Chalmers Johnson - The Coming End Of The American Empire (3 of 8)

This talk was given in Los Angeles, April 2, 2004. Every American should listen to this talk to better understand U.S. foreign policy.
Our government has been hijacked by an elite group of thugs. Turn off the koolaid dispensing channels like FOX and CNN. I am a lifelong conservative & even I say the Republican party is nothing more than the war party & the party of mindless Milton Friedman style capitalism and "free" trade. Remember, total unrestricted capitalism is just as ruinous as communism. And regarding the Democrats, they are nearly identical to the Republicans on issues dealing w/ trade, foreign policy, & banking.

Ron Paul 2012.

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[hamnose]

@wendybandurskimiller Well dang, let's get a room. I do disagree with him about Roman history a little though. (Most soldiers in Republican Rome's armies were common people who didn't meet the property requirements or for political reasons were not selected to be knights.) But it is wonderful to hear reasonable well intentioned words.

[goodflo911]

@wendybandurskimiller his books are insightful, and packed with info/proof pretty cheap to get 2nd hand on ebay as well

[wendybandurskimiller]

@hamnose I know exactly what you mean! I just discovered these talks myself.

[kmg501]

Jesus... This should be required classroom study..

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[centurion180ad]

How did OBL manage to stand-down NORAD on 9/11?

How did OBL manage to halt any forensic investigation of 9/11 for almost 2 years, and see to it that by then most of the direct evidence in the blown-up building parts was shipped overseas and destroyed?

How did OBL manage to fire FBI field officers, which were on the trail of suspect terrorists training to fly airplanes near military bases?

How did OBL issue Visas for Entry of known terrorists by US Embassies?

[hamnose]

This guy is just wonderful. I love his style in clarifying recent history. I love his take on ancient Rome. You always hear dumb crap like the Augustan age and the Pax Romana etc. Yeah. a Pax Romana alright because half the men were dead after so many years of civil war. And from Augustus it was downhill all the way for the Romans. Damn so far I agree with everything single little thing this guy says. It's like I have discovered a kindred spirit. This is exactly my take on all this. Thanks!

[SimmerInJuly]

Here are things, when associated with Negroes, are racist: fried chicken, watermelons, chitterlings, monkeys, woolen goods, & Cadillacs.

[bapyou]

Where or to what group/gathering in Los Angeles was this talk given?

Thank you for including the date of this talk, by the way. Many You Tube posters fail to include such temporal information about their posts, leaving their uploads floating free of historical context, untethered to time.

[procommenter]

Jimmy Carter said that a President turns the country 5 degrees (or maybe it was 5%?). Anyway, we are pushing for a collectivists' society where-from a central government may abuse the individual on behalf of the collective.