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“Yes, We Can” Proved We Could: In Spite of Dumbness Being a Commodity for the 1% and the Media Become the New Opiate of the Masses, Still, Something Wonderful Can Happen

Posted on November 6, 2012 by sillymickel

To Our Amazement, Charlie Brown Connected, Lucy Apologized, a Man Who Said “Yes We Can,” Would: Anything Is Possible … Means Everything Is Possible Culture War, Class War, Chapter 23: Something Wonderful Can Happen There Are Good Reasons Why Our … Continue reading →

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Dumbness Rises to the Top: There Are Good Reasons Why Our Financial and Environmental Fortunes Careen Wildly About

Posted on November 5, 2012 by sillymickel

Blinded by Their Greed, They Overlook the Obvious: Why Our National Misfortunes Are Greeted with Such Surprise by Authorities and Pundits Voices Never Heard What I’ve been trying to say here is, there are perspectives that are relevant and are … Continue reading →

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When ALL You Hear Are Lies, You Think It HAS to Be Truth: Money Madness and the Rise of “Obvious Truths” … Around Taxes, the Wealthy, Job Creation, Democrats, Republicans, Generations, Your Life, and You

Posted on August 23, 2012 by sillymickel

Foolin’ the People … About Money, About “Us” (The 1%), About Taxes, About Job Creation, About Democrats, About Republicans, About Generations, About Your Life, About You: Choose the Red Pill Culture War, Class War, Chapter Fifteen: Money Madness Tax the … Continue reading →

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Foolin’ the People About America and The Rise of Obvious “Truths”: It’s About Creeping Corporate Insertion Into Every Aspect of Your Life

Posted on August 19, 2012 by sillymickel

Peaking in the Sixties, Starving for Prosperity, The Compassion Gap, Starving the “Beast,” Humbug for the Poor, Democratizing the Hate … Your Money or Your Life Culture War, Class War, Chapter Fourteen: Better Off Than Fifty Years Ago? Peaking in … Continue reading →

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The Great American About Face: Context of The American Awakening – Cool Hand Gipper (The Great Hustle) and What the 1% Would Still Have of Us

Posted on August 12, 2012 by sillymickel

Culture War, Class War, Chapter Thirteen: The Great American About Face Once Upon a Time, Kindness Was a Noble Thing Why Insist on the Same Mistakes That Led to the Great Depression? You don’t know what I’m getting at. But … Continue reading →

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Why Americans Are Confused, Passionless, Dumb. The Fifty-Year Campaign to Gain Wealth and Advantage Through Totally Concocted Untruths … Creating an American Mind and Personality

Posted on July 23, 2012 by sillymickel

Culture War, Class War, Chapter Eight: Creating an American Mind Creating an American Mind – The Fifty-Year Campaign to Gain Wealth and Advantage Through Totally Concocted Untruths “Obvious Truths” — The History of the Republican’s Fifty-Year Campaign to Gain Wealth … Continue reading →

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Money Madness … Foolin’ the People About Money, Part 2: The Wealthy Are the Creative Sector All Right … Creative in Stealing Our Money

Posted on June 12, 2012 by sillymickel

Money Madness … Foolin’ the People About Money, Part Two: Obvious “Truth”—The Wealthy Are the Job Creators Obvious “Truths”: Rich people create the jobs. The wealthy are society’s creative sector. Poor folks don’t create jobs, don’t invest their money. That … Continue reading →

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Universal Health Care in America? Don’t Make Me Laugh… You Get an “Assumed Doctor” and Like it or You Choose to Die.

Posted on June 3, 2012 by sillymickel

Foolin’ the People About America. Better Off Than Fifty Years Ago? Part Four: But Do You Get a Doctor? And Do You Get a Doctor? Do you get a doctor, though? Not in this decade you don’t. When I was … Continue reading →

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Better Off Than Fifty Years Ago? Part One: Foolin’ the People About America…Peaking in the Sixties

Posted on May 26, 2012 by sillymickel

Better Off Than Fifty Years Ago? Part One: Peaking in the Sixties Obvious “Truths”: Americans are innovators and problem-solvers. There’s nothing Americans can’t do, no problem we can’t solve, once we put our minds to it. Things just keep getting … Continue reading →

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Kumbaya—You Value People Over Rules? You’re No Doubt a “Hippie”: The Great American About Face, Part Two

Posted on May 15, 2012 by sillymickel

Compassion = “Hippie.” Mean-Spirited = The “Real” Reality of The Game: The Great American About Face, Part 2 Noticing That Tax Cuts Don’t Work = Kumbaya, You’re a “Hippie” Why has it gotten back to to where it was at … Continue reading →