Subject:"I Like Ike"
Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes that you can do these things.
Among them are a few Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or businessman from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid.²
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952
Monday, May 30, 2005
Thursday, May 12, 2005
Double Speak and Today'f Front Page: May 12, 2005
Today's Headlines, and what they really mean.
If we take a clear eye to the headlines today, we have to give some credit to the SF Chronicle for at least dancing near the real stories.
For example, the top headline today "UC, Bechtel Team up for Nuclear Bid" (Here's the link: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/05/12/UCLABS.TMP
The news here really is "Bush Government continues to transfer the nation's wealth from the private sector, in this case, academia, to the military industrial complex" --So buy more bechthel, northrup, or martin lockheed stock today...
Or, the next headline: Tally of civilian deaths depends on who's counting" (link:) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/05/12/MNG9UCML2E59.DTL
The real news is "Thousands, most likely more than 100,000 innocent civilians, have paid the price of death as a result of the US war in Iraq. The question has to be, is this the price of democracy? and why is a country like the US making those decisions?
We have to give the chronicle credit for at least dancing very close to the real questions we should be having vigorous public discourse on.
George, May 12, 2005
If we take a clear eye to the headlines today, we have to give some credit to the SF Chronicle for at least dancing near the real stories.
For example, the top headline today "UC, Bechtel Team up for Nuclear Bid" (Here's the link: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/05/12/UCLABS.TMP
The news here really is "Bush Government continues to transfer the nation's wealth from the private sector, in this case, academia, to the military industrial complex" --So buy more bechthel, northrup, or martin lockheed stock today...
Or, the next headline: Tally of civilian deaths depends on who's counting" (link:) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/05/12/MNG9UCML2E59.DTL
The real news is "Thousands, most likely more than 100,000 innocent civilians, have paid the price of death as a result of the US war in Iraq. The question has to be, is this the price of democracy? and why is a country like the US making those decisions?
We have to give the chronicle credit for at least dancing very close to the real questions we should be having vigorous public discourse on.
George, May 12, 2005
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