Category Archives: Justice

Ending Authoritarianism and Plutocracy in the U.S.

By Rocky Anderson  Presidential Candidate, Justice Party, March 26, 2012,  speaking at Hinckley Institute of Politics, at The University of Utah  Let us consider the fundamental guiding principles for the United States of America — freedom, equal opportunity, compassion, and security. … Continue reading

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Numbers That Count: The War on Drugs

DRUGS AND PRISONS: TIME FOR A NEW STRATEGY? by Arlen Grossman/ The Big Picture Report DRUG CONVICTIONS, PER 100,000 ADULTS IN U.S.:  [1) 1980: 15 ; 1996: 148 ; Today: 380+ (#1 in the world).  PRISONERS PER 100,000 CITIZENS:  [1] Japan-63, German-90, France-96, Mexico-208, Britain-153,  U.S. … Continue reading

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Check Your Mailbox

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Chilling Video: Media Censorship

Jeremy Scahill article in The Nation, March 14, 2012: Why Is President Obama Keeping a Journalist in Prison in Yemen?

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Reich: Moral Rot Is In the Corporate Boardrooms, Not Our Bedrooms

The Difference Between Private and Public Morality by Robert Reich/ March 13, 2012 Republicans have morality upside down. Santorum, Gingrich, and even Romney are barnstorming across the land condemning gay marriage, abortion, out-of-wedlock births, access to contraception, and the wall … Continue reading

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Hedges: “The Iron Doors of the Corporate State are Slamming Shut.”

Supreme Court Likely to Endorse Obama’s War on Whistle-Blowers by Chris Hedges/ Truthdig/ March 12, 2012 Totalitarian systems disempower an unsuspecting population by gradually making legal what was once illegal. They incrementally corrupt and distort law to exclusively serve the … Continue reading

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BPR Quote of the Day: We Don’t Have to Follow Any Stinking Fifth Amendment!

“This is a monumental pile of crap that should embarrass every Democrat who ever said an unkind word about John Yoo.” Charles Pierce/ Politics Blog/ Esquire.com/ March 5, 2012 Pierce (author of Idiot America) was reacting to a speech by … Continue reading

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BPR Quote of the Day: That is Something!

Regarding the assassination by CIA drones of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born al Qaeda leader in Yemen on Sept. 30, 2011, Michael Hayden, CIA and NSA chief under President G. W. Bush, said:  “We needed a court order to eavesdrop on him but we … Continue reading

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BPR Quote of the Day: What is a Corporation?

“Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.”  Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

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The Karl Rove-WikiLeaks Connection

KARL ROVE KEY PLAYER IN SWEDISH WIKILEAKS PROBE by Andrew Kreig/ The Swedish Wire/ Jan. 24, 2012 Karl Rove’s help for Sweden as it and the Obama administration investigate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could be the latest example of the … Continue reading

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