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The Party of Paul “Little Beards” LePage is on a professionalism kick.

The party of Paul “Bullshit” LePage (AKA Paul “The NAACP Can Kiss My Butt” LePage, AKA Paul “President Obama can go to Hell” LePage, AKA Paul “State Workers are Corrupt” LePage, AKA Paul “I am not a fan of newspapers” LePage, AKA Paul “the IRS are like the Nazi Secret State Police” LePage, AKA Paul […]

Perpetual War for Perpetual Peace

President Obama said, “We still believe that enduring security and lasting peace does not require perpetual war.” Unless you count drone warfare, of course. It reminded me of these lines from Desaparecidos’ song The Happiest Place on Earth: I got a letter from the Army so I think that I’ll enlist. I’m not brave or […]

Dr. Martin Luther King on questioning capitalism; Dr. Cornel West questions President Obama’s use of MLK’s Bible

“One day we must ask the question, ‘Why are there forty million poor people in America?’ And when you begin to ask that question, you’re raising a question about the economic system, about a broader distribution of wealth. When you ask that question, you begin to question the capitalistic economy.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, […]