies–and former Repulican presidential candidate–and pretender to the vice-presidential slot along with John McCain–Mike Huckabee made a supposedly jocular comment in the middle of a speech to the American Rifle Association [...]

Winter Soldiers Left Out in the Media Cold

Last March 13-16 some 250 American veterans of the Iraq and Afghan occupations gathered at the National Labor College in Silver Spring, MD for the “Winter Soldier – Iraq and Afghanistan” conference, a replica of a similar event which took place in Detroit in 1971, during the Vietnam War. This recent weekend was devoted to [...]

Ex Super Power? Can This Be True?

Asia Times Online published an article on May 10, 2008 entitled “An oil-addicted ex-superpower.” The American author, Michael T. Klare, Five Colleges professor of Peace and World Security Studies, makes a chillingly convincing case for the fact that the United States’ massive borrowing to pay for its oil habit has already cost them their superpower [...]

Gringo Baghdad: Luxury Hotels and Golf

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round : And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills, Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree [...]

The Presidential Candidates As Polymorphous Panderers

Who and What the U.S. Presidential Candidates Must Pander to in Order to Get Elected: To extreme right-wing Christians, who don’t require reasons. They have the agenda of their angry God. They’ve formed a group called Christians United for Israel (CUFI). One of their spokesmen, Pastor John Hagee recently declared:“The United States must join Israel [...]

How to Produce a Disoriented Citizen

In case you were wondering, here’s how to produce a thoroughly disoriented citizen: Tell him he’s superior to people from other countries. Put a gun in his hand. Flag-wave him to death. Repeat more, louder lies. Distract him with hard-core consumption. Make money his measure of all things. Make false promises. Bribe him. Frighten him. [...]

Guantánamo Torture Records “Lost”

Right. This from today’s Guardian. These guys are so predictable. I’m constantly reminded of the old saw: “Military intelligence is to intelligence as military music is to music.”

Americans Victims of Pentagon Media PSYOPS

I’m Aghast But Not Surprised In a bombshell article published yesterday in the NY Times, entitled “Behind Military Analysts, the Pentagon’s Hidden Hand,” investigative journalist David Barstow reveals a continuing Pentagon psychological operations (PSYOP) maneuver to disinform the American public through the manipulation of retired senior military officers employed by the media as news analysts. [...]