Tag Archives: George Bush

Tin Soldiers

Posted on January 26, 2026 by camelotkidd

Tin soldiers and ICE are coming, we’re finally on our own… It started in earnest after 9/11 when the US took the gloves off in the war of terror, but now the terror has returned to the homeland. Remember the … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, propaganda | Tagged Abu Ghraib, Dick Cheney, Donald Trump, George Bush, ICE, Jay Gould, John Yoo, Yves Smith | Leave a comment

The Triumph of Conservatism

Posted on December 20, 2018 by camelotkidd

Classic liberalism is a formulation of ideas about human freedom, markets, and representative democracy. But in modern day America it has largely become a conservative cover for a corrupt status quo represented by neoliberal economic and neoconservative foreign policies. … Continue reading →

Posted in neofeudalism, neoliberals, propaganda | Tagged Affordable Care Act, Barak Obama, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Gabriel Kolko, George Bush, Hope and Change, liberal, liberalism, neoliberalism, Obama-care, reactionary Republicans, Triumph of Conservatism, wall street crash | Leave a comment

Race and Class

Posted on September 18, 2017 by camelotkidd

How, in a nation based on slavery and genocide, did a black man like Obama get elected president? That’s the question I’m left with after reading Ta-Nehisi-Coates masterful essay on race entitled–The First White President. Coates central assertion is … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged Barak Obama, bi-partisan elite, class, class-war, co-opting left-wing policies, Confidence Men, Donald Trump, George Bush, My administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks, neoconservatives, neoliberalism, oligarchy, race, Ron Suskind, status quo, Ta-Nehisi-Coates, The First White President, The Powell Memo, US empire, Wall Street | Leave a comment

The Pawl

Posted on February 2, 2017 by camelotkidd

The recent election and its aftermath have been instructive. Americans who supported Bernie Sanders, were castigated as naive, political utopians who failed to understand that the only option was to support Hillary, lest the evil Orange-One prevail. And now … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged American political system, AUMF, Barak Obama, Bill Clinton, Bush 1, Democrats, Donald Trump, drone assassinations, executive branch, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, Ian Welsh, Nazis, Nuremberg, Patriot Act, public relations, Ratchet Effect, Republicans, Ronald Reagan, sabotage, the pawl, Wall Street | 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

Misery Loves Company

Posted on May 8, 2016 by camelotkidd

Media and political consultants are in full mea culpa mode now that Donald Trump has essentially clinched the Republican nomination to be President. As part of this reckoning there’s also an effort underway to assess why it is that Republican … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barak Obama, Bernie Sanders, Donald Trump, economic insecurity, economic populism, Eric Boehlert, George Bush, Hillary Clinton, Mark Ames, mea culpa, Media Matters, Naked Capitalism, Spite the Vote | 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