While the cost of the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan - and the so-called "war on terrorism " - has blown out to about half a billion dollars a day, the powerless and corrupt Iraqi government plans to cut back on food rationing on which millions of Iraqis rely on to survive. Why? Because of “insufficient funds and spiralling inflation.” With 43 percent of Iraqis suffering from absolute poverty and over half the population unemployed, the decision will affect nearly 10 million people. In other words, Saddam Hussein was better able to feed Iraqis than the US occupation forces or the "Greenzone" government of Iraq.

And in the US? Creeping fascism barely raises an eyebrow in the land of the free, home of the brave, cesspool of crony capitalism.

Victim of attack arrested, charged with disorderly conduct. stripped searched by male deputies, left naked in cell for six hours. Video link below http://www.wkyc.com/video/player.aspx?aid=53707&sid=82447&bw=hi

Legendary Funds Manager Julian Robertson
Predicts Utter Global Collapse Stemming
From Bursting of Property Bubble.
(what we have all been waiting for)

The dictatorial governments of Communist China, North Korea, the former Soviet Union and its Eastern Block proxies have all been quite rightly condemned for their use of torture, false imprisonment, fear-mongering, illicit surveillance of ordinary citizens and political show trials.

Under the Bush/Cheney administration, the USA stands likewise condemned.