Heist

[Minimalist]

How corporate cocksuckers stole the US government

http://truth-out.org/progressivepicks/it...mo-in-1971

Thom Hartmann: I think one of the big starting points for that conversation is defining the phrase "the American dream" itself. Ever since the Reagan revolution of the 1980s, a large number of Americans - particularly conservatives - have defined the American dream as "the opportunity to get really, really rich." But from the early days of the dirt farmers, through the Industrial Revolution and the rise of the assembly-line working class, the American dream instead has meant making a decent enough living to raise a family, buy a house, take an annual vacation and have a reasonable bit left over for retirement. Conservatives don't like to talk about this because essentially it's a description of a union job. But it really astounds me the number of conservatives who will call into my radio show and in a very casual, almost unconscious way refer to a vision of the American dream that is symbolized by Mitt Romney. It's like we've become a lottery mentality society, and it's really tragic.

[Cato]

Thanks Min. This is the quote that caught my eye:

Thom Hartmann: Yes, absolutely. For four generations conservatives have been hysterical about the loss of American sovereignty because of first the League of Nations and then the United Nations. But the real threat to American sovereignty comes from transnational corporations who have assembled themselves into transnational institutions like the World Trade Organization, and can now overturn laws passed by federal and state legislatures.

[The Grand Nudger]

Meh, what are our american dreams btw, for those that don't mind sharing?

Mines to work a piece of land until I can't lift a shovel, and then watch my children work it until I die.

[Angrboda]

I'm hoping to get some new curtains for the shoebox I live in.

[Minimalist]

George Carlin understands.





The man was a prophet. It is almost as if he foresaw Mitt Fucking Romney and the rest of the corporate cocksuckers.