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After Austerity – Joseph Stiglitz
Another great economic treatise by Joseph StiglitzPosted by Michael Butler, Sunday, May 13, 2012
The 99 Percent Wakes Up – Joseph Stiglitz
Another great piece from Joseph Stiglitz. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Monday, May 7, 2012
Politics Is at the Root of the Problem” – Joseph Stiglitz
Joseph Stiglitz, a great economist, if not the greatest. His words are truly worthwhile. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Echoes of the End of the Raj – NYTimes.com
An echo which reverberates constantly in the message it gives to Americans. Oh, would that this history be taken seriously. Such happenings were not the first nor will they be the last. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Monday, April 23, 2012
U.S. to Pay $1 Billion Settlement to Indian Tribes – NYTimes.com
This is a pittance of what is involved in all the outstanding lawsuits. We just are facing what the BIA mismanaged or what was stolen. No mention as the centuries of genocide committed against the Native Americans by immigrants to America. BIA was the job I wanted if I had gone to the JFK White House. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Sunday, April 15, 2012
Profiting Off Nixon’s Vietnam ‘Treason’ | Consortiumnews
My last post was about the Nixon 'treasonous' act in betraying our Vietnam peace talks. Here we address the actions of the MICC.Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, March 18, 2012
LBJ’s ‘X’ File on Nixon’s ‘Treason’ | Consortiumnews
You probably will find it difficult to believe that such dirty tricks really existed. Well they did. Nixon was a past master at such. His presidency was the beginning of America's downward spiral. Power corrupts. You see what can be done to achieve power. What I will never understood is why Johnson followed his advisors? Why did he not expose Nixon? And my Mother used to say, "Why are so many after poor Mr. Nixon? If she, and her friends, only knew. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Christian Jihad
Very interesting study on the more violent aspects of Christian writings. Ample evidence of all possible interpretations which taken literally could permit almost any unspeakable acts of murder, mayhem and genocide. One must wonder how those ancients could have been so violent. Of course the numbers were a lot smaller. Combat was more personal. They did not have drones. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Sunday, February 19, 2012
Dear Ronald Reagan: Thanks for Wrecking America
Nixon's election was the beginning of the downward spiral of America. Sociopath that he was. However the master disaster for this country was Ronald Reagan. He really took us down the garden path, charming all the way. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Sunday, February 12, 2012
FOCUS: George Soros on the Coming US Class War
I know, most feel it cannot happen here. Many dismiss the warnings of someone who has been through such travail. Soros has had such experience. He is enough of a historian to be able to read the signs from the past. We are on the edge of a slippery slope. If activism leads to violence, the 1% control the enforcers. Progressives will lose due to the support of the uneducated of the Reds. Recall the extreme violence of the Civil War. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Sunday, February 5, 2012
Egypt the Unfinished Revolution – Bianca Jagger
Bianca Jagger gives us one of the best descriptions of the current scene in Egypt. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Friday, January 27, 2012
The Big Lie – Wall Street has destroyed the wonder that was America. – The Daily Beast
How can this be turned around? It seems as if all the forces are against us. All the arms of government are owned the forces of evil-of greed which have dominated our past, now present. They want to dominate our future. How can we prevent this without violence? That is the challenge. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, January 24, 2012
EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create the World We Want
As we enter a new year, what do I think? I don't cotton to the Mayan calendar which gives us about 11 months. I know that we are in deep trouble. Difficult to even start to list all the heavy stuff coming down. For sure I know we have to make some changes. They are changes of great promise. Changes to make our world, all our worlds, a better place to live. I know a few things. First, we must stop being in the Business of War. War is Us. Second, we must stop over consuming our planet. We are going have nothing except a shell over all the extraction going on. Third, the world cannot continue to support the population growth. I know the corporations want more customers and the religious want more souls. How can such crowding of space and resources make us happy. I am happy because I believe in the here and now. But the majority of our world is not happy. That is why we need to change the way we think. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Friday, January 13, 2012
