the unreason for the season

it's so nice we have our priorities straight.  freedom bombs and corporate subsidies ain't cheap, and if we are gonna' bomb or occupy all the smelly dirt-people places where jesus hid our oil and shit, well, some old fucking geezers and poor (hopefully brown) children are just gonna have to freeze to death this winter--or, ya know, starve warmly; it's all good.  if those dumb shits wanted to be warm and well-fed, they shoulda been born white in cobb fucking county.

the empire strikes back, again

less money for people and more money for oil companies, that's the true mission of our imperial adventure in libya.  now libya has traded one set of problems for a whole new set, courtesy of freedom bombs and oil companies, and every one of these insights into the true aims of american imperial activity also tells us important stories about the workings of the oligarchy here at home.  each and every dollar that western oil companies can liberate from the domestic economy in libya will be delivered to the economy of the 1%; regard for libyan health, literacy, education and domestic stability does not enter into the equation.  in the same way, the goal of radical wealth redistribution to the top 1% in the united states will continue without pause if the current officials in both major parties remain in office.  far from being a method of defending some inane concept of liberty or freedom, our imperial wars are only waged to capture more of the world's wealth resources on behalf of the oligarchy.  maybe some of our more honorable politicians should start acknowledging this reality and begin the education of the american people at large.

palestine and the un

palestine's bid for un recognition is a great thing for the world.  the spread of self-determination around the world despite the best efforts of the united states to stop it is so important, and good-hearted people everywhere should support freedom.