Monday, December 7, 2009

Social Distress Continues


Tis the times plague, when madmen lead the blind.
- Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i

Apathy IS Active:

... the Nato figures would be achieved "only by accounting tricks". He wrote: "The Europeans have repeatedly revealed their aversion to combat."

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Voice In The Wilderness:

"The war is a threat to our national security. We'll spend over one $100 billion next year to bomb a nation of poor people while we reenergize the Taliban, destabilize Pakistan, deplete our army and put more of our soldiers' lives on the line. Meanwhile, back here in the USA, 15 million people are out of work. People are losing their jobs, their health care, their savings, their investments, and their retirement security. $13 trillion in bailouts for Wall Street, trillions for war; when are we going to start taking care of things here at home?" 

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30,000 More? What The Hell For?

The latest death pushed to the number of American soldiers killed in Afghanistan so far this year to 301, according to the icasualties.org website.

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