<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post789046170014703562..comments</id><updated>2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Advance Indiana™: &quot;Presidential Puppetry&quot;: A Must Read </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/789046170014703562/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/01/presidential-puppetry-must-read-for.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Gary R. Welsh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-4092137710675123741</id><published>2014-01-28T14:06:04.514-05:00</published><updated>2014-01-28T14:06:04.514-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Corr:  Matt Drudge tweeted those four words:  &amp;quo...</title><content type='html'>Corr:  Matt Drudge tweeted those four words:  &amp;quot;Have an exit plan&amp;quot; over the weekend, and that&amp;#39;s not written at his website.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/789046170014703562/comments/default/4092137710675123741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/789046170014703562/comments/default/4092137710675123741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/01/presidential-puppetry-must-read-for.html?showComment=1390935964514#c4092137710675123741' title=''/><author><name>Marycatherine Barton</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14674049191412285346</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/01/presidential-puppetry-must-read-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-789046170014703562' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/789046170014703562' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1348987510"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="2:06 PM GMT-5"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-4489127898552363242</id><published>2014-01-28T13:05:09.341-05:00</published><updated>2014-01-28T13:05:09.341-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for introducing me to this book, Gary.  Hel...</title><content type='html'>Thanks for introducing me to this book, Gary.  Hell, things have gotten so bad here in the USA, that over the weekend, Matt Drudge has written at his site, that it would be wise to plan an exit strategy.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/789046170014703562/comments/default/4489127898552363242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/789046170014703562/comments/default/4489127898552363242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/01/presidential-puppetry-must-read-for.html?showComment=1390932309341#c4489127898552363242' title=''/><author><name>Marycatherine Barton</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14674049191412285346</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/01/presidential-puppetry-must-read-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-789046170014703562' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/789046170014703562' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1348987510"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="1:05 PM GMT-5"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-5804587870511718372</id><published>2014-01-28T11:30:23.183-05:00</published><updated>2014-01-28T11:30:23.183-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kindle version available for only $2.00.  I&amp;#39;m ...</title><content type='html'>Kindle version available for only $2.00.  I&amp;#39;m shocked that the Public library does not have a single copy of the book in any format.  Shocked!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/789046170014703562/comments/default/5804587870511718372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/789046170014703562/comments/default/5804587870511718372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/01/presidential-puppetry-must-read-for.html?showComment=1390926623183#c5804587870511718372' title=''/><author><name>Greg Wright</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01601703196227119992</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//2.bp.blogspot.com/-rZR9qEKjWuQ/XpH44Y6t5EI/AAAAAAAADmA/Qlp-hkkDC-gNzhuNk0vAz4gGFvaORusUACK4BGAYYCw/s220/Greg%2BWright%2Bpicture%2B3.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/01/presidential-puppetry-must-read-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-789046170014703562' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/789046170014703562' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1300248630"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="11:30 AM GMT-5"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-3838224266270366331</id><published>2014-01-27T10:46:54.849-05:00</published><updated>2014-01-27T10:46:54.849-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Marine Corp General Smedley Butler who participate...</title><content type='html'>Marine Corp General Smedley Butler who participated in many of our Military Interventions in Central America, the Caribbean, Mexico, China and the Philippines in the early 20th Century had these observations. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of the people. Only a small &amp;#39;inside&amp;#39; group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few, at the expense of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge fortunes.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902–1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;General Butler wrote these words before WW 2, the Cold War and now the War on Terror. The Wall Street-Security-Military-Industrial Complex has grown immensely more powerful since then.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/789046170014703562/comments/default/3838224266270366331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/789046170014703562/comments/default/3838224266270366331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/01/presidential-puppetry-must-read-for.html?showComment=1390837614849#c3838224266270366331' title=''/><author><name>Flogger</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10383015097067413086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2014/01/presidential-puppetry-must-read-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-789046170014703562' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/789046170014703562' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-239220855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="10:46 AM GMT-5"/></entry></feed>