May 1, 2013

4-Star General destroys republican Congressman

In an effort to draw attention to himself to score political points and satisfy donors and lobbyists, junior Congressman Duncan Hunter Jr. (R-CA) has repeatedly accused the Army of failing to provide Soldiers with the latest intelligence processing technology.

He's obviously shilling for the company he references, Palantir.

Rather than compete for work like all other commercial product providers, Palantir spends nearly $600,000 per year lobbying Congress to force the Army to buy their product. Here's a link to Palantir's chief lobbyist, Terry Paul campaigning for Junior.

In return, republican Congressman Duncan Hunter Jr. now tries to get the Army to buy Paul's products.


Paul is a close Hunter family friend and has donated thousands to Hunter's congressional campaigns.

From General Odierno's response, it's pretty clear that he has had enough of the Congressman's nonsense.

Watch the whole thing. General Ordierno eats up Duncan Hunter.

April 21, 2013

China criticizes US for its human rights record

Source: Stars and Stripes/ Associated Press

BEIJING — China slammed the human rights record of the United States in response to Washington's report on rights around the world, saying that U.S. military operations have infringed on rights abroad and that political donations at home have thwarted the country's democracy.

The report released Sunday in China — which defines human rights primarily in terms of improving living conditions for its 1.3 billion people— also cited gun violence in the U.S. among its examples of human rights violations, saying it was a serious threat to the lives and safety of America's citizens.

The Human Rights Record of the United States in 2012 said the U.S. government continues to strengthen the monitoring of its people and that political donations to election campaigns have undue influence on U.S. policy.

"American citizens do not enjoy a genuinely equal right to vote," the report said, citing a decreased turnout in the 2012 presidential election and a voting rate of 57.5 percent.

Read more: http://www.stripes.com/news/us/china-criticizes-us-for-its-human-rights-record-1.217503

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China hit's the nail on the head- we are losing democracy here to the money holders.