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More about “Government Sachs” (they own America; we just live here)

By / 6 Comments / 2 August 2009

Few things so powerfully illustrate the cowardly passivity of modern Americans than the lack of response to the news about Goldman Sachs.  It’s OK to get angry, America! Here are some of the major volleys to date in this emerging story.  Of course, few signs of this surface in the mainstream media — journalists dying a …

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A look at America’s future – grim unless we get smart and pull together

By / 30 Comments / 27 March 2009

The current generations of Americans were born to affluence (most of them, that is), and few have any idea how quickly it can all go away.  As it did for Latin America — rich after WWII, poor today.  Here are three articles foreshadowing a possible future for America.  All grim, all essential reading to understand …

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