Oct 25 2008

The World Is Our Oyster?

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October 25, 2008 – about 13 minutes

Guns or butter? Howard Zinn: New president must choose between continued militarism and domestic well-being

Prof. Zinn provides his opinion on the major decision that the incoming US president will have to make, the decision between maintaining the US policy of intervention abroad and providing jobs and health care to the American people. Zinn believes that the US has been in perpetual expansion since its foundation, expansion driven by economic motives.

This theme has continued through both Republican and Democratic administrations and therefore Prof. Zinn is not surprised that Obama’s campaign has not deviated from this policy, pointing out that he has called for escalation in Afghanistan and an increase in the size of the armed forces. But, Prof. Zinn contends, if Obama is serious about delivering health care and jobs for all, he will have to chart a new path in American foreign policy.

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    • Edger on October 25, 2008 at 15:47
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    between continued militarism and domestic well-being?

    Is there really any choice left, anymore?

    • dkmich on October 25, 2008 at 19:43
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    and glad to know you are better and home.  

    • Edger on October 26, 2008 at 02:26
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    Palin taking McCain for a ride?

    Bitter infighting has broken out between aides to John McCain and Sarah Palin over management of the Alaska governor’s role in the campaign, it was reported Saturday.

    The Politico.com website cited four Republicans close to Palin as saying she had grown frustrated by advice given to her by campaign handlers, whom supporters blame for a series of public relations gaffes.

    The report said Palin was now increasingly willing to disregard orders from advisors, suggesting the Republican running mate was in the initial stages of forging her own identity for a future tilt at the White House.

    “She’s lost confidence in most of the people on the plane,” said a senior Republican quoted by Politico, adding that Palin had already begun to “go rogue” in some of her public pronouncements on the campaign trail.

    The Alaska Governor’s supporters accused McCain campaign strategist Steve Schmidt and senior aide Nicole Wallace of already attempting to blame Palin for the failure of the campaign.

    “These people are going to try and shred her after the campaign to divert blame from themselves,” a McCain insider was quote by Politico as saying.

    When asked to comment on the Politico story by AFP, Wallace said in an email: “I have no comment other than what’s in the story, if people wish to throw me under the bus, my personal belief is that the graceful thing to do is to lie there.”

    Later Saturday, Politico quoted McCain advisers reacting angrily to the report, branding Palin a “diva.”

    The McCain sources said Palin had repeatedly gone “off-message” recently, suggesting she appeared to be looking out for herself.

    “She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone,” the McCain source said. “She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else.”

    • Edger on October 26, 2008 at 03:56
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  5. if we invest in green energy infrastructure we reduce the need for guns to get energy elsewhere, while bringing home the butter to workers in a green economy

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