In the age of the Roman Empire emperors were actually worshiped as state deities upon their death. Temples were erected in their honour and the worship of the emperors became part of the state religion of the empire, viewed as essential to its survival. Some things have not changed much in two thousand years....
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With all the negative news coming out of Washington, DC it is nice once in a while to hear about some positive developments. Politico has a story by Darren Samuelshon and Stephanie Gaskell about the departure of several key warmongers from the US Congress. They write: Titans of defense and foreign policy who shaped...
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Many of the most prominent pro-war US politicians gathered this weekend in Washington, DC at what is called the Values Voters Summit. The list of speakers included Michele Bachmann, Paul Ryan, Rick Santorum, Eric Cantor, Allen West, Oliver North, Mike Huckabee and Glenn Beck – all of whom have a record of supporting aggressive...
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In a hard-hitting article from 2003 that is just as relevant today as it was the day it was penned, Texas Congressman Ron Paul writes about how the conservative movement was deceived and over-taken by the Neo-conservatives, who have moved into key positions of power and influence to push their agenda. As Paul notes,...
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Did Mitt Romney stand by Arizona on immigration with its battle against the Federal Government? No, despite the fact that his party and constituents have everything to lose from more Third World immigration. Has he met with traditionalist leaders, paleo-conservatives and Southern leaders? Of course not. But he did pander to the NAACP and...
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At a time when the United States is running a massive Federal deficit and borrowing vast sums of money from China and other (mostly East Asian) countries there is apparently no room to even reduce the rate of growth in its military budget – which equals nearly as much as all other military spending on planet Earth...
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The subject of the Neo-con dominance over political discourse in mainstream conservative circles in the United States is basically not on the table. Talk radio host Neal Boortz has said on multiple occassions that any time a caller says the word ‘Neo-con’ he knows not to take anything else they say seriously. Rush Limbaugh...
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With 10.3% of the precincts reporting in the New Hampshire Republican primary, the most pro-war, Neo-connish of the GOP candidates are not doing well. Romney is winning, as expected in his own backyard, with 35.5% of the vote. Paul is running a very strong second at 25%. Huntsman is running a surprising 16.2% while...
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“Appeaser” is a label that the Neo-con crowd attempts to attach to any politician or government official unwilling to go along with their bellicose agenda. Their opposition is always likened to Neville Chamberlain and “the next Hitler” is always on the horizon, threatening to bring down civilisation from his Third World bunker. It seems that...
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Consider our society today. People in government uniforms who enforce government legislation and uphold the state are revered as our “finest.” Economic and civil liberties are pretty much a thing of the past. Two hundred thousand pages of Federal regulations rule our lives. Multiple US foreign wars and occupations are always in progress. Great...
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The effeminate Neo-con who can’t get enough of US militarism and foreign aggression recently applauded South Carolina’s subservient role in the Empire. He congratulated his home State for supplying human cannon fodder for the endless foreign wars and nation-building projects the United States is engaged in around the planet. He also congratulated the Palmetto...
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In a recent interview on Antiwar Radio paleo-conservative author and former Republican presidential candidate Patrick J Buchanan took on John McCain and his fellow Neo-cons who recently succeeded in ramming through a Senate resolution declaring the de facto independent republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia the property of Georgia and demanding a withdrawal of...
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