TheVanguard
RobJones. citizen of the world with a strong tendency toward self-improvement, intellectual inquiry, morality, and activism.
Synonyms: iconoclast, idealist, rebel, odd, activist, nonconformist, intellectual, writer, poet, philosopher, mathematician, artist, engineer, feminist, treehugger, vegan, humanitarian, environmentalist, progressive, liberal, revolutionary, cosmopolitan, anomalous, pivotal
My dream is my purpose. My life is my message. The world is my cause....
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activity // TheVanguard
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The British government is developing a plan to track current and former prisoners by means of microchips implanted under the skin, drawing intense criticism from probation officers and civil rights... more
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- responded 11 days ago
The prisoners shouldn't have to remove them. They shouldn't be implanted in the first place. George Orwell is rolling in his grave. How fitting that it's in the UK...or should... more26 other responses to this -
Start of NYT article excerpt. ... more
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As the state is the delegation of power into the hands of the few, it is obviously based on hierarchy. This delegation of power results in the elected people becoming... more29 other responses to this -
A top adviser to John McCain said another terrorist attack on U.S. soil would be a "big advantage" for the Republican presidential candidate. ... more
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State use of military power to defend capitalist interests abroad is an inevitable corollary of capitalism. ... more92 other responses to this -
Critics fear the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will adopt a rule in the waning days of the Bush administration that will make it easier to build coal-fired power plants near national... more
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This is just more reason to support Anarchism. The state, perhaps once the solution, is now clearly the problem. The state becomes necessary in human society only at that... more29 other responses to this -
How do you annoy a liberal? get a job. How do you annoy a conservative? defend the Constitution. ... more
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Profile of the anarchist bookshop in Aldgate. more
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Umm...It's Anarchism. There is no state. ... more4 other responses to this -
According to the UK's Telegraph, this is a rebirth of medieval masculinity. But just as feminism shouldn't be an attack all men, a movement for masculine for rebirth needn't be the enemy of all women.... more
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- responded 3 months ago
As an egalitarian, I'm a feminist. I think it's ridiculous to assert that women rule the world and make mens' lives terrible. This is like the slave master wanting reparations... more14 other responses to this -
Jon Rolston is a young urban bee keeper. In this pod, vc2 producer and College Current Executive, Matt Fisher takes a verite look a Jon's favorite hobby. more
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I wasn't even going to respond to this.With all due respect, it was just yet another nonvegan doing something grossly immoral, without even realizing it. Then, the guy... more19 other responses to this -
Here is something that I have not been serious about that needs to be factored in: Our meat based diets are no good for animals, people or our Mother Earth. ... more
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- greenlight given 4 months ago
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This pod explores the lives of several families raising vegan children. It also dispells many myths concerning the health and well-being of vegan children. music composed by: Dave... more
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- greenlight given 4 months ago
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- Influences / Heroes:
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Garry Davis, Jeffrey Sachs, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, Bono, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Albert Einstein, Martin Luther King Jr., Tupac Shakur, Huey Newton
- Organizations I Belong To:
- PETA, Greenpeace, Amnesty International, Not For Sale, American Vegan Society, Defenders of Wildlife, Sierra Club, ONE, Free Hugs
- Political Bent:
- Cosmopolitian Socialist
- What I would Change About the World:
- States would be dissolved, replaced with a representative world parliament.
- Favorite Movies:
- I Am An Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA, 11th Hour, I Am Legend, Enter the Dragon, The Constant Gardener, Blood Diamond, An Inconvenient Truth, Remember the Titans, The Day After Tomorrow, Happy Feet, Artificial Intelligence, I Robot, Forrest Gump, The Matrix, War of the Worlds, The Abyss, Pirates of the Carribean, Pay It Forward, 300
- Favorite TV Shows:
- Supernatural, Smallville, Everybody Loves Raymond, Seinfeld, Futurama, Friends, That 70's Show, Animal Planet, The Simpsons, South Park, House, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Discovery Channel, National Geographic
- Favorite Bands:
- Tupac, Eminem, Biggie, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, Nas, Lauryn Hill, Promoe, CunninLynguists, Looptroop, John Mayor, Fort Minor, Immortal Technique, Kanye West, Dead Prez, Lupe Fiasco, Sean Carter, James Blunt, Gavin Degraw, The Fray, Usher, Jedi Mind Tricks, Goldfinger, Tonedeff, Drop Dead
- Favorite Track:
- 'Waitin' on the World to Change'-John Mayer