“That I am not a member of any Christian Church, is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.” ~Abraham Lincoln This blog is my full unedited response to a local conservative [...]
“Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.” — George Bernard Shaw ISMS, ISMS Everywhere! There have been a lot of big scary words thrown around the last few months everything from SOCIALISM!, COMMUNISM!, MARXIST!, FASCISM! YIKES! Those are some scary “ISMS”! The Reality is most Americans couldn’t [...]
I knew it! All that Love your neighbor, sell you property and follow me and Money being the root of all evil talk, almost gave the impression that God wasn’t a Gun Toting, Free Market, Capitalist Republican! Well the boys at Conservapedia can’t let the Liberal Bias of the King James Version as well as [...]
by Albert Einstein This essay was originally published in the first issue of Monthly Review (May 1949). Is it advisable for one who is not an expert on economic and social issues to express views on the subject of socialism? I believe for a number of reasons that it is. Let us first consider the [...]
Starbucks And Their Save The World Marketing Scam
By ✖ the Monk ✖ on November 29th, 2009
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed” ~Mahatma Gandhi During a recent trip to my local Starbucks, I noticed a sign on the bulletin board that says Starbucks has helped provide 6,000,000 days of medicine for people with AIDS in Africa. Now don’t get me wrong, I love coffee [...]