This is a link to a Foreign Policy site article by Will Inboden, which we don't agree with per se, but it does show some of the foreign policy hypocrisy of Adam Smith and his mentor, President Barack Obama, so it's worth reading even though the Bush/Cheney govt. doesn't deserve even a hint of praise that Inboden seems to give them. Metaphorically, "a pox on 'em all," meaning the just mentioned politicians. Mark Greene is on record (Alaska Daily News, Sept., 2002 editions) for opposing the Iraq War Resolution. Smith voted for the resolution. Obama implied that he would have voted against it had he been in Congress in '02 -- if you believe that, we have some real estate in Florida to sell you.
We live in an age where many people say there needs to be an alternative to the two major parties, and then march right into the voting booth, at least the metaphorical booth, and cast their vote for the same old parties. Ladies and gentlemen, casting a vote is the exercise in power that the multitudes have that can bring to power the alternative that we say we want. If we cannot bring ourselves to even cast a vote against the status quo - even in a primary - all the talk about alternatives is truly just talk. Then there is the so-called alternative media: the bloggers, the fancy political websites, the free tabloids, and so forth. Some of these are actually an alternative to the corporate media, but the large majority are just a restyling and repackaging of the same old media that you know so well. Many have the same mindset, the same arrogance, and the same priorities, which are antithetical to the priorities of the masses. Then they offer endorsements for political candidates just l...
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