Get Over Your Industrial Complex
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Barack Obama told us he’d CHANGE America. During the campaign, when Obama was asked about the CHANGE he would bring to Washington, he didn’t describe specific policies or proposals as much as he asked us to HOPE for the CHANGE. The Tao Te Ching says that “hope is as hollow as fear.” It appears Obama’s [...]
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Every organization’s structure is defined by the way in which it’s members communicate. During the industrial era, when top-down mass communication systems allowed a small group of people to send messages to large groups, corporations flourished. As networked communication systems such as the internet spread, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that a new batch of organizational [...]
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If the governor of the state of Massachusetts declares a pandemic, his workers can enter your home, take your property, arrest you and anyone in the house, quarantine you and inject you with a needle. Is that something you’ll accept?
Some people trust the government. Most of those people advocated going to war in Iraq. [...]
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As we watch our two dominant political parties spin their wheels trying to pass or defeat outrageously inadequate legislation, it’s easy (and frightening) to imagine this deadlock continuing indefinitely. It won’t. I know our democracy looks feeble right now but it’s always darkest before dawn.
During the 2008 presidential election, something very significant happened. The major [...]
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It’s called the Freelancer’s Union and they can provide you with quality health care for $180-$380/month depending on the size of the deductible. That means you could have health care coverage for $2,000-$4,000 a year.
If the government enabled the spread of organizations like the Freelancer’s Union, and gave every American a $2,000 voucher, we could [...]
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Two new films have come out about how our food system is making us sick, destroying our environment and producing food that tastes like shit. Both films herald the coming food revolution: a movement that encourages people to grow some their own food, buy local food, seasonal food and to take more of an interest [...]
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There is a simple solution to our energy problems: a ‘carbon tax.’ The federal government determines a tax on carbon emitting fuels such as oil, natural gas and coal. The higher the tax, the less carbon is output. This scheme is overwhelmingly supported by economists and environmentalist.
Of course, a solution that simple doesn’t provide enough [...]
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Everyday, you and I add value to the global economy by trading. I buy a sandwich because I value the sandwich more than I value the money it costs while the sandwich maker values the money more than the sandwich. Both of us have exchanged something of lesser value for something of greater value and [...]
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Israel’s invasion of Gaza appears to be one final attempt to weaken Hamas and assassinate specific leaders before Obama comes into office and restarts the peace process. The wisdom of this strategy will be fodder for much analysis in the future but both recent history and biblical prophecy indicate this course of action is unwise.
Lessons [...]
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Every morning I drive down Santa Monica Boulevard in West Los Angeles, past the largest Mormon Church in Southern California. Before Proposition 8 – the state referendum functionally banning gay marriage – passed, I felt fairly ambivalent towards the looming concrete structure, anointed by the large gold figurine of a man pointing east towards Jerusalem. [...]
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Parties Over
by Walther on January 30, 2010
in Commentary
When asked why she voted for the GOP candidate for senate, a lifelong Massachusetts Democrat said she wanted to send a message to her party that she was upset.
The American people are upset. Very upset. The war $700+ billion dollar war continues. The $700+ billion bailout saved Wall Street by further crippling the middle class. [...]
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