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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Obama’s Millionaire Tax is Class War, Say Republicans
Taxing America
• Last week the US census revealed that 46 million Americans – one in six – now live in poverty, the highest number ever.
• In 2010, the top 20% of Americans earned 49.4% of the nation’s income. The top 1% account for 24% of all income.
• About 47% of US people pay no federal income taxes, either because their incomes are too low, or because they qualify for enough tax breaks to eliminate their liability.
• People who make money from investments pay far lower taxes than those who earn it from their wages.
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Christopher Hitchens, On Critical Thinking
Quote: Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964)
Indian Statesman, first and longest-serving Prime Minister of India (1947–1964)
I want nothing to do with any religion concerned with keeping the masses satisfied to live in hunger, filth, and ignorance. I want nothing to do with any order, religious or otherwise, which does not teach people that they are capable of becoming happier and more civilized on this earth, capable of becoming master of his fate and captain of his soul.
Eugene Robinson, “Where are the compassionate conservatives?”
Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, Bachmann, Paul and the others onstage in Tampa all had the same prescription for the economy: Cut spending, cut taxes and let the wealth that results trickle down to the less fortunate
. . . Government is more than a machine for collecting and spending money, more than an instrument of war, a book of laws or a shield to guarantee and protect individual rights. Government is also an expression of our collective values and aspirations. There’s a reason the Constitution begins “We the people . . .” rather than “We the unconnected individuals who couldn’t care less about one another . . . .”
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Fox News Priest Explains Atheism “Fad”
My Life as a Daughter in the Christian Patriarchy [Quiverfull] Movement
Marriage is seen as a transfer of authority from the daughter’s father to her husband . . . they contend, college corrupts daughters and fills their heads with ungodly thoughts of equality and careers. This phenomenon is called the Stay-At-Home-Daughter movement . . . I was taught that those outside of our beliefs, including humanists, environmentalists, socialists, and feminists, were evil, selfish people who were destroying our society, and that Christians who did not share our beliefs were “wishy-washy” and “worldy.” There is a very “us versus them” mentality in Christian Patriarchy . . . their goal is to take over the country, instituting godly laws ruling according to Christ’s dictates. Read more . . .
Noam Chomsky, “The Class War Speech”
A MUST SEE Interview of Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky: The Conscience of America
Always Question Authority 