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For far to long has America been a nation of Ostriches, mainly due to our corporate media. Denial of obvious problems is the American Way. We see this in our Financial Collapse. It was painfully obvious for the past 5 years our economy was going to collapse, but CNBC kept pretending the markets were doing [...]
Laugh! For the most part, that is what they are, a joke. Rarely do they have the facts behind their outrageous statements, which are said to divide us, to feed into fear and paranoia, to make us feel small, to feed ill instincts. A segmented, subservient society helps people like Murdoch profit, or attempt to [...]
I guess anyone who is a supporter of Sarah "I can see Russia from Alaska" Palin cannot be all that knowledgeable, but the depth of the ignorance surprises me. For the past several day’s I have been engaged in conversation/debate with several people who are "fans" of Sarah Palin’s facebook page. This page was developed [...]
In discussing his views of broad executive power, Cheney noted that the president is accompanied at all times by a military aide carrying a “football” that contains launch codes for nuclear weapons. “He could launch the kind of devastating attack the world has never seen,” Cheney said. “He doesn’t have to check with anybody. He [...]
To begin, secret government activities need secret and sometimes illegal source of funds. An illegal trade like drugs has the potential for huge profits. The drug trade also is one of the largest parts of the cash economy, estimated at over 1/5 of all cash transactions. From the High School kid buying a $20 bag [...]
Lots of people have lost and will lose lots of money as a result of the financial industry collapsing. Very simply, it was caused by loans being given to people who wouldn’t be able to fulfill the terms. This was made possible by deregulation, low interest rates, and creative financing tools created by the largest [...]
After closely watching the past eight years, I’ve learned a few things about the Republican party. Though much of the past eight years is beyond rational explanation, it can be pieced together to form some sort of irrational logic. First though, the big picture, what makes up the Republican party. It takes a master of [...]