Catching Up

See this? Bogey men on the right. See this? Labor's organizing in self-defense and countering the Tea Party anger from a couple years back (that, by the way, paved the way for the Republican victories in the 2010 election). See this? The Obama Administration will no longer defend the constitutionality of DOMA.

Are you feeling stirred up? Then you're the base, and the heavy guns are laying down artillery fire for the Battle of 2012. Game on.

[I'm looking for a major Green initiative and a big-time fight over shutting down government in the current round.]

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Remarkable: Before our very eyes, we are witnessing the modern fall of the great ancient empires: Babylonia. Carthage, Egypt. Even corrupt, decadent old Rome (bunga bunga). And now Libya. Can Persia and Assyria be far behind?

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We support freedom-loving people everywhere. GWB-style: cram it down your throat on our own timeframe and agenda; kill, maim, and injure tens of thousands of civilians, install friendly puppets whether you want it or not. O-style: quietly support bottom-up, people's movements and timely throw thugs under the bus.

Shock Doctrine in action?

How this will impact the coming resource wars with China remains to be seen. But I like our chances better now.

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Speaking of Libya and oil wars, look who's on the side of the terrorists and anti-democratic dictators. Yep, you guessed it: BIG OIL! Aren't they always?

UPDATE: Huge article confirming the above and more: "Some of the biggest oil producers and servicers, including BP, ExxonMobil, Halliburton, Chevron, Conoco and Marathon Oil joined with defense giants like Raytheon and Northrop Grumman, multinationals like Dow Chemical and Fluor and the high-powered law firm White & Case to form the US-Libya Business Association in 2005." This lobbying group opposed reformers in Libya. Quel surprise!"brahim Sahad, the secretary general of the National Conference of the Libyan Opposition, the largest coalition of Libyan opposition groups, blames the USLBA and U.S. firms that have lobbied and consulted on behalf of the Libyan government for helping keep Gaddafi in power."

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Did I miss anything?