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President-elect Barack Obama called for “a new dawn of American leadership” on Monday as he formally introduced his national security team, led by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as his nominee for secretary of state.
This is the Real American Dream Team!President-elect Barack Obama called for “a new dawn of American leadership” on... more
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Zeitgeist: Addendum !!!
The video posted is a trailer for what you are about to watch.
This is one of the most powerful and informative films ever !!!!
Watching the FULL VERSION will definitely IMPACT the way you THINK and will give you the info NEEDED to understand OUR WORLD TODAY !!!!
Take the time to watch it !!!! I truly believe that we can Save our race and our planet by finding out the truth of what is going on....and THE LAST HOUR OF THE FILM IS ABOUT SOLUTIONS !!!!!!
If you doubt, or think you know about this topic.... then watch it, and then we'll debate...
Here is the Link for the FULL VERSION !!!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912&ei=g7LqSKmtKpryqAOaz_HVDw&q=Zeitgeist+Addendum
Zeitgeist: Addendum !!!
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Thomas Paine, author of "Common Sense," returns to modern times to pleas for a second revolution to take back America, Now!
Tolerance is the last virtue of a dying society. -Aristotle
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An interesting take on American government and the duty of the American people to call the government to task.
Thomas Paine, author of "Common Sense," returns to modern times to pleas for a second... more
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The thrill of demonstrating against Bush is viewed as a waste of time in his latest visit to Europe.The thrill of demonstrating against Bush is viewed as a waste of time in his latest... more
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If he can clinch Missouri, Senator Obama will be the next President of the United States. The historically 'red state' of Missouri is hanging in the lurches for Senator Obama as he plans to spend a lot of quality time in the 'Show Me State' between June and November. A slew of Democratic committees state-wide are mobilizing for a victory that will be tough in a state leaning in the red .. If he can clinch Missouri, Senator Obama will be the next President of the United... more
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A new program through the DC police department called "Neighborhood Safety Zones" has a hefty sound of Big Brother reverberating rather loudly.A new program through the DC police department called "Neighborhood Safety Zones" has... more
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Fox News owner has predicted that Barack will win handily against John McCain come November.Fox News owner has predicted that Barack will win handily against John McCain come... more
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In light of Scott McLellan's latest allegations of Bush Administration wrong doings, will the music ever catch up to this current administration? They have evaded everything from unlawful wars, environmental destruction, ignoring global warming, unlawfully stealing two elections, driving the economy into the ground, making torture lawful, pardoning Scooter Libby and the list goes on. It all makes Clinton's infidelity look like a sin worthy of heaven. After all the deceit, will they ultimately get away with the biggest bag of transgressions ever levied by any administration? Bets are they will and how will this all be rectified ..In light of Scott McLellan's latest allegations of Bush Administration wrong doings,... more
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With speculation that oil prices will not drop, supplies are maxing out and $7 a gallon is around the corner, are we going to begin buckling as a country. The gradual rise of all goods and services may well take us to that point of no return. What are you going to do?With speculation that oil prices will not drop, supplies are maxing out and $7 a... more
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Are we victims of our early ideologies of politics from childhood. Specifically, are the easy years of youth minced with a general ignorance of the real politics going on around us a bad combination when we get older and realize that nothing has really changed. Politicians remain the same and the process just goes through a natural ebb and flow. Are we victims of our early ideologies of politics from childhood. Specifically, are... more
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Seems like a trite proclamation, but would you do to anyone the way the current Administation is? Seriously .. Would you take a friend's money, spy on them, send their kids to war, poison their environment, ignore pending warnings like global warming and say 'so!' when you finally ask them to stop being mean. Once we absord the fact that our goverment should treat us like a solid friend, we will indeed get the rulers we deserve.Seems like a trite proclamation, but would you do to anyone the way the current... more
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For all of America's shortcomings, we keep telling ourselves, "The system works." Now all bets are off.
The following is an excerpt from Bill Moyers' new book, "Moyers on Democracy" (Doubleday, 2008).
Democracy in America is a series of narrow escapes, and we may be running out of luck. The reigning presumption about the American experience, as the historian Lawrence Goodwyn has written, is grounded in the idea of progress, the conviction that the present is "better" than the past and the future will bring even more improvement. For all of its shortcomings, we keep telling ourselves, "The system works."
Now all bets are off. We have fallen under the spell of money, faction, and fear, and the great American experience in creating a different future together has been subjugated to individual cunning in the pursuit of wealth and power -and to the claims of empire, with its ravenous demands and stuporous distractions. A sense of political impotence pervades the country -- a mass resignation defined by Goodwyn as "believing the dogma of 'democracy' on a superficial public level but not believing it privately." We hold elections, knowing they are unlikely to bring the corporate state under popular control. There is considerable vigor at local levels, but it has not been translated into new vistas of social possibility or the political will to address our most intractable challenges. Hope no longer seems the operative dynamic of America, and without hope we lose the talent and drive to cooperate in the shaping of our destiny.
The earth we share as our common gift, to be passed on in good condition to our children's children, is being despoiled. Private wealth is growing as public needs increase apace. Our Constitution is perilously close to being consigned to the valley of the shadow of death, betrayed by a powerful cabal of secrecy-obsessed authoritarians. Terms like "liberty" and "individual freedom" invoked by generations of Americans who battled to widen the 1787 promise to "promote the general welfare" have been perverted to create a government primarily dedicated to the welfare of the state and the political class that runs it. Yes, Virginia, there is a class war and ordinary people are losing it. It isn't necessary to be a Jeremiah crying aloud to a sinful Jerusalem that the Lord is about to afflict them for their sins of idolatry, or Cassandra, making a nuisance of herself as she wanders around King Priam's palace grounds wailing "The Greeks are coming." Or Socrates, the gadfly, stinging the rump of power with jabs of truth. Or even Paul Revere, if horses were still in fashion. You need only be a reporter with your eyes open to see what's happening to our democracy. I have been lucky enough to spend my adult life as a journalist, acquiring a priceless education in the ways of the world, actually getting paid to practice one of my craft's essential imperatives: connect the dots.
For all of America's shortcomings, we keep telling ourselves, "The system works." Now... more
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Following CIA Director Michael Hayden's admittance that only a few "special interrogation techniques," which can include waterboarding, were used ,but not recorded on video after 2002, may be facing even more scrutiny.
It has allegedly been reported to TIME that lawyers for a current Guantanamo detainee may be bringing fresh prosecution proceedings against Hayden's claims, with supposed 'fresh evidence' that the detainee was subjected to videoed interrogations post the originally quoted 2002 date, after his arrest in 2003. Following CIA Director Michael Hayden's admittance that only a few "special... more
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Photos have been released, following the controversial Halloween party hosted by the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in which one member of security was awarded 'best costume' for being "dressed in a striped prison outfit, dreadlocks and darkened skin make-up," and then subsequently placed on leave.
The release of the photos is said, according to CNN, to have been suppressed as they may have compromised, the then acting-Chief of the ICE Julie Myers' job. It is also reported that members of Congress had been told the photos had been destroyed before Julie Myers' confirmation hearings.
Photos have been released, following the controversial Halloween party hosted by the... more
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They have an inappropriate amount of power in the American political system.
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OCTOBER 29, 2007
Olbermann discusses with a political analyst the effects of political slandering done by Obama and Edwards towards Clintion.OCTOBER 29, 2007
Olbermann discusses with a political analyst the effects of... more
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An arms society remains a free society.
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There needs to be more organization of gun sales and ownership to properly track firearms.
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A group of former pilots and government officials has called on the US government to re-open an investigation into claims of UFO sightings.A group of former pilots and government officials has called on the US government to... more
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"This fall, the Senate will have its turn debating and voting on the [farm] bill. ...Encourage senators to cut subsidies for unhealthy foods and increase support for fruits, vegetables, and vegetarian foods. Other groups, including the American Medical Association and the Presidents Cancer Panel, are also calling on Congress for sweeping reforms""This fall, the Senate will have its turn debating and voting on the [farm] bill.... more
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