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North Korean Propagandist To Show New Satirical Artworks

Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Song Byeok, Tyranny, North Korean Artist, Video, Pop Art, Freedom, Kickstarter, Atlanta, Political Satire, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Il Satire, North Korean Progaganda, North Korea, Arts News

Like many North Koreans, Song Byeok was brainwashed into believing Kim Jong Il loved and cared about his country. At 24, he was hired to be a propagan...

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The Next President Will Be a Liar

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 03.14.2012

Read More: President, Federal Contracting Fraud, President Obama, Pull Out of Iraq, Tyranny, Public Approval of Congress, Mitt Romney, U.S., Iraq, Thomas Jefferson, Congress, Primary, Democrats, Barack Obama, Republican, Mainstream Media, Obama Failed Campaign Promises, Unemployment, Broken Promises, Guantanamo Bay, Liberty, American Small Business League, Watchdog, Failed Campaign Promises, Candidates, Americans, Liars, Republicans, Federal Contracts, Obama Broken Promises, Economy, Small Business, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Regardless of whether the next president is a Republican or Democrat, whether it's Barack Obama or Mitt Romney or any other of the Republican frontrunners, one thing is guaranteed: he will lie.

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The Fate of Dictators -- Justice and Revenge

Azeem Ibrahim | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Tyranny, Dictatorship, Syria Protests, Bashar Al-Assad, Syria, International Criminal Court, Syria Assad, World News
Azeem Ibrahim

Now that Syria has been declared by the United Nations to be in a state of civil war, President Assad must be reflecting on the fate of leaders in the Middle East who have been overthrown recently.

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The American Spring

Ronald Ricker | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Equality, Tyranny, Alexander Hamilton, Bill of Rights, Politicians, Lobbying, Middle Class, Majority Rule, U.S. Constitution, Tyranny of the Minority, Federalist Papers, 1st Amendment, John Stuart Mill, Mob Rule, Nafta, Tyranny of the Masses, Patrick Henry, Right to Vote, Voting, Politics News
Ronald Ricker

Somewhere, sometime, accelerating rapidly recently, we Americans have lost it--the American Dream. We were the land of opportunity, the land of equa...

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The Artificial Imposition of Poverty

James Peron | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Tyranny, Foreign Aid, Poverty, Developing Countries, Africa, Robert Mugabe, Economic Development, Impact News
James Peron

These were not people born to be poor, nor did they earn their own poverty through choices they made. Poverty was imposed on them by the governments that ruled them. That they were able to produce anything at all is a testament to their industriousness.

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The Myth of U.S. Democracy and the Reality of U.S. Corporatocracy

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polls, Tyranny, Heathcare Reform, Wisconsin, Corporatocracy, Ohio, United States, Democracy, Democrats, Jeffrey Immelt, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Johan Kasich, Scott Walker, Republicans, Wall Street Bailout, Republic, Politics News
Bruce E. Levine

The truth is that the U.S. is neither a democracy, nor a republic. Americans are ruled by a corporatocracy: a partnership of "too-big-to-fail" corporations, wealthy elite and government officials.

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Congress's First Power Demolishes Tea Party's "Constitutional Principle"

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mike Lee, Tea Party, Constitution, Tyranny, Common Defence, Ron Paul, General Welfare, Politics News
Paul Abrams

One wonders if any of the Tea Partiers who've run on a platform to "return to Constitutional principles" actually bothered to read the Constitution, or whether they just purchased worn, dog-eared copies to convey that impression.

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Scalia's Tyranny and the Madness of Power

Dan Agin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Madness, American Revolution, Tyranny, Scalia, Scalia Sex, Scalia Gender, Scalia Discrimination, Scalia Comments, Scalia Women, Politics News
Dan Agin

Justice Scalia seems to have forgotten that the American Revolution was a revolution against tyranny of any kind -- not a revolution to install a tyranny of the majority.

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American Exceptionalism Is Un-American

Bruce Fein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mormons, Tyranny, American Revolution, My Lai, Bill of Rights, Alexander Hamilton, Detroit Economic Club, Founding Fathers, James Madison, Mike Pence, Civil War, A. Mitchell Palmer, Catholics, Liberty, World War I, Vietnam War, Japanese Internment, Constitution, Benjamin Franklin, American Exceptionalism, Slavery, Mitt Romney, United States, Thomas Jefferson, Federalist Papers, Alien and Sedition Act, Afghanistan War, Jim Crow, Sarah Palin, Afghanistan, Mexican-American War, World War II, Ulysses S. Grant, Politics News
Bruce Fein

The boast of American exceptionalism betrays ignorance of the Founding Fathers and the tarnished history of the United States. In any event, to overlook faults because other nations are more flawed is juvenile, and leads nowhere.

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Quest for Bona Fide Democracy: Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar

Sam Sasan Shoamanesh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Movement, Tyranny, Corruption Perceptions Index, Saffron Revolution, Military Dictatorship, Popular Sovereignty, Democracy, Political Dissent, Iran, Aung San Suu Kyi, Southeast Asia, Human Rights, Burma, Reconciliation, Bogyoke Aung San, Autocracy, Due Process, Peaceful Opposition, Despotism, World News
Sam Sasan Shoamanesh

Aung San Suu Kyi's release is no trivial event. Her new found freedom is not only a testament to her resilience, but also to the enduring strength of the democratic movement in Burma.

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Ken Blackwell, Author Of 'Blueprint,' Tries To Convince Jon Stewart That Obama Is A Tyrant, Fails (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tyranny, Ken Blackwell, Jon Stewart, Books, George W. Bush, Blueprint, Obama, Author Interviews, Obama Tyranny, The Daily Show, Barack Obama, Books News

Ken Blackwell, author of the new book, "Blueprint: Obama's Plan to Subvert the Constitution and Build an Imperial Presidency," was on "The Daily Show"...

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Why the Tea Party Is a Fraud

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Rick Santelli, Tyranny, Tea Party, Rick Santelli Rant, Politics News
Jonathan Weiler

It's hard to conclude that the Tea Party movement is anything but a fraud given the vast disconnect between the movement's supposed principles and the targets of their intense anger since their inception.

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The Ties That Bind Soldiers and Citizens

Jeffrey Abelson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tyranny, Warriors, Troops, Patriots, Memorial Day, War, Soldiers, Democracy, Self-Governance, Veterans, Ancient Athens, Citizens, Liberty, Freedom, Greeks, Civic Duty, Political, Greece, Impact News
Jeffrey Abelson

Exactly 2,500 years ago this year, a war was fought that made the world safe for democracy. It's a fitting tale for Memorial Day, for it reminds us of the eternal debt we owe our warriors.

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The Internet's Love Affair with WebTV

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Tyranny, Move, Commodity, Popularity of the Internet, Content, Social Web, Video Podcasts, Popularity, Href, Broadband Network, Democratization, Tv Partnership, Nyt, Tv Programming, Broadband, Video, Apple, Nielsen, Plan, Broadband Technologies, Neutrality, Hulu, Ugc, August, Battle, WebTV, Apple TV, Independent Tv, Webtv, Net Neutrality, Mile, Independent Programming, Net, Web, Internet, Generation, Paradigm, Phenomenon, Year, Technology News
Ramon Nuez

Information is a commodity. It's an article of trade that is valued above all other products and services. Information has always been coveted but con...

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The West Must Stand Up for Tibet

Rory Fitzgerald | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tyranny, Politics, Dalai Lama Obama Meeting, Dalai Lama, Tibetan Buddhism, Non-Violent Reistance, War, President Obama, Tibet, Peaceful Protest, Peace, China, Lhasa, World News
Rory Fitzgerald

The sad reality is that all the historical evidence suggests that violent insurrection has a much better track record of achieving freedom than nonviolent resistance. Hence, Tibet still is not free.

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It's Not Tyranny; It's the Re-distribution, Stupid

Jonathan Weiler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tyranny, Demonization, Re-Distribution, Politics News
Jonathan Weiler

The profoundly anti-democratic (that's small "d" for those scoring at home) character of contemporary right-wing ideology is too plain to dispute.

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Mayoral Control of Schools: The New Tyranny

Gerald Bracey | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tyranny, Arne Duncan, Chicago, Michael Bloomberg, Joel Klein, Propaganda, Mayoral Control, Democracy, Failure, Education Reform, New York, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

School boards are fractious and try to micromanage. They are amateurs and prisoners of deeply rooted school bureaucracies. But do mayors do better?

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GOP Senator: U.S. Is "Where Germany Was Before WWII"

The Washington Independant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim Demint, Demint, Freedom, Germany, America, Iran, Tyranny, Socialism, Gop, Republican Party, Hugo Chavez, Obama Administration, Obama, Revolution, Politics News

Last night, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) gave a short talk and Q&A at at the National Press Club about his book "Saving Freedom." DeMint told a room of ar...

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Tea Parties as Resurrective Ideology

Robert D. Stolorow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 9/11, Boston Tea Party, Tea Parties, Obama, Republicans, Trauma, Economic Crisis, Bush, Tyranny, King George, Politics News
Robert D. Stolorow

In a series of earlier articles, I have discussed the concepts of "collective trauma"--the shattering of our shared illusions of grandiose invincibili...

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