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Who says war doesn't pay and pay well?

Posted by Greg L on December 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment

This article is from the UK Times. It’s about Blackwater, a security firm which our government contracted with for security services in Iraq. Apparently the CEO was a CIA operative and it looks like the CIA was outsourcing a few things to Blackwater as well. There has been a bit of controversy surrounding Blackwater in … Continue reading →

Filed under Business, Politics · Tagged with afghanistan war, Blackwater, CIA, Erik Prince, Iraq, Military Industrial Complex, military spending, Nisour Square killings

Faking the Funk (Town Hall Meeting Protesters)

Posted by Greg L on August 9, 2009 · 9 Comments

I’m a child of the late 60’s, 70’s and 80’s as far as my formative years go. Of course, those of us who grew up during that period remember the progression of popular music from the Motown sound to the funk sound of the 70’s with Parliament and Funkadelic. Along the way, there arose those … Continue reading →

Filed under Business, Economics, Politics · Tagged with federal budget, healthcare, military spending, Obama, town hall protesters

“If we remain poor and dependent, the riches of other men will not avail us. If we are ignorant, the intelligence of other men will do but little for us. If we are foolish, the wisdom of other men will not guide us. If we are wasteful of time and money, the economy of other men will only make our destitution the more disgraceful and hurtful. “
Frederick Douglass
“If you form the habit of going by what you hear others say about someone, or going by what others think about someone, instead of searching that thing out for yourself and seeing for yourself, you will be walking west when you think you’re going east, and you will be walking east when you think you’re going west. This generation, especially of our people, has a burden, more so than any other time in history. The most important thing we can learn to do today is think for ourselves.”
Malcolm X
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