Tag Archives: empire

Deeper Malady

Posted on April 5, 2018 by camelotkidd

Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated 50 years ago. We would do well to reflect on a speech he gave exactly a year before his death. At the Riverside Church, Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence, King portrayed the war … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged American exceptionalism, Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence, civil-rights, Cold War, deep state, deeper malady, Donald Trump, empire, gun violence, Martin Luther King Jr., neoconservative foreign policies, neoliberal economic policies, new Cold War, opioid crisis, return to sender, Riverside Church speech, Russia-gate, terrorist proxy | Leave a comment

Game Changer

Posted on March 14, 2018 by camelotkidd

The corporate media barely covered it but Russian President Putin’s recent speech was a wakeup call to our neocon-foreign-policy elite. To understand the geo-political ramifications of this speech, I would recommend the excellent article entitled “The Implications of Russia’s New … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives | Tagged ABM treaty, aircraft carriers, anti-ship missiles, Dwight D. Eisenhower, empire, game changer, George W. Bush, MIC, Mike Pompeo, military industrial complex, military procurement, naval warfare, neocon-foreign-policy elite, neocons, neoconservative foreign policies, Nikki Haley, Putin's March 1st speech, Rex Tillerson, Russia, Russian dupe, Sputnik, Syria, United States of amnesia, Vladimir Putin | Leave a comment

War is a way of shattering to pieces

Posted on January 25, 2018 by camelotkidd

Who knew Defense Secretary Mattis had such a refined sense of humor? SEC. MATTIS: “We don’t invade other countries, in Russia’s case — Georgia, Ukraine. That we settle things by international rule of law, you know, this sort of … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged 1984, all-American corporate empire, C. Wright Mills, corporate media, Donald Trump, empire, foreign policy, George Orwell, McResistance, memory hole, military/intelligence/industrial complex, neocons, neoconservative foreign policies, neoconservatives, Rachel Maddow, Randolph Bourne, regime change, Russia, Russia-gate, Secretary of Defense--Mattis, Secretary of State--Tillerson, sovereignty, Syria, war is the health of the state | Leave a comment

The political/economy of empire

Posted on December 10, 2016 by camelotkidd

The US is an empire, in case you hadn’t noticed. The political/economy of the US empire is the deep state. The deep state in America is largely composed of the military/industrial/complex, the oil and gas industry, and Wall Street. The … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged army of public servants, Barack Obama, Colonel Armas of Guatemala, corporate empire, deep state, Deterring Democracy, Donald Trump, empire, empire of chaos, Great Britain, MIC, Noam Chomsky, Pepe Escobar, political/economy, political/economy of empire, Roman legions, shah of Iran, Wall Street, wall street crash | Leave a 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 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

Failing Upwards

Posted on February 9, 2016 by camelotkidd

Despite being the richest most powerful country in the world the US is an empire in decline. Perhaps it’s because we don’t hold our elite accountable? Empire-101 requires holding elites accountable to maintain said empire. History is replete with failed … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bad shit happens, banana republic, Condoleezza Rice, corporate media, corruption, deep state, empire, empire of chaos, failing upwards, feral elite, foreign policy, General David Petraeus, god's work, Jamie Dimon, KKR, Little Timmy, Lloyd Blankfein, Mike Lofgren, Paul Wolfowitz, Pepe Escobar, President Obama, Tim Geithner, Wall Street | Leave a comment

The Safari Club

Posted on November 14, 2015 by camelotkidd

The Safari Club sounds like a seedy stripper bar on the wrong side of the tracks that sells cheap beer and has a condom machine in the mens room advertising–For Her Pleasure. In reality the Safari Club is an instructional story … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Allen Dulles, CIA, Cold War, deep state, Devil's Chessboard, empire, Intelligence agencies, Jon Schwarz, proxies, The Church Committee, The Intercept, The Safari Club, Watergate | Leave a comment

My Pet Goat

Posted on October 21, 2015 by camelotkidd

That Trump fellow sure is making things interesting with his recent statements. “Say what you want, the World Trade Center came down during his time.” Trump’s attack forced Jeb Bush to defensively claim that his brother, President George Bush, “kept us safe.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged AUMF, Bin Laden, Clean Break, Cold War, Donald Trump, empire, George Bush, Jeb Bush, My Pet Goat, neoconservatives, patsy, President Obama, war on terror | Leave a comment

Apple Pie

Posted on December 14, 2014 by camelotkidd

No thoughtful observer of American history can be surprised at the Senate report detailing the torture carried out by the CIA in the aftermath of 9/11. The revelation of torture should be seen as the logical outcome of economic and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chicago Boys, Chris Floyd, empire, Henry Giroux, Ian Welsh, Milton Friedman, Naomi Klein, neoconservatism, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Smedley Butler, The Shock Doctrine, University of Chicago, War is a Racket | 1 Comment