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POPSUmberto Eco's defining characteristics of fascism CONTINUED... 11. In such a perspective everybody is educated to become a hero . 12. Since both permanent war and heroism are difficult games to play, the Ur-Fascist transfers his will to power to sexual matters. 13. Ur-Fascism is based upon a selective populism , a qualitative populism, one might say. 14. Ur-Fascism speaks Newspeak.
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POPSGreat post on White Privledge White privilege is a difficult thing for white people to understand and more difficult still to internalize. This post, and the previous post that spawned a lot of Internet chatter, are excellent.
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POPSDirty Secret of the Bailout: 32 words no one dare utter This is, deep down in side, what the Corporate-wing of the Republican party is all about: Privatize profits, socialize costs. Because the investment class owns Washington, and they're not about to take it in the ass (I mean, wallet) just because they made stupid, greedy decisions. Work harder, America. You the top 5% are counting on your efforts to keep them in caviar.
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POPSWhite Privilege White privilege is when you can claim that being mayor of a town smaller than most medium-sized colleges, and then Governor of a state with about the same number of people as the lower fifth of the island of Manhattan, makes you ready to potentially be president, and people don't all piss on themselves with laughter, while being a black U.S. Senator, two-term state Senator, and constitutional law scholar, means you're "untested." White privilege is being able to say that you support the words "under God" in the pledge of allegiance because "if it was good enough for the founding fathers, it's good enough for me," and not be immediately disqualified from holding office--since, after all, the pledge was written in the late 1800s and the "under God" part wasn't added until the 1950s--while believing that reading accused criminals and terrorists their rights (because, ya know, the Constitution, which you used to teach at a prestigious law school requires it), is a dangerous
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POPSTim Wise: This is Your Nation on White Privilege "White privilege is when you can attend four different colleges in six years like Sarah Palin did (one of which you basically failed out of, then returned to after making up some coursework at a community college), and no one questions your intelligence or commitment to achievement, whereas a person of color who did this would be viewed as unfit for college, and probably someone who only got in in the first place because of affirmative action. White privilege is when you can claim that being mayor of a town smaller than most medium-sized colleges, and then Governor of a state with about the same number of people as the lower fifth of the island of Manhattan, makes you ready to potentially be president, and people don’t all piss on themselves with laughter, while being a black U.S. Senator, two-term state Senator, and constitutional law scholar, means you’re “untested.” "
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POPSRemember when... Not too long ago women endured great challenges, where arrested, imprisoned and tortured all because they chose to have their voices heard for the right to vote. Too many of us today take that right, that privilege for granted. We have an obligation to all who before us made it possible for us to make a difference. Don't trivialize their hard won battle by thinking that your vote doesn't count. It does. But only if you exercise that right by voting. Let their voices be heard again. Honor them, honor yourself, honor your country.
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POPSWill there really be any change?
Would Obama be as bad or worse? Likely not. Just the lesser of two evils or what Ralph Nader calls the "evil of two lessers." No choice to settle for in his judgment. Especially when both candidates support global militarism, backing Israel and the Christian Right against Iran, unilaterally attacking Pakistan, staying in Iraq for the duration, upping the ante in Afghanistan, and risking a dangerous Eurasian confrontation with Russia. Both conventions are over. It's Obama v. McCain, and expect the winner to disappoint like always and on what voters say matter most - ending aggressive wars and addressing long-neglected social needs, made all the worse given capitalism's global crisis and both parties' commitment to privilege. After the Democrat convention ended, author, media activist, critic, and independent filmmaker Danny Schechter wrote: "You won't hear a call for a national crackdown on the corporate crime, fraud, and abuse that, in just the last few years, have robbed trilli
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POPSRecords show McCain was NO Hero Here's some readin for all you hero worshippers to chew on. See the truth about this war criminal for once. Even as he was bein shot down he made sure he delivered his bombs on the people of Vietnam ...and got a medal for it. urrrrg.
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POPSSarah Palin Takes on The Washington Establishment But here's a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinion -- I'm going to Washington to serve the people of this country." On energy policies: "Our opponents say, again and again, that drilling will not solve all of America's energy problems -- as if we all didn't know that already. But the fact that drilling won't solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all. Starting in January, in a McCain-Palin administration, we're going to lay more pipelines ... build more nuclear plants ... create jobs with clean coal ... and move forward on solar, wind, geothermal, and other alternative sources. We need American energy resources, brought to you by American ingenuity, and produced by American workers."
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POPSNew scandal puts Vogue India on the map It's easy to see both sides of the issue. One on hand, it does seem in bad taste to dress up poor locals for the amusement of the wealthy. At the same time, if the argument is that the shoot is distasteful because of the vast povery in India, then the condemnation would seem unjustified.
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POPS"Onward Christian Soldiers..." Once again, the Christian Nationalist will collectively get their panties in a wad upon hearing about this. And in light of McCain's recent endorsement of Petraeus as one of three influential people in his life, this adds controversy for McCain that he certainly doesn't need. After all, he's perfectly capable of coming up with enough controversy all by himself.
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POPS John McCain's Confusion About the Economy So one thing is clear: McCain is confused about the economy. Working families can't afford to let another four years go by where the president is confused about basic economic issues and compensates for that confusion by prioritizing the agenda of the privileged and wealthy.
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