The Bloodletters
(WorldNews Japan)

Bloodletting as a medical practice flourished for thousands of years before finally yielding to more `enlightened` medicine except in special circumstances. One of history´s ironies is that America´s first president, George Washington, a bloodthirsty warrior before and during his presidency, died arguably from bloodletters called in to his bedside to let out one-fourth of his blood. This essay highlights two unparalleled groups of bloodletters in America´s 240 years of history — U.S. presidents and the captains of America´s industries. These two groups are part of the power elite of America´s corpocracy, the incestuous marriage between Government America and Corporate America, with the...