Friday, January 27, 2006

The obscenity of American capitalism

A recent study has shown that the gap between rich and poor has increased in the United States. This is consistent with other statistics that we have been seeing lately about the state of American capitalism. For example, it was earlier reported that Wall Street bonuses for 2005 reached a record $21.5 billion.

The obscenity that is American capitalism knows no bounds.

Posted by The Haikuist at 8:35 AM | | Comments

Wednesday, January 11, 2006

Cindy Sheehan quote

Here is an interesting quote from Cindy Sheehan's interview in Counterpunch:

And about Bill Clinton . . . . You know, I really think he should have been impeached, but not for a blow job. His policies are responsible for killing more Iraqis that George Bush. I don't understand why to rise to the level of being president of my country one has to be a monster. I used to say that George Bush was defiling the Oval Office, but it's been held by a long line of monsters. We don't have to support our administrations to love our country. True patriots of my country dissent when our country's doing something so wrong.

Posted by The Haikuist at 4:03 PM | | Comments