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To: stockman_scott who wrote (163584)6/4/2005 7:18:46 AM
From: stockman_scott  Respond to of 281500
 
If that snippet of Klein's article piqued your interest, here it is in its entirety. In my opinion, Klein deserves a Pulitzer for this...http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0924-13.htm



To: stockman_scott who wrote (163584)6/4/2005 10:54:34 PM
From: geode00  Respond to of 281500
 
Which is where the supposedly smart Neocons are blundering, blithering idiots who cannot comprehend the basics of human nature and the basic realities (not the academic gobbledygook) of economics. That is where garbage pickup and potable water are actually important for rational life.

========= meanwhile, in the US of A
"The average age of the world's greatest civilization has been two hundred years. These nations have progressed through this sequence.

From bondage to spiritual faith;
from spiritual faith to great courage;
from courage to liberty;
from liberty to abundance,
from abundance to selfishness;
from selfishness to complacency,
from complacency to apathy,
from apathy to dependency,
from dependence back into bondage."

Alexander Tyler