The Old War

It has not been lost on most people who pay some sort of attention to national politics that the "War on Terror" (aka the War on Terra), is nothing more than a verbal transition from Cold War rhetoric, i.e. it's the new sell. Commies and atheists have been replaced with Arabs and Muslims. The old Soviet bloc is now the Middle East. However, although this may be crystal clear to many Americans, the rhetoric has a purpose and that purpose is, once again, to hide the REAL WAR.

The Real Cold war is the old war of class war. The new vehicle for waging it is the trans/multi-national corporation. In the U.S, our founders attempted to provide us with as much liberty as democracy would allow....while, yes, maintaining as much power for themselves as possible (although they created social mobility). However, those who believe they are smarter than the founders (Yes, believe it or not Neo-cons, such as Cheney, think they know more than people such as Jefferson.), the overly ambitious, see only the overthrow of the American way of life. A little power is not enough for them. They want it all. For what?...Who knows? Working through the corporate sector, they have appropriated your rights effectively for themselves (e.g. Corporate personhood).

Let's take the example of Iraq. The U.S., according to numerous scholars and discussed heavily in Palast's Armed Madhouse, did not go into Iraq to TAKE the oil. They went into Iraq to secure OPEC's oil stranglehold by ensuring that the Iraqis would not "over pump." First rule of economics: Scarcity drives profit. They have also created the first fully "free trade" economy. There are NO tariffs protecting Iraqi businesses. There is NO job security for Iraqis or even jobs . There is only rampant greed. Bush promised them democracy and gave them corporate socialism. Mussolini would be proud.

This could be your future too, America....if the fear is right. How much power are you prepared to give to the Bushistas? When will you see what corp-aberrations are doing to this country and say, once and for all, "I will no longer shop at Wal-mart!" I will boycott Disney for "The Path to 9/11." The New Deal, with the exception of Social Security,for now, is gone. Not enough for you? Look at these quotes:


"We will decide what the news is. The news is what we tell you it is!" -- David Boylan, station manager for Fox Tampa Bay

“We have found we...cannot trust some people who are non-conformists.
We will make conformists out of them in a hurry..." “The organisation cannot trust the individual—the individual must trust the organisation.” - Ray Kroc, McDonald's

"You don't get everything you want. A dictatorship would be a lot easier." - G. W. Bush

"If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator..."- Bush

"A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it... "- Bush

Still think they're kidding? Still think your job is safe? Still think you have rights?

To the current powers that be, of both parties, you are no different from an Iraqi, Indian or Mexican peasant. They will continue to use corporate power to violate your rights, rip you off and, eventually, make you superfluous. Will you let them? Communism, as employed by Stalin, to these people was not the abomination they claimed it was. It's more the case that they were jealous.