Coke Militarism vs. Pepsi Imperialism

Very sadly, my firmly-held opinion, is that Romney probably just gained five points, as a result of Obama's lackluster "debate" performance. So many TV-addled American Dumb-heads were just waiting for the appropriate "reason," delivered at ...a propitious time, to believe Mitt's their guy, in complete contravention of the readily learned and apparent facts. Not that Obama is much better, really; these are just different brand-names the Oligarchy applies to factions officially known as "Republicans" and "Democrats," i.e: "Coke-Militarism" vs. "Pepsi-Imperialism." In any event, if the Romney-Ryan team does prevail in November, it will be an unmistakable signal of one overarching fact (besides being a reflection of voter suppression in key battleground states).That fact: certain influential circles within the military establishment, The "Intelligence Community," and elite corporate elements like the Koch Brothers prefer, for the usual inane and insane reasons, the prospect of a Willard-Paul hegemony. We've had similar outcomes before, in 1963, 1980, 2000 and 2004. Don't get me wrong, John F. Kennedy was an outspoken Capitalist and a passionate Cold Warrior: but in several key areas - Civil Rights domestically and Cuba/Soviet/Nuclear Arms policy internationally - he bucked the System, a fatal mistake. And apparently Jimmy Carter was just a little too weak in his approach to the rest of the planet, allowing a certain give-and-take toward the Third World. Take Carter's actually quite hollow platitudes about Human Rights as an example. Then there was Bill Clinton - no matter how many "casual" wars he waged against Afghanistan, Sudan, and Iraq, it just wasn't the big bang demanded by the Neocons. Though Clinton maintained vicious and murderous sanctions against an already prostrate Iraq, resulting in say half a million civilian deaths, that wasn't enough to satisfy our most accomplished Ruling Class mass-murderers. Well, don't take my word for it, explore the Wikileaks and other good source material. I'll shut up now. Yeah, right! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQhEBCWMe44 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBXjf8Jce10 http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/2012/10/tm-tomorrows-droney-visits-again.html