Democrats in Congress (and elsewhere) continue to disgust February 28, 2006
Posted by Delilah in : Islam/Arab Phobia, US , add a commentHonestly, it’s fine, we get it: it’s patently clear that they’re unhappy about the Dubai deal and wish to stop it, no matter what. They don’t even pretend to look into it at all, in terms of DPW’s actual credentials and record.
And now - we have the (incresingly insufferable) Huffington Post - wrapping the whole freakshow into an Israeli flag, just like what was apparently done to prisoners at Guantanamo. It’s kind of cute that that story is picked-up by something called “think progress” - is that a joke? - which is itself busy disseminating a story from the Arab/Muslim hating “Jerusalem Post”. Doesn’t get more transparent than that.
As Mosley said the other day: “F*ck Those Democrats”
More hysteria at the Washington Post
Posted by Delilah in : US, Books, Washington Consensus , add a commentAnyone with any true experience of international development ie gained from working within the beasts that make it up and on the ground - rather than looking at it from some desk in Europe or North America - knows why John Perkins’ book “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man” has been such a tremendous best seller. It ruthlessly unpacks the dark underbelly of international development practices that those of us with experience in the field suffered for many years and continue to suffer although, clearly, not to the extent that its victims (ie “beneficiaries” in the lingo) have.
There is no way to verify all the detailed machinations that Perkins describes in the experiences he relates in the book, but we, the development practitioners and the victims of development, know the consequences because we’ve lived them.
Now, Washington Post columnist Sebastian Mallaby may just be envious of Perkins’ success. (more…)
