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Antiwar.com
by Justin Raimondo

06/27/11

A few years ago there was a discussion among foreign policy wonks about whether America should ditch its anti-imperialist heritage entirely and become an empire. I had to laugh at this 'debate,' for America has been an empire in fact if not in form since the end of World War II, and is now reaching the pinnacle of its power. Which is to say: it s downhill all the way from this point. The American empire may be expanding, but the economic foundations on which it rests are in fatal disrepair...

http://tinyurl.com/444xuup



The unchanging imperial paradigm

Future of Freedom Foundation
by Sheldon Richman

06/24/11

Despite President Obama s trumpeted force drawdown in Afghanistan, by the end of next summer more than twice as many U.S. troops will be fighting in that country s civil war as there were when he became president in 2009. His soothing words notwithstanding, a force of about 70,000 will remain there at least until the end of 2014. We can be sure, however, that that won t stop the president from campaigning for reelection on a peace platform...

http://www.fff.org/comment/com1106w.asp



Don t raise the debt limit, stop the spending

Wrights 2012 Liberty For All
by R. Lee Wrights

06/26/11

Sometimes I just made bad decisions. But every time I went into debt I alone was responsible for getting myself out of the hole. If you find yourself in a hole that is already too deep and you want to get out, the first thing any sane person does is stop digging. If you?re deep in debt, the first thing to do is - stop spending. That?s what responsible people do...

http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=6100



Patriot Pauls and Patriot Acts

Part 1

Strike the Root
by tzo

06/24/11

Anyone who truly believes in a system in which a single person (or small group of persons) has the power to change the rights of millions, whether for the better or for the worse, really only believes he has privileges bestowed instead of innate rights endowed...

http://tinyurl.com/6fmrboo



Patriot Pauls and Patriot Acts

Part 2
Strike the Root
by tzo

06/28/11

The Second Coming of Thomas Jefferson Who Shall Roll Back Legislation to Curb the Overgrown Federal Government is not, I repeat, the answer. As a matter of fact, I believe the status quo politicians just love that wadical wascal Won Paul. He has lately injected interest and downright vigor back into the political arena. He is re-inflating the previously-sagging government ideology. This is a boon to the system and the status quo, which depends completely upon public support for its continued existence. Ron Paul can change things for the better! Our system is basically good, but it has temporarily gotten off track. Ron Paul can save it! Indeed. If Ron Paul did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him...

http://tinyurl.com/43ob67a



A war the neocons lost

The American Conservative
by Patrick J. Buchanan

06/23/11

Make no mistake. Obama is headed for the exit ramp, and the Karzai government and Afghan army will not succeed where that same government and army, backed by 150,000 U.S. and NATO troops, could not succeed. McCain and the neocons will blame what is coming, a terrible day in Kabul and across Afghanistan, on those who refused to soldier on, no matter the cost in blood and treasure. But the people who should be indicted by history are not those who, after half a trillion dollars and a decade of bleeding, decided to cut America s losses, but those who stampeded this country into two of the longest and least necessary wars in the history of the republic...

http://www.amconmag.com/blog/2011/06/23/a-war-the-neocons-lost/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Patriotism Hijacked
http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/4188.html



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Obama
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Ron+Paul
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=McCain
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=neocons
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Karzai
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Afghanistan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=empire
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=imperial
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=patriotism
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=foreign+policy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Patriot+Act
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=government+spending
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=debt
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=raimondo
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Sheldon+Richman
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=R.+Lee+Wrights
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Patrick+J.+Buchanan

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