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Sith Talk Podcast Episode 15-Lets do the Parsec run again

This week Dat and Lanyard talk about some of Patch 1.3 and the May 25 Q&A. Of... more

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Episode 14- The Rule of Two We Welcome My New Apprentice

The week we welcome Lanyard to the Show and Talk about the Dev Q&A. We share... more

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The newest episode of Sith Talk. The greatest Star Wars the Old Republic podcast. We are gamers playing a amazing game and sharing our experinces and opinions with the world.

This week we cover patch 1.2.3 news talk Hot Chocolate checks in as well as a new Sith... more

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A Letter to the President

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Once Upon A Time, Not So Long Ago, The USA Was A Republic

But Was Dismantled (one service at a time) And Became An Oligarchy

Going Anti-Postal

What kind of nation won’t fund a Post Office?
http://thehumanist.org/march-april-2012/going-anti-postal/

{{{EXCERPT}}}The Postal Service is not a mere delivery service, an outdated, inefficient alternative to FedEx or UPS. It’s a public service that every nation on earth, except for Somalia, maintains. In fact the United States joins Somalia as one of the only nations that doesn’t fund a postal system. We used to fund it, from the birth of our nation until Ronald Reagan’s presidency. It’s one of the only public services specifically addressed in the U.S. Constitution—right in Article One. Its genesis dates back to the Second Continental Congress, which appointed Benjamin Franklin as our first postmaster general.

The original purpose of the Postal Service was not to deliver Christmas gifts or iPads but to deliver democracy. It was the conduit for political discussion and debate, tying a geographically dispersed population into a single, somewhat informed electorate. That’s why magazines and newspapers historically enjoyed a low, government-subsidized rate. The Founding Fathers realized that a large nation must communicate through media, and that privately funded media would skew the national debate toward the interests of the rich. Hence, they established the Postal Service and gave it a mandate to subsidize independent media with deeply discounted media mail rates. That’s why its formation was enshrined in the U.S. Constitution—for the same reason the Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and names journalism as the only profession that it specifically safeguards. A free press, including a means for disseminating that press, are paramount necessities for a democracy to function.

Notice how it reads "WE USE TO FUND IT, FROM THE BIRTH OF OUR NATION UNTIL RONALD REAGAN... That says it all, our Republic has been going down, down, down since the Ronald Reagan administration decided that we (our nation) needs to become THE UNITED CORPORATIONS OF AMERICA where all services, from education to prisons to health insurance (bye bye Medicare/caid) and now the Postal Service needs to be privatized (by the 1% few). The Republican party's vision to drown our republic form of government in a bathtub is almost a reality. I hope it's not too late to turn it around... But I can't help feeling like it is... :-( thinkingblue

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Draft Constitution for the Syrian Arab Republic + Damascus referendum day - photo essay

Arab civilization, which is part of human heritage, has faced through its long history... more

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Tropical storm Irene heads towards Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic has issued a hurricane alert as a tropical storm closes in on... more

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Dozens of protesters detained in Dublin; Down with the Queen!

More than 20 people have been arrested in Dublin while they protested against Queen... more

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The Devil We Know Or The Devil We Don't Know?

The question to ask is this, if Quadaffi is the Devil we DO Know, then what will fill... more

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Birth (of the Image) of a Nation: Jean-Luc Godard in Mozambique + Kuxa Kanema documentary

While Jean-Luc Godard’s life and work has received a plethora of critical... more

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