Are we still talking plainly about why the tax cuts? 9/11 manipulation? [View All]

[madfloridian]

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SNIP...."Mr. Dean said the Bush "tax cuts are designed to destroy . . . our public services through starvation and privatization," making tax cuts sound less like a debatable policy than a devious plot -- which Reaganites have said they were.

He noted "a fundamental difference between the defence of our nation and the doctrine of pre-emptive war." That goes to the scary heart of U.S. foreign policy. But most U.S. leaders and pundits act as if ordinary people could not understand the distinction. He was similarly blunt on globalization's evil outcomes and the Bush use of "quota" as racist code. He kept moving past the normal rhetoric -- Our leaders are grievously mistaken -- to imply: Our leaders are deliberate liars, betraying the general good for their own aims.

It suggested deep corruption at the heart of mainstream politics. Of course, such criticisms are widespread -- but not among leading candidates for president. They're supposed to sound oppositional, not deranged -- in mainstream terms....."

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SNIP...."For example: Howard Dean said the Bush government "capitalized on domestic fears of terrorism for political gain." Wow. That suggests it manipulated 9/11 for the sake of its own agenda. Millions of Americans may believe this (consider the huge sales of Michael Moore's books) and Bush officials such as Paul Wolfowitz did yearn publicly for "some catastrophic and catalyzing event, like a new Pearl Harbour." But the charge is still taboo in mainstream discourse. It makes almost all that was said and done since 9/11, including po-faced media coverage of the noble ideals behind the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, sleazily suspect......" END SNIP

I know this was posted before. I just don't think we should forget why they are wanting to do away with Social Security and Medicare and other social programs. And we should not forget how we went to Iraq and bombed the hell out of it under false pretenses.