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Sure, remains to sort out what was inadvertent and what was deliberate. Here is some version of it: Pillaging Iraq in pursuit of a neocon utopia

Sure, let's blame the union for the greed of companies that refuse to retool when it has been obvious for decades that it was necessary to do so. What about dropping the myth of the profitable japanese brands that never need corporate welfare to stay afloat?

http://ataxingmatter.blogs.com/tax/2008/08/tax-foundation.html

There seems to be an inherent contradiction in his talk. He seems to say that invading these places is wrong, yet he wants to insure these occupations are successful. Talks of improving nation building capabilites shouldn't occult terrible policy decisions that lead to attacking a country. Moreover, despite the so-called blunders of the Bush administration, I am not sure that occupying Iraq could have turned out any better than it did considering the profound ethnic/religous divisions and the probable ultimate goal of occupation. Besides several decades of anti-guerilla warfare, I am not sure there is an alternative way to impose one's will on an occupied nation of significant size and even then it is likely to become a failed state (aka the Philippines).

you must be thinking I am someone else.

Thankfully, postmodern relativism is finally dead because it always downright sucked.

"casino economy" like in gambling with people's pension and losing 7 trillions of public equity.

If for you, "look there were more collateral death during ww2 than during the Iraq war", is 'proof' that racism/xenophobia isn't widely used today to justify collateral damage, there is little I can do for you. I believe I have wasted enough time with this.

Dont get caught up in this strawman. Comparing the collateral damage during ww2 to that in Iraq (for example) isn't the issue at hand.

so you think that cutting up my post to better spin its meaning and going off on a tangent to not answer what I said isn't going to be noticed? what a waste of time.

just keep ignoring that without investing money, you can't make money, unless you are part of the casino economy of course.

How much money did the Fed reserve "lend" to banksters during fall 2008? around $2.5 trillion.

it's most desingenious to pretend that racism/xenophobia isn't routinely used to justify "collateral damage", but then to assert that mentioning it is racism is beyond the pale.

the "free market" where radio is mostly owned by militant rightwingers who only employ the most vile racists and bigots. what a joke!

and you were the one talking about 3rd grade level rhetoric. Way to elevate the discourse here buddy.

"may" crash the economy? LOL The economy is already crashing, which is why a stimulus is necessary. Do try to keep up.

So is he finally walking the talk and signing up for Iraq/Afghanistan? or following your lead and that of other chickenhawks on the internet he will keep up the fight in the 101st keyboard brigade?

I hate goons who think calling someone a commie will shut them up. This is precisely why despite your repeated claims of loving "freedom", you are the coercive type through and through.

Nope. You are a rightwing neanderthal because you spew the McCarthyiste commie tripe. There is nothing ad-hominem about my comment.

What is really predictable is a rightwing neanderthal resorting to the McCarthyiste commie tripe when he is caught expressing his disdain for some joe because he talked to Obama. Can you believe the dude always wraps himself in the flag of "freedom"? [barf]

Especially that instilling fear is the main purpose of torture, the essential tool of state terror.