Trickle Down Tyranny (57 page)

economic policy and, 72

Islamist radicals and, 199

mob rule by, 111–15

moderate members of, 114–15

Murdoch and, 51

Obamacare waivers for, 77, 108

OWS movement and, 108, 109–10

Lacey Act, 204

Lagarde, Christine, 136, 137, 139–40

LaHood, Ray, 132

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 213

Lazard Ltd., 207

Lead (environmental), 222–23

Leahy, Patrick, 249

Lehman, John, 170

Lehman Brothers, 82

Lenin, Vladimir Ilyich, 66, 67, 68, 71, 76, 77, 80, 101

Leninism, 66–71, 74, 76, 77, 79, 95–97

Lennon, John, 174

Leno, Jay, 266

Lerner, Stephen, 109

Levander, Andrew, 86

Level 3 Communications LLC, 141

Levin, Carl, 22–23

Levine, Michael, 251

Levi-Strauss, 79

Leviticus, book of, 63

Lewinsky, Monica, 146

Al-Libi, Abu Faraj, 182

Libya, 6, 13, 32, 150–54, 163–64, 175, 177.
See also
Ghadafi, Moammar

disguised declaration of war on, 151–52

eggheads’ policies and, 146, 147–48

mixed messages from U.S., 153–54

no-fly zone over, 152, 153

“responsibility to protect” doctrine and, 147–48, 150–51, 153, 156–57, 201

U.S. foreign policy and, 180–81

LightSquared, 143, 167–69

Limousines used by administration, 34–35

Lincoln, Abraham, 141

Little, George, 4

Lobo, Porfirio, 198

Locke, Gary, 134

Longshoremen’s union, 111

Long-Term Capital Management, 219

Longview, Washington, 111

Loudon, Trevor, 131

Loughner, Jared, 119

Lurie, Nicole, 143–44

Maddow, Rachel, 172

Madoff, Bernie, 85, 86

Malcolm X, 130

Al-Maliki, Nouri, 265

Mao Ze-dong, 102

Marcellus shale formation, 12

Marcos, Ferdinand, 28

Marcos, Imelda, 28

Marcuse, Herbert, 232

Martin, Alice, 57

Martin, John, 57

Marx, Karl, 29, 101

Massachusetts v. EPA,
222

Matalin, Mary, 47

Matthews, Chris, 46, 47, 119

Mayer, Milton, 39, 263

McCarthy, Arlene, 94

McDermott, James, 57

McDermott Will & Emery, 209

McDonald’s, 187

McKeon, Buck, 74

McMahon, William, 252

McVeigh, Timothy, 64

Media, 33–34, 43–65

anti-Semitism in, 104–5

cordon sanitaire
policy, 50

GE policies not questioned by, 78–79

historical perspective on, 45–46

Obama’s dinner speech, 46

as
Pravda
equivalent, 34, 45–48

relationship with government, 46–48

rise of government regulation and, 56–60

on Taliban corpse desecration, 75–76

tyranny of blame and, 60–64

Media Access Project, 169

Media Matters, 48–51

Medicare, 16, 74, 77

Al-Megrahi, Abdel Basit, 180–81

Melson, Kenneth, 249–50, 252–53

Mexico, 162, 254, 255, 262.
See also
Project Fast and Furious

drug cartels of, 17, 31, 258, 265

oil production in, 218

MF Global Inc., 85–86, 219

Middle class, 68–70, 99

Middle East, 13, 20, 96, 145, 173, 199

purpose and results of Obama’s policy in, 161–64

“responsibility to protect” doctrine and, 154–57

Soros Doctrine in, 155, 175–77, 193

U.S. foreign policy and, 4–8, 36–37, 175–77

Military

budget cuts in, 8–9, 74, 166

decreased size of, 2

destruction of, 164–72

gays in, 170–72

LightSquared scandal, 143, 167–69

OWS misconceptions about, 101

political correctness and, 170

restoring, 8–9

Taliban corpse desecration and, 75–76

Military-industrial complex, 43–44

Minorities, 117–18, 121

Mir, Hamid, 182

Mitchell, Andrea, 46

Mob rule, 98, 111–15

Money laundering, 17

Montgomery, Ed, 36

Moon, Ban Ki, 194

Morgan, Piers, 54

Morgan Stanley, 82

Morocco, 6

Mountain Plaza Inc., 211

MSNBC, 46, 119, 159, 172

Mubarak, Hosni, 5, 8, 154, 155, 161, 176, 177–78, 179, 193, 194, 199, 200

Mullen, Mike, 152

Munoz, Cecilia, 254

Murdoch, James, 53

Murdoch, Rupert, 44

author’s opinion of, 43

phone-hacking scandal, 51–54, 57, 60, 241–42

reasons for media antagonism toward, 51

Soros
vs.,
48–55

Murphy, Patrick, 172

Muslim Brotherhood, 5–6, 140, 157, 161, 163, 164, 173, 177–79, 200, 241

“legitimacy” recognized by U.S., 181

Libyan rebels infiltrated by, 154

Sadat assassination and, 156

Soros’ promotion of, 201

“virginity tests” conducted by, 179

Wisner’s meeting with, 199

Muslims.
See also
Islamist radicalism

accommodations made for sensitivities of, 118

European immigration policies, 50

killing among, 64

terrorism issue and, 60, 62–63

Nader, Ralph, 142

Napolitano, Janet, 17, 18, 39, 246, 249, 255, 258

NASA, 80, 172

National Air and Space Museum, 111

National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing, 168

National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), 22–24, 261

National Drug Threat Assessment, 257

National Labor Relations Board, 108

National Post
(Canada), 51

National Public Radio, 50

National Rifle Association, 149

National Security Agency, 58

National Security Council, 186

National Transitional Council (Libya), 6

NATO, 13, 152–53, 156, 157, 160–61

Natural gas, 11–12, 13, 230–31, 234

Navy, U.S., 2

Nazi Germany, 39, 49, 61, 110, 115, 232, 263

NBC, 46

NDAA.
See
National Defense Authorization Act

Netanyahu, Benjamin, 193–94

Netherlands, 50, 118

New America Foundation, 169

New Black Panther Party, 190, 238, 241

Newell, William, 252

New Guinea, 231

New Jersey, 85

New Mexico, 17

New School for Management and Urban Policy, 232

New School for Social Research, 232

News of the World,
52

Newsweek,
27, 54, 182

New Testament, 63

New York Communities for Change (NYCC), 109

New York Magazine,
100

New York Post,
130, 138

New York Times,
57–60, 138, 139, 241–42

New York Times Co. v. the United States,
59

NextEra Energy, 79

Nicaragua, 131

Nichols & Driessen, 212

1984
(Orwell), 227

Nixon, Richard, 90, 221

Nobel Prize, 157, 162, 213

North Africa, 199

North Dakota, 11

North Korea, 9, 102

Norway, 60–64

Nuclear weapons

Iran and, 3, 7, 9, 37, 155, 156

North Korea and, 9

Russia and, 3–4

NYC General Assembly, 102

Nyhan, Brendan, 27

Obama, Barack.
See also
Corporate cronies; Economy; Eggheads; Energy policy; Foreign policy; Media; Radical accomplices

accomplishments of, 264–65

anti-Christian bias of, 39, 178–79

anti-Semitism of, 39, 103, 104, 161, 162, 178, 186

creation and meetings of boards/commissions, 32

dimensions of tyranny, 30–42

Emergency Broadcast System test and, 55–56, 188, 262

extent of corruption in administration, 25–27