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Monday, September 15, 2008
Cynicism 'can damage democracy's health'
This research this article describes appears to attempt to identify cynicism and contempt for politicians, the media and so on as as a kind of behavioral problem or phenomena that threatens 'democracy'... Rather than looking at societal processes like increasing governmental authoritarianism and habitually lying media as possibly the cause of a wee bit o' contempt?.. I think I'm feeling a bit of contempt for the research.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Obama And The Empire
(1 comments) Article by William Blum who lays out pretty succinctly why Obama is no choice. If you fall prey to the fallacy of Obama is somehow better than McCain.... think again. This election is the same old crap by the same old ... you know what they are. Blum presents a very coherent argument regarding the real status of our choice for 2008.

Tuesday, January 1, 2008
The Post-Bush Regime: A Prognosis
The Author stated it best: "In order to understand anything about American political affairs, it is necessary to have some understanding of who it is that really makes the decisions behind the scenes, and what their interests are. In this way we have some hope of identifying the hidden agendas being served by government actions and programs, and some hope of identifying the longer-term strategies that are in play

Friday, October 26, 2007
House Passes Thought Crime Prevention Bill
(14 comments) "The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed HR 1955 titled the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007." The article argues that "This bill is one of the most blatant attacks against the Constitution yet and actually defines thought crimes as homegrown terrorism." Be careful what you think -- even dissent may now be an act of homegrown terrorism.

Thursday, June 14, 2007
Faulty Towers of Belief: Part I. Demolishing the Iconic Psychological Barriers to 9/11
(1 comments) Quoting one reviewer: ""This is an excellent paper. The material is convincingly presented; the argument becomes increasingly intriguing and persuasive as it moves along.... The real strength of this paper is that it lays out the complex issues without flinching from the overwhelming differences that prevent sane discourse on the "truth" of 9/11, while at the same time maintaining such equanimity."