Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.
--H.L. Mencken

One fifth of the people are against everything all the time.
--Robert Kennedy

Anti-intellectualism has been a constant threat winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means ( Read more... )

From a poster seen in the holocaust museum:

Early Warning Signs of Fascism

Powerful and Continuing Nationalism

Disdain For Human Rights

Identification of Enemies

As a unifying cause

Supremacy of the military

Rampant Sexism

Controlled Mass Media

Obsession With National Security

Religion and Government Intertwined

Corporate Power Protected

Labor Power Suppressed

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Reason Rally 2016: A Bloc Party that Counts

by Lyz Liddell

Executive Director

Reason Rally 2016

The latest polls show that the percentage of people who don’t care about a candidate's religion is increasing, and that “nones” are an ever-growing segment of the under-45 population - key voters! That’s great news for those who support separation of church ( Read more... )

I'm surprised I haven't heard this one before. It's short, and good.

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( text of speech thanks to Fresh Brains )

Are you American? Or a United States citizen, more specifically? Have you ever written a real paper letter to your representative in Congress? Or to a Senator? If yes, what fired you up enough to get you to write? How long ago was it? Do you ever go publicly protest, and hold a sign? Been out recently? Do you fill out petitions online? Do ( Read more... )

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be,
and you help them become what they are capable of being.
--Goethe

( midterm election 2010 thoughts )

This is the so-called food safety bill. What it actually does is secure complete control of our food supply by the corporations. A companion bill (S.3767) was recently added into it, which criminalizes food production, meaning that you could be charged with a crime for eating what you or your neighbor grows in the yard. This is insane. Family ( Read more... )

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