The American of today, in fact, probably enjoys less personal liberty
than any other man of Christendom, and even his political liberty is
fast succumbing to the new dogma that certain theories of government are
virtuous and lawful, and others abhorrent and felonious. Laws
limiting the radius of his free activity multiply year by year: It is
now practically impossible for him to exhibit anything describable as
genuine individuality, either in action or in thought, without running
afoul of some harsh and unintelligible penalty. It would surprise no
impartial observer if the motto “In God we trust” were one day expunged
from the coins of the republic by the Junkers at Washington, and the far
more appropriate word, “verboten,” substituted. Nor would it astound
any save the most romantic if, at the same time, the goddess of liberty
were taken off the silver dollars to make room for a bas-relief of a
policeman in a spiked helmet. Moreover, this gradual (and, of late,
rapidly progressive) decay of freedom goes almost without challenge; the
American has grown so accustomed to the denial of his constitutional
rights and to the minute regulation of his conduct by swarms of spies,
letter-openers, informers and agents provocateurs that he no longer
makes any serious protest.
Published on Feb 19, 2013
In this episode of the Keiser
Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss the four horsemen of the
bondpoclypse riding into town bringing with them the reversal of
multi-decades long trends and as pipe swipers steal toilets and as
supermarkets hit the limits of cost-cutting, the population confronts
the high cost of backsliding trends. In the second half of the show,
Max Keiser talks to former energy regulator, Chris Cook, about how we
move from dollar diplomacy to gas diplomacy and a world where energy as
the modern water hole where you don't have to kill each other and a gas
backed currency becomes a new global reserve currency in a post-dollar
world.
Published on Feb 18, 2013
Julianna Forlano from Absurdity
Today! interviews activist and author of The Shock Doctrine Naomi Klein
at the Forward on Climate Rally in Washington, DC.
Bahrain's Revolt . . . Two Years On
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Remembering Bloody Thursday
F.B. and Bill Marczak
Today
marks the two-year anniversary of “Bloody Thursday,” as 17 February
2011 is now known in Bahrain. The previous day, two days after the
uprising began, and two martyrs later, the King allowed protesters to
assemble at the Pearl Roundabout. People felt safe and were eager to
embrace this freedom, unaware of the fate that awaited them. At about 3
a.m. the next day, roughly one thousand police suddenly stormed the
roundabout, firing shotguns, tear gas, rubber bullets, flashbang
grenades, and wielding knives and clubs.
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