Declaration of Independence

Declaration Of Independence From BP And Oil

by Propagandee July 3, 2010

Convicted felon BP holding a gun to the head of the US  economy Today as I was hanging the Stars and Stripes from my front porch, reflecting on the event 234 years ago that precipitated this most national of national holidays, colonial America’s  Declaration of Independence from their English overlords, I was struck by the [...]

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The Rise And Fall Of Corporate Feudalism

by Propagandee July 2, 2009

A decade ago, I was marooned along with a couple of dozen of other international tourists on the rocky lava islet of Palea Kameni, off the legendary Greek island of Thira (Santorini). While we were soaking in its geothermally heated pool, a violent storm suddenly blew into the Aegean. We were told that there was [...]

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Lincolnesque

by Terry February 13, 2009

Only by coming together, all of us, and expressing that sense of shared sacrifice and responsibility … can we do the work that must be done in this country. That is the very definition of being American.”

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