WORLD POLITICS & SHOW BIZ: ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE by Justin Raimondo + IRAN: MEDIA, EMPIRES & DESTRUCTION OF DEMOCRACY by Luciana Bohne

“After warning that a military strike on Iran would dwarf the strategic disaster now taking place in Iraq by several degrees of magnitude, the uniformed wing of the Pentagon is preparing for the worst. As so should we all.

The great danger is that this war will catch the American public unawares – that it will happen too soon for the public to realize that the Democrats are in on this one, too...

"Now that is truly scary. The regionalization of the Iraq war, the strong possibility that the U.S., not Iran, will use nuclear weapons – in short, a cataclysmic clash of civilizations is on the immediate horizon. Where are the leaders who will lead us out of this morass? Where are the voices of reason in our political parties, and even among the "mainstream" punditry? Will no one stand up and say "Enough!"?

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September 22, 2006


World Politics and Show Biz

All the world's a stage


by Justin Raimondo


Once again, the UN is entertaining – and that's not a good thing. Its ominous meaning is that the world crisis is deepening, but in the meantime we are in for quite a spectacle. Hugo Chávez stole the show the other day, with his remarks likening the president to the Devil, crossing himself and raising his eyes to heaven in a performance that almost brought down the house. Yet his speech – little more than a concatenation of epithets and windy proposals to "reform" the UN – didn't amount to very much. It was, nevertheless, an occasion for a lot of politicians and pundits to chime in with their reviews, mainly from liberal Democratic peacocks who took the opportunity to proudly display their "patriotic" credentials. Listen to that old fraud and blowhard Charlie Rangel give Chávez a Bronx cheer:


"You do not come into my country, my congressional district, and you do not condemn my president. If there is any criticism of President Bush, it should be restricted to Americans, whether they voted for him or not. I just want to make it abundantly clear to Hugo Chávez or any other president, do not come to the United States and think because we have problems with our president that any foreigner can come to our country and not think that Americans do not feel offended when you offend our Chief of State."

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