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america, map, pumpkins
Happy Thanksgiving, America!
11.22.07 | Permalink | 2 CommentsFrom Strange Maps.
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america, flag, flag-burning, santorum
Flag
burningdry humping amendment07.04.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Flagburningdry humping amendmentFor too long our great nation has been visited by the scourge of those who inappropriately express their patriotism in the back seat of cars after the Christmas dance and in Bible College dorm rooms after visiting hours. Either consummate your love of America or kiss her goodnight and go home. America does not condone […]
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america, democracy, new-political-party, political-parties, politics, third-parties, third-party, voting
Hoping for a New American party
04.30.06 | Permalink | 19 CommentsAt a couple of key points in the past, America has seen the collapse of a major political party, and it could happen again. Neither party has adjusted yet to post-Cold War realities, domestically or internationally. Neither party, measured by the growing number of independent voters and the lackluster number of voters overall, is very […]
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america, consumerism, empire, freeocracy, global-corporate-feudalism, wealth-bondage
A voice crying in the wilderness
02.19.06 | Permalink | 17 CommentsJoe Bageant, hands down, writes the best description of life under our global corporate feudalism, empire, wealth bondage, what have you, that I’ve yet to read—“Welcome to Middle-Class Lockdown.” I am inspired, and disturbed. This is required reading. Go read it. And then read it again. And then print it out and give it to […]
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america, aphorisms, jesus, market
The market ye seek lies within
02.10.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on The market ye seek lies withinTwo chewy aphorisms from the Happy Tutor: (1) “Give us Barabas,” cries the smart mob, and out he comes waving the American Flag. (2) The market ye seek lies not without but within. For His kingdom is not of this world.
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america, terror, war
Is America actually at war?
01.30.06 | Permalink | Comments Off on Is America actually at war?Is America actually at war? We have a war president, war hawks, war planes, war correspondents, war cries, even war crimes — but do we have war? We have war dead, but the question remains…
