Category Archives: neoconservatives

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

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

The Weathervane

Posted on August 15, 2016 by camelotkidd

Thomas Friedman often serves as the weathervane for elite opinion. Friedman’s article, where he urges Hillary to double down on neoliberal dogma in order to thwart the evil Donald, reminds us that after all that’s happened in the 2016 … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged Acela corridor, clueless elite, de-industrialization, Donald Trump, economic insecurity, feral elite, flathead, globalization, labor strife, matt taibbi, myth of meritocracy, NAFTA, neoconservative, neoliberal, New Deal, NY Times, Rolling Stone, so-called free trade, strongman, Thomas Friedman | Leave a comment

The political/economy of empire

Posted on August 8, 2016 by camelotkidd

While it’s useful to focus on what we can all do to make things better, going local will only go so far. Entering a presidential election between two deeply unpopular candidates, we are faced with problems that require a national … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives | Tagged 2016 presidential election, Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, American benevolence, Barak Obama, China, Cold War 2.0, Consortium News, Democrats are the party of war, Donald Trump, foreign policy, Hillary Clinton, invasion of Iraq, isolationism, Libya, NATO, neoconservative, political/economy of empire, Putin, regime change, Robert Parry, Russia, SL Tribune, Syria, war on terror, washington post | Leave a comment

Live, Love, Laugh

Posted on July 20, 2016 by camelotkidd

My friends ask me how I stay happy knowing the things I write about. That’s easy. No matter how bad things are, people go on with their lives, they laugh, make love and carry on the best they can. … Continue reading →

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The Lesser Evil

Posted on June 25, 2016 by camelotkidd

Readers have accused me of being a Trump supporter. I’m not a supporter, but I do believe that he’s the lesser evil in a matchup against Hillary Clinton. I know, hear me out. The media has once again done … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged banana republic, deep state, Donald Trump, free trade, Hillary Clinton, immigration, neo-conservatives, neoliberal | Leave a comment

The Greater Evil

Posted on June 25, 2016 by camelotkidd

Readers accuse me of being a Trump supporter. I’m not a supporter, I’m just making the case that Hillary Clinton is the greater evil. I know, hear me out. The conventional wisdom is that Hillary is a progressive, like … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, neoconservative, neoliberal | Leave a comment