One of the nastier political groups in town held an atrocious pro-war, pro-torture rally in Minneapolis a few weeks ago. We at IfP think it’s important to expose the hateful message of groups like this. Before their rally, they did an interview with KFAI’s Lydia Howell on Catalyst, a local left-wing radio program. It was a debate/interview with the group. In the audio, the members of Patriots for Corporate Rights do a cost/benefit analysis on American troop deaths in Iraq. They determine it’s worth it because those deaths are outweighed by the amount of profit U.S. corporations squeeze out of the Iraq ‘war.’ They also are disgusted by 9/11 not because of the loss of human life, but because of “employee turnover,” corporate property loss, corporate travel restrictions, and the loss of consumers. They argue that Iraq’s right to their own oil and sovereignty is secondary to the U.S. need for oil. They also against impeachment.
It is really disgusting stuff.
Here’s that audio (The Corporate Rights guys shamelessly edited this clip):
(Click here if you have trouble hearing the audio)
Here’s their website where you can see a report of their latest public rally:
http://corporaterights.org
They also ‘bad-mouthed’ Ifp. However, if IfP is going to be denigrated by any group, we’re proud to say it was by these guys.
This has GOT to be a put-on; I mean sure, the rupub neocons THINK this way, but to actually ADMIT it? C’mon give me a break. Unless… they’re finally completely and utterly losing it, which I suppose is possible…
I threw up in my mouth…alittle bit
Wow ‘right to profit’ trumps right to life, and for their own soldiers… some real twisted people ! More profit per death… real cold !
I couldn’t listen to much of it, when one of them said “..they’re lucky if we leave them alive” I bailed.
This is the Leo Strauss/MBA mindset that I saw rising in the Eighties, gain supremacy in the Nineties and now is running everything into the ground.
The rise of the Bean Counters, Profit uber alles!