tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68844282024-03-07T12:05:17.670-08:00Pink Liberty"It is during our most challenging and uncertain moments that our Nation's commitment to due process is most severely tested; and it is in those times that we must preserve our commitment at home to the principles for which we fight abroad."
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Hamdi v. Rumsfeld - 2004Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger774125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884428.post-48232903336883664742015-07-10T15:14:00.000-07:002015-07-10T15:14:43.199-07:00Right Wing LimitsI've been following Sam Harris' work for a few months. I'm interested in his criticisms of religion and his dedication to absolute honesty in dealing with people. He recently posted his "discussion" with Noam Chomsky that he believes made them both look bad, but I thought Chomsky looked reasonable. <br />
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Chomsky displayed moral outrage and implied that Harris is an apologist for the American war machine. This was self-evident when Harris kept trying to establish a moral hierarchy for American-created "accidental-casualties" vs. terrorist's purposefully-created casualties. I can swallow a moral negation or easement or justice in some very limited cases, but not a "superiority" in "intention" in any case. Chomsky is right that "intention" soon gets warped into whatever abstract (often religious) justification humans need to wrought evil on other humans. He tries to use the example of a "perfect" weapon to clarify that intention matters...days before it became news that the Saudis would be using American cluster bombs (banned by every other Western country in the world because they instill terror and are considered torture) to kill people in Yemen--a most imperfect bomb, manufactured in the U.S. <br />
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I myself try to avoid establishing moral hierarchies precisely because America would SUCK in such a count, and so does Israel, and both of our countries are equally trying to balance the moral weight of violence with humanitarian works. Sadly, the balance is way off, unless you start saying that our lives are worth more than our enemies, which is probably true for most people if you grind down. In fact, this is such a common place assumption, that most people would have no qualms about killing a house intruder. How crude is our lack of sensitivity? Why is killing the default defense instead of something more humane? Why don't we buy tranquilizer guns instead of gun powder for home protection? This crudeness, this lack of sensitivity, extends to our enemies. If the sane and orderly are so easily cruel, then the criminal will be even more so. <br />
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I'm sure Noam Chomsky points this out incessantly in his books, which is one reason why I have until this date avoided reading them. I have not really wanted to spend my time trying to change the dirty laundry this country has shat. Most people don't. And a hell of a lot of people, particularly in the military, are more than happy to dance among the dirty laundry. American Sniper is certainly one example of the present day war dance.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884428.post-62602343602458273102015-05-01T11:22:00.003-07:002016-03-28T10:56:05.163-07:00I want a cult of lifeI think the over 400 assassinations carried out by the CIA during Obama's Presidency is unaccountable, irresponsible, and dangerous to our country. What have we gained from this? How does assassinating tribal leaders, who are undoubtedly despicable, help keep us safe at home? I am not heartless, and I would disarm these crude, hateful people in a heartbeat. Let's invent a giant magnet that will carry all the stupid lethal weapons out of the middle east, Pakistan, Afghanistan and North Korea. Then the people will have a chance.<br />
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Hillary Clinton argued to arm the Syrian rebels. She voted for the Iraq war. She seems reticent to start a war with Iran, but I've seen her turn her back on war protestors. She's a hawk.</div>
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Bernie Sanders is running now, he's a force of truth and after hearing him speak today I have confidence that he would be an excellent Commander in Chief. I would like to hear how he would deal with ISIL. </div>
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One thing I know we should do about ISIL, is to make kids realize life in the Western world is actually better than in a freaking violent theocracy. </div>
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We need to excite teenagers about the possibility of a future that they will fit into; whether it's work, or creativity, or sports, or growing a family. We need to understand the challenges youth face and participate in our communities to help them learn the value of work and community. <br />
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Fantasies about ISIL can become exciting to lonely young people because they think ISIL has a black and white plan, and system of rules that suggests there is a place for everyone: fighter and wife. Nevermind constant death and widowhood, too, because ISIL sells death as a "win," too. They promote the fantasy of eternal life as a replacement for civilization on earth, which makes it a cult of death.</div>
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Homeless and hungry, he steals some bread from a 7-11. As he runs to hide, a cop mistakes his plastic knife for a real one, draws his gun, and aims for the boys heart. The boy jumps at the sound of the shot, so the bullet enters a lung, he fell limp and bleeding. The cop handcuffs him as the ambulance arrives. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884428.post-82595340507733129342013-04-16T21:09:00.003-07:002015-01-23T06:11:15.870-08:00Back on the Healthy Living BusSince I birthed two boys, I fell off the Healthy Living bus. Granted, I didn't give up my Smart Balance balanced oils spread, or happily choose non-organic produce, but I do regretfully, and I certainly eat way too much sugar (pure, no artificial stuff of course) and, unbeknownst to me, grains!! <br />
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I had a Chiropractor tell me today that Monsanto has so fully destroyed our food system in terms of manipulated and polluted grain crops that they have actually caused all the gluten intolerance we're suffering from today. He's been gluten free for two years. Members of my family and friends have children and themselves testing for gluten intolerance right and left! I haven't had any glaring digestive issues, in fact, I like to think I
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After looking at my symptoms chart he demanded that I stop eating high-fiber English muffins for breakfast (and dump the Smart Balance for butter [but the saturated fats!!] or olive oil), and as for my whole wheat lunch crackers with cream cheese? I promptly made a rare trip to Trader Joe's and picked up the recommended goat cheese (more pure than Cow milk, I guess) and rice crackers. I ate at least 20 of them for lunch today--not exactly filling alone. And I skipped the toast at dinner.<br />
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I already feel better, and my sharp neck pain is gone to boot!<br />
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There are a lot of doubts about Chiropractors in the MD community, but I would take a referral for a D.O. or a Chiropractor over any blind MD! Alternative therapies promote wellness, but should also be regulated like traditional therapies.<br />
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I noticed that since this Doctor is outside of my insurance plan, I can reveal my complete medical history without fear of being dropped by my insurance! It made me see that not only is our insurance system corrupt in it's greed, but it so easily corrupts being honest about health. What a horrible "health" system! With Universal Healthcare, we would never fear losing access for any reason, we could be completely honest about our health histories and habits.<br />
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There are three kinds of people; those who want peace on earth; those who want hell on earth; and those who just don't give a sh#@$# which means only about 1/3 of the world's people are working toward peace? Well, at least the cup for peace is a third full...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884428.post-62236698553450626442012-01-17T22:14:00.000-08:002012-01-18T08:09:02.189-08:00The Right to Life Begins at BirthOn February 5th, Randal Terry will be putting pictures of aborted fetuses, arranged in <a href="http://www.terryforpresident.com/">morbid</a> tableus, on prime-time television. <br />
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In his portraits of the unborn, he doesn't discuss the women who bore those fetuses; he does not tell us if the abortions happened because a woman was poor, a woman was raped, a woman already had five children, a woman was not capable of bearing a child, or a woman was dying. The physical and legal reality that exists between a woman and what's inside her womb, and her family, doesn't matter to him. Or anyone who is willing to compare a fetus to a <a href="http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/11/watch-anti-abortion-film-thats-rocking-vote-mississippi">Holocaust victim</a>. <br />
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When I was a child in the 1980s my preacher father vehemently defended a woman's right to legal abortion within our church and within our community. He deeply understood with compassion that women do not always control <i>how</i> they get pregnant, and that they and their families bear the <i>moral choice</i> to continue or, very tragically, end a pregnancy. He and other ministers exchanged impassioned letters arguing both sides of the issue. As a child I observed what often gets ignored: those arguing to outlaw abortion rarely considered the liberties or life of a pregnant woman. Their compassion stops outside the womb.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884428.post-59877825077212424012011-11-14T11:25:00.000-08:002011-11-18T12:07:32.724-08:00Citibank and the 1%I dressed in my best coat and went to Citibank. It is in my wealthy neighborhood, well, at least the neighborhood directly south of us has many 1%ers. I went to transfer my measly $2000 IRA CD to another bank. My husband has more savings, and we have good life insurance. But because I've been a stay-at-home mom for years, and had part-time jobs for a decade before that, I'm lucky to have $2000 for retirement! My Social Security future securities have been decimated because Americans MUST be on a PAYROLL to accumulate even the measliest individual retirement security!! <br />
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The Citibank employee sat with me and gave me a lot of information, but could not do one blimmin' thing to help me make this transfer. Momentarily I actually have to make a call to a Citibank 800 number TODAY to make sure there aren't any IRS charges applied to my transfer--a call the bank employee could not make on my behalf.<br />
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I said, "What's the point of a branch office if employees can't do things like this?" <br />
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I said, "Well, at the new bank I can actually trade the funds myself. I can control the investments and it's not locked up."<br />
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And she said, "You can do that here! Over here in our 'Wealth Management' corner, we have people who can help you invest, there's no charge for their advice!"<br />
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I said, "Oh, I did not know that."<br />
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I said, "Oh it's not a lot, about $2,000."<br />
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And I think $2000 can help a lot of women's small businesses and sustainable farmers, so I hope I can invest in those kind of things!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884428.post-9504620812545613092011-08-31T10:02:00.000-07:002011-09-03T12:22:32.369-07:00IslamophobesI've been debating some Islamophobic bloggers (although one I saw shakes off that label because it describes "irrational" fear and he thinks his hate is justified...but I digress).<br />
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They take the Koran (Quran?) literally (and it basically allows the same horrific elements that some parts of the bible does: murder, slavery, rape, incest, etc.) and they believe it is a world-domination plan for every Muslim.<br />
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They interpret world history as a power play by Muslim Arabs to dominate the Western world (citing massacres in India and Turkey). And they think that everyone is controlled by the Saudis.<br />
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I must admit, our relationship with the Saudis freaks me out. But if the Saudi's didn't have oil, would we have any reason to have a relationship?? Really?<br />
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Op Ed today in New York Times from a faculty member at Yale calling out right-wing legislation against "Sharia Law." I sent him an e-mail thanking him, asking if he knows of any religious groups integrating Muslims successfully, and warning/or recognizing that he's about to be abused by the Muslim-haters.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884428.post-31509643034571417122011-08-29T19:09:00.001-07:002011-08-29T19:09:55.639-07:00Conservatives are turning any expression of Muslim religion into JihadIf anyone is interested, I'm trying to stay reasonable with these guys, but it's hard. There's just so much desire to fear, to hate, to spread it...<br />
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I give kudos to Chris Christy for calling all the hype about "Sharia Law" what it is, crazy BS!!! Kudos to rational Republicans!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884428.post-71028668883889628172011-08-28T22:02:00.000-07:002011-08-28T22:20:33.307-07:00Have you read that book about Godless liberals?I hate to admit this, but I want to read that Ann Coulter trash (I won't BUY it, I'll get it from the library) unless you've found someone who has taken that perspective and exposed her, the Republican policies, the legislation against labor, the poor, children, etc.?<br />
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This is fun (I have to re-read one or two of his points!): <a href="http://www.theliberal.co.uk/hitchens.htm">http://www.theliberal.co.uk/hitchens.htm </a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884428.post-48004942673831193792011-08-27T10:21:00.000-07:002011-08-27T21:18:52.754-07:00Manchurian Transnational Oil Candidate or Weak-kneed corporatist?My blogging friends, I'm sorry to have been out of the loop. I value your opinions a lot, and your wise analysis would have forced me to give up on Obama a long time ago. Alas, I am late and feel foolish for trusting him for so long.<br />
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Last night Schmog and I both admitted that Obama has lost our support. Schmog dumped him when he refused to use the leverage of the debt ceiling (which Republicans actually WANTED to raise) to raise revenue from the rich. Obama never called their bluff. He should have used the debt ceiling as leverage, instead of leaving it to the tea party! So, tactically now, he wins if the Republicans do nothing and taxes get raised, but if Obama wants to pass, say, a jobs bill, or ANYTHING at all, the Republican, hell, the "bi-partisan" congress will attach "keep the Bush tax cuts" to any legislation. And just like in December, Obama will "be forced to pass it." <br />
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So, continuing to predict the future of our predicament. Obama has lost me because he is about to allow the dirty oil from the 2nd largest pit of carbon in the world (in Canada) to be rerouted from an existing pipeline, to an inexplicably needed new one that now has to be built under organic farmland in the Midwest (from 4' to 25" deep under rivers...) by a transnational oil company (hated by it's own country) to refineries in Texas. The press reports that this will create 100's of thousands of jobs, or 10's of thousands of jobs, according to this company, depending on which press report I read. Really? More oil jobs? Oh yeah, and Canada is creating a new method of tar pit oil extraction which will cause less harm to the environment (and I'm about to create some magic beans...).<br />
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Now I come to you to help me forge a new path of hope for our nation's future. And today, all I can foresee is either a Perry/Palin presidency, or four more years of "capitulating" (wink, wink) Obama.<br />
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Is there another way? The Democratic PARTY will nominate Obama and try to kill any challengers. The Republicans will win if progressive parties run a third candidate. But what if we "the disgusted people" ran a candidate that equally challenged both the Democrats and the Republicans?<br />
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Who would that be?<br />
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What one or two people in this country could lead both liberals (civil rights) and conservatives (religion) and independents (libertarians)?<br />
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Ron Paul (loses civil rights supporters)<br />
Elliot Spitzer (loses religious right supporters)<br />
Sen. Bernie Sanders (calls himself a Socialist--loses the socialist-denying masses)<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884428.post-33369417020633286152011-08-26T21:23:00.001-07:002011-08-26T21:23:28.409-07:00I'm back. F!@#@ Obama (unless he nukes the XXL Pipeline and the Banks)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884428.post-21108843703338339022011-07-01T08:08:00.000-07:002011-07-01T08:08:34.467-07:00Amazon sucks<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">If Amazon is going to kick California businesses to the curb for paying state taxes, then I'm going to kick Amazon to the curb for continuing our civic race to the bottom. What? They don't have the tech savvy to incorporate a state tax? Bollocks!! They are taking an ideological position that business owes nothing to society.</span></h6>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884428.post-25786360150112052672011-06-12T17:29:00.000-07:002011-06-12T17:29:13.459-07:00AsleepNew Painting (-: <br />
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We can blame ourselves for 9-11, or we can blame the guy who joyfully took credit for killing 3,000 people.<br />
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We can imagine that we should have arrested and tried bin Laden, or we can understand that this religious nut was never going to raise a white flag.<br />
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Isn't all the "if only it were a better world" ALWAYS obvious?<br />
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Okay, I hate violence, I hate guns, I hate intolerance, and I hate military solutions; but I'm f-ing glad when the good guy fighting the criminal has a GUN. Period.<br />
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Next mission? Wall Street, K Street...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884428.post-47938688258905338862011-05-02T16:21:00.001-07:002011-05-02T16:21:45.653-07:00One Nation<div style="padding: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karensarrow/5681341021/in/set-72157626611214736/" title="One Nation" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/5681341021_ae149585ac_s.jpg" alt="One Nation" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karensarrow/5681342675/in/set-72157626611214736/" title="Detail rich, factories and heart" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5101/5681342675_e0e967f701_s.jpg" alt="Detail rich, factories and heart" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karensarrow/5681341885/in/set-72157626611214736/" title="Detail heart and houses" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5229/5681341885_c41b85977a_s.jpg" alt="Detail heart and houses" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karensarrow/5670816867/in/set-72157626611214736/" title="One Nation" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5030/5670816867_75e532e7c7_s.jpg" alt="One Nation" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karensarrow/5681908958/in/set-72157626611214736/" title="Detail brain" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5067/5681908958_ac8af25615_s.jpg" alt="Detail brain" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><div style="padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/g/images/gallery-empty-icon.gif" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"></div><br clear="all"/></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/karensarrow/sets/72157626611214736/">One Nation</a>, a set on Flickr.</p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884428.post-1375049421991319092011-05-02T13:00:00.001-07:002011-05-02T13:01:05.047-07:00Who said it? Osama bin Laden OR, Rush, Hannity, Newt, etc!!!!!!!So did Socialism kill Osama?! Who said this? Bin Laden or Rush Limbaugh?! “So I shamelessly say no, I want him [U.S. President Obama] to fail, if his agenda is a far-left collectivism, some people say socialism, as a conservative heartfelt, deeply, why would I want socialism to succeed?”<br />
– Rush Limbaugh in an interview with Sean Hannity, January 21, 2009 (7:17 into video) <br />
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Who are OUR oligarchs, OUR TALIBAN??? <br />
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Will this shut them up?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884428.post-32009013412595856232011-05-02T10:40:00.000-07:002011-05-02T10:40:33.729-07:00We win!!!!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884428.post-42558800720688879732011-05-01T21:57:00.000-07:002011-05-01T21:57:34.560-07:00AMEN!!!!!!Promises kept.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6884428.post-80888214393077694262011-04-06T10:22:00.000-07:002011-04-06T10:23:11.349-07:00Republicans oppose welfare for people, but not corporationsI heard Rep. Ryan say today that government is meant to "encourage" not "support" people. Our rights, he said, don't come from government, they come from nature and G-d (thrilling, isn't that?). According to him, being on Medicare and using OUR social security is equivalent to being on "welfare" from cradle to grave. This guy has a screw loose. <br />
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How progressives can outline the importance of government: <br />
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<a href="http://prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_failure_of_antigovernment_conservatism">The Failure of antigovernment conservatism</a><br />
http://prospect.org/cs/articles?article=the_failure_of_antigovernment_conservatismUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1