Security Theater |
There's little downside to being alarmist about terror, so we spend too much on measures that evoke feelings of security without actually improving it. At the time, it seemed reasonable. Richard Reid ...
Posted by Fallingout on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:10:00 PST |
Bush robbing children to pay corporate welfare |
United States President George W. Bush has been accused of robbing children to pay for corporate welfare for demanding increased defense spending while threatening to veto funding for children's healt...
Posted by Fallingout on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:08:00 PST |
Members of Congress Invest in Businesses in Terror-Sponsor States |
More than 30 members of Congress, or their spouses, invest in companies that do business in countries that the U.S. government says sponsor terrorists, a Cybercast News Service investigation has estab...
Posted by Fallingout on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:07:00 PST |
NSA spying program tip of iceberg |
In late 2001, President Bush signed an executive order authorizing a controversial National Security Agency program, and on Tuesday, director of national intelligence Mike McConnell revealed that the ...
Posted by Fallingout on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 12:06:00 PST |
National Intel Estimate Propoganda flowing |
Homeland security adviser, Ms. Francis Fargos Townsend, gave a long press briefing on the current heightened security threats to Americans today. Below is a summary of the main focal point of the brie...
Posted by Fallingout on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:06:00 PST |
Americans Working Longer to Pay Their Cost of Government Tab |
Conservative taxpayer groups say Wednesday, July 11, marks the day this year when the average American worker will have earned enough to pay for his or her share of government taxes (federal, state an...
Posted by Fallingout on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:08:00 PST |
The Iranian Oil Exchange Proposal And The Demise Of The Dollar |
The Proposed Iranian Oil Burse 1) Economics of Empires A nation-state taxes its own citizens, while an empire taxes other nation-states. The history of empires, from Greek and Roman, to Ottoman and B...
Posted by Fallingout on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:05:00 PST |
Santorum Suggests New Terror Attacks Will Change View Of War |
In an alarming display of fearmongering, former Republican Senator Rick Santorum has suggested that a series of "unfortunate events," namely terrorist attacks, will occur within the next year and chan...
Posted by Fallingout on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 05:02:00 PST |
Immigration Called 'Diversion' For Shadowy North American Union |
The debate over illegal immigration is a "diversion" to distract Americans from government efforts to enter into a North American Union with Canada and Mexico, in the view of activists protesting in W...
Posted by Fallingout on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:23:00 PST |
Secret Document: U.S. Fears Terror 'Spectacular' Planned |
A secret U.S. law enforcement report, prepared for the Department of Homeland Security, warns that al Qaeda is planning a terror "spectacular" this summer, according to a senior official with access t...
Posted by Fallingout on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 10:20:00 PST |
