the September issue of the free WMail 'Working Minds' philosophy & activism email newsletter is sent out, and also posted online
the essay topic is "Bush & Blackmail", posted online at http://www.working-minds.com/WMessay63.htm; the full issue includes news & comments and a couple dozen quotations, and that is posted at http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006c.htm#63
the October issue will be on the topic "The War In Iran"
the last issue was the Third All-Quotes Issue, along with a few news & comments items, and the issue is posted at
http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006c.htm#62
previous All-Quotes issues were WMail Issue #36 [October 2003] and WMail Issue #43 [May 2004]
each issue is posted online –
see http://www.working-minds.com/WMailindex.htm;
and the essays are also posted separately –
see http://www.working-minds.com/WMessays.htm;
the quotations are posted by author –
at http://www.working-minds.com/WMquotes.htm
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Sunday, September 24, 2006
Thursday, September 21, 2006
War News: Attacking Iran
UPDATE 11 October: Navy officers aboard the 'Ike' have expressed concern via emails to family & friends about going to the Middle East without a declaration of war by Congress – What will they do if Dubya orders them to attack without Congressional clearance?; in other conversations, folks are concerned that the 'Ike' is intended as a lure for an attack ala the 'Gulf of Tonkin incident' of August 1964
Saturday, September 09, 2006
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Be very scared. And very angry.
The U.S. National Debt is now $8,521,310,000,000.
Not scared by that? The annual interest on that amount (at a ballpark 10%) comes to 850 BILLION dollars – compare that to the cost of the Iraq War, which is 'only' 310 billion dollars over three years. (So far, of course: this does not include off-budget costs, which could reach 2 trillion dollars.)
That interest money is being paid to the Oligarchy in America, from whom we receive no benefit, except their mis-management of everything. This is basically extortion money.
The personal share of the National Debt of U.S. citizens can be computed two ways:
1) Dividing by the current population of 300 million, this comes to $28,400 per person.
This figure has earned the term 'Birth Tax', because every newborn American is saddled with this debt at the moment that they draw their first breath.
So, a family of four owes $113,600. A married couple without children owes $56,800.
2) Dividing by the number of individual taxpayers (135 million), this comes to $63,120 per taxpayer.
In this computation, a family of four owes $126,240. But what is also true is that a married couple with no children likewise owes $126,240.
Nobody who voted for George Bush is exempt. Nobody who voted for John Kerry is exempt. Nobody who stuck their head in the sand and failed their duty as a citizen by not voting at all is exempt. Nobody in diapers is exempt. Nobody in a nursing home is exempt.
And nobody reading this who lives in the U.S.A. is exempt.
Now are you scared? But more importantly, you should be angry.
The Oligarchy has the money, and you all have the debt. And your children and grandchildren ...
Not scared by that? The annual interest on that amount (at a ballpark 10%) comes to 850 BILLION dollars – compare that to the cost of the Iraq War, which is 'only' 310 billion dollars over three years. (So far, of course: this does not include off-budget costs, which could reach 2 trillion dollars.)
That interest money is being paid to the Oligarchy in America, from whom we receive no benefit, except their mis-management of everything. This is basically extortion money.
The personal share of the National Debt of U.S. citizens can be computed two ways:
1) Dividing by the current population of 300 million, this comes to $28,400 per person.
This figure has earned the term 'Birth Tax', because every newborn American is saddled with this debt at the moment that they draw their first breath.
So, a family of four owes $113,600. A married couple without children owes $56,800.
2) Dividing by the number of individual taxpayers (135 million), this comes to $63,120 per taxpayer.
In this computation, a family of four owes $126,240. But what is also true is that a married couple with no children likewise owes $126,240.
Nobody who voted for George Bush is exempt. Nobody who voted for John Kerry is exempt. Nobody who stuck their head in the sand and failed their duty as a citizen by not voting at all is exempt. Nobody in diapers is exempt. Nobody in a nursing home is exempt.
And nobody reading this who lives in the U.S.A. is exempt.
Now are you scared? But more importantly, you should be angry.
The Oligarchy has the money, and you all have the debt. And your children and grandchildren ...
Saturday, September 02, 2006
Bush 43 is 'The Toxic President'
•• He increased the National Debt by 49% – a dollar amount larger than the prior 42 presidents combined.
•• He has destroyed America's reputation as any kind of Beacon of Freedom.
•• The entire world is mad at the U.S.A. for starting the War in the Middle East.
•• He refuses to comply with the Kyoto Treaty, and in fact supports pollution at every hand.
•• The average worker earns less, healthcare is a farce, and corporate executives are over-paid pirates.
•• War-profiteering abounds, and money for Katrina relief went to corporations – NOT to residents of the Gulf Coast.
•• The treasonous act of outing Valerie Plame and Brewster-Jennings destroyed the C.I.A.'s trust among the intelligence community.
•• Felonious wire-taps and secret data-mining schemes cause fear of expression among all Americans.
Regime change in November 2006 !!
Impeachment starts in January 2007 ...
•• He has destroyed America's reputation as any kind of Beacon of Freedom.
•• The entire world is mad at the U.S.A. for starting the War in the Middle East.
•• He refuses to comply with the Kyoto Treaty, and in fact supports pollution at every hand.
•• The average worker earns less, healthcare is a farce, and corporate executives are over-paid pirates.
•• War-profiteering abounds, and money for Katrina relief went to corporations – NOT to residents of the Gulf Coast.
•• The treasonous act of outing Valerie Plame and Brewster-Jennings destroyed the C.I.A.'s trust among the intelligence community.
•• Felonious wire-taps and secret data-mining schemes cause fear of expression among all Americans.
Regime change in November 2006 !!
Impeachment starts in January 2007 ...
Friday, September 01, 2006
WMail #62: Third All-Quotes Issue
the August issue of the free WMail 'Working Minds' philosophy & activism email newsletter is sent out, and also posted online
the content is the Third All-Quotes Issue, along with a few news & comments items, and the issue is posted at
http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006c.htm#62
previous All-Quotes issues were WMail Issue #36 [October 2003] and WMail Issue #43 [May 2004]
the topic of the prior issue was "Non-Monetary Economics", and the September issue topic will be "Bush & Blackmail"
each issue is posted online –
see http://www.working-minds.com/WMailindex.htm;
and the essays are also posted separately –
see http://www.working-minds.com/WMessays.htm;
the quotations are posted by author –
at http://www.working-minds.com/WMquotes.htm
sign up for the free ezine via email here
the content is the Third All-Quotes Issue, along with a few news & comments items, and the issue is posted at
http://www.working-minds.com/WM2006c.htm#62
previous All-Quotes issues were WMail Issue #36 [October 2003] and WMail Issue #43 [May 2004]
the topic of the prior issue was "Non-Monetary Economics", and the September issue topic will be "Bush & Blackmail"
each issue is posted online –
see http://www.working-minds.com/WMailindex.htm;
and the essays are also posted separately –
see http://www.working-minds.com/WMessays.htm;
the quotations are posted by author –
at http://www.working-minds.com/WMquotes.htm
sign up for the free ezine via email here
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