- The Pledge of Egregiance THE PLEDGE OF EGREGIANCE by Cheryl Kathleen Gerth I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United Stocks of the Ameristocracy, and to the oligarchy for which it stands, one notion under money, uninhibitable, with misery and just less for all.
- Representative Democracy? REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY? by Scott Thompson onservatives and right libertarians sometimes argue that the United States is supposed to be a republic, not a democracy. According to this argument, a republic is an elected government in which the individual has sovereign rights, and a democracy is a “tyranny of the majority” in which the minority has […]
- Standing up in the State of Minnesota STANDING UP IN THE STATE OF MINNESOTA by Cheryl Kathleen Gerth here is no mistaking that Citizens United is one of the most egregiously prejudiced rulings in the history of the United States judicial system. Borne under the auspices of corporate greed, its conception and enactment have served only to fuel and enforce the power […]
- Harder than the Truth: the power of our powerlessness HARDER THAN THE TRUTH: THE POWER OF OUR POWERLESSNESS by Jeff Clark Nothing but the truth Common words in use Hard to find excuse Harder than the truth […]
- I Want I WANT by James C. Henderson People often ask me, “What do you want? I want the same things you want, I’ll bet. I want to be treated as a human being. I want to be respected as a person who has hopes and dreams that are not denied simply because others do not share […]