POSTED RESPONSE TO A COLUMN BY JEFFREY SIMPSON IN TORONTO'S GLOBE AND MAIL
Yes, indeed, it is a disgusting race for money.
But that's only the "getting elected" part.
The actual job, once in office, is even more disgusting
because it has become almost meaningless.
The major policies of the United States are, without
question, driven by the military-intelligence-security apparatus in meeting the
needs of imperial special interests.
The doltish George Bush was president in name only,
formalizing decisions made by the Neo-con group - Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld,
Condoleezza Rice, etc - which worked hand-in-glove with the
military-intelligence apparatus and key special interests.
Obama is yet another example, although a much brighter and
capable man. He has made not a dint in the ugly creation of Bush's crew. War,
torture, restricted rights, intense special interests, the work of Bush's ugly
crew - all continue uninterrupted.
And why is anyone surprised? The military and intelligence
have always been the antithesis of democratic and human rights.
And the larger they get, the more dominant they become,
their leaders enter into every aspect of what should be civilian life.
The U.S. military now is busy deciding the future of several
states abroad, and we know from the words, here or there, of several high
officers and from documents like manuals that have leaked that there are plans
for virtual military control of American society should some new crisis strike.
Besides, every day new police-state operations come into
being. The TSA now patrols some highways and rides some inter-city buses
besides being at airports and a number of other places. They have begun
purchasing mobile versions of the back-scatter x-rays used at the airports
mounted on vans to patrol streets. And drones are everywhere talked of and
tested within the U.S.
The presidency simply means very little in the face of this
massive assault on rights and privacy. No president, not wanting to share John
Kennedy's fate, can oppose it in any meaningful way.
And with no new revenues to be raised, only more deficits piled
sky-high, there isn't the slightest room to do anything for most Americans,
those outside of the military-intelligence-security and special interest
coterie.
And eventually, how will those unbelievable deficits be paid
off? By gradual devaluation of the American dollar, leaving all the chumps out
there in the world holding the reserve currency in fact holding the bag.
What decision by what candidate could in any way change that
certain outlook?
Taxes? You must be
kidding?
The refusal to pay taxes is part of what made America at its
start.
