About the most gut-wrenching, terrifying thing I've ever seen...

[WilliamPitt]

...because of how many people in positions of incredible power hold this to be Gospel truth.

[onecaliberal]

1. Holy crap

[samsingh]

2. kick

[LuvNewcastle]

3. That's where we are.

I doubt we'll ever be able to jerk that teat from the world's mouths. All but a few malcontents such as ourselves have decided they would rather be slaves than have to think for themselves. They have their boob tube, their DisneyWorld, their Wal-Mart, and their pop music and video games. They've been so thoroughly brainwashed that they'll give their lives so that they and their friends and families will continue this 'way of life.' I am this close to completely giving up on them.

[adirondacker]

4. +trillions! Something worth mentioning is that it's not just US companies that buy our politicians.

Rio Tinto Group bought us Tommy Thompson, the Bush appointee for the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Tinto_Group

[KG]

5. and now, our global anthem...

Can't you see?
It all makes perfect sense
Expressed in dollars and cents
Pounds shillings and pence
Can't you see
It all makes perfect sense....

[Mnemosyne]

6. K&R for more visibility. nt

[H2O Man]

7. Recommended.

(I hope everyone on DU sees this. Thanks.)

[zeemike]

8. The world is a business Mt Pitt.

A big club and I am afraid we don't have the price of membership.

[blackspade]

9. Holy Fuck.

[Mojorabbit]

10. +1000 nt

[adirondacker]

11. kick.

[G_j]

12. K&R!