political philosophy

In response to this video:

I made the following comment over at Mutantfrog Travelogue:

You know if you think about it, Bush and Obama are only marginally different. To not acknowledge this is to be pretty naive, I think. That is there are certain parameters and paradigms of thinking that just aren't going to get transcended in mainstream politics because they're taboo.

So I mean, where were these people when George Bush was president? Where were these people when George Bush was conducting overseas wars and bailing out big banks?

They were watching Glen Beck and thinking it was all patriotic and okay, I suppose. That's the sad thing here. In some way or another, I think these people are just tools of a sort. They *justify* the idea that we should dismiss the opposition as nuts and just follow the mainstream.

Putting on my blinkers and ear plugs and taping my mouth shut. Thank you Max Blumenthal.

China has become a leading exporter to America. Over the last year or so there has been a lot of bad press about the inferior quality of Chinese goods. This has caused a lot of pressure to be put on China. American policy makers have literally visited China over this issue, and the American press constantly pushes Chinese authorities to clean things up.