Comments on: The Tattlesnake – The Reality Behind Obama’s Afghanistan Policy Edition http://ltsaloon.org/archives/4953 A Place to Gather and Talk Fri, 10 Sep 2010 12:39:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: RS Janes http://ltsaloon.org/archives/4953#comment-7953 RS Janes Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:38:11 +0000 http://ltsaloon.org/?p=4953#comment-7953 You may be right, but while war profiteering is likely the priority of many of Obama's staff and military advisors, I don't think he's personally that corrupt. OTOH, serious threats against him and his family, say from the CIA, are certainly powerful persuaders. Fascism/corprocracy -- as Mussolini noted, what's the real difference? <blockquote>"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." <strong>-- Benito Mussolini</strong></blockquote> You may be right, but while war profiteering is likely the priority of many of Obama’s staff and military advisors, I don’t think he’s personally that corrupt. OTOH, serious threats against him and his family, say from the CIA, are certainly powerful persuaders. Fascism/corprocracy — as Mussolini noted, what’s the real difference?

“Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power.”
– Benito Mussolini

]]> By: Ken Carman http://ltsaloon.org/archives/4953#comment-7952 Ken Carman Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:08:50 +0000 http://ltsaloon.org/?p=4953#comment-7952 I offer for number 4, or perhaps nearer to #1, the fact that if we just pulled out the dollars flowing to KBR and such would slow. A lot of companies; a lot of powerful people, are making unimaginable amounts of money off the death of others in this fiasco. I wouldn't doubt if a not so subtle promise was made to destroy Obama, or even kill him, if he at least doesn't go through the motions. I think we are far further down the road to fascism than most realize, or a corporatocracy if you wish. I offer for number 4, or perhaps nearer to #1, the fact that if we just pulled out the dollars flowing to KBR and such would slow. A lot of companies; a lot of powerful people, are making unimaginable amounts of money off the death of others in this fiasco. I wouldn’t doubt if a not so subtle promise was made to destroy Obama, or even kill him, if he at least doesn’t go through the motions. I think we are far further down the road to fascism than most realize, or a corporatocracy if you wish.

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