NEW FACE OF THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Militarization of the American government is, at this stage, approaching total and irreversible, if we are to believe Chalmer's Johnson's new book The Sorrows of Empire (in which he is quite methodical and convincing).

Today's NYT fills in some of these details:

Lockheed stands at "the intersection of policy and technology," and that "is really a very interesting place to me," said its new chief executive, Robert J. Stevens, a tightly wound former Marine. "We are deployed entirely in developing daunting technology," he said, and that requires "thinking through the policy dimensions of national security as well as technological dimensions."

...No contractor is in a better position than Lockheed to do business in Washington. Nearly 80 percent of its revenue comes from the United States government. Most of the rest comes from foreign military sales, many financed with tax dollars. And former Lockheed executives, lobbyists and lawyers hold crucial posts at the White House and the Pentagon, picking weapons and setting policies.

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THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO DEFEATED KERRY

$36,000 for a grilled cheese snadwich. Fucking religious freaks. Nut bags like this are the reason Bush is president today (I suppose henceforth I can no longer call him "president pro tem"). Sure, there might be a lot of them, but that doesn't make them right.

SORRY WORLD

See more pictures of of personal mea culpas here.

CLASSIFIED ADS WE'D LIKE TO SEE

WANTED: ONE MORE STATE
Working people seek one more state to join together to defeat right
wing Republican zealots. Benefits include an increase in the minimum
wage, health care coverage for all Americans, and a Social Security
system that will still be there when you retire. Same-sex relationships
respected. Women and people of color encouraged to lead. Opportunities
for advancement include making the world a safer place, respecting a
woman's right to choose, and putting Karl Rove in his place. Texas need
not apply.

Thanks to my man D-Sully in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

WE'LL MISS YOU FEER

The Far Eastern Economic Review is closing down, much to our dismay. The NYT has this eulogy.

SHOCKED AND SICKENED

"Why do we live in a town where the smartest have no power and the stupidest run everything? Maybe I should just move back to Alabama."

ABC News: The Note: Judgment Day

LA Times, via the note:

'Amid all the hope and hoopla of the final day of President Bush's reelection campaign, there was a distinct note of wistfulness, of something coming to an end.'

'At stop after stop, the exuberance of Sen. John F. Kerry's supporters was palpable Monday as his campaign did one final lap around Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan and Ohio.'"

...chills down my spine.

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What the hell are you doing reading this blog...GO OUT AND VOTE!