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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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Full Show: Big Money, Big Media, Big Trouble

Excellent program! Full Show: Big Money, Big Media, Big Trouble | Moyers & Company | BillMoyers.com I kept thinking of the great debates between Lincoln and Douglass, “Wait a moment, Mr. Lincoln, before you take up the issue of slavery, … Continue reading

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11. Wag the Dog

According to Paul, the end of the world does not come about gradually and slowly, but suddenly and unexpectedly.  Nevertheless, I used to believe we were in a slow, downward spiral to destruction.  How did this come to be?   Part … Continue reading

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Garbage In Garbage Out

The Misinformation Machine According to a Pew Research Center survey, 78 percent of American viewers report getting their news from their hometown stations on a typical day — more than the number that rely on newspapers, radio or the Internet. … Continue reading

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Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea)

Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea) Uploaded under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license from http://bit.ly/ShirkySOPA   Share on Facebook

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The Responsibility Of The Inkhorn

A Writer’s Inkhorn Ezek 9:4-5 And the LORD said to him, “Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all … Continue reading

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Do you have the moral courage to follow your conscience and act with integrity?

History Will Judge Bradley Manning And Laud Him For Telling The Truth A former career intelligence officer and longtime critic of America’s overseas debacles compares Bradley Manning to America’s greatest patriots. December 21, 2011  | Bradley Manning protest When I … Continue reading

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