History Repeats
Written By: Hugo Omar Aghosta Source Material: "The Deep State, the Fall of the Constitution and the Rise of the Shadow Government" by Mike Lofgren History Repeats I got my hands on a copy of " The Deep State, the Fall of the Constitution and the Rise of the Shadow Government " by Mike Lofgren . from the introduction: "Anyone who has spent time on Capitol Hill will occasionally get the feeling when watching debates in the House or Senate chambers that he or she is seeing a kind of marionette theater, with members of Congress reading carefully vetted talking points about prefabricated issues. This impression was particularly strong both in the run-up to the Iraq war and later, during the mock deliberations over funding that ongoing debacle. While the public is now aware of the disproportionate influence of powerful corporations over Washington, best exemplified by the judicial travesty known as the Citizens United dec...