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Look Hard Enough, You Just Might See the Seeds of Light Amidst the Darkness Surrounding: Where There Is Hope and What Did You Expect Awakening to Look Like?

Posted on August 7, 2013 by sillymickel

Rebirthing Rituals, the Hard Rain Fallin’, and the Value of Popular Culture in Awakening: The Price of Peace Is Inner Sight … Better Hitler Had Jumped Into Mosh Pits Chapter Ten: Where There Is Hope, Cultural Rebirthing Societal Self-Analysis and … Continue reading →

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Societal Self-Analysis and Talk Show Soul-Searching for Peace … Sorry, I Know You Wanted to Hate Reality Shows: Rebirthing Rituals, Part – 6

Posted on September 26, 2012 by sillymickel

The Price of Peace Is Inner Sight: Rebirthing Rituals, Part – 6: Societal Self-Analysis, an Internet Reformation, and Talk Show Soul-Searching for Peace Societal Self-Analysis Culture War Replaced Cold War We see the workings of these opposing tendencies to look … Continue reading →

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Democrats’ “Special” Interests of Unions, Education, Health, Elderly, Environment Only Benefit Those Who Work, Think, Get Sick, Age, and Live: Obvious “Truth” – Both Parties Have Their Special Interests

Posted on September 25, 2012 by sillymickel

Creating a (Not So) American Life, Part Five: So, What Is a Special Interest? Republicans Benefit Corporations, Democrats Benefit People, So They’re Equal? Obvious “Truth” – Unions Are a “Special” Interest So, what is a special interest now? Ok, so, … 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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Reality Transplant and the Great Suck Up: Orwell-land, The Media, Disposable Truths, The Ladder of Status

Posted on August 6, 2012 by sillymickel

The Puppet Strings – The Media: Dandified Little Pups, The Corporate Feast, and What They’ve Succeeded in Getting Us to Forget Culture War, Class War, Chapter Eleven: Reality Transplant, The Media Dandified Little Pups: The Media, Status, and the Great … 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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Culture War, Class War — The Filthy Rich Foment Culture War Among the 99% to Distract and Cover Their Real Economic Motives

Posted on June 29, 2012 by sillymickel

Book Preface and Blog Introduction: Culture War Is Class War Class War is disguised as Culture War. The 1%—especially the wealthiest of them, who have been termed the Filthy Rich—foment Culture War among the 99% to distract and cover their … Continue reading →

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How the 1% Diluted the Progressive Movement by Slandering Boomers to Foster Culture War Between Them and Gen Xers and to Distract from Their Own Looting … Hippies, Yippies, Yuppies

Posted on June 27, 2012 by sillymickel

Money Madness … Foolin’ the People About Money, Part Six: The Yuppies Were Hardly Boomers … But This Idea Supports a Right-Wing Agenda by Pitting Progressives Against Each Other … Try the Red Pill Instead Obvious “Truths”: Yuppies are former … Continue reading →