While U.S. manufacturing exports dry up, one particular group of U.S. exporters are still raking in money: the arms dealers. Via Trade and Taxes: It turns out that in 2007 the US had the lowest share of global manufacturing output on record. For the first time since the UN began keeping these statistics in 1970, [...]
Archive for March 17, 2009
The Business of Burning Human Beings
Posted: March 17, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: arms dealers, Christianity, Iraq, Irresistible Revolution, Jesus, Jesus for President, Lockheed Martin, nonviolence, Shane Claiborne, war profiteering
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The Day After Tomorrow
Posted: March 17, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: Afghanistan, anti-war, biden, Iraq, Lynn Woolsey, McCain, Obama, Rumsfeld, surge
Thursday marks the sixth anniversary of the U.S.’s military assault on Iraq. The occupation continues today, although President Obama recently stated his intent to withdraw our forces: Let me say this as plainly as I can: by August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end….And under the Status of Forces Agreement with the [...]
