Paul Craig Roberts On Drones And Deficits

Posted 2013-02-11 09:04
by Karl Denninger
in Other Voices

Here's an interesting perspective on a couple of points.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTVlPRA8jos

A couple of things to contemplate.

Dorner is an ex-cop who is wanted in the murder of three people, including family members of those who he claims wronged him. At the same time we hunt him and have a $1 million reward on his head our government murdered a 16 year old American citizen in a separate drone strike from the one that killed his (alleged terrorist) father. There has never been any evidence presented that his son was a terrorist, and our own Constitution prohibits corruption of blood even via treason.

Nor is this limited to "terrorists" -- remember the Detroit Police who killed a 7-year old during a completely-unnecessary invasion while serving a warrant? If such tactics and their results are acceptable when our government does it, why aren't they acceptable when a criminal decides to do the same thing?

Perhaps this has something to do with my "shrug" response to what Dorner has allegedly done in California. And perhaps Dorner is showing us all what happens when the rule of law is discarded by our leadership and so-called "law enforcement." Our problem in this regard begins in the White House.
Congress has a problem with the destruction of the tax base. I have harped on this for years, which is why Leverage spends so much time on reform of tax policy and immigration, along with the medical industry. There is no way out of the box we're in today without addressing these issues, along with (in the longer run) energy. But there is also no actual debate taking place on any of these issues.

In any event I think you'll find this worth the 15 minutes it will take to listen to -- especially if you roll it around in your head for a while and let it sink in.

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