Tag Archives: Donald Trump

Stage–2

Posted on November 29, 2016 by camelotkidd

US neoliberal and neoconservative elite are going through the stages of grief in the wake of the election of Donald Trump. Judging by the recent McCarthy-style smear campaign in the Washington Post, they’re still stuck at anger. On Thursday, the … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged Donald Trump, faith in American democracy, fake news, foreign policy elite, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Kubler-Ross, lost control of the narrative, McCarthy, neocons, neoliberals, New American Century, new york times, propaganda, Russia, Russian dupe, Saddam Hussein, smear campaign, Washington consensus, washington post, weapons of mass destruction | Leave a comment

Don’t mourn, organize

Posted on November 15, 2016 by camelotkidd

Trump is going to end the world, as we know it. Or, something. Liberals are always more energized and pugilistic when a Republican president gains power. My biggest peeve with liberals, is that they were aghast at the behavior … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged Big-Bill Haywood, Democratic Party, Democrats, don't mourn, Donald Trump, economic insecurity, Hillary Clinton, hypocritical liberals, Joe Hill, Margaret Mead, Milton Friedman, moral consistency, movement conservatives, Naked Capitalism, neoliberal economic policies, neoliberalism, organize, Republicans | Leave a comment

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

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

He’s Our Boy

Posted on August 29, 2016 by camelotkidd

In the midst of increasingly shrill denunciations of Donald Trump, I’m vainly waiting for someone to acknowledge the obvious. He’s our boy. Politicians and their media allies want to pretend that Trump is some sort of aberrant outlier, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 9/11, American values, banana republic, bifurcated rule of law, Clinton, corruption, Democrats, Donald Trump, George Bush, greed is good, Nixon, Reagan, Republicans, scary muslim terrorists, southern strategy, xenophobia | 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

There Are Alternatives

Posted on July 7, 2016 by camelotkidd

Neoliberalism is like a religious cult, with dogma to be upheld, apostates to cast out, and fervent belief in place of critical thinking. Margaret Thatcher well articulated the inflexibility of neoliberalism when she insisted that–“there is no alternative.” The … Continue reading →

Posted in neoliberals | Tagged alternatives, Brexit, Donald Trump, European Union, Greg Palast, invasion of Iraq, invasion of Libya, Marine Le Pen, Middle East, NATO, neoliberalism, Nigel Farage, precarious economic situation, spite vote | Leave a comment