"The only exact testimony of a man is his actions, leaving the reader to pronounce on them his own judgment." --Thomas Jefferson

Why Should We Look Beyond the Limited Political Terms of "Left and Right" When We Look at OWS (A Sociological perspective that will be over the heads of most of you.)

"An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics." -- Plato OWS.. It’s not class warfare. It is rooted in the hierarchical  struggle for dominance that is as old as the species of Mankind.

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Truthfulness as an Intrinsic Form of Morality and the 4 aspects of Respect.

The pretentious town drunk rises suddenly at the town meeting and slurs... "Scheisse is laden with ordure! "Thinking it’s pertinent.. and again passes out. "The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously." Herbert H.

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Co-sign Rep. Chris Murphy,s letter to hold Clarence Thomas accountable

‎"The people are the rightful master of both congresses and the courts. Not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert it." Abraham Lincoln

Why Do The Tea Baggers and Republican in Congress Hate The Post Office and Your Mail? Maddow Transcript..

Stay on subject, always be respectful of others and adhere to the CoH regulations. Today the postmaster general and the head of one of the the largest postal employee unions testified together about the contract they just collectively bargained for, a contract in which each side …

POLL: America is a Democracy, Republic or Plutocracy? :opinion

Lately a lot of right wingers seem to be fixated with the word republic - truthfully in my opinion it's a big step towards disavowing the principals of democracy. BUT in reality America today is neither a democracy or a republic but a plutocracy.

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Sen. Sanders' Bill to Tax Millionaires Has Surprising Precedent - Gov. Reagan's $1 Bil Tax Hike to Cut Deficit in 1967

America is broke, Republicans say, and, since raising taxes is verboten, the only way to balance the budget and spur the economy is to cut spending, by which they mean defunding programs they don't like — by which they mean government services that benefit the poor and the mi …

Rachel Maddow Exposes Michigan Republicans Secret War On Democracy

Rachel Maddow Exposes Michigan Republicans Secret War On Democracy

Emotional Intelligence Quiz | Greater Good

"How's your emotional intelligence? Find out by taking a short quiz issued by UC Berkeley's Greater Good Science Center. Look at 20 facial expressions and guess what emotion is being conveyed.

Understanding Libertarian Morality: The psychological roots of an individualist ideology

Abstract Libertarians are an increasingly vocal ideological group in U.S. politics, yet they are understudied compared to liberals and conservatives.

The Big [gest] Obscenity: A Trillion Dollars a Year to the Richest 1%

It's not unreasonable to say that upper-middle class families should have maintained the same size of their slice of pie. But if earnings since 1980 were based on this measure of productiveness, the richest 1% of Americans would be making $1 trillion less per year.

Tea Party Advancing Harmful Rhetoric on Constitution; Time to Push Back, Prof. Epps Writes

Tea Partiers and so-called "constitutionalists" have, to a large extent, successfully convinced swaths of the nation that they are the great defenders of the Constitution, and that all who disagree are crazed, unpatriotic or traitors, likely all three, writes Garrett Epps for The …

"Patriotic millionaires" call for their tax cuts to expire

Dozens of America's wealthiest taxpayers -- including hedge fund legend Michael Steinhardt, super trial lawyer Guy Saperstein, and Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's fame -- have appealed to President Obama not to renew the Bush tax cuts for anyone earning more than $1 million a year.

WTF has Sarah Palin done so far? #1 - wtfHasSarahPalinDoneSoFar.com

This is really good.

The Last Gasp of Aging White Power: But Time Is Not on Your Side

So party while you can, but mind the increasingly loud clock ticking away in the corners of your consciousness. The clock that reminds you how little time you and yours have left. Not much more now. Tick, tock. Tick, tock. Tick. Tock.

MSNBC suspends Olbermann over political donations

excerpt:"keith MSNBC president Phil Griffin has suspended Keith Olbermann indefinitely without pay for making donations to three Democrats.

The American People are Being Hoodwinked by the GOP... again.

"Only the educated are free." Epictetus As a progressive Democrat, I have this little secret regret, that McCain did not win in '08.

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2010 Elections: The Nation Moved to the LEFT

The result of the 2010 Elections was not a shift to the right. Yeah, you heard me.

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Dick Armey Accuses Stewart and Colbert of 'Militant Vilification' of Everyone they Disagree With ~~~ VIDEO

Here's Armey projecting his own bad behavior onto Stewart and Colbert.

Researchers find a 'liberal gene' are Conservatives less evolved?

This raises many questions for the future as to how we view politics and our society.

Lower Earnings For All But Super Wealthy - stunning figures released by the Social Security Administration

It is the latest, and in this case quite dramatic, evidence that our economic policies in Washington are undermining the nation as a whole.We have created a tax system that changes continually as politicians manipulate it to extract campaign donations.

America's Founders Were Deistic Liberal Humanists Whose Core Beliefs the Likes of Glenn Beck Hate

The grassroots farmers that made the Revolution were free-thinking hemp growers. Their favorite scribe, Tom Paine, was the son of a Quaker whose Age of Reason assaulted the church with unsurpassed fury. Today's Tea/GOP would have it burned.

This is what happens when you have a conservative administration running a state government:

When New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took office eight months ago, he hit the ground running.

The Origins of Human Morality.

The origin of Morals and what they are are very simple, and that's why so many find the subject so easy to complicate and use as a tool of fear to control others with. Morals are a Natural Ability of Mankind, while some are more talented then others some are handicapped.

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