The United States of Plutocracy

Posted on Sep 8, 2009
By William Pfaff

The United States has for practical purposes been a plutocracy for some years now. American national elections usually function more or less correctly, except that they have become all but completely dominated by money.
The contributors of money to Senate and House campaigns are dominated by the source of that money, and the [...]

The New American Plutocracy

by Paul Kurtz
The following article is from Free Inquiry magazine, Volume 20, Number 4.
Plutocracy: (1) government by the wealthy, (2) a controlling class of the wealthy. From the Greek ploutokratia, from ploutos, wealth, and kratia, advocate of a form of government.
I am deeply troubled by the fact that in the upcoming presidential and congressional elections there [...]

Ignorance in America

Reposted from Puppetgov and Global Research
By Prof. John Kozy~Global Research
Ignorance is pervasive in America; it affects the rich as well as the poor, the powerful and the powerless, the famous as well as the obscure. It’s prevalent in the suites of our nation’s CEOs, the Congress, the military, and even our universities. It defines this [...]

Real concentration camps USA: Our immigrant-detention system is spiraling out of control

By David Neiwert~Crooks and Liars
See Video Here (At Puppetgov)
Jackie Mahendra points out an Associated Press story describing some of the most recent information about how we’re detaining illegal immigrants — and it’s profoundly disturbing:

The U.S. detention system for immigrants has mushroomed in the past decade, creating a costly building boom in an effort to sweep up [...]

Delusions of a failed democracy

Posted from http://northcountrypublicradio.org/
One of the things I admire most about America’s conservative movement is its longstanding commitment to democratic action.
Many progressives complain about the last two decades of Republican dominance — in Washington, in many state capitals, and in the media.
But those center-right gains came in large part thanks to grassroots activism, relentless organizing, and [...]

US Media Campaign to Discredit Iranian Election

By Charting Stock
http://informationclearinghouse.info
See also:- Lights turned off on media after elections: The AFP news agency reported that Iran’s wireless telephone network was shut down at 5:30pm GMT (10:00pm in Tehran), just as incumbent president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was making a television appearance to congratulate himself on a “great victory”.
See also:- Landslide or Fraud? The Debate Online [...]

Federal Reserve Under Attack From All Angles

www.americanfreepress.net
Federal Reserve Hires PR Firm to Fight Audit
NERVOUS THAT ITS BACKROOM money dealings may soon come under public scrutiny, the Federal Reserve is reportedly bringing in the big guns in an effort to quash Rep. Ron Paul’s landmark “Audit the Fed” bill (H.R. 1207), which has garnered 208 cosponsors as this issue goes to press—nearly [...]

Bilderberg 2009 Attendee List (revised)

Factsnews: This may or may not be the official list. It was translated automatically using Google Translate. From Infowars.com.
kurt@infowars.com

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Dutch Queen Beatrix
Queen Sofia of Spain
Prince Constantijn (Belgian Prince)
Prince Philippe Etienne Ntavinion, Belgium
Étienne, Viscount Davignon, Belgium (former vice-president of the European Commission)
Josef Ackermann (Swiss banker and CEO of Deutsche Bank)
Keith B. Alexander, United States (Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, Director [...]

Bilderberg Fears Losing Control In Chaos-Plagued World

Factsnews – We typically do not repost from Infowars repeatedly, but we feel that Bilderberg 2009 is a very significant event for the Patriot Movement and a disastrous event for the Bilderbergs.
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
Monday, May 18, 2009
Investigative journalist Daniel Estulin, whose information from inside Bilderberg has routinely proven accurate, states that the global elite’s plan [...]

F*** The RIAA! No Seriously…

This morning, the number one story on Digg is “The Pirate Bay Trial: The Official Verdict – Guilty”. 
Excerpt from TorrentFreak.com
Just minutes ago the verdict in the case of The Pirate Bay Four was announced. All four defendants were accused of ‘assisting in making copyright content available’. Peter Sunde: Guilty. Fredrik Neij: Guilty. Gottfrid Svartholm: Guilty. [...]