Wednesday, June 01, 2005
Benito Mussolini is Shrill!
From Empire Burlesque:
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Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism as it is a merge of state and corporate power.
--- Benito Mussolini
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George W. Bush has quietly renewed the infamous Executive Order 13303.
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...In the order, Bush proclaims that any legal action taken for any reason against any American corporation dealing in "Iraqi petroleum products" at any point in the process – from well-head to gas-pump to boardroom – "constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security" of the United States.
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Bush declares flatly that any "judicial process" launched against these protected entities "shall be deemed null and void."
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how to guarantee that his partners and patrons won't be troubled by some rogue nation that still clings to the outmoded principle of law and order? Simple: one of the agencies authorized to "employ all powers" necessary "to carry out the purposes of this order" is our old friend, the Defense Department...
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Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism as it is a merge of state and corporate power.
--- Benito Mussolini
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