Noam Chomsky writes about the history of Haiti. In the book, "Year 501", written in 1993, he discusses the interactions between the US businesses/people who made money off keeping the Haitians from ruling their own country, US Governmental actions and proclamations, and the Press. OMG! This is so critical and so depressing. We interfered so consistently, making money for companies that worked hand and glove with the worst sort of rulers - over and over. Would we be doing it now were there a Republican Administration in power? How much of the imperialist behavior is going to happen with an Obama Administration? Has there been enough time to get the worse Bush/Cheney people and policies out the door? How much more pressure will Obama be under from our Shadow Elite?
Then breathe. . . . And be reminded of how much it matters that we have Democrats in the White House and in Congress. Consider what it would be like if we had the same set of bungler-thieves in the White House that we had in the previous 8 years?
Luckily, Chomsky is far more staid and history-like than I have been here. And there are footnotes. It's very timely reading.
