Are you willing to look the Global Empire dead in the eyes? DO YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO THAT? To see its soul? Look at the Congo. The Congo is the single most resource-rich place in the world. It's also the most horrific human catastrophe since World War 2. DO YOU THINK THAT IS A COINCIDENCE? And who do you think is funding the carnage? You know who it is. "Corporations all around the world ... are trading for these minerals and are making a huge profit off the warring factions. If it wasn't for this trade then it is extremely unlikely that the war would be able to continue. But the profits made off these minerals - especially colton which is needed for electronics such as mobile phones, computers and televisions - are too great for the corporations to ignore. In trading for these minerals, a whole host of foreign corporations fund the worst holocaust since World War II. "

Some of us are still living in that fantasyland, ObamaWorld. Others are waking up to the fact that he's made everything he's touched much, much worse. Now he has reached his signature 'achievement' : "THE HOUSE of Representatives narrowly passed health care legislation last weekend that was hailed as "historic" and sweeping." ... The House's Affordable Health Care for America Act would force millions of people to buy high-cost, low-coverage insurance policies from private companies. It would funnel hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars that could be used to do something useful about health care into the pockets of the insurance giants. It capitulates on even the half-measure of the "public option" of a government-run alternative for the uninsured. It gives up on effective regulation of all but the worst practices of the medical-insurance complex. It contains an appalling concession to the anti-abortion fanatics that would be the most expansive government restriction yet imposed on women's right to choose. By abandoning any attempt to win real change in the system, and then compromising on already compromised fallback positions, the House Democratic majority has produced health care legislation that will do more harm than good--and that will tarnish the idea of reform in the future."

We need to stop being behind the 8 ball. Not only are we slow in acknowledging, much less opposing Obama's war hype against Iran, we are even further behind recognizing Obama's efforts to prepare for new wars in South America. "When it comes to Latin America, there is a difference between the Obama and Bush administrations. Bush huffed and puff and blustered while committing aggression against Latin neighbors; Obama smiles and mouths words of peace, and then commits much the same crimes. He is preparing Latin America as the next theater of war. ... The “new” face of Barack Obama’s diplomacy in Latin American has become apparent, in the unfolding saga of the coup in Honduras and continuing U.S. militarization of Colombia.... The lesson here is, the U.S. under President Obama is no less determined than President Bush to dominate the peoples of Latin America by brute force. ... In Colombia, which is the fourth biggest recipient of U.S. military aid, behind Israel, Egypt and Pakistan, the Obama Administration concluded an agreement to allow unfettered freedom of movement of U.S. troops within the country, and to use Colombian military bases to project American power elsewhere in Latin America. In addition to giving the Americans use of seven military bases and access to civilian airports, the agreement gives American troops immunity from prosecution for crimes they commit on Colombian soil. "

Gerald Celente is one of the world’s best trend forecasters. In the following 4-part radio interview, Celente blasts current political and economic “leadership” as beholden to large corporate and financial interests. As I’ve documented, professionals who work with economics are using unprecedented harsh language in attempt to get Americans’ attention to the loss of trillions of our collective dollars. His comments include (paraphrased): * “Too big to fail” banks are anathema to real capitalism. * US economy is like a ruthless mafia ripping-off the American public. The US is being looted. * US economy is no longer capitalism, it’s oligarchies and fascism. * We are witnessing the greatest heist in American history, and the banks are doing it. * “I don’t like getting raped. I don’t like my money going to Goldman Sachs.” * “Do you have eyes to see and a mind to understand? These crimes are an affront to my intelligence.” * Bankers are money junkies lying to get their money fix. We have a criminal gang of money junkies dealing scams to get money from us. They never have enough. And for what? For gambling. * This is no different from the French Revolution. * The money junkies are in for a shock. The second American Revolution has begun. * They are not my political leaders; they are political hacks. We are going back to royalty and serfs.

Dennis, Dennis, Dennis; why stay where you aren't wanted? Leave the DemoFascist party and rejoin Humanity. There is intelligent life outside the Duopoly. "U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich lasted less than 24 hours as headliner for the Palm Beach County Democratic Party's annual fundraising dinner after some of the party's elected officials blasted the Ohio Democrat's stance on Israel and threatened to skip the event. ... Siegel said the decision to invite Kucinich was made by a "leadership circle" of about 20 people and no one raised concerns about Kucinich's record on Israel. Siegel heard those concerns Friday. "People feel he's anti-Israel. I don't read it that way, but the leadership of AIPAC (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee) and other elements of the Jewish community do and I don't want to get into an argument with them," said Siegel, who is Jewish."

Why is Congress a teeming nest of virulent Corporatist Idealogues? Is it that hard to figure? "According to a new study compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics, 237 members of the U.S. Congress, or 44 percent, are millionaires. "What's easy to see is that the economic reality of our elected officials is not reflective of the general population," said Dave Levinthal, who helped compile the study's findings. Nationwide, only 1 percent of U.S. citizens qualify as millionaires. ...the Center for Responsive Politics was also able to examine the investment holdings of elected officials. In 2008, the same year that the federal government bailed out several U.S. banks, the second most commonly held stock among members of Congress was Bank of America, the data showed. Other popular bank stocks included Wells Fargo, Citi Group and Goldman Sachs, all of which received congressionally approved funds. And as Congress continues to work on the issue of health care reform, Levinthal noted that industry-related stocks were also commonly held by many on Capitol Hill. "Pfizer was the sixth most commonly held stock in 2008, for instance," Levinthal said. "Oftentimes, members of Congress are heavily invested in companies who will be affected by decisions the federal government makes.""

Obama Hyde, along with his DemoFacist henchpeople, has put a crowning touch to his masterpiece of political corruption: he has turned the United States into gigantic money funnel for Corporate America in every possible way, and its citizens into drones who work and live, to the extent they do, for the Health Denial Racket. What's next for this Agent of Change? Why, THE WORLD!!!! "In Washington, "healthcare reform" has degenerated into a sick joke. ... As House Speaker Nancy Pelosi put it on October 8, private insurance companies "are going to get 50 million new consumers, many of them subsidized by the taxpayers." ... The individual mandate is ... the worst of all worlds -- government intrusion for corporate benefit without any guarantees of decent health coverage. ... when it comes to guaranteeing quality healthcare for all, the gist of the policy is: "Let's not, and say we did.""

Rozoff is one of the best commentators on geopolitics around. In this article, he explores Israel's very central role - via missile defense (which is not about defense, but rather about first strike capability, ie. about total domination/impunity) - in NATO/US domination of Eurasia: "“This is the most complete air missile defense system we’ve ever done anywhere in the world.” The distance between Tel Aviv and Tehran is 993 miles [1,598 kilometers), so the U.S. missile radar overshoots the mark by almost 2,000 miles. Enough to cover all of eastern and most of southern Russia where the bulk of that nation's strategic missile forces are stationed."

A very weak progressive/populist candidate faced virtually the ENTIRE power of the political system, not excepting much of his own party establishment, and a massive financial campaign (multiplied in various ways far beyond what was ostensibly spent) by a massively powerful candidate (with a media empire at his command), and the (weak) populist STILL ALMOST WON!!!!! This is the result that all the propaganda agents and talking head jibber jabber spinmeisters want us NOT to see. This was the most signifigant result yesterday. The rise of popular fury at the establishment is real and the establishment is terrified. They threw everything they had on Bloomberg's side and still almost lost. "We saw one of the big upsets of standard wisdom and conventional thinking last night. Everyone—every poll going into last night had the Mayor winning reelection by at least double digits. Some of them were almost as high as 20 percent. This is a mayor who spent more than any incumbent or any non-incumbent official ever in history. We think it’s going to be $100 million. He got about a half-million votes, we think. That’s going to translate into to 200 votes that he paid—$200 per vote that he paid. It’s an absolutely amazing failure of big money in a campaign. And it says something. "

"Ah, behold the advocates for single payer in the House of Representatives. ... They have been kicked in the teeth by their supreme leaders – Barack Obama, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. ... They showed weakness early. And they were taken advantage of by the neighborhood bullies – the insurance and pharmaceutical industries – and their enforcer in chief the White House – Rahm Emanuel. Take for example Raul Grijalva (D-Arizona). He’s the leader of the so-called Congressional Progressive Caucus. Raul started out as an advocate for single payer national health insurance. He then backed off to support a Jacob Hacker-style robust public option. ... Then in a July 30 2009 letter, Grijalva backtracked again– with the rest of the Progressive Caucus – into a puny public option. He and others said that anything less than “a public option with reimbursement rates based on Medicare rates — not negotiated rates — is unacceptable.” Now the puny public option has been crushed. To be replaced by the meaningless public option. ... that will cover less than two percent of Americans under 65. ... This is what the Democrats are good at: capitulation. And as a result, they deserve to lose. In 2010. And beyond."

How is it that DemoTriumphalism has turned so quickly into DemoDelusionism? " This should have been the year for single payer, or something close enough to it that the real deal might be achieved in another year or two. Some optimistic folks still think real health care reform can be resurrected sometime soon to replace Obama’s disastrous legislation. But that would be extremely difficult. Obama is establishing a private system backed by the federal government that will envelop virtually every citizen. The insurance industry will emerge vastly more powerful, buttressed by newly-created public-private structures nearly impossible to dismantle absent a general political upheaval in the United States. The Obama bill is not the lesser of evils. It is not a matter of allowing the perfect to become the enemy of the good. The establishment of a privatized state-backed monopoly on health care is an unmitigated evil that could require a vast movement many years of struggle to reverse. What, then, has Obama has wrought? He has delivered to the bankers every available bit of the nation's wealth and its full faith and credit. And to the insurance industry he has entrusted the lives of 98 percent of our citizens. All this, in less than a year. Is he not a great man?" It's time to stop self-deluding and start reforming.

"The principal fact of economic life in America these days is profound insecurity. ... Medicare For All, single payer will enable the working poor to make a stand where they are, and lift themselves out of poverty by organizing for and demanding a greater share of the wealth they produce every day. By removing the dread of financial ruin due to illness or injury, single payer will enable working people to fight for their own collective economic uplift. That's why the struggle for guaranteed and universal single payer, Medicare For All is the real deal right now, the key to unlocking a better life for millions in the near future, a concrete focus of the civil and human rights movements of our time. "

OMG!!! Can you imagine a country where the military dominates the economy and politics and seeks to extend its control to the media? Did you think of the United States? WRONG! Only Evil, Evil, Evil Iran (the greatest threat to the Galaxy since the Klingons) does that! "Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps, already an economic, political and military power, is quietly pushing into a new domain: the media. By March, the Revolutionary Guards plan to launch Atlas, a news agency modeled on services such as the Associated Press and the British Broadcasting Corp., according to semiofficial Iranian news sites. The move comes as the Guards are increasing control over the conservative Fars News Agency, which has become the mouthpiece of the Iranian regime. Fars denies that it is linked to the Guards."

As predicted, Obama lied about protecting Net Neutrality, THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT PROGRESSIVE ISSUE: " Buried in the fine print of the FCC’s proposed Net Neutrality rules is a potential loophole that if left open would undermine the future of Internet freedom. So says a group of prominent law professors who on Monday told the FCC that its proposed rules don't sufficiently define what the agency means by its use of the terms "non-discrimination" and "reasonable network management." ... The professors are concerned with the contradictory and unclear definitions of key terms that are at the heart of the proposed Net Neutrality rules. Without clear and reliable definitions of "non-discrimination" and "reasonable network management," we could see the types of blocking that occurred in 2007 when Comcast secretly barred customers from using file-sharing applications such as BitTorrent. Allowing ISPs this much leeway would effectively eliminate Net Neutrality." This isn't a loophole. This is a giant 'do whatever the hell you want' kiss to corporatized control.