The U.S. public is angry but as long as "everything is under control," there is nothing wrong" and the public doesn't matter

noam chomsky... (watch the full video of this speech that i posted back in mid-march here...)

Elections have become a charade, run by the public relations industry. After his 2008 victory, Obama won an award from the industry for the best marketing campaign of the year. Executives were euphoric. In the business press they explained that they had been marketing candidates like other commodities since Ronald Reagan, but 2008 was their greatest achievement and would change the style in corporate boardrooms. The 2012 election is expected to cost $2 billion, mostly in corporate funding. Small wonder that Obama is selecting business leaders for top positions. The public is angry and frustrated, but as long as the Muasher principle* prevails, that doesn't matter.

* The guiding principle was articulated clearly by Carnegie Endowment Middle East specialist Marwan Muasher, formerly a high official of the Jordanian government: "There is nothing wrong, everything is under control." In short, if the dictators support us, what else could matter?

piss on the goddam peasants... let 'em eat cake...!

(btw, i had some truly wonderful afghan cake yesterday that our great afghan cook made for us... besides being a good cook, he's also a really nice guy...)

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