Posted by: lettrist on: March 28, 2009
On any given day, millions of containers carrying up to 32 tons of goods each are moving on trucks, trains and ships in and out of ports. This movement has become remarkably affordable and economically expedient for global supply chains of manufacturers, retailers, and until now, the US military.
The possibility that “foreign terrorists” would seize [...]
Posted by: lettrist on: March 24, 2009
Posted by: lettrist on: March 23, 2009
From the Tacoma News Tribune:
“When we first deployed (last fall), a lot of them didn’t want to re-enlist,” he said. “They’d tell me, ‘Oh, Sergeant Frazier, don’t come talk to me about that. Don’t even bring it up. I’m done with the Guard after this.’
“But a few months later, a lot of those same guys [...]
Posted by: lettrist on: February 11, 2009
Despite the recession and stock declines last September, Exxon Mobil has earned the highest profits in world history in 2008 – a record $45.2 billion. In assets, Exxon is worth around $375 billion which is more than General Electric, Bank of America and Google combined. It’s the world’s largest corporation.
The size and asset value of [...]
Posted by: lettrist on: January 10, 2009
Robert Fisk, British correspondent for the UK newspaper The Independent and credited by the phrase ‘fisking‘, has in his new book “The Age of the Warrior” brought attention to two separate and very distinct US Armed Forces creeds. The first was originally created after the My Lai massacre in Vietnam to encourage ‘professional’ conduct in [...]
Posted by: lettrist on: October 16, 2008
As of October First, we are living in what can only be called the closing society.
A series of decisions has made it possible for this to happen. President George Bush struck down posse comitatus, which now allows the military to patrol the U.S. The legally-established “War on Terror” states the U.S. is at war around [...]
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