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    A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies, becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and in him, he yields to his impulses, indulges in the lowest form of pleasure, and behaves in the end like an animal in satisfying his vices. And it all comes from lying to others and to yourself.
    Fyodor Dostoevsky

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    New Nationalism Speech – Teddy Roosevelt History Lesson

    Mt. Rushmore, Theodore Roosevelt closeup. Image via Wikipedia

    Since the 1980s (when I worked for Eastern Airlines, which no longer exists due to deregulation fever) we as a people have amnesia when it comes to the lessons that history teaches us.  Regulations did not just magically appear one day.  They were derived from the wisdom that came about from the mistakes of the past.  Reagan [...]



    whatever happened to a.i.g. freezing executive bonuses

    and clawing back those they’d already paid out? From October 22, 2008:

    NY AG says targeting exec pay at AIG, elsewhere

    NEW YORK (Reuters) – Troubled insurer American International Group Inc will freeze payments to a former CEO and officers of the unit that was the main source of its financial problems, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday.

    “This is to confirm that AIG has [...]



    ratcheting up the pressure

    I assume these recent speeches by Obama are intended to publicly call out Blue Dogs and Senate Republicans to get along and go along once the Economic Plan is presented. From today’s speech at George Mason University:

    This crisis did not happen solely by some accident of history or normal turn of the business cycle, and we won’t get out of it by simply waiting [...]



    First You Were Against the Bailout Before You Were For It

    1936 Chrysler Airflow Series C-9

    These days I sometimes feel like I am living in a psychosis.  I have been absolutely opposed to the financial sector bailout from the beginning.  Our government freaked out and reacted poorly.  Too much money was approved with too little oversight for an industry that has become too big and monopolized for its britches.  I favor using government to restructure [...]



    walk and knock for the hungry

    This year’s Walk & Knock canned & boxed food drive is taking place December 6th, with opportunities to volunteer that day, and/or on Saturday Oct. 25 and Saturday Nov. 29, when we’ll be folding the paper Walk & Knock grocery bags that will be put into the Columbian for subscribers.

    You can find information about the event here, and sign up to volunteer here. This [...]



    it might mean something to republicans on the fence…

    but Colin Powell’s endorsement, after Obama has gained an almost insurmountable lead (must not get complacent), means less than it would have three months or even three weeks ago.

    And after his Step-n-Fetchit routine for the likes of Cheney, Rumsfeld and Bush, I’m not sure what gravitas or integrity or foreign policy/military fairy dust Powell has left to lend to Barack Obama. Maybe, in actuality, [...]



    Oops, Joe the Plumber has some Issues

    Noticed this comment to an article about poor Joe the Plumber over at OpEd News this morning:

    The crap is about to hit the fan…

    from a post:

    “John McCain did great tonight in the debate. But every time John mentioned “Joe the Plumber,” some of us in the campaign banged our heads against the wall. If Steve Schmidt had any hair left, I hear [...]



    Emergency: Rally Tomorrow in Vancouver

    Wall Street

    TrueMajority.org a project of USAction.org

    Dear xxxx,

    America Says NO Bush Bailout!

    Attend an emergency rally against the Bush bailout.

    Our pressure is working. Already this week, TrueMajority members have made almost 20,000 calls to tell their Senators “NO” to the Bush corporate bailout. Now news is beginning to come out that some lawmakers, Republicans and Democrats alike, are having second thoughts about going along with the [...]

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