Ricnard Lyon’s Comments

• Jan 15th, 2014 @ 11:47am

  Re: Re: King Soloman

  on Obama Plans Cosmetic Changes To NSA: Embraces 'The Spirit Of Reform' But Not The Substance
  That is why Obama is a politician and not the fount of wisdom and truth.
• Jan 15th, 2014 @ 11:00am

  King Soloman

  on Obama Plans Cosmetic Changes To NSA: Embraces 'The Spirit Of Reform' But Not The Substance
  When I read the NYT article earlier today I got an image of a cartoon of Obama as King Soloman sawing a baby named 4th Amendment in half. This is exactly the approach he would be expected to take. When he appointed his review panel it was already clear that they were not people who would recommend radical change. Now Obama is ditching most of even their token suggestions.
• Jan 15th, 2014 @ 10:02am

  Neoliberal Ploys

  on Why Exactly Do We Need To 'Protect' US And EU Foreign Investments Through TAFTA/TTIP Anyway?
  The notion that the international entrepreneurs want the major governments to just get out of the way entirely is strictly for public consumption. In practice the strategy is to control the government and its resources for their benefit. The classic example of this is the bailout of the banks in the financial crash. The pure libertatian approach would have been for the government to stand aside and let them fail.