Author Archives: camelotkidd

For the good of the country

Posted on November 11, 2016 by camelotkidd

How did a monster like Trump win? The short answer is that Hillary was a uniquely horrible candidate, as I detail here. She was also the establishment candidate in an anti-establishment election. The Democratic Party also bears a large … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged 9/11, America's Stolen Narrative, anti-establishment election, Barak Obama, Bernie Sanders, deep state, Democrats, Donald Trump, for the good of the country, GW Bush, Hillary Clinton, MIC, Prescott Bush, Republicans, Robert Parry | Leave a comment

Border Guard

Posted on November 7, 2016 by camelotkidd

Going into one of the craziest elections in American history it’s important to remember how we got to this point. Hint–both parties have contributed to a slow-motion economic crisis. The Republican party, as it exists now, is an absolute … Continue reading →

Posted in neoliberals | Tagged 2016 election, Adolf Reed Jr., banana republic, Bernie Sanders, class based politics, Democrats, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, identity politics, Jacobin, neoliberal, neoliberal economic policies, Republicans, TPP | Leave a comment

Multipolar Future

Posted on October 31, 2016 by camelotkidd

The US has been the sole-superpower for the last 25 years. Those days are coming to an end with the US facing a multipolar future. The problem with this development is that the neocons in charge of US foreign … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives | Tagged American corporate empire, American exceptionalism, corporate patriotism, going to the dark side, Leo Strauss, multipolar, neo-conservatives, neocons, Project for the New American Century, sole-superpower | Leave a comment

Hypocrisy is thy name

Posted on October 23, 2016 by camelotkidd

Only our unique American exceptionalism could create hypocrisy so great that it threatens to blot out the sun. Historians have documented that empires fail when the discrepancy between what elites say and what they do grows too large. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged Al-Qaeda, American empire, Barack Obama, Bashar al-Assad, collateral damage, corporate media, corporate tax rate, dirty-little-secret, domestic insurgency, Donald Trump, economy, feral elite, great recession, Harvard Business School, Hillary Clinton, hypocrisy, plutocracy, political legitimacy, public infrastructure, Russia, Saudi Arabia, so-called economic recovery, Syria, tax havens, tax holiday, terrorist proxy, trolling, unworthy victims, war on terror, war on terror is a hoax, worthy victims | Leave a comment

Decorum

Posted on October 16, 2016 by camelotkidd

Let me get this straight. Pussy grabbing is bad, but assassinations, torture, and invading a largely defenseless country are cool? Watching the 2016 Presidential election has been illuminating. In my opinion, what bothers our elite, who are united in revulsion … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged 60 Minutes, Barack Obama, decorum, Donald Trump, feral elite, George Bush, Harvard, Harvard Law School, Leslie Stahl, Madeleine Albright, Michelle Obama, misogyny, NY Times, plus ça change, sociopathic, sociopathic finishing schools, Yale | 1 Comment

The Flying Lemon

Posted on October 4, 2016 by camelotkidd

Reading the Project of Government Oversight report on the F-35, it’s apparent that the fighter/bomber is a flying lemon, and we the taxpayers are the unwitting buyers. The report claims that the F-35, built by Lockheed Martin, is weighed down … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged corruption, cost-plus, empire, F-35, flying lemon, George Akerlof, information asymmetry, Journal pf Strategic Culture, Lockheed Martin, looting, military industrial complex, military procurement, needless complexity, neocons, no-fly zone in Syria, noliberals, opacity, POGO, US military, US system of oligarchy | Leave a comment

plus ça change

Posted on September 30, 2016 by camelotkidd

Sometimes, I think that I’ve become too cynical. But, then I see something like this. Look, I’m for political comity as much as the next fellow, but that calculation is for a political system that crafts policies and hammers … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barak Obama, bi-partisanship, George W. Bush, Hope and Change, Michelle Obama, oligarchy, plus ça change, plutocracy, rancid bi-partisanship, suckers bet, war criminals | Leave a comment

The Deep State Goes Rogue

Posted on September 21, 2016 by camelotkidd

It appears that the military/intelligence arm of the deep state has gone rogue, bombing Syrian Army positions, and potentially jeopardizing the truce agreement with Russia that Secretary of State, John Kerry negotiated, and President Obama signed off on. Here’s … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives | Tagged Al-Qaeda, Ash Carter, CIA, corporate media, Counterpunch, deep state, deep state hawks, Deterring Democracy, DOD, domestic politics, ISIS, new Cold War, Paul Ryan, Pentagon, President Obama, regime change, Russia, Syria, war on terror, war on terror is a hoax | Leave a comment

Corporate Patriotism

Posted on September 19, 2016 by camelotkidd

There’s a serious effort underway to get President Obama to pardon whistleblower, Edward Snowden, before he leaves office. There’s also a new movie about Snowden, by Oliver Stone, that has got me thinking about what it means to be … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives | Tagged Allan Dulles, Cold War, Constitution, corporate empire, corporate flag, corporate patriotism, deep state, Devil's Chessboard, Edward Snowden, foreign policy, fucked-up foreign policy, hegemony, mindless obedience, new Cold War, Oliver Stone, President Obama, presidential pardon, regime change, Russia, The Powell Memo, We the people | Leave a comment

The Russians are coming

Posted on September 9, 2016 by camelotkidd

How did the new Cold War get started? Maybe we need an enemy to keep us distracted as much of the country spirals into 3rd world status? Maybe we need an enemy to keep the Military/Intelligence/Industrial/ Complex profitable? For example, … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives | Tagged 1984, corporate media, deep state, Emmanuel Goldstein, empire, George Orwell, Hybrid Wars, NATO, neocons, new Cold War, NGO's, propaganda, purpose of war, Putin, Romanian and Polish ABM system, Russia, Ukraine, Victoria Nuland | Leave a comment