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First Amendment Solutions

I was reading the Huffington Post this morning.  I usually skip the celebrity gossip stories and most of the pieces on TV shows and entertainment.  There were a few interesting stories to note.  Sharon Angle claims Unemployment Insurance ‘Really Doesn’t Benefit Anyone’.  A puppy saved a boy from a bee swarm.  And Glenn Beck admitted to lying (which is really like reporting that the sun is hot).  I read the entry on how Unemployment Rate Rises In August For First Time In 4 Months As Labor Force Expands.  And then I went to the comments.

Every time there is a story on the Huffington Post about the downturn in the economy, increase in unemployment, a stupid bill, political corruption… any of these types of stories… the comments section is flooded with an immediate deluge of anti-Obama, anti-Democratic comments.  I noticed in an unofficial capacity that this phenomena has been increasing over the past few months.

I can’t help but wonder “why”?  I mean, trolls are trolls.  You cannot avoid trolling on any website.  And I’m sure plenty of right-leaning sites get their fair share of leftist trolls.  I have even seen a troll or two on the racist websites, like Stormfront.  But when the trolls out-number the regular subscribers, what is going on?

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Website Status and Gramsci

All men are intellectuals, one could therefore say:  but not all men have in society the function of intellectuals.*” ~ Antonio Gramsci

” * Thus, because it can happen that everyone at some time fries a couple of eggs or sows up a tear in a jacket, we do not necessarily say that everyone is a cook or a tailor.

I will be discussing this in the near future.

I am currently redesigning this site from the ground up.  I will be back shortly to elaborate on whatever I so desire in the very near future.

Please be patient as I am literally coding this entire site on piece at a time.

In the meantime, remember:

“TO TELL THE TRUTH IS REVOLUTIONARY!”

~ Antonio Gramsci

Boycott Selfish Concern

Today I gassed up my Land Rover at ARCO, a BP subsidiary, and used my Citibank card to pay for the gas. I drove to the pet store to buy cat food for 5 cents more per can than I usually pay, which I put on my Citibank card. I then proceeded to go to 16 different stores to purchase items for a higher price than usual, and charged them on my Citibank and Chase cards at 18.9% interest. I did all this to boycott Target for their indiscretion in supporting a Minnesota Republican who is an evangelical asshole. And, even though there is record unemployment, I hope Target takes such a loss in profits that they have to start laying off employees. I have to show these corporations that they cannot control my life.

This is the same reason I take my SUV to Whole Foods. I reuse my $2 plastic shopping bags and buy eco friendly products manufactured by Coca Cola because I care about the environment. I spend a lot of money on these products that are conscious consumables. Every time I shop, I even donate a dollar to the poor black farmer on the poster by the register. And because I do this, I don’t know who these other people are that are constantly in my way in the store. Sometimes I actually have to use my elbow to shove them out of my way. And the homeless people outside are such a bother. They need to get out of my way. These homeless people are not contributing to the poor farmers of the Amazon. They are always standing on the corner when I go by in my BMW, looking all sad and dirty, asking for money to get high, or drunk, so they can momentarily forget that society has given up on them.

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Crisis of Capitalism

RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of the Arts) featured this beautiful RSA Animate clip:

Sociologist David Harvey examines the “crisis of Capitalism” and asks if it is time to move to a new system.

I am the one you cannot see . . .