Thom Hartmann: How the 1% is reacting to the 99%

[thomhartmann]

Run time: 06:50 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5voBlPjVKY   Posted on YouTube: October 20, 2011 By YouTube Member: TheBigPictureRT Views on YouTube: 76   Posted on DU: October 20, 2011 By DU Member: thomhartmann Views on DU: 1675

 
What exactly is Fox so-called News up to when it comes to coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement? In my Daily Take - I'll ask a very important question about how the 1% is reacting to the 99% taking to the streets.

The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann on RT TV & FSTV "live" 9pm and 11pm check www.thomhartmann.com/tv for local listings

[Goldstein1984]

1. I believe we're seeing a government that has lost or is losing

its legitimacy. Legitimacy and moral authority go hand-in-hand, and without moral authority there is only authority of position, which can only be defended with force.

Thus, 5% of the world's population does 50% of its military spending, the USA Patriot Act to subvert the Constitution, the militarization of police forces, the peasant uprising, and what will follow that.

[Enthusiast]

2. K&R and plus one to your post, Goldstein1984.

"5% of the world's population does 50% of its military spending"

Either we change this or it will not end pretty. The chickenhawks are already fabricating reasons to start yet another war -this time with Iran. But if it wasn't Iran it would be someone else.

[Goldstein1984]

3. We're sending 100 military "advisors" into Central Africa

There are estimated oil reserves of up to 6 billion barrels. Time to become concerned about humanitarian issues when that much oil is involved.

[Enthusiast]

7. And the October issue of Scientific American

has an in-depth article about the rare mineral wealth and rare elements to be found in Afghanistan.

What do we call it when the nation's military serves exclusively to protect the interests of the multinational corporations?

Is it fascism yet?

[occupyeverywhere]

5. Iran and then the big one, China.

It's all laid out in the PNAC guidlines, they've stuck to this game plan, there is nothing indicating that they intend to deviate from it. In a decade only a massive war will be able to bring us out of our economic wasteland or so we will be told. That war will be with China, they are the only viable candidate.

[Enthusiast]

9. I vote for no war with anyone, viable or not.

I long for the days of Panama and Grenada. Just look how much power the PNAC has gained since those days. I guess they have consolidated their hold on the media.

[Bluenorthwest]

4. Slightly off topic...Thom's Show on TV is excellent

Been seeing tv instead of hearing radio...better with the pictures and sans the ads....The show is very good.

[jwirr]

6. What channel?

[Enthusiast]

8. I get Thom's show on Free Speech TV.

I have Dish Network. It's channel 9415.

[jwirr]

10. Thank you.

[droidamus2]

11. I understand

the idea of needing a Constitutional Convention to override the Supreme Court but there is one problem I have always had with the idea of having such a convention in this day and age. Once the convention starts you cannot be guaranteed that the people you agree with will retain control of the agenda. Therefore you might see amendments banning abortion, requiring a balanced budget, banning gay marriage and any number of other rightwing restrictive ideas. Of course these still have to pass enough states to be ratified but you may end up with a lot of stuff you wouldn't want and possibly have the amendment that was the whole reason for wanting the convention in the first place not be ratified.