This Financial Times story is truly incredible: Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is once again going out in public and demanding America prioritize corporate profits over national security. It would be one thing if this was coming from the Secretary of Commerce - but for America's top security official to keep running around saying this kind of thing really brings up questions about where his focus is. And remember -this is the second time in three weeks he's made statements like this.
The FT's headline really says it all about his thinking: "US focus on risk ‘poses threat to economy.'" The story goes on to quote Chertoff opposing Congressional efforts to make sure all containers are inspected because he says it would supposedly stop all commerce. That's right folks: under the Bush administration, America's top security officials care about one thing and one thing only: making the President's corporate campaign donors happy.
That is really the number one problem with the government today. It no longer represents the populace that elected it; it represents corporations that fill the coffers. Period. In every fucking facet of this government, corporate interests far outweigh what the American people want.
What gets me the most right now, is that poll after poll after poll clearly shows the American public stating one view, and the elected government officials voicing a contrary policy. It's as if the politicians know that they have greased the wheels of corporate dominion, and that, coupled with Diebold's help here and there, will keep them right where they are. Regardless of whether the American people want them there.
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