Author Archives: camelotkidd

Independence Day

Posted on July 3, 2019 by camelotkidd

  As we head into Independence Day, I think it’s time for another revolution. Not from England, silly, but from the feral elite who might as well be living in another country for all the ways in which their interests … Continue reading →

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Perpetual Motion Machine

Posted on June 28, 2019 by camelotkidd

  Most American assume that the US is involved in multiple Middle-East wars because of oil but it’s actually about the dollar as the worlds reserve currency. Allow me to explain. In 1971 President Nixon took the US off the … Continue reading →

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Unlikely Savior

Posted on June 20, 2019 by camelotkidd

  Trump came into office critical of the bi-partisan foreign policy establishment while promising to end America’s endless wars. Since then he’s been under relentless pressure, like Obama before him, to follow the “Washington Playbook.” Whether, North Korea or Syria … Continue reading →

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The Blob

Posted on June 14, 2019 by camelotkidd

  Perhaps–The Blob–is a better description of America’s permanent national security bureaucracy than–Deep State. Former President Obama certainly thought so. The moniker comes from Obama’s Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes who nicknamed the US foreign policy establishment as “The Blob” … Continue reading →

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Better policies, please

Posted on June 6, 2019 by camelotkidd

  Why is right-wing populism surging while left-wing populism lies moribund? Historically, we know how right-wing populism advances. Economic malaise coupled with liberal paralysis. When the economy sucks, workers are ripe for appeals against scapegoats. Immigrants, minorities, woman and queers … Continue reading →

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Manufacturing Representation

Posted on May 30, 2019 by camelotkidd

  The United States is nominally a democratic republic, where we have congressional members and senators who represent us, but I’ve come to understand that it’s more like a managed democracy. In Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, published … Continue reading →

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Strange Bedfellows

Posted on May 23, 2019 by camelotkidd

  The New Deal, which did much to equalize and humanize American capitalism, has always been despised by the plutocracy that owns our country. The reasons for this hatred were largely about power and control as outlined in the Political Aspects … Continue reading →

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The man from Delaware

Posted on May 16, 2019 by camelotkidd

  For the corporate and elite Democratic supporters who are desperate to stop a Sanders campaign, Joe Biden’s official entrance has been a godsend. Early polls put Biden ahead of Sanders by as many as 20 points and the same pundits who called … Continue reading →

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The Opportunity Costs of Empire

Posted on May 8, 2019 by camelotkidd

  So far, the large and growing cohort of Democratic presidential candidates have been focused on domestic policies and largely avoided (with the sole exception of Tulsi Gabbard) examining America’s empire. Conventional wisdom has it that Americans vote their pocketbooks. It’s the … Continue reading →

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Everybody Knows

Posted on May 2, 2019 by camelotkidd

  Ten years on from the Wall Street Crash, it’s quite apparent that something is different. I was reminded of this yesterday reading the Sunday comics, where author, Scott Adams, has one of the characters in Dilbert being confronted. “Weren’t … Continue reading →

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