Tag: America

• Review: Chomsky “What Uncle Sam Really Wants”

  Why I started my Chomsky indulgence with Understanding Power and not this digestible gem I’ll never know. Uncle Sam is a brilliant pocket reference of Noam Chomsky’s world view, specifically his unflinching criticism of US foreign policy. His genius with linguistics provides him the means to absolutely tear apart the propaganda surrounding isms, bringing the…

  spcoon

  December 6, 2005

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  America, capitalism, CIA, fear, Foreign Policy, government, indoctrination, Noam Chomsky, politics, poverty, power, Venezuela

• My Progressive Platform For 2006

  Terrance, over at The Republic of T, asks a simple, yet provocative question in preparation of the 2006 elections: What’s Your Platform? Okay, I’m game. Here are my most imperative policy reforms, in no particular order: 1) 2.0 the hell out of governmentCongress was only able to see “finished” intelligence before voting to give the…

  spcoon

  November 19, 2005

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  America, change, democracy, government, health care, legislation, natural resources, Noam Chomsky, politics, progressive, Republican Party, Senate, transparency

• Are You A Disciple Like Rosa Parks?

  Louis Farrakhan spoke at Syracuse University in 1989. At the time, all I knew of Farrakhan was his position as the leader of The Nation of Islam, his rumored role in the assassination of Malcolm X and the paragraph quotes, characterizing him as an anti-Semite. Upon deciding to listen to him speak, I ended up…

  spcoon

  November 3, 2005

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  Al Sharpton, America, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, change, Christianity, hypocracy, Islam, Jesus, Jewish, John Conyers, Louis Farrakhan, righteous, Rosa Parks, video

• Louisiana, 2005

  What has happened down here is the wind have changed Clouds roll in from the north and it started to rain Rained real hard and rained for a real long time Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline The river rose all day The river rose all night Some people got lost in…

  spcoon

  September 7, 2005

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  America, disturbing, humanity, Katrina, Louisiana, lyrics, music, Randy Newman

• sponsored by…

  the world has changed. no shit, glad you’ve woken up. we don’t all drink from the same fountain or even from the same cup but if the music’s right and the air is clear why confuse the good times with political matters we fear nothing. at all… because “no fear” is a fucking brand manufactured…

  spcoon

  November 4, 2001

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  9-11, America, anti-war, business, capitalism, disinformation, dissent, disturbing, Foreign Policy, George Bush, government, Iraq War, Islam, Manufacturing Consent, marketing, materialistic, media, Middle East, murder, New York City, PNAC, poetry, politics, Project for a New American Century, terrorism, World Trade Center