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I’m a little worried about what Colin Powell said the other day in his interview on Meet the Press. I’m not talking about his endorsement of Obama - it’s not suprising to see everyone bail out of the Neocon boat - I’m referring to his mention of a coming “crisis” that “we don’t even know about yet”. The video is below, and the moment happens at 2:35 so feel free to jump ahead:
The exact quote was: “The problems will always be there, and there’s going to be a crisis come along in the 21st or 22nd of January that we …
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The mainstream media is making me sick today. Given the amount of contempt that I usually have for them, this should not come as a surprise, yet today is unique. I have been watching the coverage of CNN on and off all day and one thing has quickly become apparent: This is not about honoring the fallen, it’s about mantaining a national myth and creating rituals to go along with it.
One disgusting example was the media claiming that both McCain and Obama would be taking the day off from campaigning to pay honor to the fallen at ground zero. This …
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I haven’t been sure what to think about McCain’s recent selection of Sarah Palin for his running mate, except that the whole thing feels pretty staged. I’ve debated with friends and family about the situation and all I could really come up with is that McCain was doing this to bolster his image, but there would be no real effect on his actual presidency. During a regular trip over to mises.org I saw that they had an article up about Palin and I read on with curiosity. Strangely enough, it gives Palin more credit than I knew was due to …
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The future of America is now. We need CHANGE. Learn and decide what Obama and McCain each stand for as a person and what their visions are for our country’s future in the next decade. We must stand up and be counted. This is your life and that hangs in the balance. This is an epic election, one of the most important in decades. We must be more engaged with the political process than ever before. We need record breaking voter turnout. Americans can either move forward by growing, prospering, and increasing our self worth or we can fall flat on our faces, continuing to sink deeper into despair. Our time is now. Get out there and make your voices heard, make them count!
