53% of every tax dollar goes to war. Fifty. Three. Percent.
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See all posts on posterous with this tag »Jul 27 / 2:28am
As relevant as ever: Noam Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent
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The film presents and illustrates Chomsky's and Herman's thesis that corporate media, as profit-driven institutions, tend to serve and further the agendas of the interests of dominant, elite groups in the society. A centerpiece of the film is a long examination of the history of The New York Times' coverage of the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, which Chomsky says exemplifies the media's unwillingness to criticize an ally of the elite.
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U.S. military spending bigger than next 17 biggest spenders combined.
America's own budget crisis is prompting tough discussions about its defence spending, which, at nearly $700 billion, is bigger than that of the next 17 countries combined.
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What If We Had Just Waited for the Iraqis to Topple Hussein? - GOOD
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Sure, it's almost certain that Hussein, like he had before, and like Gadaffi is doing now, would have responded by slaughtering his own citizens. But our government has presided over the deaths of tens of thousands of Iraqi innocents at this point—men, women, and children—and we've spent hundreds of billions of dollars in the process. A grassroots Iraqi revolution—even a bloody one—would almost certainly have been less costly.
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U.S. Military Orders Less Dependence on Fossil Fuels
Fossil fuel accounts for 30 to 80 percent of the load in convoys into Afghanistan, bringing costs as well as risk. While the military buys gas for just over $1 a gallon, getting that gallon to some forward operating bases costs $400.
via nytimes.com
Sep 3 / 10:53am
Irag and Afghanistan Veterans Overwhelmingly Support Clean Energy Climate Legislation.
A compelling new poll of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans finds that 73 percent of them support Clean Energy Climate Change legislation in Congress, 79 percent believe ending our dependence on foreign oil is important to national security...
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Now who'd-a-thunk-it?
