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DeLay: People are unemployed because they want to be
By Escape The Illusion on March 7, 2010 | 3 Comments
Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay says that Sen. Jim Bunning was “brave” for blocking an extension in unemployment benefits. DeLay subscribes to the notion that people only try to find jobs when their benefits run out. “There is an argument to be made that these extensions, th... -
Poor ObamaBy Escape The Illusion on March 5, 2010 | 1 Comment
What a mess he inherited. The Great Recession, Iraq, Afghanistan. No other U.S. president has ever faced such a mess. And Obama has to deal with this mess with fewer than 60% of the seats in both houses of Congress being held by his own party. Even knowing how terrible this inherited situation would... -
Intelligence In The Media: Reading Between The LiesBy Escape The Illusion on March 3, 2010 | 2 Comments
Has the media been hijacked by governments and intelligence agencies – the CIA, MI5, MI6 – to manipulate public opinion…? Intelligence In The Media: Reading Between The Lies By Jon King The Paradox, And The Shared Agenda To some, the phrase ‘Intelligence In The Media’ describes a paradox. ... -
Joe Stack’s LetterBy Escape The Illusion on February 23, 2010 | 2 Comments
Here at ETI we do not know if this is Joe Satck’s actual letter, but we thought we should share what we found. If you’re reading this, you’re no doubt asking yourself, “Why did this have to happen?” The simple truth is that it is complicated and has been coming for a long time. The wri... -
Mumps Vaccination Spreads Mumps to UnvaccinatedBy Escape The Illusion on February 19, 2010 | 1 Comment
To hear the vaccine pushers say it, all the recent outbreaks of mumps and measles are caused by too few people seeking out vaccinations. It’s all those “non-vaccinated people” who are a danger to society, they say, because they can spread disease. Reality tells a different story, h... -
Profiting From Immigration InjusticeBy Escape The Illusion on February 16, 2010 | 2 Comments
When an architect named Norman Pfeiffer designed the Evo DeConcini Federal Courthouse in Tucson, Ariz., he claimed to have been inspired by its natural surroundings. “From afar,” Pfeiffer told Architecture Week, “the desert tells little of what it knows. … But upon closer scrutiny it rev... -
New York, Washington recover from ‘Snowmageddon’By Escape The Illusion on February 11, 2010 | 2 Comments
WASHINGTON — Record snow blizzards have paralyzed much of the eastern United States, trapping millions in their homes and shutting down the federal government for a fourth day. Nearly 6,000 flights in airports between Washington and New York were canceled at the height of the storms on Wednesday, ... -
Haiti Beyond the CleanupBy Escape The Illusion on February 9, 2010 | 1 Comment
Haiti experts are warning that unless the international community comes up with new, more imaginative and more inclusive approaches to reconstruction and development in the earthquake-ravaged nation, the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country can look forward to more of the same. They see the su... -
Big Banks Are Feeding Like Parasites on the Govt.R...By Escape The Illusion on February 4, 2010 | No Comments
Big bank CEOs like to trumpet free-market ideology, but they depend on the government for survival in good times and bad. Wall Street bankers, along with the rest of the players in the financial industry, like to think of themselves as swashbuckling capitalists. They battle cutthroat competition wit... -
US Corporations, Private Mercenaries and the IMF Rush...By Escape The Illusion on January 20, 2010 | No Comments
Source: Alternet.org In the midst of a colossal human disaster, Washington is promoting unpopular economic policies and extending military and economic control over the Haitian people. US corporations, private mercenaries, Washington and the International Monetary Fund are using the crisis in Haiti ...
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