John Perkins
John Perkins
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We've built the largest empire in the history of the world. It's been done over the last 50 years since World War II with very little military might, actually. It's only in rare instances like Iraq where the military comes in as a last resort.
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The United States spends over $87 billion conducting a war in Iraq while the United Nations estimates that for less than half that amount we could provide clean water, adequate diets, sanitations services and basic education to every person on the planet. And we wonder why terrorists attack us.
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I thought he was drunk or passed out or something.
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I was initially recruited while I was in business school back in the late sixties by the National Security Agency, the nation's largest and least understood spy organization; but ultimately I worked for private corporations.
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What if it was a stranded motorist getting shot in the chest?
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We were just thinking the ball was going to go out of the park and he jumps up from nowhere.
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We would like a developer to have a component for senior housing. There is a potential for 72 units.
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We want to have enough units to entice senior citizens to stay. Seventy-two is not enough.
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We're aware that there's a worldwide shortage of refinery capacity and to that extent, we've let it be known that we'd be amenable to discussing the possibility in Nova Scotia, and we have had discussions with a couple of parties.
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If three fully uniformed police officers show up at your door and knock, I guess I don't know what else you're supposed to do,
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But when 9/11 struck, I had a change of heart. I knew the story had to be told because what happened at 9/11 is a direct result of what the economic hit men are doing.
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Basically, what Economic Hit Men are trained to do is to build up the American empire. To create situations where as many resources as possible flow into this country, to our corporations, and our government, and in fact we've been very successful.
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I felt guilty throughout the whole time, but I was seduced. The power of these drugs, sex, power, and money, was extremely strong for me.
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Every play was loud, but a big play like that was deafening, with the screams and the cheers.