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Gregory Patin is a free-lance writer residing in Madison, WI. He earned a BA in political science from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and a MS in IT management from Colorado Tech. He is politically independent and not affiliated with either the Democrat or Republican party.
(4 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 4, 2012 U.S. casualties in Afghanistan August 2012: A closer look
A look beyond the desensitizing corporate media headlines and into the human side of the tragedy and suffering of those who made the ultimate sacrifice
in Afghanistan last month.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, August 21, 2012 How the corporate media lies to you
The use of video news releases (VNRs) is one of the techniques that corporate-owned media uses to lie to you. VNRs played a role in "selling" the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the American people.
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 15, 2012 The war on chalk
Over 49 people in 16 American cities have been arrested for the heinous crime of expressing their first amendment rights in chalk. What's next in fascist America?
(6 comments) SHARE Saturday, August 11, 2012 The real unemployment rate in the U.S.
The real unemployment rate can be calculated in a far different manner than the Bureau of Labor Statistics chooses to do.
(10 comments) SHARE Saturday, March 31, 2012 Paul Ryan: Privatize Medicare, eliminate Medicaid and food stamps
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) proposes a budget plan that would privatize Medicare and essentially, eliminate Medicaid and food stamps at a time when Americans need such social programs more than ever.
(100 comments) SHARE Tuesday, March 27, 2012 14 defining characteristics of fascism: The U.S. in 2012
This article is an op-ed about the current state of affairs in the U.S. related to Britt's 14 characteristics of fascism. Feel free to use it on your web site. All I ask is that you include a link to my Examiner page.