Stephen Lendman - Comments on Greg Palast's New Book Armed Madhouse

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" Mary " <XMJMac

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 23:41:47 -0400

[Air_America_Radio] Stephen Lendman - Comments on Greg

Palast's New Book Armed Madhouse

 

Dear Folks,

 

 

 

Stephen Lendman is a fellow writer for VHeadline.com as well as a

friend. For those of you who have not read Greg Palast's new book,

Stephen breaks it down chapter by chapter. It is a lengthy read, but

one well worth it. Please pass it on to your friends, family and

coworkers.

 

 

 

Mary!

 

 

 

 

 

Stephen Lendman - Comments on Greg Palast's New Book Armed Madhouse

 

 

 

by Stephen Lendman

 

 

 

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I've known about and followed Greg Palast's important work for some

time. I read his eye-opening book The Best Democracy Money Can Buy a

few years ago and have mentioned it several times in some of my other

writing. Greg is one of the most important and exhaustively thorough

investigative journalists anywhere, which is especially important at a

time when that kind of effort is needed more than ever. I knew he had

a new book in the works, and I looked forward to getting and reading

it knowing it would be full of important and explosive material we all

should know about. I wasn't disappointed nor did I expect to be.

 

 

 

Living in the US under a rogue administration bent on world conquest

and dominance, I can easily understand what Greg might have had in

mind by his title. But as he explained, he chose it from his late

teacher Allen Ginsberg who wrote: " The soul should not die ungodly in

an armed madhouse. " He also explained before he became an

investigative journalist he was a " forensic economist " meaning he cut

deeply into the inner workings of companies like Enron and Exxon-Mobil

(my favorite one to pick on because they make it so easy for me to do)

to learn what they've really been up to - no good for sure as everyone

now knows about Enron which was little more than a crime organization

posing as a legal business.

 

 

 

I suspect not enough people know about Greg in the US. That's because

the dominant corporate media won't go anywhere near him. Why? Because

he uncovers and discloses some of the most important information we

should know that gets people upset when they find out about it. That's

not the kind of material an empire wants in circulation nor its

corporate media. It might interfere with the empire's plans if the

public knew what it was up to, and it wouldn't be good for business

either as the corporate media and the rest of corporate America profit

from its government's antics which are engaged in on their behalf. So

to assure it's business as usual, the public is kept uninformed except

for the steady stream of propaganda, lies and distortion reported

that's called news and information.

 

 

 

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