In spite of the fact that the United States faces no enemy anywhere in the world capable of opposing it on a battlefield, the Defense budget for 2011 will go up 7.1 percent from current levels. A lot of the new spending will be on drones, America’s latest contribution to western civilization, capable of surveilling large areas on the ground and delivering death from the skies.Meanwhile, the legislators in my state are trying to slash the state budget by making draconian cuts in public services, raising taxes, increasing college tuition, etc.
in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
Friday, March 12, 2010
The Rogue Nation
by Philip Giraldi from Anti-War.