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Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:47:08 -0700

All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.

- Noam Chomsky

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Sat, 24 Nov 2007 19:43:29 -0800

since feeling is first
who pays attention
to the syntax of things
will never wholly kiss you

wholly to be a fool
while Spring is in the world

my blood approves,
and kisses are a better fate
than wisdom
lady i swear by all flowers. Don't cry
-the best gesture of my brain is less than
your eyelids' flutter which says

we are for eachother: then
laugh, leaning back in my arms
for lifes not a paragraph

and death i think is no parenthesis

e.e. cummings

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Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:36:18 -0800

I normally don't say things quite so forcefully, but damn it would be nice to have this corporate criminal out of office. My Message:

Contact Your Congressman/Congresswoman, whoever ... and say, "The lies and deceipt, the corruption, no-bid contracts, misleading government and the public should be more than sufficient to take the Necessary Action: IMPEACH CHENEY.

DL

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Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:37:27 -0700

Don't buy the Corn Subsidies ... Ethanol will probably be plugged by a huge number of the presidential candidates, because of the number of votes involved. Eventually, this will hurt even the midwest farmers:

Not only does ethanol cost roughly twice as much to produce as gasoline, but producing ethanol may actually be a net destroyer of energy. The Oil & Gas Journal reported in 1980 that production data from a 1979 application for a federal ethanol subsidy filed by ADM with the Energy Department stated that ADM's Decatur, Illinois, plant was producing 1,485 barrels of ethanol a day. At that time, the plant was consuming the equivalent of 1,284 barrels of natural gas to produce the ethanol, and the electricity used to power the plant was equivalent to another 46 barrels of gas a day. Thus, looking only at the energy used directly in ethanol production, analysts found that the plant showed a "net energy gain" of only 165 barrels of ethanol a day--less than 15 percent of the total ethanol produced. But, as the Oil & Gas Journal noted, "The ADM analysis presented to the Department of Energy, however, didn't disclose the energy input associated with growing, harvesting, and transporting the corn feedstock for the plant." (ADM - A Corporate Study in Welfare)

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Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:30:00 -0700

The executive branch, yes it is the executive branch no matter what Dick Cheney says, is out of control. They are exercising what can only be seen as an exercise in dictatorial control. When the executive powers of government can simply say, "No, these laws don't apply to me," or "We can interpret the law in any way we see fit," they are exercising powers that were never intended by the framers of our constitution, and in fact are exactly what the framers of the constitution wanted most to protect our great country from.

It is with great sadness that I feel a sense of total defeat. Welcome to the Dictatorial Corporate State of Bush/Cheney. If you don't fear this at all and feel that these are good men and that they should have any power they want, then look deep in the mirror, because you are complicit with Tyranny.

I am for strong defense, free-market capitalism and the fight against those who wish to harm American citizens or any good people in our world. I fear Bush/Cheney with all of my being.

DL

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Wed, 30 May 2007 13:31:19 -0700

"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." (John Kenneth Galbraith)

Thanks to howardpark and leiaxes for this excellent quote.

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Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:54:26 -0700

You are The Wheel of Fortune
Good fortune and happiness but sometimes a species of
intoxication with success
The Wheel of Fortune is all about big things, luck, change, fortune. Almost always good fortune. You are lucky in all things that you do and happy with the things that come to you. Be careful that success does not go to your head however. Sometimes luck can change.
What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

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Thu, 22 Mar 2007 23:32:05 -0700

Political Courage: Involve Saudi Arabia in the Iraq peace talks. Our troops are fighting those funded from sources in Saudi Arabia as well as Iran and Syria. An ally can at the same be an enemy.

What candidate has the courage to call Saudi Arabia both ally and enemy?

It may be time to start looking for a better gas mileage car. ;-)

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Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:55:07 -0800

LOST - No ... NOT the TV show. A game that connects people and races to 7 million. Easy. You need to be invited.

Here is your invitation:
http://www.lost.eu/16f5f

You don't even need to give your email address to play (as long as you have a decent memory, or write down your invitation address).

Why not!? ;^)

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Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:39:04 -0700

"The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer." - Henry Kissinger