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Let’s Hear It For The 99-Percenters

October 13, 2011 by Kenneth

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(Cross-Posted at Dan Tilson’s Examiner.com page)

An interesting irony in the rapid growth of the “Occupy” & “We Are The 99%” movements nationwide, is that an awful lot of struggling folks are already part and parcel of these movements, whether they know it or like it or not.

To use a fancy phrase, these folks may be suffering from cognitive dissonance. In my online dictionary, here’s the definition: n. a state of psychological conflict or anxiety resulting from a contradiction between a person’s simultaneously held beliefs or attitudes…

So, we have in our nation millions of mostly middle-aged and older people who’ve lost their jobs, health insurance, pensions, savings, and homes, thanks to a corporate-dominated economic agenda, electoral system and government.

Steve Klinger Guest Blog: New Independent Newspaper 'The Light of New Mexico' Seeks to Illuminate Inconvenient Truths

September 28, 2011 by Democracy for N...

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This is a guest blog by Steve Klinger, a long-time journalist and editor of the Grassroots Press, on the recent launch of a new, independent print and online newspaper called The Light of New Mexico. Steve will be editing the paper, which will initially be published monthly. The first print issue of The Light of New Mexico hit the streets of Santa Fe on September 15, with a cover story on "The Politics of H2O: Who Controls Your Water?" It's also available for download as a pdf by clicking here.

The newspaper, published by Skip Whitson, will focus on "Illuminating Inconvenient Truths," and will be covering "Conscious Culture, including Politics, Reviews, Books and Entertainment." The Light of New Mexico is designed to serve as a progressive, alternative source of ideas, information and a networking nexus for north-central New Mexico and beyond, providing a newspaper, a blog and a community resource.

On Fixing The World, Or, Help George Carlin Stick It To God

September 15, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

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Once again The Fates have come our way to provide a story, and once again, we have a contender for the “Ironic Story Of The Year”.

It’s got everything you need for serious irony: an irascible comedian who mocked religion at every opportunity, a city that loved him, and the rich coincidence of his having been born at the crossroads of New York City’s communities of religious education.

And that’s why, today, we’ll be talking about the effort to name the street right next to Manhattan’s Seminary Row…Carlin Street.

(And before we go further, a language warning: we’ll be quoting George Carlin liberally, and that means there may be present today certain of the seven words with which he created one of his best known routines. You are now officially warned.)

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