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POPSWhat Type of Recession Is It? Good news...the recession is over? Obviously this makes no sense. I suppose the elections in Afghanistan, the tea-parties, town hall meetings, Obamacare, swine flu domestic militarism, missing Russian boats, the return of Star Wars, unrest in South America, typhoons, wildfires, and approaching hurricane news needed a little pick-me-up.
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POPSCensus GPS-tagging your home's front door Obama administration announced its oversight of the census, "literally taking control of the census away from the Commerce Department." He put that together with Obama's longtime push for national service. I ask again, what would be the purpose of shooting the GPS coordinates of American doorways?" he wrote. The answer he provided was alarming. "Imagine, if you will, that there are a number of people in a neighborhood that could not find the addresses they are tasked with finding. They are not locals, maybe are unable to read a map, or perhaps do not have the time to pull out a map, and they need to find you with specific GPS coordinates. Their devices would lead them to your front door with these coordinates. Imagine a crisis is afoot, and martial law is put into place. U.S. troops need to round up particular folks," he wrote.
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POPSStop Materilaism, Militarism and Racism This was the speech in which King powerfully opposed the U.S. war in Vietnam and argued that domestic problems in the United States, including poverty, could never be solved as long as we continued with such wars and with the investment of so many of our resources in militarism. When the U.S. House of Representatives first voted on a banker bailout bill last year, it responded to immense public pressure and voted No. Then forces heavily represented on Wall Street refused to take No for an answer. Kings' giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism were protected by the three enforcers of money, media, and party that control the people who are supposed to represent us.
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POPSUS Personnel Change in Iraq Could Be Disastrous This is a week-old radio show about the state of Iraq with a couple of military experts--Andrew Bacevich & Andrew Krepinevich. One of these persons pointed out a disturbing fact--that US ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad had negotiated some kind of political settlement with all of the parties in the Iraqi legislature (including things such as sharing oil revenues), but now the whole US political leadership in Iraq is being replaced, which probably means that the deal Khalilzad had ironed out will probably go to hell as everyone tries to renegotiate to get a better deal for themselves.
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