I’ve wondered why I’ve heard nothing of the environmental record of Mr. Bush, the worse of any President in history. I was blaming environmental groups but now I know the real reason.
The corporations who finance his campaigns, whose former employees he appointed to run the federal agencies designed to protect us and our public lands from them, own the media outlets, or threaten them with lawsuits or lost revenue.
General Electric is the parent company of NBC, one of the most watched news outlets. They’re responsible for 86 Superfund toxic waste sites around the country, and are the company who destroyed the Hudson River with PCBs, among other things. They are facing billions in cleanup costs for it.
The biggest story of this election should be the corporate takeover of the federal government and the “air waves” that by law are supposed to be owned by the public for the good of our democracy.
Go back to the months prior to 9/11, when the Bush administration’s obvious agenda from the beginning was suspending every Clinton-Gore environmentally friendly action.
There was the National Energy Policy written by the still secret task force composed of energy company executives and lobbyists.
9-11 explains why we started the War on Terrorism. We may never know the real reasons for starting the War on Iraq.
However, both of these have been perfect “smokescreens” for the corporate takeover of our government and liquidation of our natural resources for cash.
They are newsworthy stories, but I keep thinking about that movie the “Wag the Dog” with Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman.
The biggest threat to Democracy is not terrorism, but corporate takeover. Please read Robert Kennedy’s new book, “Crimes against Nature,” especially Chapter 10. And hurry. It’s getting late. Then, please tell others and vote.
Ray Mathis is the health rducation department chair at McHenry Community High School in McHenry, Ill.