Category Archives: liberty

and jus­tice for all

Late Afternoon Brain Flatulence.

Finan­cial Ser­vice Industry is a mis­no­mer. When you’re making billions off money that doesn’t belong to you it’s no lon­ger a finan­cial ser­vice, it’s finan­cial opportunism.…so ban­king industry shut up.
Same with health insu­rance. When you are con­tro­lling the mar­ket, get­ting karats and giving carrots in return, you are not a ser­vice, you are an afflic­tion. When

Getting Your French Revolution On

It’s Bas­ti­lle Day. I know at least one per­son who looks for­ward to this day all year long, but I also know that many don’t know the his­tory of their own country, ( in my case the U.S.) never mind that of France. For those from the U.S., it’s OK if you don’t know

Rethink Afghanistan

Renee remin­ded me of this with a clip she pos­ted.
Brave New Films has part­ne­red with RAWA, to help Afghans dis­pla­ced by US war, focu­sing on what is really hap­pe­ning in Afgha­nis­tan as a result of US policy. The part­nership is to pro­vide direct aid to dis­pla­ced peo­ple living in des­pe­rate con­di­tions in suburbs of

An American Tune For Independence Day

The first year I had this blog I mis­sed wri­ting a 4th of July post. I haven’t mis­sed one since.
Tra­di­tio­nally I pos­ted an audio or you tube ver­sion of the follo­wing song. Last year I inte­rrup­ted the tra­di­tion, pos­ting Tom Morello’s ver­sion of This Land is Your Land.
It’s back.

Happy 4th of July, may free­dom sing