Monday, June 15, 2009

Obama's Imperial Presidency

I thought it was just Bush--the guy with a reverse Midas touch--everything he touched turned to shit-- with his three failed businesses, Iraq, Katrina. Now Obama, --with his empire of bases, his battle carrier groups that patrol the 7 seas, the nuclear subs that are impregnable to a first strike nuclear attack, the trillion dollar a year military machine—Obama inherits his predecessor's wants (empire) and his means (attack anyone who stands in our way).

Bush and Obama agree? Why yes, they both work for the Wall Street/Pentagon complex. Our oligarchs and their enforcers, though, are short on money and their smoke and mirrors economy is not working. So like other once powerful empires (England, Spain, the Dutch) we recede.

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