Monthly Archives: November 2011

A Very Large 1%

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Arlen Grossman
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Ron Paul on WikiLeaks: “Killing the Messenger”

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

This speech by Ron Paul is almost a year old, but well worth watching. Why can’t other Republicans think more like Paul? In fact, when it comes to foreign policy, why can’t Democrats think and speak out  like Rep. Paul?  … Continue reading →

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Start of a New Era

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Jeffrey Sachs makes the case that we could be at the beginning of a new progressive era. The first came after the Gilded Age of the late 19th Century,  the second followed the gilded age of the 1920s. Perhaps we … Continue reading →

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How the Disastrous 2010 Election Helped Ignite OWS

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Strange as it might seem, the 2010 midterm election helped trigger the Occupy Wall Street movement and weaken the clout of the Tea Party. Remember what a funk those of us on the left side of the political spectrum were … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: Starvation As a Lesson

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Michele Bachmann is so mean she won’t even let them eat cake…… “Our nation needs to stop doing for people what they can and should do for themselves. Self reliance means, if anyone will not work, neither should he eat.” … Continue reading →

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Chris Hedges: OWS Is Showing How to “Bring Them Down”

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Recorded  (6:58) October 15, 2011 in Zuccotti Park Transcript at OpEdNews

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WWJND?

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Arlen Grossman
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“Killing People Without Knowing Who They Are”

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

SATURDAY, NOV 5, 2011 in Salon.com THE DRONE MENTALITY   In a New York Times Op-Ed yesterday, international human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith describes a meeting he had in Pakistan with residents from the Afghan-Pakistani border region that has been relentlessly bombed … Continue reading →

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BPR Quote of the Day: Patriot or Traitor?

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn’t.  You cannot shirk this and be a man.  To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and … Continue reading →

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The Corporate Pledge of Allegiance

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

According to Robert Reich, “if the Supreme Court and regressive Republicans insist big corporations are people and want to treat them as American citizens, then why not demand big corporations take a pledge of allegiance to the United States?   … Continue reading →

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