tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post5245557464729537961..comments2024-03-27T19:00:02.499-04:00Comments on UNDERNEWS: And now some better newsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-46635220422131466972016-11-02T12:33:36.375-04:002016-11-02T12:33:36.375-04:00The analogy to LBJ is interesting in that both bec...The analogy to LBJ is interesting in that both became president while under felony investigation, when the presidency offered sanctuary from prosecution. LBJ rigged the 1964 election by preempting JFK in a Dallas primary, whereas Hillary defeated Sanders by a kinder gentler conspiracy and cover up. Both LBJ and the Clintons represented the organized crime wing of the Democratic Party. Johnson did not run against his stablemate Nixon and hindered Hubert's chances. In 2020 if a primary challenge threatens the Clintons they could prefer to turn over the oval office to another Bush, a strategic partnership since Iran-Contra days. As the criminal war in Vietnam aroused the country against LBJ, a criminal war in Syria, could prevent Hillary's reelection and popularize pacifist isolationism. As LBJ was a pawn of the generals, the same is expected of Clinton who would not be as independent as Obama as to issue commands that the generals would have to disobey, as in the recent pentagon coup d'etat as a third party ending the cease fire in Syria arranged between the Presidents of the US and Russia. Hillary is unlikely to rise to Kerry's level of diplomacy, just as LBJ ended the thaw in the cold war. The revival of LBJ's identity politics gambit is the key component of the Clinton m.o. as liberals. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-8956931526665480292016-11-01T12:25:13.508-04:002016-11-01T12:25:13.508-04:00I agree with the previous post. There is a term f...I agree with the previous post. There is a term for this behavior. It's called Stockholm Syndrome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-41118647455089462042016-11-01T06:29:40.896-04:002016-11-01T06:29:40.896-04:00"I was stunned by news that the ecological or..."I was stunned by news that the ecological organization 350 as well as the American Friends Service Committee had endorsed the platform of Black Lives matter, a sort of fusion activism we haven’t seen in decades"<br /><br />And what does that impressive platform say, Sam? “A Vision for Black Lives” explicitly calls for divesting from prisons, policing, a failed war on drugs, fossil fuels, fiscal and trade policies that benefit the rich and deepen inequality, and a military budget in which two-thirds of the Pentagon’s spending goes to private contractors. Those funds allocated instead for investment in education, universal healthcare, housing, living wage jobs, “community-based drug and mental health treatment,” restorative justice, food justice, and green energy. None of which seems to be in the cards under a Hillary Clinton administration---look at her record, she's represented and fought for the interests that stand for the opposite of nearly all of the above. Her's will be a windfall for agribusiness, the military/industrial complex, the privatization of public education, the insurance sector, pharma, and most especially Wall Street. Do you actually think for a second that it'll be otherwise? Give us a break. You're like an abuse victim, unable to recognize the abuse and the abuser for what they are. instead offering up rationale, excuses, and everything else to avoid end the on-going cycle of victimization. No mas, amigo, no mas. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7018073541417646773.post-85668059893373560442016-10-31T14:41:37.631-04:002016-10-31T14:41:37.631-04:00"So put aside all your justifiable complaints..."So put aside all your justifiable complaints about Clinton and vote for her anyway."<br /><br />Add the words "...if you live in a swing state" to the end of this and this admonition would make a lot more sense.<br /><br />There's not a single reason to vote for HRC if you live in California, as I do. One more vote for Stein here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com