I posted this on one of my favorite forums, but I thought I'd put it up here too. I was responding to a spirited back-and-forth regarding the Bin Laden issue. Some people believe what we were presented with last night and some emphatically don't. As for myself, the very manner and timing of the presentation itself aroused my suspicions...as did the news this morning that the body was already disposed of...but do I know one way or the other? Nope.
I do feel that the reasons why this event could be used as a pretext for any number of things from any number of sectors are sadly obvious:
"The war machine is one of the lynchpins of our current economy (disgustingly enough)...and just like anything else in our growth-driven economic model, there have to be new sources of expansion to keep that machine going. The more enemies we make, the more we can spend on the arms industry, the more we bolster the overall economy and keep utter collapse at bay.
It's probably one of the most horrific catch-22s we have ever created. It's too bad we didn't devote that huge slice of our economic pie to alternative energy, building schools, and growing organic produce...but here we are. The amount of people employed directly and indirectly in that industry is staggeringly huge and that pin can't be pulled without imploding the whole system.
Sad and sick, isn't it? That which keeps us alive does so by killing people.
We are exactly where Eisenhower warned us we would be headed.
Imagine being infected by a parasite that eventually grows large enough to replace several of the vital organs you require to live. Imagine also that the ultimate fate you await is that that parasite will eventually become so large that it's intake of nutrients will starve you as the host.
What do you do?
And it's the same thing with the TBTF banks: sure they are amoral bastards, a lot of them, but at the same time their sudden absence would tank our economy. And because they have a need to constantly expand, we let them play the games that will ultimately kill our economy anyway.
Bombs and banks: can't live WITH 'em...can't live without 'em.
We are in a global catch-22 and the only way out is down.
Happy birthday."
It's probably one of the most horrific catch-22s we have ever created. It's too bad we didn't devote that huge slice of our economic pie to alternative energy, building schools, and growing organic produce...but here we are. The amount of people employed directly and indirectly in that industry is staggeringly huge and that pin can't be pulled without imploding the whole system.
Sad and sick, isn't it? That which keeps us alive does so by killing people.
We are exactly where Eisenhower warned us we would be headed.
Imagine being infected by a parasite that eventually grows large enough to replace several of the vital organs you require to live. Imagine also that the ultimate fate you await is that that parasite will eventually become so large that it's intake of nutrients will starve you as the host.
What do you do?
And it's the same thing with the TBTF banks: sure they are amoral bastards, a lot of them, but at the same time their sudden absence would tank our economy. And because they have a need to constantly expand, we let them play the games that will ultimately kill our economy anyway.
Bombs and banks: can't live WITH 'em...can't live without 'em.
We are in a global catch-22 and the only way out is down.
Happy birthday."
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