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Notable Quotables
"If there is going to be
change, real change, it will have to work its way from the bottom
up, from the people themselves. That is how change happens."
Howard Zinn
"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never
will."
Frederick Douglass
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NEW:
America, Inc. is Here. Get With the Program!
With last month's
Supreme Court decision, "Citizens United v. FEC," it is
obvious that elections in the United States are now
obsolete. So why not select our members of Congress by
means of auctions instead?
REPRISE:
A Bribe by Any Other Name.
If you hand a Senator ten grand in exchange for his vote on
pending legislation, you are breaking the law and, if
discovered, likely headed for the federal slammer. But if,
instead, you hand that cash over to the same Senator's campaign
committee, with the same express purpose of "purchasing"
influence and legislation, you are exercising your "First
Amendment Right" to free speech. Go figure! (From
December 28, 2002).
Conscience of a Progressive.
A Book in Progress
Bernard Weiner:
Drifting Toward Catastrophe: A Seven-Headed Beast.
The temptation is great to stick to
the minor, more gossipy items in the political news. The Larger
Issues (here are seven) are damn difficult to deal with. Are there
political leaders ready to take them seriously? Or do we continue
slouching toward a kind of national suicide?
REPRISE:
Great Trauma As a Great Teacher: Peering Into the New Year.
Here's an instructive look back at the Obama presidency a month
before his inauguration. Read it and weep at the missed
opportunities, the lousy appointments to his economic-recovery team,
the hovering around the status-quo middle, the belief he could work
with Republicans. Sad. (First published Dec. 16, 2008.)
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