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Will the Next President and his thugs continue to sell the country to the highest bidders?

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Tomgram: Thomas Frank, Washington's Lords of Creation

By Tom Engelhardt

As the Bush administration heads for "closure," Republican Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska seems to be heading for the same fate in a "redecorating" scandal; Monica Goodling of the (in)Justice Department is back in town for her hiring and firing practices; the eternally Foxy Karl Rove continues to give contempt of Congress real meaning; a federal judge ruled against the administration's typically imperial idea of "immunity"; and rumors are flying about coming "preemptive," blanket presidential pardons for those who organized the administration's torture regime and committed other crimes. All the while, holding up the glorious banner of the Great Tradition, the John McCain campaign continues to be a chop shop for K Street Lobbyists. And that's just a two-second glance at the Washington scene as August begins. As always, give them all high marks for consistency! Après Bush, of course, le déluge.

Thomas Frank, a Kansas boy who once followed conservatism deep into his home state and now writes op-eds that probably drive the readers of the Wall Street Journal crazy, has had a front seat at the Washington spectacle these last years as the Bush administration applied its "enhanced interrogation techniques" to the Federal government. In his latest must-read book, The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule, Frank offers nothing short of a how-to history of the conservative era -- specifically how to destroy a government, leave Americans in the lurch, and enrich yourselves all at the same time. It wasn't just, as he argues, that this administration left "smoking guns" littered around the landscape, but that it itself was the smoking gun. If you want to know just what we face as a nation in terms of rebuilding America, his book is a good place to start. Tom

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  1. cia/dibold already have chosen mcant

    currently they are hard at work with the disinformation machine to make it look legitimate.


  2. Yes and I don't see why not.  

  3. Wasn't interested in reading your rant. Thx for 2pts. though.

  4. 'Taint just the president, bucko, it's every congressman ceo & state rep lookin' to make their own fiefdom & fortune.

  5. I once heard Walter E. Williams define the races this way: "Instead of Democrat and Republican, Liberal and Conservative, let's call them what they really are - Socialist and Capitalist.  The Socialist wants the government to take your money out of your pocket in the form of taxes and give it to people to pay them not to work.  The Capitalist wants the government to take your money out of your pocket in the form of taxes and give it to big corporations.  Either way, regardless of who gets elected, the government will be taking your money out of your pocket and giving it to someone else."  It's about time to fire the lot of them and start with a fresh batch that haven't been contaminated by the inside-the-beltway mentality.

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