In spite of some of Chris Hedges shortcomings, his recent time on Law and Disorder radio was on point: mp3
“…the military industrial complex, the corporate centers of power, the security and surveillance state, these are the institutions that largely determine policy, and any president is captive to those institutions, which is why you have almost complete continuity between, on these systemic issues, between GW Bush and Barrack Obama with this caveat of course: that Obama’s assault on civil liberties has been worse…”
