“The President of the US is the leader of the free world, if by free world you mean the country with the largest prison system.” .. (Jarod Kintz) .. (some background here)
“The President of the US is the leader of the free world, if by…
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“It is hard to imagine having a government more secretive than…
“It is hard to imagine having a government more secretive than the United States. Virtually everything that government does, of any significance, is conducted behind an extreme wall of secrecy. The very few leaks that we’ve had over the last decade are basically the only ways that we’ve had to learn what our government is doing.” .. (Glenn Greenwald)
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In Florida, which will become the 36th US state where same-sex…
In Florida, which will become the 36th US state where same-sex marriage is legal, Judge Sarah Zabel said .. “Preventing couples from marrying solely on the basis of their sexual orientation serves no governmental interest. It serves only to hurt, to discriminate, to deprive same-sex couples and their families of equal dignity, to label and treat them as second-class citizens, and to deem them unworthy of participation in one of the fundamental institutions of our society.” .. (story here)
“But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms…
“But, actually, it is only Americans who say that our freedoms and prosperity are the reason foreigners hate us. If you ask the foreigners, they make it clear that it’s America’s bullying foreign policy they detest.” .. (Harry Browne)
“How many have to die before we will give up these dangerous…
“How many have to die before we will give up these dangerous toys” ? .. (Stephen King on guns)
“It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which…
“It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By ‘business’ I mean the whole of commerce as well as the whole of industry; by workers I mean all workers, the white collar class as well as the men in overalls; and by living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level, I mean the wages of decent living.” .. (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
“Society is like a stew. If you don’t stir it up every…
“Society is like a stew. If you don’t stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.” .. (Edward Abbey)
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“We are at the intersection of ‘Open Carry’ Road and…
“We are at the intersection of ‘Open Carry’ Road and ‘Stand Your Ground’ Place. So what the fuck are we supposed to do now ? According to the NRA’s basic principles, you have a right to carry a weapon that may cause a reasonable person to believe they are in danger of great bodily injury. And they have a right, if they feel that way, to respond with deadly force. It’s a perpetual violence machine. It’s ‘Gunfight at the Golden Corral’. Wait a minute. This isn’t an argument about freedom at all, is it ? This whole fucking thing’s a business plan for arms dealers.” .. (Jon Stewart)
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