Post by Weatherman on Apr 2, 2013 10:44:11 GMT -5
MOYERS: "The next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance – remember: it’s a lie. A whopper of a lie."
The Hypocrisy of "Justice for All"
Monday, 01 April 2013 13:44
By Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company | Video
BILL MOYERS:
The next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance – “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all” – remember: it’s a lie. A whopper of a lie.
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“Justice for all” is a line item in the budget – sequestered now by the Paul Ryans of Congress and the Fix the Debt gang of plutocratic CEOs who, with a wink-wink from our president, claim, “Oh, we can’t afford that!”
Of the $100 billion spent annually on criminal justice in this country, only two to three percent goes to defend the poor. Of 97 countries, we rank 68th in access to and affordability of civil legal service.
No, we can’t afford it, but just a decade ago we started shelling out $2.2 trillion for a war in Iraq born of fraud.
We can’t afford it, while Dick Cheney’s old outfit Halliburton raked in $40 billion worth of contracts because of that war.
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VIDEO & the rest:
truth-out.org/news/item/15460-bill-moyers-essay-the-hypocrisy-of-justice-for-all53
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The Hypocrisy of "Justice for All"
Monday, 01 April 2013 13:44
By Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company | Video
BILL MOYERS:
The next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance – “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all” – remember: it’s a lie. A whopper of a lie.
.................
“Justice for all” is a line item in the budget – sequestered now by the Paul Ryans of Congress and the Fix the Debt gang of plutocratic CEOs who, with a wink-wink from our president, claim, “Oh, we can’t afford that!”
Of the $100 billion spent annually on criminal justice in this country, only two to three percent goes to defend the poor. Of 97 countries, we rank 68th in access to and affordability of civil legal service.
No, we can’t afford it, but just a decade ago we started shelling out $2.2 trillion for a war in Iraq born of fraud.
We can’t afford it, while Dick Cheney’s old outfit Halliburton raked in $40 billion worth of contracts because of that war.
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VIDEO & the rest:
truth-out.org/news/item/15460-bill-moyers-essay-the-hypocrisy-of-justice-for-all53
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