"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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A Picture Tells A Thousand Words, Here’s My Thousand Words.
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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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"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
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 …
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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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
"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.
Abstract Libertarians are an increasingly vocal ideological group in U.S. politics, yet they are understudied compared to liberals and conservatives.
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 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 …
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.
This is really good.
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.
excerpt:"keith MSNBC president Phil Griffin has suspended Keith Olbermann indefinitely without pay for making donations to three Democrats.
"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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The result of the 2010 Elections was not a shift to the right. Yeah, you heard me.
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Here's Armey projecting his own bad behavior onto Stewart and Colbert.
This raises many questions for the future as to how we view politics and our society.
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.
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.
When New Jersey Governor Chris Christie took office eight months ago, he hit the ground running.
I've learned something new today.
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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Daniel takes no prisoners with his hard hitting concise commentary. He actually thinks about issues rather than providing knee jerk responses.
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Regardless of political perspectives Daniel is a valuable ally to have in the pursuit of truth. His wit, humor, and intellect never fail to bring an insightful angle on every world view.
In the year or more we have been contributing it is good to see how well received your contributions have been. Nice work!
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Though I wish I had something more original to note, I'm forced to echo Dom Pody in pointing out that Daniel's comments are very frequently the high-point of many an article here on Newsvine. More than once I've written some frightfully long pontificating rant and seen Daniel neatly summarize, retort, and fire off a brilliant zinger all within a four or five line comment.
I wish I could do that!
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Daniel A. Hallo's comments (when I see them) are some of the most thought-provoking I have seen on Newsvine these past three months. That, and he's the only person I know who has somehow gotten the Fruitfulness and Lifetime Achievement Vinacities without getting Courtesy :)
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Here's what Daniel A. Hallo had to say recently about the government:
"I pay taxes. I pay their salary. The U.S. Government works for me! I want to know what they are doing. They don't need to know what I'm doing."
Interesting, clever, and oh, so true. Thanks, Daniel!
Daniel is kind, thoughtful, creative and articulate. He seems to find joy in passionate discussion and radical thinking. He's willing to support risky ideas and help them bear fruit. He's a fervent, fun and fabulous newsviner....
Daniel, love the G3 in your avatar :-)
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Daniel A. Hallo's search for the truth often seems to be conducted in a slightly chaotic, yet markedly enthusiastic manner. His wit is amazing, and he will often make a point with humor that would have been very difficult to pull off otherwise. Just try to follow Daniel around Newsvine - you'll be lucky if you can keep up with this truthseeker.
When I was 11 years old I got my first book, a bible from the church because I moved from Sunday School into the adult congregation.
There's no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb, according to a new study that is bound to stir public controversy. The research finds that children with low intelligence are more likely to hold prejudiced attitudes as adults.
Doctors in Peru have found a "parasitic twin" in the stomach of a 3-year-old boy, and plan to surgically remove the tissue Monday.
As screwed up as things are in Congress right now, it’s natural that nobody much wants to contemplate how much more screwed up things might be after the November elections unless one party or the other emerges with united control and something of a mandate.
President Obama didn’t exactly walk away from Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) during their disagreement on Wednesday on an airport tarmac near Phoenix, said one of the only people to witness the exchange up close.
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Grover Norquist: impeach President Obama if he doesn't extend tax cuts for the rich
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Grover Norquist: impeach President Obama if he doesn't extend tax cuts for the rich
I think I'll burn my bible today.
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