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Article by John on September 15th, 2009 at 9:32 am In the end this peasant will probably get the short end of the stick, but maybe she will get lucky and receive some leniency from the King. And who knows, maybe this is the beginning of a debtor’s revolt and a new movement. Reminds me of burning draft cards in the 60’s. We could have demonstrations where everyone burns their [...]
Article by John on April 2nd, 2009 at 7:32 am 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 [...]
Article by John on March 28th, 2009 at 7:08 am Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt2 Noam Chomsky on the economy and democracy Pt3 Stephen’s Angry Mob Will Crush AIG (click to show/hide Colbert video) The government can’t stop AIG but Stephen’s angry mob will crush these punks. He pulls out his pitchfork and gets the audience on his side. [...]
Article by missy on March 16th, 2009 at 8:21 am Sorry for the lack of posts — L. came down with something like the plague and has been coughing up bits of lung for about 5 days now, and yesterday woke up looking like he’d developed full-blown mumps overnight (either his lymph nodes are having a hard time with the virus or it’s a secondary bacterial infection). So, off to the urgent care and [...]
Article by missy on March 4th, 2009 at 9:19 am As the mother of an only child, a son, this was a heart-wrenching piece to read. But every American needs to, because more than 4,000 sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, lovers, brothers and sisters have come home dead from these wars. For what? What have we accomplished? How cruel is life when your comfort lies in hugging your loved one’s casket? var wordpress_toolbar_urls = ["http:\/\/portagedailyregister.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/editorial\/9\/05\/b49\/905b49f6-0823-11de-861b-001cc4c002e0.image.jpg","http:\/\/portagedailyregister.com\/news\/local\/article_5b263c4a-0883-11de-861c-001cc4c002e0.html"];var wordpress_toolbar_url = “http://www.democracyforvancouver.org/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-toolbar/toolbar.php”;var [...]
Article by John on February 1st, 2009 at 8:43 am GAZA, GAZA STRIP – NOVEMBER 25: Dear Mr. President, Last year, you were swept into office on the hopeful promise of redemptive change. You inspired the nation by repeating the phrase, “together, we will change the world.” For many Americans, your words were not merely the final lines of a campaign speech, but a call to action for a new historical moment. Nowhere is [...]
Article by John on December 9th, 2008 at 3:27 pm Blagojevich That’s how it works in America. Want a Senate seat? What are you going to give me in return. He is just playing the game the way it’s played. Right? In the transcripts, on 3 November Mr Blagojevich said the seat was a “[expletive] valuable thing, you just don’t give it away for nothing”. The day after the presidential election, according to the affidavit, Mr Blagojevich [...] | |
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