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Military Industrial Complex

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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He's the President, Stupid

Beau Friedlander | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, House Negro, Military Industrial Complex, Clinton, Centrist-Left, George W. Bush, Hawk, Obama, Ted Kaczynski, Barack Obama, Center-Left, Uncle Tom, Anti-War, Field Negro, Dwight Eisenhower, Clintonista, Bill Ayers, Malcolm X, Somalia, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Ralph Nader, Politics News
Beau Friedlander

Obama's peace train is on tracks that have led to the same place since Eisenhower first told America to beware the military-industrial complex.

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Peggy's Confusion: Some "Political Bullsh*t" About John McCain

Eugene Jarecki | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Msnbc, Morning Joe, Military, Barack Obama, Military Industrial Complex, Why We Fight, Military Spending, The American Way of War, Pow, US Military Spending, John McCain, Peggy Noonan, Politics News
Eugene Jarecki

When it serves him politically to condemn Halliburton's abuses, he takes that view. When he's running for president and seeking to establish his bonafides with the Republican base, a different John McCain emerges.

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Real Change Trickles Up

Eugene Jarecki | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Change, Celebrities Talk Politics, Military Industrial Complex, America, Economic Crisis, Defense Spending, Barack Obama, American Idol, Politics News
Eugene Jarecki

Change comes from below, requiring massive investment and sacrifice by everyday people that goes far beyond the effort of casting a ballot.

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Unexpected? Hardly

Paula Gordon | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Markets, Looting, Military-Industrial Complex, Republican, Politics News
Paula Gordon

What's with the shocked headlines? Roiling stockmarkets a surprise? Come on! While Republicans eviscerated government and looted the treasury, cre...

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The Personification of the Military-Industrial Racket

Joe Lauria | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Neocons, Neoconservatives, John McCain, Military-Industrial Complex, Georgia, Randy Scheunemann, Politics News
Joe Lauria

Randy Scheunemann stands as living, breathing proof of the incestuous relationship between the White House, the Pentagon, defense contractors, Congress and foreign governments: the military industrial complex.

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Why Do We Spend So Much On National Security?

Patrick Takahashi | Posted 08.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Peak Oil, Federal Budget, Global Warming, Military-Industrial Complex, Middle East, Barack Obama, War, Politics News
Patrick Takahashi

"I've never seen our lack of strategic depth be where it is today." General Richard Cody, Army Vice Chief of Staff TIME, April 14, 2008 Let me see ...

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Empire or Democracy: Are We Ready for the Fall?

John W. Whitehead | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Empire, Morality, Democracy, War in Iraq, Economy, Fascism, Military Industrial Complex, Rome, Environment, Immigration, Diplomacy, Credit Crunch, Politics News
John W. Whitehead

As resources are drained, the principles inherent in a democratic republic will be compromised by what is needed to sustain a militaristic empire like the US.

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