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Tim Robbins: “Let’s stay focused on sex scandals”

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:April 17, 2008
Post category:American Culture Media
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Here are excerpts from Robbins' controversial keynote address at the National Association of Broadcasters show.

The U.S. government is consciously misrepresenting our sick economy

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:April 16, 2008
Post category:American Culture Economy Politics snake oil Statistics
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How bad is the economy? In the May issue of Harpers Magazine, Kevin Phillips cuts through the numbers in an article entitled "Numbers Racket: Why the economy is worse than we know." The revelations Phillips makes are shocking. The U.S. government has been consciously cooking the books for decades. How…

Describing yourself in one word or phrase

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:April 16, 2008
Post category:American Culture Communication Psychology Cognition Whimsy
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I wrote an earlier post about describing yourself in six words. Today, I spotted this Youtube video that required the numerous subjects to describe themselves in one word or phrase. This is fun to watch on many levels. I can't help but want to think that I know many of…

Can you spend three trillion dollars better than George W. Bush?

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:April 15, 2008
Post category:American Culture Economy Iraq Military War
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This site thinks so. If you hunt through the categories, you'll see many ideas better than occupying Iraq while incurring tens of thousands of U.S. troop casualties.

What you can do with a philosophy degree.

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:April 14, 2008
Post category:American Culture Economy
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Philosophy majors are not getting rich, but they're able to buy enough food to allow them to sit around and ponder things. Truth be told, philosophy majors are at the bottom of the list in starting salaries. As someone who majored in philosophy, I found these statistics to be of interest. In…

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Erich Vieth on Huxley’s PredictionSame impulse toward totalitarianism, but now equipped with powerful new tools that couldn't have dre…
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Rita on David Koch’s 1980 Insane Libertarian PlatformThis is more relevant today than ever before probably. It's time to reel back 90% of government prog…
Erich Vieth on The “News”A recent example of a non-organic media narrative:
Anonymous on David Koch’s 1980 Insane Libertarian PlatformWe’re not going back. Treason : Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against t…
Anonymous on Did Adam have a belly-button?nowhere in the Bible does it say anthing about navels. However, there were cities that existed at th…
Charles Crook on What Does the DOJ Think of Alvin Bragg’s Case Against Donald Trump?So correct, for a not so perfect candidate, but the best choice.
Beth L on The Silence of the White House While Speech is Being Muzzled World WideThank you for not being silent about the erosion of free speech. So many people are complacent, or i…