Patriotic suckers who nurse at the tit of multinationals

[donhakman]

There are employees at Sinclair who think themselves patriots.
Their income depends on it.


We are in a world of multinational corporations that pay no US tax but help control the direction of US foriegn policy. For example Halliburton's corporate offices are in Bermuda and Vanatu, ergo - they are free from US corporate taxation. For them patriotism is for suckers but patriotism indeed feeds their coffers.

The proud Americans who support "my country right or wrong" are looking in the wrong direction. It should be 'my corporation, right or wrong'.

The business of America is business. As long as all the corporate money controls the Congress, the Presidency, the Defense Industry and the Media - America will be milked of every last dollar and every last civil right. Access to the courts or Congress is more limited with every passing year. Access to prison or no/free spech zones increase every year.

How far the pendulum swings will depend on the personal suffering and conscience of the US population.
For "my money" I believe Kerry offers only a respite in the downward acceleration of middle class incomes and soaring higher costs.
Still it is a branch to grasp when one is hanging onto a cliff.

For all the true patriots out there, I say - Suffer well and choose wisely. Your personal concept of patriotism far exceeds any of the entities that cater to your religio-political beliefs.