I hope our nation realizes that electing a new president was only the beginning of this new way of thinking we need to embrace. With a fierce battle waging between capitalism, socialism , Marxism, racism, terrorism, nationalism – let’s do more than just cross our fingers that the prevailing philosophy will be volunteerism.
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Posts Tagged as ‘government’
October 16, 2008
american culture vs. john mccain
John McCain caught me off-guard with one statement he made tonite:
It’s time to change the American culture.
Should the president, who is only one man in a nation of millions, have the right to shape American culture how he sees fit? Isn’t he there to serve the people? Shouldn’t Americans shape American culture? The president [...]
October 15, 2008
the definition of poverty.
In support of Blog Action Day, we should all take an opportunity to reflect on the reality of poverty. I definitely think there are two types of people when it comes to the issue of poverty: those who acknowledge it and have seen proof of it’s existence (and in some sense can probably relate), [...]
October 2, 2008
read the economic bail-out proposal.
Download the US Government Economic Bail-Out Proprosal (pdf)
With reports that George W. Bush and Ron Paulson’s initial plan was only 3 pages in length, I suppose this 451 page monstrosity is a bit of an upgrade, or maybe just a bunch of legal jargon meant to hide the hidden gems.
Either way, SOMEONE (other than just [...]
September 26, 2008
ron paul speaks on the banking rescue plan
You can’t have a bad system and think..oh, we’re gonna have brilliant regulators and prevent all of the bad things. -Ron Paul
Update: I just came across Ron Paul’s written statement and additional conversation with a very bored-looking Ben Bernanke at a newly discovered blog, Cultural Capitalism.
Update #2: Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D)-Ohio [...]
