The Death of a Nation

The Bush administration has handed everything over to corporations - even the running of our government. Corporatists now dictate national policy and control all arms of government including our military as they empty our national treasury and saddle us and our children with debt for decades to come. What Thomas Jefferson and other founders of this nation warned us could happen - has happened.

"Unless the mass retains sufficient control over those entrusted with the powers of their government, these will be perverted to their own oppression, and to the perpetuation of wealth and power in the individuals and their families selected for the trust." - Thomas Jefferson, 1812

Democracy - not our government- is being drowned in the bathtub as Grover Norquist, Gingrich, and others have vowed to do. Government has grown under Bush. The money no longer available from taxes to fund our excessive budget is being borrowed from China, Germany, Japan and other nations and is being divided up among wealthy investors and corporate executives. We are a nation under siege and the Trojan horse is free trade agreements and corporate crime.

Bush, the so-called president of our nation, has been reported to have privately said of our Constitution, " Stop throwing the constitution in my face . . it's nothing but a God-damned piece of paper."

Our constitution is not sacrosanct to these pirates who have gained control and are in the process of scuttling the national ship. We, the people, the crew of this ship, must mutiny if our nation is to survive.

Here is just one more example of the hostile takeover from today's New York Times:

"This is an unusual invitation," the deputy secretary of homeland security, Michael Jackson, told contractors this year at an industry briefing, just before the bidding period for this new contract started. "We're asking you to come back and tell us how to do our business."

Seeking to Control Borders, Bush Turns to Big Military Contractors By ERIC LIPTONSeveral large companies plan to bid on a multibillion-dollar contract to build a "virtual fence" along the nation's borders.