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The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from within, not without. Inevitably anyone with an independent mind must become "one who resists or opposes authority or established conventions": a rebel. If enough people come to agree with, and follow, the Rebel, we now have a Devil. Until, of course, still more people agree. And then, finally, we have --- Greatness.
-- Aleister Crowley
Who Are You? -- Pete Townshend
I Am That I Am -- YHVH
I yams what I yams -- Popeye
You Are What You Is -- FZ
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The Myth of The Reasonable Republicans »
Posted by: Progressive 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
Obama and the goody-goody Democrats desperately want to believe the Republicans are capable of a compromise on health care. They're not.
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GSK Used Ghostwriting to Push Paxil »
Posted by: engineer 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline used a sophisticated ghostwriting program to promote its antidepressant Paxil, allowing doctors to take credit for medical journal articles mainly written by company ...
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Blackwater 'hired for CIA plan' »
Posted by: junitj 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
The CIA hired contractors from the US private security firm Blackwater as part of a secret programme to track and kill top al-Qaeda figures, reports ...
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Enough of the lies! »
Posted by: gpsea1 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
I remember a few months back when I got into a heated YM debate with a good friend of mine, on the issue of climate ...
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Barney Frank goes toe to toe at health care town hall - CNN.com »
Posted by: Grrr 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Most Congress members conducting town hall meetings this month have chosen a noncombative posture to deal with angry participants who disrupt the proceedings. Not Rep ...
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Dispatch from Barney Frank's Town Hall Meeting in Dartmouth »
Posted by: ameliog 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
The scene was familiar to anyone in tune with cable news: flocks of anti-government foot soldiers in open-toed sandals and knee-high tube socks yelling things ...
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Democrats Seem Set to Go It Alone on a Health Care Bill »
Posted by: engineer 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
Given hardening Republican opposition to Congressional health care proposals, Democrats now say they see little chance of the minority's cooperation in approving any overhaul ...
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Who Would Jesus Insure? »
Posted by: RickyDawkins 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
If Jesus Christ returned to Earth, would he advocate free medical care for the poorest and sickest among us? "Yes, he would," said a pleasant ...
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Former insurance Executive Speaks Out on Health Insurance Industry »
Posted by: Newperson 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
For 14 years, Wendell Potter flew high in the world of the Cigna health insurance company. He was chief public relations executive for Cigna, helping ...
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How insurance firms drive debate »
Posted by: ybdogsct 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
Having grown up in one of the most conservative and Republican places in the country -- East Tennessee -- I understand why many of the people who ...
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US economic myths bite the dust »
Posted by: dissent 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Political Opinion
The Great Recession is allowing some widely held beliefs about the US economy – which were the source of much evangelism over the last few decades ...
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Human Rights Watch condemns gay 'social cleansing' in Iraq »
Posted by: klynchsf 2 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Human Rights Watch has released a report today urging the Iraqi government to take action to stop the horrific torture and killing of gay men ...
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Uncle Jay Explains The News, August 17th, 2009 »
Posted by: ind06 2 months, 3 weeks ago in Humor
Luckily, our Death Panels are all American, so there's no nasty Russian judge like the Olympics. And Paula Abdul's available! Also, Dick Cheney ...
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Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite dies - Television- msnbc.com »
Posted by: david_nwpa 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Journalist was known as the ‘most trusted man in America’
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