I stumbled across this new track by Randy Newman on iTunes, and I think it’s a perfect followup to the previous (much more serious and ominous) article by Chalmers Johnson, now that we’re on the subject of Empire. (See below.)
Randy […]

By Chalmers Johnson
[Reblogged from TomDispatch]

History tells us that one of the most unstable political combinations is a country—like the United States today—that tries to be a domestic democracy and a foreign imperialist. Why this is so can be a very abstract subject. Perhaps the best way to offer my thoughts on this is to say […]

Well, I guess it had to happen sooner or later. This blog got hacked on New Year’s day. The surprise was who hacked it—apparently Islamic jihadists, instead of the Reich-wing bozos (FBI, NSA, Pentagon PsyOps, assorted neofascist nutjobs, etc.) that you might expect…
My friend Cristina wondered why Islamist radicals would target this blog, being that I am so inalterably opposed to the NeoFascist agenda of the present BushCo regime, its wars of Empire and Oil, its subterfuge, its utter corruption, its treason, its bloodthirst… and yes, its unceasing campaign of lies.

This is the price we pay for allowing our nation’s government to be hijacked by anti-democratic, anti-American Empire-mongers. Blind, blanket hatred…