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Separation of Corporation and State

Following the status quo doesn't make you a progressive!!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Dennis Kucinich - You Can't Secure Our Nation with Lies! (probably the only democrat i'd vote for, maybe Gravel)Dennis Kucinich Arguing Against Changes to FISADennis Kucinich on hidden provisions in recent war funding bill (where's the rest of them, especially the 2 corporate deemed viable/realistic/electable candidate? oh, yeah, voting to pass the bill)Matt Gonzalez-The Dems Complicity in the War Pt. 1 of 5 (try to find and watch the other 4 parts, well worth it!)Matt Gonzalez on Democrats and the War May 14 2008Matt Gonzalez at the National Press Club February 28 2008 (Obama isn't anything next to this man)Matt Gonzalez-Barack Obama, The Establishment's Candidate (This man NEEDS to be in the debates w/ the other corporate candidates!!)Ralph Nader on Meet the Press - 2/24/08 Part 1 of 2 (If only Nader/Gonzalez could get into the national debates!)Ralph Nader on Meet the Press - 2/24/08 Part 2 of 2 (You're asking me? I'm running for president! haaaaaaaaaa. Shame on Tim Russert for some of his questions!!)Jello Biafra "Money for the Troops Bullshit" - war profiteeringJello Biafra - Die for Oil, Sucker. - June 22 2007Ron Paul - Our empire is coming downRon Paul - Defund the WarPhil Donahue smacks Bill O'Reilly down like a little bitch (and his show was a lot better than the other shit on MSNBC)

Music:

Radiohead, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Pearl Jam, Ani Difranco, the Moldy Peaches, Kimya DawsonTool/A Perfect Cirlce, The Strokes, Dead Kennedys, The Shins, Richard Hell, Rage Against The Machine, System of a Down, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Pink Floyd/Syd Barrett/Roger Waters, The Velvet Underground, Wilco, Jimi Hendrix, Beatles/John Lennon, Mazzy Star, Hum, Hamell On Trial, Kula Shaker, The Decemberists, Mos Def/Talib Kweli/BlackStar, Aesop Rock, Cannibal Ox, El-P, Mr Lif/The Perceptionists, RJD2, Atmosphere, Def Jux

Movies:

Richard Linklater, Brazil/Terry Gilliam, Orson Welles, Robert Greenwald's work, Charlie Kaufman, Garden State, The Panama Deception, Darren Aranofsky, John Cusak, Jim Jarmusch, Wes Anderson, Noah Baumbach, When the Wind Blows, What the Bleep? Deepak Chopra's dvd's, I don't know, too many to name

Television:

The Office, Lost, Curb Your Enthusiasim

Books:

Jack Kerouac!!, 'We' by Yvegeny Zamyatin, 'The Iron Heel' by Jack London, 'Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II' by William Blum, 'Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee' by Dee Brown, 'Profit Over People', 'Detering Democracy', 'Manufacturing Cons(t)ent', 'Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements Of Propaganda', 'Umbrella of U.S. Power: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Contradictions of U.S. Policy' by Noam Chomsky, 'Pigs At The Trough' by Ariana Huffington, 'The Best Democracy Money Can Buy' by Greg Palast, 'On War', 'On History', 'Just War', 'Declarations Of Independence', 'The Politics of History' by Howard Zinn, Deepak Chopra

Heroes:

Dennis Kucinich putting it down!! Change you can believe in other than as a catchy sloganRalph Nader replying to Barack Obama If only Obama would answerAni Difranco - Millennium Theater from The Henry Rollins ShowAni Difranco - DecreeJello Biafra Interview by Jools after The Dead Kennedys first albumBill Hicks - Fundamentalist Christianity RIPBill Hicks - the mediaBill Hicks - You Are Free To Do As We Tell YouBill Hicks - American PoliticsBill Hicks - It's Just A RideArundhati Roy on the Palestinian / Israeli ConflictWinona LaDuke's Speech 1-12-07, pt.1Rachel Corrie - Interview 2 days before being killed by Israeli Defense Forces RIP

My Blog

Why I refuse to vote for Obama part 3 - Lobbyists

Most people are familiar w/ the following rhetoric of Barack Obama:"Today as the Democratic nominee for president, I am announcing that going forward, the Democratic National Committee will uphold the...
Posted by Separation of Corporation and State on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:30:00 PST

Why I refuse to vote for Obama Part 2 - How bout actually voting for a change?

It must be hard being Obama to be on what seems like a non-stop media tour.  Constant appearances talking about change, while also raising money for his PAC (the HOPE fund, which took money from ...
Posted by Separation of Corporation and State on Mon, 05 May 2008 01:16:00 PST

Why I refuse to vote for Obama Part 1 - Healthcare

I keep hearing how Obama is the only 'realistic' candidate, yet barely any of his supporters can give a single reason as to why.  Mostly you get he talks well or some other non-issue before they ...
Posted by Separation of Corporation and State on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:12:00 PST

But what about the Palestinian right to self-defense??

Everyone, including the 3 corporate candidates, talk about Israel's right to self-defense...but what about the Palestinians??  How can we call Israel's actions self-defense, anyway?From the Israe...
Posted by Separation of Corporation and State on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:53:00 PST

cluster bombs

3 articles on cluster bombs which are used by us in places like iraq and yugoslavia and israel in lebanon Cluster bombs kill in Iraq, even after shooting ends The Case Against Cluster Bombs US-b...
Posted by Separation of Corporation and State on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:16:00 PST

anthrax? what anthrax??

The anthrax the terrorist sent belongs to the "Ames" strain of the bacterium. In December, the Washington Post reported that genetic tests showed that the variety used by the terrorist was a sub-strai...
Posted by Separation of Corporation and State on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:13:00 PST

but how could they have planted the explosives??

3 articles which leave lots of questions and lots of motive   Exactly How and When Could the WTC Be Wired With Explosives? Answer... Repost from Progressive Review 23 Apr 2004 17:00 GMT Many rese...
Posted by Separation of Corporation and State on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:02:00 PST

a history of harming it's citizens

from the library of congress' website "What we now know, and the U.S. Army has confirmed, is that it sprayed zinc cadmium sulfide over Minneapolis in 1953, a chemical which is a potential carcinogen."...
Posted by Separation of Corporation and State on Wed, 02 Aug 2006 10:59:00 PST

DU Weaponry - violation of humanitarian law

Taken from the following 2 UN reports UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS - 3 August 1998 UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS - 14 July 2003 "We, of course, agree with the Sub-Commission that the use of wea...
Posted by Separation of Corporation and State on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:47:00 PST

The Meaning of 'Shock and Awe'

here is a collection of quotes about 'shock and awe' from this administration as well as the ppl who came up w/ the concept. as you can see the creators of it explain the purpose a bit differently tha...
Posted by Separation of Corporation and State on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:32:00 PST