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Jann Wenner reports in Rolling Stone today that after his recent interview with President Obama was over, Obama returned briefly to the Oval Office and tacked on a coda, speaking “with intensity and passion, repeatedly stabbing the air with his finger”: It is inexcusable for any Democrat or progressive right…
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CALLER: I’m 90 years old and I just wanted to ask the colored man, why don’t colored people instead of saying what we did to them, why don’t they say what we did for them? They talk about the slavery but since then they have been given welfare, free medicine,…
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1st collector for John Lennon – Give Peace A Chance Follow my videos on vodpod two, one two three four Ev’rybody’s talking about Bagism, Madism, Dragism, Shagism, Ragism, Tagism This-ism, that-ism ism ism ism All we are saying is give peace a chance All we are saying is give peace…
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Weak Ties, Twitter and Revolution | Wired Science | Wired.com These are all worthwhile and important points, and a necessary correction to the (over)hyping of Twitter and Facebook. However, I think Gladwell’s denigration of weak ties in social activism is a bit misplaced. I’d like to begin by revisiting Mark Granovetter’s…
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Dear Friend, Email your Senators today! Ask them to vote “YES” on the New START treaty. Yesterday one of the most important votes of the 111th Congress was held in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee – a strongly bipartisan, 14 – 4 vote that cleared the way for the full…
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved the New START treaty in a 14-4 vote. Three Republicans voted with Democrats — a sign that Obama may get the votes needed for final passage. But it is unclear whether the full Senate will consider the treaty this year. Obama and Russian President…
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Letter Writing Tool On September 16, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee plans to vote on the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with Russia. Please write to your senators today. Ask them to support the New START treaty and press for a vote on the Senate floor, before October…
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Though many students are liberals on social issues, the economic reality of a weak job market has taken a toll on their loyalties: far fewer 18- to 29-year-olds now identify themselves as Democrats compared with 2008. “Is the recession, which is hitting young people very hard, doing lasting or permanent…
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Federal aid to the states is especially important because they finance education. Although the jobs crisis is primarily a crisis of demand, it also reflects a mismatch between the education of the work force and the education required for jobs in today’s economy. Consider how the unemployment rate varies by…
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via youtube.com “Can’t we give ourselves one more chance Why can’t we give love that one more chance Why can’t we give love give love give love give love give love give love give love give love give love ‘Cause love’s such an old fashioned word And love dares you…
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Peace – First Day of Spring “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of…
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Dear President Obama, We must ensure the future survival and sustainability of not only our generation, but future generations to come. Everything and everyone, human and nonhuman, is intricately interconnected, and we must ensure that our environment and society is moving forward toward the dream of Martin Luther King, Jr.,…
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This video / song really got to me, for some reason today, and in combination with my desire to change myself and others, against perhaps wisdom and truth, I thought it might help someone else see things slightly differently, better, or perhaps even in a much more peaceful, happy, far-looking …
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So this speech is amazing, not just because it is a good speech. I think it is truly transformational in the sense that it represents a profound change in the way Americans think about politics and the ability of politicians to actually help people instead of looking after themselves and…
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