Imagine the typical suburban dweller on a Saturday afternoon. The television set in the living room is on, showing the latest Subway ad before the thousandth re-run of SVU comes back on. Sunlight streams through the open window in the kitchen. A rich vanilla aroma signals cookies in the oven. All of these things are real, concrete to the viewer. But are they, really?

To our minds, the information gathered by our senses defines reality. But is there a difference between real reality...

I oppose Ron Paul's social conservatism and his cutesy racial rhetoric and anti-unionism.

I oppose the laughable concept that egoistic individualism can preserve a society.All economies must deal with the question of fair resource distribution through public channels of some type.

With that said, there has not been a more consistent individual representative on:

-Opposition to War, Military Industrial Complex, and Empire Building

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Belize 2007 Trip

Day 1:

I arrived at the Philip S.W. Goldson International Airport in Belize City. I went through customs without a hitch. First thing I noticed upon arrival in the country was the people’s accent. The stewardess got on the plane and said in a lovely Carribean Calypso accent “Welcome to Belize. We here at Continental Airlines thank you for your patronage today and we hope you enjoy your stay in our beautiful country.” Or something like that. This was...

Freedom to innovate is at all levels the right of the people.-US Pirate Party Platform

Populism is, at it's core, the belief that institutions should serve the people, not an economic or intellectual elite. All must and should cooperate, but we should not deny the competitive aspects of us that create innovation and advancement.

Populism believes that not all things should be for sale, particularly access to education, health insurance, and access to a minimum income....

The Presidency doesn't mean shit to me. But it means everything to most people, which is sad-Karl Hess

The CIA runs everything, they run the military. They're the ones who are over there lobbing missiles and bombs on countries.-Ron Paul

Because it equates tradition with prejudice, the left finds itself increasingly unable to converse with ordinary people in their common language.-Christopher Lasch

The propertied classes, the robber barons, have since...