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John Carlos, whose iconic black power salute at the 1968 Olympics generated outrage among many Americans, was greeted as a hero at Liberty Square in New York Monday night . . . [W]hile most Americans know that Carlos and fellow sprinter Tommie Smith wore black gloves and raised their fists in a salute at the medal ceremony, the pair also did not wear shoes in protest of poverty and wore beads in protest of lynching.
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What is more ironic, the proud, explicit, demonstration of ignorance via this drivers cacography, or the implicit ignorance shown by their faux support of the troops who died in vain supporting this driver’s SUV gas guzzling addiction? [MSH]
. . . [I]s Herman Cain actually proud that he has no idea what he’s talking about? It sure seems like it. In Republican world, any country on the map that isn’t labeled U.S. fuckin’ A. is “insignificant.” Until we try to invade it and steal its resources, that is.
But you just go ahead and insist that the things you don’t know about obviously don’t matter, Mr. Pizza Man. Because for the voters you’re trying to woo, being a total ignoramus isn’t a problem; it’s an asset.
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The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
~ Fyodor Mikhaylovich Dostoyevsky (November 11, 1821 – February 9, 1881)
The iPhone-wielding Westboro members seemed unable to find any irony in their embrace of the technology of a man they condemn.
We are the 99 percent. We are getting kicked out of our homes. We are forced to choose between groceries and rent. We are denied quality medical care. We are suffering from environmental pollution. We are working long hours for little pay and no rights, if we’re working at all. We are getting nothing while the other 1 percent is getting everything. We are the 99 percent.
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