Re: noam on democracy now

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

As usual, he's right on target.

 > From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 > Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:55:07 -0800 (PST)
 >
 > Take a look at the front-page headlines today, this morning, Financial Times at 
 > least. They predictâ??the big headline, the big storyâ??that the next election  is 
 > going to break all campaign spending records, and they predict $2 billion of 
 > campaign spending. Well, you know, a couple of weeks ago, the Obama 
 > administration selected somebody to be in charge of what they call "jobs." 
 > "Jobs" is a funny word in the English language. Itâ??s the way of pronouncing an 
 > unpronounceable word. Iâ??ll spell it: P-R-O-F-I-T-S. Youâ??re not allowed to say 
 > that word, so the way you pronounce that is "jobs." The person he selected to be 
 > in charge of creating jobs is Jeffrey Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, which 
 > has more than half their workforce overseas. And, you know, Iâ??m sure heâ??s deeply 
 > interested in jobs in the United States. But what he has is deep pockets, and 
 > also, not just him, but connections to the tiny sector of the ultra-rich 
 > corporate elite, which is going to provide that billion or billion-and-a-half 
 > dollars for the campaign. Well, thatâ??s whatâ??s going on.