New Year’s Eve. So Happy New Year!!
It is difficult to tell anymore what is true and what is not. Somewhere I read that the Bush/Cheney (or should I say the Cheney/Bush) Administration originally offered $400,000 for aid to the tsunami victims. This was quickly changed to 15 million. Then, apparently being stung by criticism, the amount was raised to 35 million (less than the cost of Bush’s coming coronation). Now we are told that it has been raised tenfold to 350 million. So who really knows what it will be. First, as Bush has a pattern of promising things and then not delivering, we don’t know if they will ever get any U.S. money. Then, even if they do, it could be the case that the money will be given only if it goes to U.S. companies involved in rebuilding, etc. We have, alas, reached the point where you cannot believe anything this Administration says, period.
If you missed it there was on Democracy Now the most incredible interview today. Amy Goodman interviewed John Perkins about his book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. Although I have not yet read it, I assure you this is one of the most important books yet to illustrate exactly what U.S. Foreign Policy has been about for the past fifty or so years. Indeed, it may well be the single most important book on the subject ever. Buy it and read it as soon as you can. And pass it on to your friends. It is an incredible expose by someone who was involved at the very highest levels, an absolutely stunning and lucid account of how Corporations have managed to establish a world-wide empire without using military means, except for a couple of exceptions. Read it and understand what is really going on in the world, and why we have become so universally despised.
It would be nice if one could say 2004 had been a good year. But it certainly wasn’t. And unless something drastic happens fairly soon you can bet that 2005 will be worse. I hate to close on such a negative note, but that’s the way it is. Did you ever, ever, think that your country would have a President and Vice-President who were war criminals?
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No, I certainly didn't think we'd ever end up with a couple of war criminals as Prez and VP. And to have them re-elected is absolutely beyond the pale. However, my dad always said, "What goes around, comes around." So in BushCo's case, I'm waiting. The sooner they overreach, the more satisfied I will be.
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