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How Our Demented Capitalist System Made America Insane

“We live in an age when news consists of…Kim Kardashian’s denial that she is the naked woman cooking eggs in a photo circulating on the Internet. ” Hedges: How Our Demented Capitalist System Made America Insane | Economy | AlterNet … Continue reading

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2nd of 11 American Uprisings You’ve Never Heard of That Changed the World

 clipped from www.alternet.org Each of these movements won lasting social change. Their limitations provide lessons about what not to do, while their successes offer a guide to future action. October 21, 2011 As far as major protests go, the United … Continue reading

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1 of 11 American Uprisings You’ve Never Heard of That Changed the World

 clipped from www.alternet.org Beyond Occupy Wall Street: 11 American Uprisings You’ve Never Heard of That Changed the World Each of these movements won lasting social change. Their limitations provide lessons about what not to do, while their successes offer a … Continue reading

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Smedley Butler & George Bush

Who is this man and what does he have to do with George Bush? clipped from www.tecom.usmc.mil UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS HISTORY DIVISION Who’s Who in Marine Corps History MAJOR GENERAL SMEDLEY D. BUTLER, USMC (DECEASED) Vera Cruz 1914 Medal … Continue reading

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April Fool’s Day Moved to April 15

If I could I would move April Fool’s Day to April 15 to reflect how we have been fooled into paying federal income taxes even though there is no law to do so.  I would then make April 1st Common … Continue reading

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Thomas Jefferson on Counteracting Selfishness

clipped from etext.virginia.edu “Self-love… is the sole antagonist of virtue, leading us constantly by our propensities to self-gratification in violation of our moral duties to others. Accordingly, it is against this enemy that are erected the batteries of moralists and … Continue reading

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Thomas Jefferson on Moral Degeneracy

From this I would deduce that control of the education system is imperative to overthrow a free people. clipped from etext.virginia.edu “When [the moral sense] is wanting, we endeavor to supply the defect by education, by appeals to reason and … Continue reading

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