Let's talk politics. Shall we.
I just watched a video of a passionate young man willing to sponsor a democratic candidate. The video is on youtube, he has started a blog, and the news is out on the internet. No corporation can censure him for standing up to what he believes. It's unfortunate, and in the recent past a grave mistake, to have corporations masquerading as platforms for societal and national debates. Corporations follow the money. The money has turned direction and is heading back to your pocket. The new Network is yours, ours.
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This is a press release they just sent out about the effort to undo the absurd idea that "corporations are people, my friend":
Corporal punishment in America’s public schools seems like a relic of the past — a practice we had surely banned long ago. The reality, however, is that it’s perfectly legal to physically discipline students as young as preschoolers in 19 states.
I'll have a post tomorrow about the Republican opposition to S-CHIP, a federally-funded health insurance program. While writing the post, a question occurred to me:
At the time of complicated economic and financial news, I am reminded that the economic system and the financial system are quite separate in this country.