tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post6282577555129737623..comments2024-03-06T04:35:38.806-06:00Comments on Disaffected and it Feels So Good: The Blackwaterification of Public Education Grung_e_Genehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-30896595239882631472016-11-30T21:00:08.750-06:002016-11-30T21:00:08.750-06:00The only thing I'd add to this is that Blackwa...The only thing I'd add to this is that Blackwater didn't start this really either. I think Naomi Klein wrote years ago about the makeover of government as basically a core that gives out lucrative contracts to private enterprise.<br /><br />Blackwater, among other things, was what happened when the Bush administration applied that agenda to national defense. I suspect you've drawn the prediction correctly here, though.<br /><br />Hackwhacker's quote is bang on. In the name of getting rid of insensitive and unaccountable bureaucrats, we're going to turn over the public sector to insensitive and unaccountable billionaires.Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-74718983517641873082016-11-29T00:20:01.909-06:002016-11-29T00:20:01.909-06:00they've only been planning this for forty plus...they've only been planning this for forty plus years. <br />they laid it all out in the powell memo, in the seventies<br />they've been on the march ever since.<br /><br />the left hasn't taken this shit seriously SINCE then-<br />knives to the gunfight, and as such, the american experiment TOTTERS<br /><br />on the edge.Dan Kleinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17105769155368338250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-63133052097564436202016-11-28T10:37:55.204-06:002016-11-28T10:37:55.204-06:00Trump, in deciding to run for president, has clear...Trump, in deciding to run for president, has clearly demonstrated that he has no concerns for the necessity of qualifications for a high level government job. Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-43765241915288046812016-11-28T09:37:10.840-06:002016-11-28T09:37:10.840-06:00Yes! I see the video I used about these Blackwater...Yes! I see the video I used about these Blackwater people shooting randomly at vehicles is gone. <br /><br />They are back just in a different form. One Flyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03772881642197609507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-47705388448829914372016-11-28T09:19:55.304-06:002016-11-28T09:19:55.304-06:00W Hackwhacker and One Fly,
I had personal experie...W Hackwhacker and One Fly,<br /><br />I had personal experience with Blackwater Mercs in Iraq (and with DynCorp in Afghanistan). The mercs behavior in Ramadi caused problems for us constantly, obviously the 4 Blackwater Mercs who were strung up in Fallujah after the populace became tired of their criminal antics led the biggest battle in US History (September 2004) since Hue in Vietnam.<br /><br />The Mercs were nothing but trouble, walked around with a big dick swagger and committed numerous acts which could be considered war crimes, but forunately they have the keen legal minds of the fascist Republican Party members Alberto Gonzales, Addington, and Trump confidant Rudy Ghoulani who had this to say about stealing Iraq's oil,<br /><br />“Of course it’s legal – it’s war,” Giuliani answered, laughing. “Until the war is over, anything is legal.”<br /> Grung_e_Genehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01894879088472559055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-86669999533996192402016-11-28T08:52:12.766-06:002016-11-28T08:52:12.766-06:00More likely than not. My money says maybe 5% of ci...More likely than not. My money says maybe 5% of citizens here would have heard of Blackwater.<br /><br />It's possible they have enough time and the votes that our education system could be forever changed as described not not to be gotten back as HW states. They have been after this for decades and all is in place for that to happen<br /><br />And that's just education. They will be Busy Bastards ripping apart the very guts of this country! I hated the bush bastards but these fucks are much worse and more dangerous by a long sight.One Flyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03772881642197609507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293433952655399056.post-87934615006009576672016-11-28T08:04:41.665-06:002016-11-28T08:04:41.665-06:00Some people just have it in their DNA (obviously l...Some people just have it in their DNA (obviously like the Prince/DeVos klan, er, clan) to screw as many others over as possible, without interference by government. Rump is the epitome of this social/ commercial/ political model. Unfortunately, we're about to take many steps backward in this country and may never get back what we'll be losing.<br /><br />Good analysis, as usual, Gene.W. Hackwhackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12578895052115475639noreply@blogger.com