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I Was a "Domestic Terrorist": Tales From a Post-9/11 America
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t r u t h o u t | 09.06
I Was a "Domestic Terrorist": Tales From a Post-9/11 America
http://www.truth-out.org/i-was-domestic-terrorist-tales-post-911-america/13=
15328847
Brad Crowder, The Indypendent: "It began with the sound of the cold metal r=
atchet, the pressure gripping my wrists and squeezing all the way up to my =
heart. A brief, almost flippant sentence uttered by Special Agent Christoph=
er Langert signified my terrifying new reality: 'Mr. Crowder, you are under=
arrest by the FBI. Five days earlier, I had been arrested by the cops in M=
inneapolis for 'failure to Disperse from an Unlawful Assembly.' We had been=
rounded up en masse. I had just seen David surrender to the police and wit=
nessed another cop wield his baton like a bat across the head of a photojou=
rnalist. Another comrade, whom I knew from antiracist and antifascist organ=
izing, was with me. Tears were streaming down his face; he was screaming at=
the police, his voice a poignant mix of rage, indignation and helplessness=
."
Noam Chomsky | Was There an Alternative? Looking Back on 9/11 a Decade Late=
r
http://www.truth-out.org/was-there-alternative-looking-back-911-decade-late=
r/1315317854
Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch: "We are approaching the 10th anniversary of the =
horrendous atrocities of September 11, 2001, which, it is commonly held, ch=
anged the world.... A number of analysts have observed that although bin La=
den was finally killed, he won some major successes in his war against the =
U.S. 'He repeatedly asserted that the only way to drive the U.S. from the M=
uslim world and defeat its satraps was by drawing Americans into a series o=
f small but expensive wars that would ultimately bankrupt them,' Eric Margo=
lis writes. 'Bleeding the U.S.,' in his words. 'The United States, first un=
der George W. Bush and then Barack Obama, rushed right into bin Laden's tra=
p... Grotesquely overblown military outlays and debt addiction ... may be t=
he most pernicious legacy of the man who thought he could defeat the United=
States' - particularly when the debt is being cynically exploited by the f=
ar right, with the collusion of the Democrat establishment, to undermine wh=
at remains of social programs, public education, unions, and, in general, r=
emaining barriers to corporate tyranny."
Creating the Intelligence Bureaucracy
http://www.truth-out.org/creating-intelligence-bureaucracy/1314135656
Nancy Murray and Kade Crockford, Truthout and ACLU Massachusetts: "One hund=
red and three years ago, then-attorney general Charles Bonaparte enlisted s=
ome private detectives and members of the Treasury Department's Secret Serv=
ice (set up in the aftermath of the Civil War to ferret out counterfeiting)=
as special agents in his newly created Bureau of Investigation. At a time =
when Congress was staunchly against any federal power engaging in political=
surveillance, its role was initially limited to investigating interstate c=
rime and crimes on federal property. Those limitations did not last long. T=
he seed had been planted of what would become a massive intelligence and ho=
meland security bureaucracy involving 1,271 government organizations and 1,=
931 private companies ... How did we get from there to here?"
Reports Say Loyalists Are Fleeing From Libya to Niger
http://www.truth-out.org/reports-say-loyalists-are-feeling-libya-niger/1315=
315362
Rob Nordland, Adam Nossiter and Alan Cowell, The New York Times News Servic=
e: "As rebel negotiators press loyalists in the desert town of Bani Walid t=
o surrender peacefully before a Sept. 10 deadline, a long convoy of Libyan =
Army vehicles was reported on Tuesday to have crossed the country's souther=
n border into Niger in what could represent a shift in the balance of power=
after six months of conflict."
On the News With Thom Hartmann: Mitt Romney to Lay Out Jobs Plan Today, and=
More
http://www.truth-out.org/news-thom-hartmann-mitt-romney-lay-out-jobs-plan-t=
oday-and-more/1315323829
In today's On the News segment: Mitt Romney is expected to lay out his plan=
for job creation today in Nevada, Obama's job approval numbers continue to=
plunge, Labor Day in Wisconsin spent rallying workers against Gov. Scott W=
alker, US issued ultimatum to Switzerland to disclose secret Swiss bank acc=
ounts, post office running out of cash and may shut down this winter, and m=
ore.
CIA's Push for Drone War Driven by Internal Needs
http://www.truth-out.org/cias-push-drone-war-driven-internal-needs/13153309=
45
Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service: "When David Petraeus walks into the Cen=
tral Intelligence Agency Tuesday, he will be taking over an organization wh=
ose mission has changed in recent years from gathering and analyzing intell=
igence to waging military campaigns through drone strikes in Pakistan, as w=
ell as in Yemen and Somalia. But the transformation of the CIA did not simp=
ly follow the expansion of the drone war in Pakistan to its present level. =
CIA Director Michael Hayden lobbied hard for that expansion at a time when =
drone strikes seemed like a failed experiment. The reason Hayden pushed for=
a much bigger drone war, it now appears, is that it had already created a =
whole bureaucracy in the anticipation of such a war."
Now Obama Has Zero Choice but to Go Bold on Jobs
http://www.truth-out.org/jobs-report-message-now-obama-has-zero-choice-go-b=
old-jobs/1315317910
Isaiah J. Poole, Campaign for America's Future: "Zero. That was the number =
of net jobs produced by the economy in August, according to the Bureau of L=
abor Statistics. Zero is the number that looms above President Obama as he =
delivers his address Thursday to a joint session of Congress. The imperativ=
e for the president is now more clear than ever. He must present a bold, vi=
sionary plan to address today's jobs emergency, or risk delivering to the n=
ation's unemployed ... zero."
Libya's Next Fight: The West
http://www.truth-out.org/libyas-next-fight-west/1315318480
Ramzy Baroud, The Palestine Chronicle: "Listening to upbeat statements by r=
ebel military commanders, and optimistic assessments of National Transition=
al Council members, one gets the impression that the future of Libya is bei=
ng entirely formulated by the new Libyan leadership. Arab media, led by Al =
Jazeera, seemed at times to entirely neglect that there was a third and mos=
t powerful party involved in the battle between freedom-seeking Libyans and=
the obstinate dictator. It is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, whos=
e decisive and financially costly military intervention was not charitable,=
nor was it a moral act. It was a politically and strategically calculated =
endeavor, with multifaceted objectives that simply cannot be scrutinized in=
one article."
=20
Getting Those Republican Attacks Right=20
http://www.truth-out.org/getting-those-republican-attacks-right/1315315684
Dean Baker, Truthout: "At this point, Republican politicians are beginning =
to sound almost like wind-up toys when they complain about job-killing taxe=
s and regulations that keep businesses from hiring. The media should at lea=
st do the Republicans and the public the courtesy of attempting to discern =
if these complaints make any sense. (McClatchy gets high marks for this eff=
ort.) If the charges are true, then there are logical implications that can=
be explored. The media should be taking the time to see whether the eviden=
ce is consistent with Republican claims. The tax side of the story is prett=
y simple. The Republicans are making things up."
Hartmann: Unequal Responsibility for Crime
http://www.truth-out.org/unequal-responsibility-crime/1315328149
Thom Hartmann, Berrett-Koehler Publishers: "Every year the Federal Bureau o=
f Investigation (FBI) issues a press release on its Uniform Crime Reporting=
Program, which determines the 'Nation's Crime Index.' It reports crimes by=
persons - but it excludes corporate persons, even when the corporations ha=
ve been convicted of felonies. In its entire history, the FBI has never iss=
ued an annual report on crimes by corporate persons, although its reports o=
n crimes by human persons are well researched and well publicized. The upsh=
ot of this is that when you ask people how most money and property are stol=
en, or how most people are killed, they think of burglars and muggers and b=
ank robbers and crimes of passion. They think of human persons. The reality=
, though, is that more money and property are stolen by or lost to corporat=
e criminals than to human criminals."
Remembering the Moment Our CEOs Dug in
http://www.truth-out.org/remembering-moment-our-ceos-dug/1315319786
Sam Pizzigati, Inequality.org: "Forty years ago, U.S. corporate honchos saw=
their power ebbing away. So they did what corporate honchos always do. The=
y asked for a memo.... The memo would remain confidential until syndicated =
national columnist Jack Anderson did an expose in 1973. That publicity only=
served to whet corporate interest.... By year's end, a Chamber of Commerce=
task force - with executives from corporate giants ranging from G.E. to Ge=
neral Motors - had translated the Powell memo into action plan specifics...=
. The number of corporate public affairs offices in Washington, D.C. would =
quintuple between 1968 and 1978, from 100 to over 500. In 1971, Hacker and =
Pierson relate, only 175 U.S. corporations had registered lobbyists in Wash=
ington. The 1982 total: almost 2,500."
Paul Krugman | Facts That Strain Personal Incredulity
http://www.truth-out.org/facts-strain-personal-incredulity/1315319388
Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.: "Somewhere in his writings Richard Dawkins, th=
e British evolutionary biologist, talks about anti-evolution types who argu=
e from personal incredulity - they say, 'I just can't believe that chance c=
ould create something as complex as an eye,' and think that they have score=
d an important point. All they've actually done, of course, is rehash their=
prejudices. (Simulations show, by the way, that chance plus selection can =
indeed create an eye, in a relatively short time as evolutionary history go=
es.) I'm getting the same kind of thing a lot on issues macroeconomic."
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Tony Blair didn't just play godfather to one of Rupert Murdoch's daughters =
by his third wife. Blair is the godfather. (http://www.guardian.co.uk/comme=
ntisfree/2011/sep/05/tony-blair-godfather-murdoch-daughter )
People generally pick close friends to honor by being a godparent, so Murdo=
ch didn't choose Blair by accident. According to The Guardian UK, "Murdoch'=
s third wife, Wendi Deng, who let slip the information in an interview with=
Vogue, described Blair as one of Rupert's closest friends."
Meanwhile, the British Parliament has once again begun hearings on the Murd=
och News Corp. hacking and bribery scandal. The incestuous relationships of=
Murdoch with UK governments of both the Labour and Conservative Parties fl=
ow seamlessly from one parliamentary majority to another. The current UK Pr=
ime Minister, Conservative David Cameron, has been so tight with Murdoch th=
at Cameron's former press secretary was one of Murdoch's infamous tabloid e=
ditors.
As Henry Porter scathingly observes in The Guardian UK: "Real political pow=
er always works unseen, and that is how Murdoch has pulled the levers in Br=
itish society. Prime ministers who accept Murdoch's support end up doing hi=
s bidding."
Add British Petroleum to the mix, as it is the first- or second-largest com=
pany in the UK, depending upon the criteria used (http://www.forbes.com/lis=
ts/2010/18/global-2000-10_The-Global-2000_Rank.html) - and you have a trium=
virate of government/media propaganda and corruption/big oil corporate rule=
. There is little doubt that BP, for instance, played an enormous role in i=
nfluencing Blair to back the invasion of Iraq - and it has always figured p=
rominently in relations with Libya.
The result of this chronic triumvirate rule (and add a host of other corpor=
ations to join BP in the winner's circle) is that the UK has the semblance =
of democracy, but the structure of the elite status quo remains basically u=
nchanged under governments of any political party.
If that sounds a lot like how things are in the United States, that's becau=
se it is.
Mark Karlin
Editor, BuzzFlash at Truthout
Audio: Inside the Koch Brothers' Secret Seminar
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/09/exclusive-audio-koch-brothers-semin=
ar-tapes?utm_source=3Dtwitterfeed&utm_medium=3Dtwitter&utm_campaign=3DFeed%=
3A+motherjones%2Fmain+%28MotherJones.com+Main+Article+Feed%29
Robert Redford Blasts Obama Over Environment
Read the Article at USA Today
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/09/redford-blasts=
-obama-over-environment/1?csp=3D34news&utm_source=3Dfeedburner&utm_medium=
=3Dfeed&utm_campaign=3DFeed:+usatoday-NewsTopStories+%28News+-+Top+Stories%=
29&utm_content=3DGoogle+Feedfetcher
Who You Gonna Believe: WikiLeaks or Rupert Murdoch?
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/12988
Under Rick Perry, Texas Funding for Volunteer Fire Departments Was Cut by M=
ore Than 75 Percent
Read the Article at KVUE
http://www.kvue.com/video/featured-videos/Volunteer-firefighters-in-Texas-s=
truggle-with-financial-crisis-118510059.html
GOP Candidates Vow to Carry Tea Party Banner
Read the Article at MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44401602/ns/politics-decision_2012/
America, 2011: One of the Only Growth Industries Is Endless War
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/12987
Teamsters President: "No Regrets" After Fiery Speech Draws Right-Wing Criti=
cism
Read the Article at Talking Points Memo
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/09/teamsters-president-no-regrets-a=
fter-firey-speech-draws-right-wing-criticism.php
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ay 6 September 2011 <br />
<br />
<font><strong>I Was a "Domestic Terrorist": Tales From a Post-9/11 America<=
/strong></font><br />
Brad Crowder, The Indypendent: "It began with the sound of the cold metal r=
atchet, the pressure gripping my wrists and squeezing all the way up to my =
heart. A brief, almost flippant sentence uttered by Special Agent Christoph=
er Langert signified my terrifying new reality: 'Mr. Crowder, you are under=
arrest by the FBI. Five days earlier, I had been arrested by the cops in M=
inneapolis for 'failure to Disperse from an Unlawful Assembly.' We had been=
rounded up en masse. I had just seen David surrender to the police and wit=
nessed another cop wield his baton like a bat across the head of a photojou=
rnalist. Another comrade, whom I knew from antiracist and antifascist organ=
izing, was with me. Tears were streaming down his face; he was screaming at=
the police, his voice a poignant mix of rage, indignation and helplessness=
."<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DGxe%2F=
cCo9XtwFjJzD7yqUnpK8bFbq5Nkd"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</fon=
t></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Noam Chomsky | Was There an Alternative? Looking Back on 9/11=
a Decade Later</strong></font><br />
Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch: "We are approaching the 10th anniversary of the =
horrendous atrocities of September 11, 2001, which, it is commonly held, ch=
anged the world.... A number of analysts have observed that although bin La=
den was finally killed, he won some major successes in his war against the =
U.S. 'He repeatedly asserted that the only way to drive the U.S. from the M=
uslim world and defeat its satraps was by drawing Americans into a series o=
f small but expensive wars that would ultimately bankrupt them,' Eric Margo=
lis writes. 'Bleeding the U.S.,' in his words. 'The United States, first un=
der George W. Bush and then Barack Obama, rushed right into bin Laden's tra=
p... Grotesquely overblown military outlays and debt addiction ... may be t=
he most pernicious legacy of the man who thought he could defeat the United=
States' - particularly when the debt is being cynically exploited by the f=
ar right, with the collusion of the Democrat establishment, to undermine wh=
at remains of social programs, public education, unions, and, in general, r=
emaining barriers to corporate tyranny." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3Dej7Ob6=
pD8Xp5oy8KkBT13JK8bFbq5Nkd"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Creating the Intelligence Bureaucracy</strong></font><br />
Nancy Murray and Kade Crockford, Truthout and ACLU Massachusetts: "One hund=
red and three years ago, then-attorney general Charles Bonaparte enlisted s=
ome private detectives and members of the Treasury Department's Secret Serv=
ice (set up in the aftermath of the Civil War to ferret out counterfeiting)=
as special agents in his newly created Bureau of Investigation. At a time =
when Congress was staunchly against any federal power engaging in political=
surveillance, its role was initially limited to investigating interstate c=
rime and crimes on federal property. Those limitations did not last long. T=
he seed had been planted of what would become a massive intelligence and ho=
meland security bureaucracy involving 1,271 government organizations and 1,=
931 private companies ... How did we get from there to here?"<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D5ky2lG=
zhLhqaUqWdPZd7oZK8bFbq5Nkd"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Reports Say Loyalists Are Fleeing From Libya to Niger</strong=
></font><br />
Rob Nordland, Adam Nossiter and Alan Cowell, The New York Times News Servic=
e: "As rebel negotiators press loyalists in the desert town of Bani Walid t=
o surrender peacefully before a Sept. 10 deadline, a long convoy of Libyan =
Army vehicles was reported on Tuesday to have crossed the country's souther=
n border into Niger in what could represent a shift in the balance of power=
after six months of conflict."<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DZk9Ba6=
QqU%2BbuyCOMJUU2wZK8bFbq5Nkd"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</fon=
t></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>On the News With Thom Hartmann: Mitt Romney to Lay Out Jobs P=
lan Today, and More</strong></font><br />
In today's On the News segment: Mitt Romney is expected to lay out his plan=
for job creation today in Nevada, Obama's job approval numbers continue to=
plunge, Labor Day in Wisconsin spent rallying workers against Gov. Scott W=
alker, US issued ultimatum to Switzerland to disclose secret Swiss bank acc=
ounts, post office running out of cash and may shut down this winter, and m=
ore.<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DJWSVS4=
82Um1q25HF9OdPNJK8bFbq5Nkd"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Watch the Video and Rea=
d the Transcript</font></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>CIA's Push for Drone War Driven by Internal Needs</strong></f=
ont><br />
Gareth Porter, Inter Press Service: "When David Petraeus walks into the Cen=
tral Intelligence Agency Tuesday, he will be taking over an organization wh=
ose mission has changed in recent years from gathering and analyzing intell=
igence to waging military campaigns through drone strikes in Pakistan, as w=
ell as in Yemen and Somalia. But the transformation of the CIA did not simp=
ly follow the expansion of the drone war in Pakistan to its present level. =
CIA Director Michael Hayden lobbied hard for that expansion at a time when =
drone strikes seemed like a failed experiment. The reason Hayden pushed for=
a much bigger drone war, it now appears, is that it had already created a =
whole bureaucracy in the anticipation of such a war." <br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DLF4fwn=
ImHGe5KUVyuEFsvZK8bFbq5Nkd"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Now Obama Has Zero Choice but to Go Bold on Jobs</strong></fo=
nt><br />
Isaiah J. Poole, Campaign for America's Future: "Zero. That was the number =
of net jobs produced by the economy in August, according to the Bureau of L=
abor Statistics. Zero is the number that looms above President Obama as he =
delivers his address Thursday to a joint session of Congress. The imperativ=
e for the president is now more clear than ever. He must present a bold, vi=
sionary plan to address today's jobs emergency, or risk delivering to the n=
ation's unemployed ... zero."<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D2TZNGg=
XxAMr%2BfUiBkWeHW5K8bFbq5Nkd"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</fon=
t></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Libya's Next Fight: The West</strong></font><br />
Ramzy Baroud, The Palestine Chronicle: "Listening to upbeat statements by r=
ebel military commanders, and optimistic assessments of National Transition=
al Council members, one gets the impression that the future of Libya is bei=
ng entirely formulated by the new Libyan leadership. Arab media, led by Al =
Jazeera, seemed at times to entirely neglect that there was a third and mos=
t powerful party involved in the battle between freedom-seeking Libyans and=
the obstinate dictator. It is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, whos=
e decisive and financially costly military intervention was not charitable,=
nor was it a moral act. It was a politically and strategically calculated =
endeavor, with multifaceted objectives that simply cannot be scrutinized in=
one article."<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DXYyChv=
reBsqoedYgaL3xzqT52dn9rj4d"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Getting Those Republican Attacks Right </strong></font><br />
Dean Baker, Truthout: "At this point, Republican politicians are beginning =
to sound almost like wind-up toys when they complain about job-killing taxe=
s and regulations that keep businesses from hiring. The media should at lea=
st do the Republicans and the public the courtesy of attempting to discern =
if these complaints make any sense. (McClatchy gets high marks for this eff=
ort.) If the charges are true, then there are logical implications that can=
be explored. The media should be taking the time to see whether the eviden=
ce is consistent with Republican claims. The tax side of the story is prett=
y simple. The Republicans are making things up."<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3D444Ip3=
bgmiIuh370q84PL5K8bFbq5Nkd"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</font>=
</a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Hartmann: Unequal Responsibility for Crime</strong></font><br=
/>
Thom Hartmann, Berrett-Koehler Publishers: "Every year the Federal Bureau o=
f Investigation (FBI) issues a press release on its Uniform Crime Reporting=
Program, which determines the 'Nation's Crime Index.' It reports crimes by=
persons - but it excludes corporate persons, even when the corporations ha=
ve been convicted of felonies. In its entire history, the FBI has never iss=
ued an annual report on crimes by corporate persons, although its reports o=
n crimes by human persons are well researched and well publicized. The upsh=
ot of this is that when you ask people how most money and property are stol=
en, or how most people are killed, they think of burglars and muggers and b=
ank robbers and crimes of passion. They think of human persons. The reality=
, though, is that more money and property are stolen by or lost to corporat=
e criminals than to human criminals."<br />
<a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3Dagygrb=
K2Vvmx6GsKXI%2F%2BzJK8bFbq5Nkd"><font color=3D"#cc0000">Read the Article</f=
ont></a> <br />
<br />
<font><strong>Remembering the Moment Our CEOs Dug in</strong></font><br />
Sam Pizzigati, Inequality.org: "Forty years ago, U.S. corporate honchos saw=
their power ebbing away. So they did what corporate honchos always do. The=
y asked for a memo.... The memo would remain confidential until syndicated =
national columnist Jack Anderson did an expose in 1973. That publicity only=
served to whet corporate interest.... By year's end, a Chamber of Commerce=
task force - with executives from corporate giants ranging from G.E. to Ge=
neral Motors - had translated the Powell memo into action plan specifics...=
. The number of corporate public affairs offices in Washington, D.C. would =
quintuple between 1968 and 1978, from 100 to over 500. In 1971, Hacker and =
Pierson relate, only 175 U.S. corporations had registered lobbyists in Wash=
ington. The 1982 total: almost 2,500."<br />
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<p>Tony Blair didn't just play godfather to one of Rupert Murdoch's daughte=
rs by his third wife. <a href=3D"http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/trac=
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<p>People generally pick close friends to honor by being a godparent, so Mu=
rdoch didn't choose Blair by accident. According to The Guardian UK, "Murdo=
ch's third wife, Wendi Deng, who let slip the information in an interview w=
ith Vogue, described Blair as one of Rupert's closest friends."</p>
<p>Meanwhile, the British Parliament has once again begun hearings on the M=
urdoch News Corp. hacking and bribery scandal. The incestuous relationships=
of Murdoch with UK governments of both the Labour and Conservative Parties=
flow seamlessly from one parliamentary majority to another. The current UK=
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that Cameron's former press secretary was one of Murdoch's infamous tabloi=
d editors.</p>
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power always works unseen, and that is how Murdoch has pulled the levers in=
British society. Prime ministers who accept Murdoch's support end up doing=
his bidding."</p>
<p>Add British Petroleum to the mix, as it is <a href=3D"http://org2.democr=
acyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=3D2&c=3DVpVxdCjzInhpoKOfSTE5OZK8bFbq5Nkd"><=
font color=3D"#cc0000">the first- or second-largest company in the UK</font=
></a>, depending upon the criteria used - and you have a triumvirate of gov=
ernment/media propaganda and corruption/big oil corporate rule. There is li=
ttle doubt that BP, for instance, played an enormous role in influencing Bl=
air to back the invasion of Iraq - and it has always figured prominently in=
relations with Libya.</p>
<p>The result of this chronic triumvirate rule (and add a host of other cor=
porations to join BP in the winner's circle) is that the UK has the semblan=
ce of democracy, but the structure of the elite status quo remains basicall=
y unchanged under governments of any political party.</p>
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cause it is.</p>
<p>Mark Karlin<br />
Editor, BuzzFlash at Truthout</p>
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