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CNN just reported on the 22nd of December that the US population reached 308 million, the slowest growth since the Great Depression. Most of this growth came from legal and illegal immigrants. The U.S. is still the only western nation with that has not reached replacement fertilization only (meaning births and deaths are equal). This [...]

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This classic Monty Python movie clip helps explain why the USA has so much trouble in Iraq and Afghanistan. No matter how much we spend, people just don’t like foreign armies occupying their land.

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http://views.washingtonpost.com/leadership/panelists/2010/12/ron-paul.html

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LTC Carlton Myer is another US hero, he really gets it. The stuff he puts out is well researched/documented. He has also wrote a great book on war. It is all at G2mil.com. I will post weekly updates from his blog.

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From my friend LTC Carlton Myer, at G2mil.com ”The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the greatest liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth.” H.L. Mencken

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Kudos for Ron Paul’s summary of Wikileaks:

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From my friend Chuck Spinney: “Joseph Stiglitz outlines a very sensible approach for placing the United States on a pathway toward correcting the problems paralyzing our political economy. Of course, his ideas will never be seriously considered by the let-them-eat-cake oligarchs now running Versailles on the Potomac, because to put this plan into action, someone [...]

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The insight that must precede reform of America Fabius Maximus  8 December 2010 at 5:00 am  http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/23804/ Summary: The last few weeks have produced news confirming that the Constitution is dead, the still heart of the Republic. Realistic planning for reform must start with that grim fact or remain pie-in-the-sky fantasy. From the mailbag: “There [...]

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There is hope?? The middle class must take a moment to think beyond the shopping and holidays, about the country. We need to vote all these assholes out of office, while forming a new third party. It will be built on making the  nation a meritocracy again, while replacing the new nation’s values systems of [...]

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Michael Hudson is brilliant. I am not an economist, but I read a lot and I am a historian. I think Mike Hudson is right on about economy, as well as the very selfish and greedy actions of our government and the financial sector, which are destroying our country. We can learn from the ancients.

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