The Lies of "Conservatism" and the "Center" are Immoral

[Joanne98]

For OpEdNews: Mark Karlin - Writer

From BuzzFlash

There once was a somewhat principled -- even if selfish and objectionable -- movement in America called Conservatism. But that is no more: as much a victim of the public relations-named "Reagan Revolution" as are America's middle and working class and the once robust economy of the United States.

The modern "conservative" movement is nothing more than a massively funded and highly effective communications strategy to shift America into an oligarchy that functions for the super wealthy through tax cuts and for corporations through the elimination of safety regulations for the public good and the privatization of government.

That's not conservatism; that's highway robbery. It's a crime.

All this came about through the organized strategy and financing of wealthy financiers and corporations to build a network of think tanks, media-owned outlets, reporters toting the oligarchy line on the "benefits" of unrestrained "free trade," public relations initiatives, and front organizations to move America from an evolutionary society relying on the strength of innovation and a dynamic educated middle class to a relatively static society in which those at the top are in a members-only club growing obese with wealth while kicking others down from the ladder to the top and demanding tithes from them.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Lies-of-Conservatism-by-Mark-Karlin-100309-639.html

[FormerDittoHead]

1. Says in a nutshell what I've been saying for years now. k+r n/t

[Burma Jones]

2. Hey, it ain't so bad.......

if you're a Government Contractor.....

Now that private profit is a primary force driving Government spending, the Sky's the Limit. If you privatize the Government, then the folks profiting from that privatization owe more to their shareholders than to the taxpayers.

I live in the DC area, there are local radio and print advertisements aplenty for weapons systems, networks, temp labor....it's like these firms are selling used cars, just with stirring music, threats of dire consequences if the taxpayer doesn't pony up to General Dynamics and all with a patina of phony patriotism.

I left the DC area to go to college in 1978. When I came back, in 1983, housing developments were sprouting up everywhere.....the extortion of the rest of America to fatten up Government Contractors - especially Defense Contractors - had begun. This is Reagan's Legacy, and I'm not even sure HE knew what was going on. It continues today.

So, Government spending, reviled by Conservatives, is actually the vehicle through which a wealthy elite has robbed the rest of the country.

And yes, I'm biting the hand that feeds me.........sometimes like a Goose being raised for foie gras.....

[Gman2]

3. Got an OP saying that. shorter though. Right on.

[democracy1st]

4. K & R

[classysassy]

5. The brain washed citizens

Our less than bright(dim light bulbs) citizens who listen to Limbaugh,Beck and the rest of the over payed shills for the wealthy crooks will continue to vote for the republican party and the blue dogs democrats.