How Worried Should You Be?

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Not the topic but everybody should be made aware of my previous posts.

Jeremy Scahill's exposé of the Blackwater mercenary firm forcefully demonstrates the grave dangers of outsourcing the government's monopoly on the use of force."

- Joseph Wilson, former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq

"If the Republicans lose in 2008, they will leave office armed and dangerous. Blackwater is the utterly gripping and explosive story of how the Bush Administration has spent hundreds of millions of public dollars building a parallel corporate army, an army so loyal to far right causes it constitutes nothing less than a Republican Guard. The most important and chilling book about the death throes of U.S. democracy you will read in years and a triumph of investigative reporting."

- Naomi Klein, author, No Logo and The Shock Doctrine

"Jeremy Scahill skillfully chronicles the birth of America's frightening Praetorian Guard, one that has been unleashed - 25,000-strong - in Iraq. These hired guns, with their black uniforms and automatic weapons, appeared on the streets of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. They operate, at home and abroad, beyond the bounds of legal constraints and are controlled by secretive puppet masters, such as Erik Prince, who have close ties to the radical Christian Right. Should our nation enter a period of instability following another terrorist attack on American soil, an economic collapse or a series of environmental disasters the tyranny groups such as Blackwater impose on others could become the tyranny they impose on us. The rise of this unchecked mercenary force, as Scahill understands, could presage the final stage in the collapse of American democracy.

- Chris Hedges

"From Belgrade to Baghdad, from Nigeria to New Orleans, Jeremy Scahill leads a new generation of muckraking journalists. With trademark courage and conviction, Scahill is exposing the dark, violent and secretive world of the neo-mercenaries Washington is increasingly deploying in its wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and at home in the US. This is an explosive book!"

IT WAS THE MOGADISHU MOMENT of the Iraq war. March 31, 2004: Four American mercenaries are ambushed in the Sunni hotbed of Fallujah, their jeeps set ablaze with the men inside. An angry mob drags their charred corpses through the streets, hanging them from a bridge overthe Euphrates River. "Fallujah is the graveyard of the Americans!," the mob declares in front of the cameras. Within hours, the imagesspread across the world. The ensuing US slaughter in Fallujah would fuel the fierce Iraqi resistance that haunts US occupation forces to this day. Who were the mercenaries killed in Fallujah and who sent them there to die?

Meet BLACKWATER USA, the world's most secretive and powerful mercenary firm. Based in the wilderness of North Carolina, it is the fastest growing private army on the planet with forces capable of carrying out regime change throughout the world. Blackwater protects the top US officials in Iraq and yet the world knows almost nothing about the firm's quasi-military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and inside the United States. Blackwater was founded by an extreme right-wing fundamentalist Christian mega-millionaire ex-Navy SEAL named Erik Prince, the scion of a wealthy conservative family that bankrolls far-right-wing causes.

This is the dark story of the rise of a powerful mercenary army, ranging from the blood-soaked streets of Fallujah to rooftop firefights in Najaf to the hurricane-ravaged US gulf to the chambers of power in Washington DC, where Blackwater executives are hailed as new heroes in the war on terror. This is an extraordinary expose by one of America's most exciting young radical journalists.

Yes, thanks to President Bush and all the low lifes who voted for him. And, now, it's just going to continue getting worse, because the same low lifes who voted for Bush are going to vote for Palin. STUPID.

Yes, thanks to President Bush we are in this fix. And you know what? The same low lifes that voted for Bush are going to vote for PALIN. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

VERY WORRIED. PERIOD

Thanks to President Bush, and all the low lifes who voted for him.

If I can scrap up enough cash, I'm heading for the hills, out of this country until this nightmare is over. A full blown Depression is headed our way. Wake AMERICA, the dream is GONE, DEAD< DONE!!! And George Dubua did to us all!!, red states, blues states, me and YOU

Headed for the worst Depression in history. All of us. Rep and Dem's, red states and blue... me and YOU!

I am cashing out and leaving the country!! I was advised to do so, 3 years ago by the CEO of USDR who himself left the country... He knew what was coming !

What it means is we are headed for a full blown Depression worse than that of the 1930's., if MCCain/BUSH continue

I EARNED THE GETTY OIL COMPANY SHAREHOLDERS A BILLION BUCKS ???
ON THE RESERVE ACQUISITION; THE WAY THEY TREAT ME ??? IT REALLY SUCKS!
AS THE GETTY INHERITORS BASK IN GLEE;
ALL I ASKED FOR WAS THAT THEY LOOK AFTER ME!
A BILLION DOLLARS THEY EARNED ON RESERVE ???
MY FEE ??? I SURELY DESERVE!
IT TURNS OUT JP GETTY MAY HAVE BEEN A NAZI;
HIS FAMILY EVEN GOES BACK TO GERMANY ???.
WITH HITLER, GÖRING & GOEBBELS HE DID STAND;
WHILE TRYING TO UNDERMINE THE AMERICAN LAND!
FOR PAINTINGS & ARTIFACTS HE DID RECEIVE;
WITH HIS OIL HE WAS ABLE TO DECEIVE?
HOOVER & THE FBI & ROOSEVELT THEY KNEW ???
THAT JP GETTY & ESPIONAGE HE DREW?
MANY A YOUNG LAD & JEW DID DIE,
AS PLANES DROPPED BOMBS FROM THE SKY.
FOR YEARS WHILE GETTY SAT IN BERLIN,
HE MAY HAVE COMMITTED MANY A SIN?
THE ASHES AND SMOKE FROM THE CHIMNEYS IT ROSE ???
WHILE OLD MAN GETTY SAT COZY ??? HE CHOSE!
WITH ARTWORK HELD TIGHTLY UNDER HIS ARM,
STILL DRIPPING IN BLOOD ??? AS THE REAL OWNER MET HARM!
INTO THE OVENS & ON MEAT HOOKS, BULLETS BETWEEN THE EYES ???
LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY YOU CAN STILL HEAR THEIR CRIES!
WHILE GETTY JR. KBE,
SITS IN ENGLAND; AT HIS ESTATE AT WORMSLEY.
AND GORDO SINGS IN SAN FRANCISCO,
WITH HIS 727 IN TOW.
THE GETTY MUSEUM SITS ATOP MALIBU;
WHILE THE CORPSES OF WW II SCREAM ... ???JP GETTY ??? WE KNOW YOU!???

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McCain and Palin are constantly reciting and "polly-parroting" Obama's statements. McCain's statement today about "enough is enough" was insulting. McCain is rich man, married to a rich woman and neither have a clue what's it's like to live from paycheck to paycheck, or be disabled on a fixed income. Our country is going bankrupt and these media clowns are talking about Palin impersonators. Get real!

The current financial crisis happened on the watch of President Bush and the Republican Party. They closed their eyes to regulations and oversight so that their greedy friends could get rich. Now, we are headed for another Great Depression. Financial newscaster tell us that it will be a positive correction to keep people from panicking and running on the banks. Any voter in their right mind does not want 8 more years of financial ruin. The food on our table, the gas in our cars, our children's education, our jobs, and everything else is now threatened. When President Clinton left office (who is Democrat) he left the country in good fiscal order and with a surplus. We can't afford 10 billion per month on the war. We need CHANGE and we need NOW. And not the kind McCain is talking about. Obama 08