“This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.” - Plato
I have been had. I am furious, but that’s nothing next to what I am fully expecting to receive from friends, family, and professional colleagues. ARRRGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
Please disregard any invitation from Quechup - from me or anyone else.
I was invited to this networking site by a friend. You can see on the right-hand menu that [...]
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109 Reasons To Dump The 109th Congress
from The Progress Report Issue 11/07/2006, by Judd Legum, Faiz Shakir, Nico Pitney, Amanda Terkel and Payson Schwin
We need a new Congress — here’s why:
1. Congress set a record for the fewest number of days worked — 218 between the House and Senate combined. [Link]
2. The Senate [...]
Private military contractors are earning billions of dollars in Iraq — much of it from U.S. taxpayers. “Lucrative U.S. government contracts go to firms called on to provide security for projects and personnel — jobs that in previous conflicts have been done by the military” (and under military regulations).
From Hunter at Daily Kos, on the [...]
Who do you call to protect you from the New Iraq’s security forces?
We found out a few hours later that one of our neighbors, two houses down, had died. Abu Salih was a man in his seventies and as the Iraqi mercenaries raided his house, he had a heart-attack. His grandson couldn’t get him to [...]
“Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of the higher classes. 2. Those who identify themselves with the people, have confidence in them, cherish and consider them as the most honest and safe, [...]
Here’s what we should all be pulling for - it’s from FDR’s “Four Freedoms speech,” on January 6, 1941:
“The basic things expected by our people of their political and economic systems are simple. They are:
Equality of opportunity for youth and for others.
Jobs for those who can work.
Security for those who need it.
The ending of special [...]
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