My recent comments on Huffington post. I am getting some good ones published now. Anger levels are rising at the appalling things that have happened recently in Washington DC.

There is a noticeable significant increase in anger on Huffington Post about events since the election.
Let's increase it still further.
Obama is making it easy for us.
What Obama is doing is making a lot of Dems very angry and making enemies out of them.

There are still a lot of sycophantic, blind and ignorant Dems (and GOP) of course.

But there are also lots more people posting comments that agree with our views and policies to a very large degree.

The standard of journalism is appalling on Huffy Po - so that makes it easy too.
It's easy to pick holes in their articles.

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Jack Lew Wasn't Worried About Financial Deregulation, Isn't Much Of An Expert On Finance, Really

Commented Jan 10, 2013 at 08:42:30 in Business

“By letting the banks get away with everything they want.
The banks will be along for another bailout in the not too distant future.
Have you seen what is happening in Europe? They have just started a pan European recession. Europe is America's largest export market.
Little Cyprus is the latest one to need a bank bailout - latest news is just out.
Google "Cyprus Russian black money"
Have you seen what China is up to?
Google "ian56 China petrodollar National Security"   ”

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Jack Lew Wasn't Worried About Financial Deregulation, Isn't Much Of An Expert On Finance, Really

Commented Jan 10, 2013 at 08:30:04 in Business

“If you don't believe that Obama is a neocon
Google "ian56 PNAC Obama"
My reasons are all in there.”

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Jack Lew Wasn't Worried About Financial Deregulation, Isn't Much Of An Expert On Finance, Really

Commented Jan 10, 2013 at 08:27:19 in Business

“99% of the GOP leadership are neocons.
All of the top Democrat leaders are neocons too.
Obama, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden etc.
Did you know that Joe Biden wrote most of the Patriot Act? He drafted it in 1995 after the Oklahoma bombings. But it was put in the drawer because public opinion wouldn't of accepted it then.
It got wheeled out after 911.
The Patriot Act was 720 pages long. It was deliberately long so people and Congress wouldn't read it. It was put to a vote 6 weeks after 911. Nobody could draft a bill that long and put it through all the stages of reviews in just 6 weeks.
They didn't - over 90% of it was already written.”

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Stephen1349 on Jan 10, 2013 at 08:43:05

“As a student, sir, I assure you that we..being my fellow students..have a good laugh at the term "neo-con" because it is slung around like the word "whatever". Just what is a neo-con? The real issue is that politicians, all of them, enter politics for reasons that don't even begin to touch the issue of patriotism and service to country and you know it. And I doubt I have to explain what it does touch. Yet, the voters sit on HP and complain, complain, complain when they could be making phonecalls, writing letters and emails everyday to these people you elected or didn't elect and telling them what they need to do or you will not send them back again. There are far too many people running your government who are nothing but hacks and who are solely securing their own futures or their own agendas. Yet, even when the obvious falls in front of you, you re-elect these same people over and over and over. My only conclusion for that event is that you and others enjoy complaining so much that you don't want to disrupt the process.”

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Jack Lew Wasn't Worried About Financial Deregulation, Isn't Much Of An Expert On Finance, Really

Commented Jan 10, 2013 at 08:19:42 in Business

“I was virulently AGAINST Cheny/Bush and the neocons - always have been. I am still against the neocons in BOTH parties.

They are the ruination of America.
I don't support EITHER main party.
BOTH of them are flushing America down the toilet.”

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Ian56 on Jan 10, 2013 at 08:30:04

“If you don't believe that Obama is a neocon
Google "ian56 PNAC Obama"
My reasons are all in there.”

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6 Strikes, 8 Days, 35 Dead: The U.S. Drone War In Pakistan Is Back | Danger Room | Wired.com

Commented Jan 10, 2013 at 08:09:19 in World

“911 happened because of America's foreign policy.
The US military bases in Saudi Arabia are often quoted as a reason. It was certainly one of the main recruitment tools for Islamic Extremists in the late 1990's.
Lots of other reasons too. All due to America interfering in their back yard. How would you like it if China bought up a chunk of Texas and built a large military base there?
How would you like it if China starting flying drones out of their Texas military base and started firing missiles at the local schoolkids?     ”

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Jack Lew Wasn't Worried About Financial Deregulation, Isn't Much Of An Expert On Finance, Really

Commented Jan 10, 2013 at 07:47:07 in Business

“It is sickening what is happening in America today.
The Chinese communist leadership are laughing their heads off at us.

They are the only winners out of this.
Except for a few arms company board members, some rich banker elites, big oil, drugs and food companies.
The politicians do "special favors" in return for campaign contributions.

Why does America pay such a high price for drugs on Medicare/Medicaid?
Because the drugs companies donate to the politicians to keep it that way.

There are countless other examples.

It is VERY VERY easy to cut $1tn+ from the Federal budget, just by cutting Corporate Welfare.
Who wants to do that? Neither of the 2 extremist parties.
It would hurt the bottom line of their donors.

All that mortgage fraud, lies to Congress by Goldman, JP Morgan stealing $1.5tn from MF Global client accounts.
Who prosecutes that? No one. Who speaks out? No one.
The 2 leading members of the Senate Banking Commission were bribed $880,000 in campaign donations by JP Morgan for an easy ride. Peanuts to JPM.
Politicians come so cheap, because there are so many of them on the take.

Why do you not hear about this in any of the main TV channels or papers?
Because the media rely on advertising payments from the same large corporations that are bribing the politicians.

Read more at :-
http://ian56.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/america-today.html”

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massnana on Jan 10, 2013 at 08:06:49

“Well, we here in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have sent professor Elizabeth Warren to the senate, she is now on the banking committee, we will see results.”

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Jack Lew Wasn't Worried About Financial Deregulation, Isn't Much Of An Expert On Finance, Really

Commented Jan 10, 2013 at 07:36:38 in Business

“You couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.

What a joke.

Jack Lew for Treasury Sec and John Brennan for CIA Director.

America is about to get scre wed BIG time.”

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Stephen1349 on Jan 10, 2013 at 07:39:43

“You got screwed "bigtime" when you were sitting back applauding the expertise of the Bush administration. Did you fail to notice?”

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RubberJohnny on Jan 10, 2013 at 07:38:24

“Millions of Americans are afraid of Obama and with good reasons.”

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Jack Lew Wasn't Worried About Financial Deregulation, Isn't Much Of An Expert On Finance, Really

Commented Jan 10, 2013 at 07:34:36 in Business

“Why doesn't Obama just put a Goldman Sachs hat on and wear a Jamie Dimon mask and have done with it?”

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JVene on Jan 10, 2013 at 07:59:37

“He didn't?”

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Jack Lew Wasn't Worried About Financial Deregulation, Isn't Much Of An Expert On Finance, Really

Commented Jan 10, 2013 at 07:32:12 in Business

“Welcome to the next financial collapse, courtesy of Jack Lew - your new Treasury Sec.”

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Guscat on Jan 10, 2013 at 07:33:12

“Can you explain how he will accomplish that?”

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6 Strikes, 8 Days, 35 Dead: The U.S. Drone War In Pakistan Is Back | Danger Room | Wired.com

Commented Jan 10, 2013 at 07:27:47 in World

“And you are too stu pid to get the point.
The Russians had thousands of ICBM's, hundreds of tank divisions, nuclear ballistic submarines. aircraft carriers, fighters, bombers ....
And the US government wants to spend double the highest amount it spent combatting the Russians when the enemy is a few thousand lunatics armed with IED's and boxcutters.
The Russians went bankrupt and their empire collapsed. A major part of the reason in the end was because they spent too much on the military and invaded Afghanistan.
The Russians also went bankrupt because they had an inferior economic model.
So does America. Crony capitalism in America is even worse than the crony capitalism and central planning in China.”

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Fiscal Cliff Deal: Obama Made Big Mistake In Not Keeping Biden Away From Negotiations

Commented Jan 10, 2013 at 07:15:23 in Politics

“Nope. Obama sold everybody down the river.

Large Corporations got to keep ALL of the annual $1tn+ of Corporate Welfare.

The middle class and the poor got a huge $200bn tax hike.

Goldman Sachs won. Citigroup won. JP Morgan won, General Electric won. Lockheed Martin won. Exxon-Mobil won. Google won. Facebook won. Starbucks won ....

Mitt Romney won.

The top 0.1% won.

America and everybody else LOST. They got sold down the river.”

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Iamtrying on Jan 10, 2013 at 07:55:02

“Usually I would counterpoint this, but I can't.”

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Jack Lew To Be Nominated For Treasury Secretary By Obama: Report

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 21:29:46 in Politics

“I could not reply properly to you. Huffy Po prevented it.

My opinion of Jack Lew is on my blog.”

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Jack Lew To Be Nominated For Treasury Secretary By Obama: Report

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 21:22:56 in Politics

“I have nothing but contempt for Jeff Sessions.

But on this one issue we agree.

Jack Lew is the ultimate big bank insider.”

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Louis888 on Jan 9, 2013 at 21:47:11

“Jeff an't my guy either but Lew is a bad guy”

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Jack Lew To Be Nominated For Treasury Secretary By Obama: Report

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 21:19:17 in Politics

“Jack Lew is the ultimate big bank insider.

Jamie Dimon would of been too obvious but not as bad.”

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Jack Lew To Be Nominated For Treasury Secretary By Obama: Report

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 21:17:22 in Politics

“They better.

And FAST.

I looked him up today.

I posted what I found out on my blog. "ian56 Jack Lew"

It is sickening.”

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Jack Lew To Be Nominated For Treasury Secretary By Obama: Report

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 21:14:44 in Politics

“I have posted my true feelings about Jack Lew on my blog.

Google "ian56 Jack Lew"

This is the only way I can get my opinions and the evidence on Jack Lew out on here.”

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Jack Lew To Be Nominated For Treasury Secretary By Obama: Report

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 21:12:13 in Politics

“I cannot get my true feelings and absolute contempt for Jack Lew published on here.

Bend over.

Goldman Sachs is going to stick it to you.

Courtesy of Jake Lew.

He is both a li ar and st upid”

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waaboos on Jan 9, 2013 at 21:29:34

“That makes him the perfect choice for the Obama administration.”

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Jack Lew To Be Nominated For Treasury Secretary By Obama: Report

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 19:56:32 in Politics

“Jack Lew blatantly outright LIED to Congress
Jack Lew must never be Secretary of Treasury.

His testimony before the Senate Budget Committee less than two years ago was so outrageous and false that it alone disqualifies him.

“Lew, as the President’s budget director, appeared before Congress and continued to insist that President Obama’s budget—which Lew had crafted—would not add to the debt of the United States. His original statement, to a national television audience, was as follows:

‘Our budget will get us, over the next several years, to the point where we can look the American people in the eye and say we’re not adding to the debt anymore; we’re spending money that we have each year, and then we can work on bringing down our national debt.’ …

This at a time when the spending plans were for a $1.7tn deficit.

Even now spending under current proposals will rise by 50% to over $5tn by 2020.

The National Debt is going to skyrocket.

This guy couldn't pass a 2nd grade arithmetic test.

His performance at Citi, managing other people's money proves it.
He lost Citi billions.”

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Louis888 on Jan 9, 2013 at 21:05:52

“Jeff Sessions and you write alike”

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Platinum Coin: White House Doesn't Completely Rule It Out

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 16:27:09 in Politics

“I'm all for it as long the coin gets stamped with Bernie Madoff's head on it to give the public some idea of what their current monetary system is.”

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U.S. Drone Strikes Increase With Start Of New Year

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 15:44:55 in World

“Google "ian56 Petraeus Brennan drones" It's in there”

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KBR, Guilty In Iraq Negligence, Wants Taxpayers To Foot The Bill

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 15:37:54 in Politics

“Yep - all of those should be in jail.
Cheney, Rumsfeld , Bush and Gonzales are all convicted war criminals. At the International Criminal Court in Kuala Lumpur in March/April 2012.
Wolfowitz had his own office and small team in the White House. Their sole purpose was to doctor the CIA intel on Saddam's WMDs.
The CIA reported that they thought that Saddam didn't have any WMD's left, but as usual with these reports they added some caveats.
Wolfowitz just used the caveats and left out everything else.  ”

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Jack Lew To Be Nominated For Treasury Secretary By Obama: Report

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 14:49:26 in Politics

“Is this some kind of sick joke?

Jack Lew was named chief operating officer of Citigroup's Alternative Investments unit, a proprietary trading group. The unit he oversaw invested in a hedge fund "that bet on the housing market to collapse." Source Wikipedia

He didn't do a very good job.
Citi paid Lew $1.1 million for his year at Alternative Investments, according to an ethics disclosure report filed in January 2009. He was also eligible for an undisclosed bonus. Lew did not immediately return a call for comment.
His unit, though, lost as much as billions of dollars in 2008 as its bets turned sour. In the first quarter of 2008 alone the unit lost $509 million; the company stopped publicly disclosing the unit's individual numbers soon thereafter, but the part of the company that absorbed Alternative Investments lost $20.1 billion in 2008, according to the bank's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Citigroup, the nation's third-largest bank, received $45 billion in TARP bailout funds that year.

Source Business Insider”

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KBR, Guilty In Iraq Negligence, Wants Taxpayers To Foot The Bill

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 13:42:41 in Politics

“There are still 7,000 "contractors" still in Iraq at a cost of $105bn a year.

All of the contracts with ALL of the mercenary companies should be cancelled.

Any company that has been convicted of defrauding the government or deliberately harming Americans should be disbarred from any future contracts (above trivial offenses).

So there should be no government contracts with Halliburton, KBR, Blackwater (now renamed) or any of the host of other companies that have acted against the interests of the American people.”

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wrightj on Jan 9, 2013 at 13:55:41

“We need to press this strongly and ensure all the government bloodsucking entities like the Haliburton,KBR, Blackwater now Zee or whatever, are no longer on the government teat and should be disbarred indefinitley from the USA government contractors list.”

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KBR, Guilty In Iraq Negligence, Wants Taxpayers To Foot The Bill

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 13:37:29 in Politics

“You can take all their profits from them for the last 10 years away from them and jail the execs.

The execs should be made to pay every dime of their salary and bonuses.

The shareholders of these companies should be forced to repay any dividends that they received and any profits that they made from owning and selling their shares.
Any large shareholders will have had to file the details on their tax returns - the information is all available in government records.

Hedge funds who invested in these companies should similarly suffer.

These are criminal enterprises.
Crime shouldn't pay.
Nor should it pay to invest in a criminal enterprise.

Then we might start seeing some responsible behavior from large Corporations.”

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KBR, Guilty In Iraq Negligence, Wants Taxpayers To Foot The Bill

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 13:28:48 in Politics

“Large Corporations should be accountable to the law.

If a crime is committed like deliberately poisoning US troops through misrepresentation and lies about the facts, the people responsible should go to jail.

The execs of KBR should be facing hard jail time.
As should the execs of HSBC for their massive drug and terrorist money laundering.

If you don't jail the execs of these companies that break the law, they will keep doing it.

A large number of execs of other large Corporations should now be in jail.

If the government started jailing them, they would stop committing crimes against Americans and America. They would certainly think twice about it if they thought they might get a 20 year stretch and not a shareholder fine.”

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Ciynthia Rea on Jan 9, 2013 at 14:21:53

“Ian56 you are F&F You hit the nail on the head. If they had replaced the pipes with plastic ones instead of using the poison they would of fixed the problem with out killing anyone.I also know that they had to give the receipts to the Government to receive the money they spent. So they knew to what was going on.”

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rafey on Jan 9, 2013 at 13:52:19

“Of course you also have to prosecute the big guys at the top who started it all: Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, etc.”

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KBR, Guilty In Iraq Negligence, Wants Taxpayers To Foot The Bill

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 13:21:36 in Politics

“KBR aren't Blackwater.

They had their own set of mercenaries.

Nice people.

http://www.groupnewsblog.net/2007/12/kbr-mercenaries-gangrape-own-american.html”

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KBR, Guilty In Iraq Negligence, Wants Taxpayers To Foot The Bill

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 12:01:25 in Politics

“That is EXACTLY what servicemen and women are doing.

Joining up and losing their lives in the pursuit of company profits.

The so called "war on terrorism" has nothing to do with combatting terrorism.

It has EVERYTHING to do with making money for large Corporations.”

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KBR, Guilty In Iraq Negligence, Wants Taxpayers To Foot The Bill

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 11:58:50 in Politics

“EXACTLY

It's the only way to stop it happening again and again.”

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KBR, Guilty In Iraq Negligence, Wants Taxpayers To Foot The Bill

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 11:57:58 in Politics

“We already have. It's called the CIA.”

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Bert Piraino on Jan 9, 2013 at 12:02:04

“I knew someone would get what I was implying”

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KBR, Guilty In Iraq Negligence, Wants Taxpayers To Foot The Bill

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 11:56:22 in Politics

“Your last sentence is the most pertinent :-

Why do we have a system that allows them to pay off enough politicians to continue getting incredibly favorable government contracts?

I would go further.
Why do we allow the execs of large Corporations get away with criminal acts and not get hard jail time?

Why do we elect politicians that allow the Corporations to get away with multiple crimes with only a shareholder fine?”

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U.S. Drone Strikes Increase With Start Of New Year

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 11:51:40 in World

“So that's why we won the Vietnam war. My history books must be wrong.”

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U.S. Drone Strikes Increase With Start Of New Year

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 11:49:13 in World

“The Islamic Extremists are using the drone warfare program and the high rate of civilian casualties as one of their two main current recruiting tools.

Can you tell me what the other one is?”

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Jan Allen McDaniel on Jan 9, 2013 at 15:22:29

“



You assume that I agree with your first sentence.  I don't.



I believe that the present mainstream interpretation of the
Koran and Sunna on the doctrines of jihad and Islamic political supremacy is
the main recruiting tool of our Islamist enemies.



We can choose to fight back or not--that does not change the
Islamist agenda which Mohammed demonstrated starting with the hijra in 622
CE. 



The strategy of using of jihad to produce political
supremacy over the unbeliever has been mainstream Islamic doctrine since
then--whenever enough Muslims think they have the required resources to wage
jihad.



However, not all Muslims are on board with Islamism.  It is not yet clear if the present jihad will
attract enough support to succeed.”

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KBR, Guilty In Iraq Negligence, Wants Taxpayers To Foot The Bill

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 11:43:56 in Politics

“Yep. Just like the banks they have enough money to buy the government off.

The arms industry spends far more in lobbying than it does in taxes.”

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KBR, Guilty In Iraq Negligence, Wants Taxpayers To Foot The Bill

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 11:42:40 in Politics

“Yep - jail terms for the execs is what is required to discourage it.

Cheney should be in jail for Halliburton fraud amongst several other and more serious things.”

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KBR, Guilty In Iraq Negligence, Wants Taxpayers To Foot The Bill

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 11:22:12 in Politics

“"Disengage from the region" ABSOLUTELY”

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KBR, Guilty In Iraq Negligence, Wants Taxpayers To Foot The Bill

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 11:21:05 in Politics

“Exactly - good comment.

Dems are also moving troops into 35 African countries in 2013. Expect more wars.”

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mphseason on Jan 9, 2013 at 23:55:01

“Where do you come up with this bunk ? I can bet you can't name 5 countries in Africa ? If I know the Pentigon, this is most likely just blowing the dust away in a small area. The real cover-up won't be disclosed until the "W" crew is all dead....imo...”

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KBR, Guilty In Iraq Negligence, Wants Taxpayers To Foot The Bill

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 11:18:34 in Politics

“Yep the Military Industrial Complex likes high unemployment. It means they don't have to institute the draft.”

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girlsparky on Jan 9, 2013 at 11:34:20

“Exactly, if they thought their own sons would have to fight they would think twice.”

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KBR, Guilty In Iraq Negligence, Wants Taxpayers To Foot The Bill

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 11:16:33 in Politics

“WOW - how did you manage get this realistic interpretation of events in the last decade published on here?

It is not just Republicans that are advocating these policies. They are continuing. Witness the Fiscal Cliff deal.

F&F'd”

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KBR, Guilty In Iraq Negligence, Wants Taxpayers To Foot The Bill

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 11:12:25 in Politics

“I am very glad to see Huffington Post reporting this story.

The news about this has been out for some time.”

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U.S. Drone Strikes Increase With Start Of New Year

Commented Jan 9, 2013 at 11:07:25 in World

“Drone strikes and the nomination of John Brennan for CIA Director

Google "ian56 Petraeus resignation Brennan" to read more.

You can expect more US drone strikes, more Islamic Extremism, more Islamic Extremists, more conflict in Africa and more US military intervention in Africa if John Brennan is appointed as the Director of the CIA.

Americans are going to feel a whole lot LESS safe if he is appointed. They will indeed be less safe.”

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tmpjunior on Jan 9, 2013 at 13:54:37

“Africa is really the last haven right now. Regardless of who becomes CIA Director, there are already a lot of assets focusing on Mali and it won't be long until it starts popping up in the news just like Yemen.”

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U.S. Drone Strikes Increase With Start Of New Year

Commented Jan 8, 2013 at 22:57:29 in World

“When are the people going to wake up and realise that the government no longer works for the people.

Both the Dems and GOP work for their large Corporate sponsors to get re-elected.

One of the large sponsors are the arms companies.
They want more wars so that the government buys more arms and their profits can go even higher.

The other large sponsors are the big banks. They want the government to spend and borrow more so there is more free money given to them.
The best way for the government to borrow money is to spend lots of money fighting lots of pointless wars. It's been that way for centuries.

The politicians have been bought by big business. They have far more money than ordinary people.

The drone strike program is specifically designed to recruit more Islamic Extremists and thereby create more conflicts and wars in the world.

The so called "war on terror" has nothing at all to do with terrorism or Islamic Fundamentalism or Islamic Extremism.

It has EVERYTHING to do with money.

It is the best mechanism for the arms companies and the banks to make more in profits.
It is the best mechanism to transfer the wealth of the many to the few.”

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Con Hatzi on Jan 8, 2013 at 23:29:47

“x more than 1”

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U.S. Drone Strikes Increase With Start Of New Year

Commented Jan 8, 2013 at 22:25:21 in World

“It seems you have very little knowledge of history.
Japan was already negotiating it's surrender before it was nuked. The main sticking point was keeping the Emperor which America later conceded.
Nuking Japan had far more to do with sending a message to Russia than it had to do with ending the war with Japan. ”

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U.S. Drone Strikes Increase With Start Of New Year

Commented Jan 8, 2013 at 22:22:11 in World

“Get the hell out of the middle East. and leave them to fight amongst themselves.
Iran and Saudi Arabia are already fighting a war by proxy in Syria.
Let them direct their anger at each other and not at America. Let the Sunnis fight the Shias.
Apart from Israel/Palestine, Al-Qaeda's main recruiting tool in the late 1990's was the US military bases in Saudi Arabia.
It is now drone strikes.
The best way of subverting the enemy is to let them kill each other and not focus their anger on America.”

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U.S. Drone Strikes Increase With Start Of New Year

Commented Jan 8, 2013 at 22:12:01 in World

“When are you volunteering for the Darwin awards?

The drone warfare program recruits far more terrorists than it kills.

It's people like you that are the reason that America is in the mess that it's in.

Do us all a favor. Put yourself up for the Darwin award.”

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Jan Allen McDaniel on Jan 8, 2013 at 23:08:42

“The drone warfare program recruits far more terrorists than it kills.
============

We won't know if that is true until we withdraw from Afghanistan.

If we don't have any more Islamist attacking America, then we can assume the drone warfare was effective in explaining to Islamists in Afghanistan and Pakistan that attacks on America are not a good idea.

If there are more attacks, we can explain some more--without the nation building component.”

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U.S. Drone Strikes Increase With Start Of New Year

Commented Jan 8, 2013 at 19:45:39 in World

“George Orwell was right.

He was just 30 years early.”

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U.S. Drone Strikes Increase With Start Of New Year

Commented Jan 8, 2013 at 19:19:28 in World

“Yep.

The wars are about Corporate profits - nothing else.

Anything that creates more enemies of America is good for arms company profits.”

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U.S. Drone Strikes Increase With Start Of New Year

Commented Jan 8, 2013 at 19:03:35 in World

“The error rate is about 98%.

According to Stanford University.”

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pwrofjoe on Jan 9, 2013 at 13:34:12

“Link?”

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U.S. Drone Strikes Increase With Start Of New Year

Commented Jan 8, 2013 at 19:02:12 in World

“Exactly.

The purpose of the wars and how they are being fought is to create more enemies so that America will spend even more on arms and the military.”

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U.S. Drone Strikes Increase With Start Of New Year

Commented Jan 8, 2013 at 18:58:59 in World

“I bet Texans would just love it, if China set up a military base in Mexico and started taking potshots at schoolkids with hellfire missiles.”

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U.S. Drone Strikes Increase With Start Of New Year

Commented Jan 8, 2013 at 18:53:27 in World

“America is now spending 74% more a year than it ever did against the USSR (inflation adjusted).

Military spending is planned to continue to rise to be double peak cold war spending in just a few years.

The arms companies are LOVING it.

And all the while the government pours money down the pit in unwinnable wars, the population of America grows poorer.

The standard of living for Americans has gone down ever since these wars started.”

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Calvin Colling on Jan 8, 2013 at 19:27:09

“Beware of the military industrial complex.”