Excerpt from the 2000 movie “The Contender”
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Category Archives: Politics
The Gathering Storm
Wake up Europe, [and, until the OWS movement , the politically apathetic U.S.]
and smell the treachery.
Emma Goldman Occupies Wall Street
If ever there was a life that embodied the spirit that is driving the Occupy Wall Street movement it is that of Emma Goldman, who went to jail in 1893 for having stood on a soap box in Union Square in the midst of one of America’s worst depressions and, pointing at the mansions on Fifth Avenue, implored 3,000 unemployed men and women to ask the ruling class for work. “If they don’t give you work,” she cried, “ask them for bread. If they deny you bread, take it!” These words made those listening to Emma erupt in thunderous cheers; they also made J. Edgar Hoover describe her in 1919 (when he was urging the government to deport her) as The Most Dangerous Woman in America.
Rick Perry Playing to the Homophobic, Anti-Intellectual Cheap Seats, i.e., the Republican Party and Two Sardonic Atheists Responses
Rick Perry’s Campaign Video Playing to the
Homophobic, Anti-Intellectual Cheap Seats
Atheist James Kotecki Responds to Rick Perry’s
Knuckle-dragging Idiocy
Atheist Andy Cobb Responds to Rick Perry’s
Prefrontal Cortex Deficiency
The Advice John Lennon Would Have Given #OccupyWallStreet
Donald Trump Is a Perfect Ringmaster for the GOP 2012 Circus
Article By SALLY KOHN, Political Commentator
The GOP primary is an eight ring circus. So why shouldn’t Donald Trump play ring master for a night?
The Republican presidential candidates are doing everything they can to distract from the fact that their party’s policies put our economy in the dumpster and, if elected, they will all just do more of the disastrous same. The American voters see that the economy is, slowly but surely, getting better and backs President Obama’s plans to make it stronger while bucking at continued Republican obstructionism.
Voters and Democrats want America to succeed and can tell that Republicans–in Congress and in the campaign–only want Obama to fail, even if it means America fails, too. The dazzling side shows of the GOP primary are entertaining the voters, but they can tell the distinguish farce from the best interest of the future of our nation.
Still, with the always-entertaining Herman Cain out of the race and Newt Gingrich now trying to look more like a candidate than a curmudgeon, the clowns are running out of gags. Perfect timing for a man with implausible hair to preside over a debate with implausible political candidates.
Bring on the show! Every candidate should join in. American voters will no doubt tune in to see how many GOP candidates can fit in the clown car as they aim to drive our economy and our political system off a cliff.
Found here in U.S. News & World Report, dated December 8, 2011
Christopher Hitchens: On Fascism
Why Are Theists Angry?
Most religious believers really can’t even attempt to defend their beliefs and so they get angry at atheists for forcing them to think. If everyone believes in God, then they can continue to live in blissful delusion, but if just one person rejects that belief then the delusion is diluted. The possibility arises that God might not exist. The more people reject the belief in a god, the more religious believers have to accept the possibility that they are wrong and that God doesn’t exist.
Police More Militarized Than Ever
Updated Version of Noam Chomsky’s “9/11” Book Takes On Bin Laden’s Death, Imperial Mentality
Chomsky argues that the US government has done exactly what Osama bin Laden wanted it to do: Dig into a series of expensive and bloody wars in Muslim countries, draining the American economy and causing many civilian casualties. . . 9-11 is a crash course in America’s terrorism against inconvenient regimes, and a primer in the ways that those in power have misled the American public by suggesting that September 11 happened in a vacuum. . . He explains the hypocrisy of the US government’s definition of terrorism – the use of violence for political or psychological goals rather than monetary gain – in light of the fact that US government agencies have been using exactly those methods for decades, directly and indirectly.
Always Question Authority 