Category Archives: government

BPR Quote of the Day: Are We Worm Food?

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“Is God God? Or is man God? In God do we trust, or in man do we trust?….If man is God than an atheist state is as brutal as the thesis that it rests upon and there is no longer … Continue reading →

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Common Ground

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

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The Biggest Issue?

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

A simple but powerful animated video explaining how corporations have hijacked American democracy, and what can be done to restore it. from storyofstuff.org/citizensunited/

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BPR Quote of the Day: An Old Story

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Arlen Grossman
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“On Election Day, whoever wins, we lose.”

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

The Men We Trusted to Lead Us by Robert Scheer Truthdig, Sep 28, 2011 Now he tells us. On Wednesday Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke referred to the nation’s unemployment rate as a “national crisis,” an obvious if depressing fact of life … Continue reading →

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All the Bad News Fit to Print

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

by David Michael Green regressiveantidote.net Sometimes, when certain species (you know who you are) are too utterly daft to recognize the obvious, the Universe sees fit to scream it out in the form of big, bold block letters. Such was … Continue reading →

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Don’t Count on Cuts in the Military Budget

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

Political contributions to both parties ruin chances of cutting the military budget. So expect the congressional deficit “super committee” to concentrate on cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and other social programs. from Robert Greenwald and Brave New Foundation http://www.bravenewfoundation.org/?utm_source=youtubehp

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BPR Quote of the Day: Kings and Kingdoms

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Arlen Grossman

“‘Smaller government,’ it turns out, is not actually smaller government but different government. It’s government for the rich instead of government for the rest of us. It’s a departure from democracy and a shift toward the old hierarchical systems of … Continue reading →

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