"In 1985, the wealthiest five percent had net worth of $8 trillion, which is a lot. Today the top five percent have net worth of $40 trillion. The top five percent have gained more wealth than the whole human race had created prior to 1980." Welcome to the age of Trickle Up Economics.
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If you are a parent. If you have ever loved a child… Please watch. Please share.
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Unthinking willingness, and unprecedented capacity, to squander the greatest treasures stored up for us by nature in exchange for short-term profits and the satisfaction of immediate needs.
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I dream within the dream that the world will come to end... Evey little thing that runs on electricity burns out, rendering the planet quiet, lifeless. Dad drags me to a junkyard. We work quickly, grinning and laughing like fools with nothing better to do. It just seems like every other day.
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"I hope it concerns people that Redflex has access to their license plate, their driver's license number, their social security number, their address, their telephone number. All that private information rests in the hands of a private foreign corporation. That's very disturbing."
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But... Barack Obama's 'socialist' changes were supposed to RAISE the deficit according to the nation's screaming Tea Baggers and far right wingers. Isn't that what Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin so ominously predicted would happen if Obama was allowed to take office??
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Whenever times have seemed at their worst, Americans have been at their best. Because it is in those times when we roll up our sleeves and remember that we will rise or fall together – as one nation, and one people.
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The only disagreement is whether or not the assailants beat him with a weapon while robbing him or just beat, kicked and stomped him? Why are these four dangerous men not being charged with aggravated assault and robbery and locked up? The thugs have admitted they did it. What am I missing?
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In contrast to nationwide Tea Party campaigns, unique Moderate Battleground develops in Virginia as Modern Whig Party member polls in double digits in head-to-head race against vulnerable Republican incumbent ROANOKE, VA (Monday, August 16, 2010) – In a campaign that features no Democratic opposition, Jeff Vanke (VA-6, Independent) is currently polling in double digits...
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Remember when you see or hear or read about a “drug addict” or a “junkie,” some other parent sees his or her child. Henry was a child. Henry was addicted to drugs, and his addiction killed him before he reached adulthood. This is what a drug addict looks like:
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The average American uses 150 gallons of water per day. The average person in a developing nation struggles to find 5. Perspective. How much do you consume?
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