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Freedom in a size 10
Remember the reporter who threw the shoes at President Bush in Iraq? You know, the one who called him a dog. He also stated that it was for the widows and orphans and people killed in Iraq. This portion of his statement was mysteriously absent from almost every mainstream media report. Shocking.
Well, his trial was initially held up because ( Read more... ) -
Religion of opposition
I had a discussion the other day regarding the nature of religion from a philosophical standpoint. Religion in this case was defined as a belief that something was wrong with the world, or humanity, and that a solution is required. The solution was defined as the religious ultimate.
That is to say for example that for catholics the problem with ( Read more... ) -
relationshipiphany
Over the last year I've found that my view on relationships has changed dramatically. I've never been too naive when it comes to dating, I expect that there will always be problems, people will always disagree, they will usually cheat, and the relationship will eventually end when one or more person moves on.
But after a decade of experience ( Read more... ) -
Acceptably Wicked
There is no difference between the policies of Clinton and Bush, nor are there between Bush and Obama's. The two parties are simply speaking two corporations looking out for the interests of their investors with puppets spouting rhetoric to garner support from an ignorant public that never seems to realize that neither party supports the ideals ( Read more... ) -
Pinter
Fuck Obama
I wish Bush was going to stay president. I wish McCain had been elected. I already see people going back to sleep confident that the country is in safe hands now when the country is in the same hands it has always been. Nothing has changed, we're not suddenly reestablishing democratic or republican values. We are still the same ( Read more... ) -
Harpers Index: December 2008
Harper's Index, December 2008
Percentage by which the $750 billion bailout exceeds the total U.S. GDP of a century ago, adjusted for inflation : 50
Percentage by which it exceeds the cost of the entire New Deal : 33
Factor by which it exceeds the cost of the 1990 savings-and-loan bailout : 3
Minimum number of properties the U.S. government was ( Read more... ) -
Refining Hypocrisy
Guantanamo may be closing. Ok probably not but it's been talked about, which I believe is almost certainly just more smoke being blown up the American publics ass, this time by a Democrat. Not that it matters whether it closes or not, we are experiencing no shortage of secret prisons where we can torture people however things pan out.
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From the beginning
Talking about politics, or rather trying to educate someone politically, especially Americans is mind numbingly difficult if not altogether impossible. In large part because we live in the only society in history to ever have an empire that the majority of the populace doesn't know about.
The reason is simple enough, every other empire in history ( Read more... ) -
Melamine
Remember the cases of pets dying from poisoned food from China last year? Well that was caused by Melamine, a substance that causes reproductive damage, bladder and kidney stones, and bladder cancer, and as we saw in the case of our pets can even be fatal ( Read more... )
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