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When Militarism 'Invades' Medicine...Doctatorship Happens

Dana Ullman | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

Read More: Politics, Homeopathic, Military, Physicians, Military Industrial Complex, Weapons of Mass Destruction, War, Side Effects, Natural Medicine, Militarism, Collateral Damage, Medicine, Homeopathy, Health, Living News
Dana Ullman

Our medical thinking has become totally militaristic. It is not just happenstance that doctors proudly assert that they seek to attack illness, combat disease, kill infective agents, and create a war on cancer.

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What Obama Is Up Against

Russ Baker | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Central Intelligence Agency, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, Military Industrial Complex, Harry Truman, President Obama, George W. Bush, Obama, Bob Woodward, Bush Administration Torture, Robert Gates, George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon, National Security, Gerald Ford, Nancy Pelosi, Congressional Oversight, Fdr, Hamid Karzai, Bill Clinton, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Bush Administration, Dwight Eisenhower, Cia, Military Spending, Stanley McChrystal, Jimmy Carter, Prescott Bush, Allen Dulles, Lyndon Johnson, Iraq, Torture, Politics News
Russ Baker

We Americans harbor a quaint belief that a new president takes charge of a government that eagerly awaits his next command. But that's not how things work at the top, especially where "national security" is concerned.

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My Dialogue with President Obama

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 11.05.2009 | World

Read More: Dialogue, Military Industrial Complex, Military, Lex Talionis, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, War, President Obama, Obama, Whote House, President, Equivalence, World News
Stephen C. Rose

Relax. This is a way of writing. It is imagined. The scene is a room in the White House, setting is informal. The President has asked if I prefer that and I do.

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Is the Military-Industrial Complex Using Gen. McChrystal to "Potty Train" Obama on Afghanistan?

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bob Woodward, Obama Afghanistan, General Mcchrystal, Military Industrial Complex, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Mcchrystal Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, Mcchrystal Obama, U.S. Constitution, Us Troops Afghanistan, Politics News
Miles Mogulescu

The McChrystal affair is a vivid reminder of the huge pressures powerful vested interests can place on a new president to protect the status quo and prevent meaningful change.

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'They Can Make Me Do Anything, Ben, Can't They? Anything.'

Max Keiser | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Media Matters, John L. Perry, Honduras Coup, Obama, Military Industrial Complex, Politics News
Max Keiser

I hear shrieks of Obama being surrounded by 'radical leftists' and 'Marxists' -- the very same propaganda codewords used by the military industrial complex when paving the way for a coup in Latin America.

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A Lesson From History

Lance Simmens | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: History, Military Industrial Complex, Eisehnower, Copenhagen Climate Council, Gettysburg, Diplomacy, Cold War, Khrushchev Eisenhower Meeting, Khruschev, Politics News
Lance Simmens

The fact that Eisenhower and Khrushchev could meet and share ideas speaks volumes to the need to reach out to the world community to solve what sometimes seem to be intractable problems.

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A Level-4 Biolab Grows in Boston: Pathogens Welcome

Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Atmosphere of Fear, Ebola, Level-4 BioSafety Lab, Bubonic Plague, Boston, Anthrax, Bio-Weapons, Pandemics, Pathogens, Boston University, Biological Research, Military, National Institute of Health, National Research Council, Disease, Bacteria, Viruses, Military-Industrial Complex, Smallpox, Biolab, Politics News
Barton Kunstler, Ph.D.

We are in the grips of a military-industrial complex for whom projects such as the Boston Biolab are as much meat and potatoes as any multi-billion dollar weapon system, no matter how dubious the need.

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With Missile Shield Change, National Interests Get a Leg Up on the Military-Industrial Complex

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 09.22.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Military Industrial Complex, Poland, Us Missile Shield, Missile Shield, Anti-Missile Shield, Obama Missile Shield, Czech Republic, World News
Leon T. Hadar

Remember the good-old days when the perceived Soviet threat was a constant opportunity for politicians, bureaucrats and interest groups to stimulate new arms races?

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Media Mud Pies: CNN's Embarrassing Response to Fox

Linda Milazzo | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media

Read More: War on Afghanistan, First Amendment, President Obama, Teabaggers, Chicago, Progressives, Phil Donahue, 9/11, Peace, America, Journalism, Msnbc, Infrastructure, Social Media, Corporate Media, Washington Post, State Senator Obama, Rick Sanchez, Fox, War on Iraq, Jessie Jackson, Washington DC, Netherlands, Barack Obama, Fourth Estate, Afghanistan War, Anti-War, Fox News, Cnn, 9/12, Saddam Hussein, Military Industrial Complex, Tv, Protests, Iraq War, Conservative Right, Glenn Beck, Conservatives, Spain, Media News
Linda Milazzo

In response to Fox's childish and embarrassing ad in the Washington Post that challenged competitors' coverage of the 9/12 teabaggers, CNN is airing this equally chilidish and embarrassing ad.

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Defense Contractors And Lobbyists Team Up To Grease Arms Deal

Sunlight Foundation. | Sunlight Foundation | Posted 09.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Military Industrial Complex, Lobbying, Military Lobbying, Defense Contractors, Transparency, Turkey, Home News

The Defense Department's request last week for congressional approval of the sale of $8 billion worth of PAC-3 missiles to Turkey was the latest victo...

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Moment of Truth In Afghanistan, Iran, Israel-Palestine, Southeast Asia, Africa, FSU

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Negotiation, Holocaust, Afghanistan, Afghan War, War, Sri Lanka, Violence, Iran, Eisenhower, South East Asia, Peace, Pbama, President, Religion, Mcchrystal, Military Industrial Complex, Burma, Africa, Former Soviet Union, Israel, Sustainable Communities, Realpolitik, Global Emergency, Nietzsche, World News
Stephen C. Rose

In all these situations, violence is active or incipient. In all of them, there is no solution being proposed that promises an end to the prospect of more of the same.

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Healthcare: Don't Scapegoat Obama

Peter Clothier | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Industrial Complex, Obama Health Care, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News
Peter Clothier

We have replaced our dream of Democracy with a squalid oligarchy whose corruption is disguised by our embrace of a shabby illusion of freedom that comes in the form of material well-being.

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Sahil Kapur

Military-Industrial Complex Loses F-22 Battle, But Still Reigns Strong

HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Defense Lobbying, F-22, Defense Spending, Military-Industrial Complex, Politics News

The military-industrial complex may have lost the battle over funding for F-22s, but defense contractors continue to prevail in the fight to finance p...

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Ryan Grim

Senate Beats Back Military-Industrial Complex In Historic Vote

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: F22, War Funding, Obama F22, F-22 Raptor, F-22, Defense Budget, Military-Industrial Complex, Transparency, Politics News

President Obama won a major victory in the Senate Tuesday in a dogfight that has major, long-term implications for his agenda. The Senate, by a vote ...

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Can We Stop Being a Superpower, Please?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Superpower, Militarism, Superpowers, US Russia Relations, Military Industrial Complex, Cold War, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

A group of misguided neocon gunslingers led the U.S. to a catastrophe. Have we come to the point where disillusionment will lead us where we need to go: the end of playing the superpower role?

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Sahil Kapur

Defense Contractors Lobby For More F-22s, Obama Threatens Veto

HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 08.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Budget, Lockheed Martin, Military-Industrial Complex, Boeing, F-22 Raptor, Saxby Chambliss, Defense Budget, Barack Obama, Transparency, Politics News

The F-22 stealth fighter jets may no longer be needed, but its manufacturers, Lockheed Martin and Boeing, are lobbying aggressively to keep them in th...

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Lockheed Martin Fights Obama's Defense Budget

Sunlight Foundation. | Sunlight Foundation | Posted 08.13.2009 | Home

Read More: Transparency, Fighter Jet, F-22, Lockheed Martin, Military Industrial Complex, Military Spending, Home News

All eyes will be on the Sotomayor hearings in the Judicairy Committee this week, but legislative action in the Senate continues to go on. The Senate i...

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Missing Weapons: The Nation's Great Threat

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Bronx-Synagogues-Bomb-Plot, Gun Control, Military Industrial Complex, Terrorism, Guns, Politics News
Allison Kilkenny

The real enemy isn't living abroad, but rests within in the forms of weapons manufacturers and a government too greedy and cozy to properly guard its own citizens.

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Taxing THC: Turning Old New York into New New Amsterdam

Warren Holstein | Posted 05.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: New Orleans, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Marijuana, Drugs, Amsterdam, California, Military Industrial Complex, Glaucoma, Norml, David Paterson, Drug War, Medical Marijuana, Blue Laws Repealed, Decriminalization, Budget Deficit, New York, Tom Ammiano, Politics, Cannabis, Intractable Pain, Federal Budget Deficit, Marijuana Amsterdam, Blue Laws, Neoconservatives, Weed, Legalize Marijuana, Ground Zero, Law Enforcement, Economy, Comedy News
Warren Holstein

Bollocks! How is that California, the crossroads of implants, spray tans and superficiality, has a leg up on the Empire State, on the possible legalization and taxation of Cannabis sativa?

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The American Way of War

The Real News | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Military Industrial Complex, The-American-Way-of-War, Super-Power, Solutions, Afghanistan, 911, George W. Bush, President Obama, Crises, The Real News, Realism, Infrastructure, Education, Eugene Jarecki, Military, Dwight Eisenhower, Defense, Paul Jay, Over-Confidence, Iraq, Health Care, Police-Action, Politics News
The Real News

The American Way of War is Eugene Jarecki's latest book. Jarecki is an award-winning dramatic and documentary filmmaker whose previous film Why We Fig...

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How The Power Structure Is Co-opting Obama

Danny Schechter | Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Media Hostility, Military Industrial Complex, Charles Freeman, Power, Obama Transition, Politics News
Danny Schechter

Has the president lost his tongue, or his courage? Must he lay down with the lions to stay in power?

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Socialism Without a Soul

Robert Scheer | Posted 04.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Robert Scheer, Aig, Socialism, Bailout, Newt Gingrich, Wall Street, George W. Bush, Military-Industrial Complex, Business News
Robert Scheer

The great fear of the GOP seems to be that some of the stimulus program might actually prove helpful to struggling Americans.

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Will Obama be a Peacemaker?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Peace Process, Military Industrial Complex, President Obama, War, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Martin Luther King Jr., Dwight D. Eisenhower, Barack Obama, Military Spending, American Imperialism, US Military Spending, Israel Gaza, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

Clearly, what the world desperately needs from America and its new president is a peacemaker, not another warrior.

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Bush to Hamas: Stop Wasting Money on War in Middle East

Chris Kelly | Posted 02.03.2009 | World

Read More: George Bush, Military Industrial Complex, Gaza, Budget, Hamas, Defense Spending, Iraq, Israel, World News
Chris Kelly

In his latest radio address, President Bush lambasted Hamas for "spending its resources on rocket launchers instead of roads and schools." Is he really that unconscious or does he say these things just to make people crazy?

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A Recipe For Corporate Success in Tough Times?

Nick Turse | Posted 01.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Military Industrial Complex, War Wire, Dow Chemical, Defense Contractors, 9/11, National Presto Industries, Vietnam, Arms, Business, Whirlpool Products, Politics News
Nick Turse

Is it possible that one of the Pentagon's contractors has a tripartite business model for our tough economic times: one division that specializes in crock-pots, another in adult diapers, and a third in medium caliber tactical ammunition?

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