Category Archives: Quotations

Why We Think What We Think

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

BPR Quote of the Day: “What is thought to be the responsible public opinion is, at any given time, a reflection of the needs and interests of the corporate technostructure.” John Kenneth Galbraith

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Near-Perfect Diversity

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

BPR Quote of the Day:

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Must Be a Different Constitution Now

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

BPR Quote of the Day: “…The power to declare war, including the power of judging the causes of war, is fully and exclusively vested in the legislature…the executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there … Continue reading →

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Permanent Get Out of Jail Card

Posted on March 11, 2013 by

BPR Quote of the Day: Senator Warren is referring to the bank officials at HSBC who helped launder hundreds of millions of dollars to Mexican drug cartels and terrorist groups.

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Opinions = Facts

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

BPR Quote of the Day: “Print-based culture, in which fact and assertion could be traced and distinguished, has ceded to a culture of emotionally driven narratives where facts and opinions are interchangeable. This is a decline and a degeneration that … Continue reading →

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First, the Bad News……

Posted on March 1, 2013 by

BPR Quote of the Day: “So what exactly did the bailout accomplish? It built a banking system that discriminates against community banks, makes Too Big to Fail banks even Too Bigger to Failier, increases risk, discourages sound business lending and … Continue reading →

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War as Theft

Posted on February 26, 2013 by

BPR Quote of the Day: “Of course it is tempting to close one’s eyes to history and instead to speculate about the roots of war in some possible animal instinct:  as if, like a tiger, we still had to kill … Continue reading →

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Thou Shalt Kill?

Posted on February 24, 2013 by

BPR Quote of the Day: “If there were no external means of dulling their sensibilities, half of mankind would shoot themselves without delay, for to live in opposition to one’s reason is the most intolerable condition. And that is the … Continue reading →

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50, 23, 10, 6…

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

BPR Quote of the Day:

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Somebody Tell the Government

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

BPR Quote of the Day: “There is no inverse relationship between freedom and security. Less of one does not lead to more of the other. People with no rights are not safe from terrorist attack.” Molly Ivins

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