Inside Official Washington's bubble, the Important People believe their "group think" is the envy of the world, but the truth is that their credibility has collapsed to such a degree that their propaganda can't even match up with the head-chopping videos of the Islamic State crazies, writes Robert Parry.
In 2003, Monsanto settled a lawsuit for $700 million with 20,000 Anniston, Alabama residents who claimed that a Monsanto plant contaminated local rivers, lakes, soil and air with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Plaintiffs reported a range of health issues including cancer, birth defects and neurological disorders.
Metadata collection is no substitute for human intelligence and good police work. But even with the information that Farook was in contact with terrorist suspects, the FBI did nothing. This time people died. Heads should roll.
Significantly, soiled citizenship illuminates an incredible range of world dilemmas, especially war, violence and economic inequality. Whether Syrian refugees fleeing horror, over 11 million of our undocumented neighbors, or the dislocated seeking political asylum, what stateless people lack beyond a resident state is enough cash to offset customs harassment, even deportation.
This article speaks to psychopathology in corporate behavior in relationship to care for the elderly. It speaks to the author's personal experience while also reflecting on what we as a people need to to do get out from under corporate rule. Ready for change? Let this be a beginning. Or perhaps you are in the middle? At any rate, "Know thyself" by asking "what kind of world you would like upon becoming elderly?