Inside USA - Privatised cities - 17 Oct 08 - Part 2

When the government of the city of Sandy Springs in Georgia decided to bring in a multinational corporation to run all of the city's services - with the exception of police and firefighting - it effectively became the first fully privatized city in the world.

It's a trend that is already spreading fast, with four new cities launched in the last three years, all of them run by the same company, defence contractors CH2M Hill.

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[HarrysBar]

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

[HarrysBar]

Jane is such a Rousseauian (and I am pleased to see it). I too believe in the innate goodness within human beings. SHe was cool in the vietnam era and she still is. Thanks for making this programme.

[biblefarce]

Nice to see a canadian working at AJ. Interesting.

[biblefarce]

@aegisone1 Even if the war is unjust right? Run along now.

[gjsterp]

"Hanoi" Jane was right.

The War in Viet Nam was a WAR CRIME, as are all other wars the US has perpetrated since.

Jesse Ventura said it on an Aljazeera interview.

"WWII was the last legal war." I may have paraphrased, but that is what he said, and I agree.

Patriotism is being used to manipulate our young men to support Corporate America's profits and interests.

Eisenhower warned us of the American "war machine" taking over.

It happened and we have to stop it. 

[aegisone1]

@SRT480 Jane Fonda along with her future soul mate in hell Bill Ayers are stinking low class trash.They will go down in history as so. No soldier goes to war for traitors of their country. Soldiers are sworn to defend the country from foreign and domestic(Jane Fonda) enemies.

[SRT480]

@aegisone1 everything she did was her god given right as american to do. our troops fight for those rights everyday. dont blame some actress for the policy that sent good men and women to war to die in a nation we would end up abandoning. if you want traitors to brandish, start with congress and work your way up. they sold us all out for campaign contributions.

[anyname666]

THIS IS NOT ABOUT PRIVATISED CITIES

It is about a use to wazzer who is trying to get noticed again.

[ftsmallwood]

This is an error. It's about Jane Fonda not about privatizaion in Georgia.

[aegisone1]

those kids were told that comunism was sweeping through the world and vietnam was where it was going to stop. today president obama has placed committed communist with in high post and leadership within the united states goverment.goverment everbody has paid dearly with the exception of trash whores like jane fonda.

[rbkelivet]

Are you crazy, have you missed the part of where 3 million Vietnamise, 700 thousand Kambodian, and 500 thousand Lahosian people died. You were the invading party in the tradition of American imperialism, that is the face of evil. Working for peace is the christian way to salvation. Not killing for the man.

[rdavian]

lol welcome to america ! wait till this depression is over oops i mean recession oops i meant to say recovery sorry about that.