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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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Foolin’ the People About Money, Part 1: Tax the Wealthy, You’re Taxing Me … Money Madness

Posted on June 10, 2012 by sillymickel

Money Madness … Foolin’ the People About Money, Part One: Obvious “Truths”—Fiscally Responsible Republicans and Tax and Spend Democrats Obvious “Truths”: Tax the wealthy, you’re taxing me. Democrats tax and spend, they bust the budget, balloon the National Debt. Republicans … Continue reading →

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21st Century and Its Discontents, Part 17: Hunger Games: Prenatal Oxygen Hunger and Its Political Imprints – Greed, Oppression, Sycophancy, Class War, Revolution

Posted on June 7, 2012 by sillymickel

Kaleidoscope of Postmodern Life, Part Seventeen: Fetal Malnutrition and Politics: Prenatal Roots of Greed, Sycophancy, Class War, and Revolution Prenatal Roots of War In a previous section I mentioned how our human tendency to warring has its roots in the … 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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Your Money or Your Life. Aren’t America’s “Extermination Policies” Just More Undetectable Than Nazi Germany’s? Starving the “Beast”—That Means You

Posted on May 30, 2012 by sillymickel

Foolin’ the People About America. Better Off Than Fifty Years Ago? Part Three: Starving the “Beast” Your Medical Payment or Your Life What else is different now than fifty years ago? Well, there’s people who can’t pay for health care… … Continue reading →