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The Media Whores | Free the Media

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March 7, 2009. 8212; Jamie York @ 3:05 pm. They are the media whores. Where are the stories that matter? Where are the stories that show us the devestating effects of globalization, malnutrition, hunger and disease? Where are the stories that show us the effects of homelessness, layoffs, factory closings, unemployment, poverty and high health care costs? Where are the stories that show us what other cultures are thinking and doing? Why was this information kept secret? Why should citizens have to wait fo...

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For Hope | Fanning the Flames

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Poetry through words and dreams. March 5, 2009. A man shot himself at the Shell station yesterday,. Trading his blood for oil,. For a helicopter ride to the hospital,. 8220;Were there any warning signs? 8221; a reporter asked,. And I remembered a Vietnam veteran. Sleeping on a steam grate in front of the FBI building,. Too tired to pull the trigger. Some do and some don’t,. Yet gas prices and hopelessness are rising daily. 8220;The warning signs are everywhere,” a witness answered. Posted by Jamie York.

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Salt and Pepper | Fanning the Flames

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Poetry through words and dreams. March 5, 2009. Of Krugerrand gold and slavery,. And segregation, pass laws. And Coca-Cola. We learned. And more —. The hundreds of students. Killed in rebellion, the thousands. Held in concentration camps. Of the Volkswagon beetle. And starvation, of the open graves. At Dimbaza, waiting to be filled with children. Posted by Jamie York. At the Middletown Church of Christ. Boss Limbaugh Apology Generator. Boss Limbaugh Apology Generator.

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Freeze Frame: Citizens United: The Death Rattle of Jeffersonian Democracy

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Discussion of politics and current events from a humanist perspective. Citizens United: The Death Rattle of Jeffersonian Democracy. Our Constitution and Bill of Rights is a model for people in developing countries around the world. And rightly so! It gives citizens - we the people - the power and authority over government. People everywhere dream of this. As do we, since the reality has never caught up with the dream. A corporation certainly does. Individual contributors have long been able to do thi...

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Freeze Frame: The Corporate Attack on Unions and Collective Bargaining

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Discussion of politics and current events from a humanist perspective. The Corporate Attack on Unions and Collective Bargaining. Corporations – emboldened by a 2010 Supreme Court ruling allowing them unlimited spending in U.S. elections, and bolstered by a pro-corporate Congress – are now poised to eliminate the right of union workers to bargain collectively for fair wages and benefits. Would he support the imposing Goliath or the meek David? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.

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Freeze Frame: July 2007

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Discussion of politics and current events from a humanist perspective. Honoring our war dead. History will one day portray George W. Bush as a criminal and a warmonger who desired the power of a king to decide law, declare war, curtail civil liberties, and erode the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. When Bush is finally exposed for the criminal he is and his role in fabricating evidence for the Iraq war is finally exposed, what punishment should he receive? Even though the war is wrong, no one need d...

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Freeze Frame: October 2011

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Discussion of politics and current events from a humanist perspective. Why Occupy Wall Street? Why occupy Wall Street? Well, the short answer is that corporations have overthrown the United States. I had a teacher in middle school who spoke about the dangers of monopolies and how concentrated corporate ownership resembled a dictatorship. She was right. The richest one percent control trillions of dollars. Why occupy Wall Street? Should we create a system of fair trade and hold corporations accountable wh...

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Freeze Frame: March 2009

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Discussion of politics and current events from a humanist perspective. TOPICAL TWEETS * *. When I see military aficionado Wolf Blitzer on CNN, I turn to MSNBC. When I see military aficionado Chris Matthews on MSNBC, I turn to Democracy Now! O’Reilly and Limbaugh are toads. Ignore them. Let them be toads, hopping and eating bugs. Don’t pick them up and let them pee on your hand. Dear Fox News: You think big national media ask the right questions? They sure didn’t in lead-up to Iraq occupation. Public rela...

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Freeze Frame: October 2008

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Discussion of politics and current events from a humanist perspective. McCain campaign using smear tactics and lies. What a sleazebag McCain is! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. McCain campaign using smear tactics and lies. Cost of the War in Iraq. To see more details, click here.