14-08-2013, 06:27 AM
Interesting thread, Steve. JFK was a threat to tptb for a variety of reasons. He was outside the phony left-right paradigm. Free Trade is one of those significant issues that most politicians in both "competing" parties agree on. They have to, if they want to maintain their own lucrative positions. Anyone who doesn't understand at this point that NAFTA and all the other trade agreements passed by our illustrious representatives were disastrous for America is probably not capable of comprehending anything. The giant sucking sound Ross Perot described has been nonstop background noise in this country for twenty years.
If you recall, there was a nice coalition of "left" and "right" renegades who opposed NAFTA. Pat Buchanan, Ralph Nader, Dennis Kucinich, Liberty Lobby. Meanwhile, mainstream "liberals" and "conservatives" toed the line, and supported it. We are seeing the same thing now with the Immigration "reform" bill, that will put the final coffin in what's left of the American working class. Except that now there really isn't any opposition from the left anywhere to this, and not much on the right, either. Obviously, our elected representatives knew that these trade agreements were not in America's best interest, and they know that permitting some 30 million illegal aliens to become citizens, and flood a workforce that has a real unemployment rate of 25% or more, will hasten the collapse of our economy.
JFK rejected the military industrial complex's overtures towards war multiple times during his tenure in office. No other president has resisted their orders in such a bold way, so often. He spoke out against secrecy in government, condemned big corporations, knew about the Federal Reserve's dastardly role in our society, and was the only president to wage war on organized crime. He was our last great leader.
If you recall, there was a nice coalition of "left" and "right" renegades who opposed NAFTA. Pat Buchanan, Ralph Nader, Dennis Kucinich, Liberty Lobby. Meanwhile, mainstream "liberals" and "conservatives" toed the line, and supported it. We are seeing the same thing now with the Immigration "reform" bill, that will put the final coffin in what's left of the American working class. Except that now there really isn't any opposition from the left anywhere to this, and not much on the right, either. Obviously, our elected representatives knew that these trade agreements were not in America's best interest, and they know that permitting some 30 million illegal aliens to become citizens, and flood a workforce that has a real unemployment rate of 25% or more, will hasten the collapse of our economy.
JFK rejected the military industrial complex's overtures towards war multiple times during his tenure in office. No other president has resisted their orders in such a bold way, so often. He spoke out against secrecy in government, condemned big corporations, knew about the Federal Reserve's dastardly role in our society, and was the only president to wage war on organized crime. He was our last great leader.
