Consumer Culture is a Threat to Progressive Change
The system of Capitalism produces the ailment and a shotty cure; Consumer Culture has masterfully refined this system to maximum efficiency.
| Comments on article "Consumer Culture is a Threat to Progressive Change" |
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| anechoic |
wow! thank you for putting it in such succinct language! this should be read by all thinking people!
speed the collapse!
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4/21/2007 |
| cranston36 |
Following the twin scandals of Representative Foley, Republican from Florida and Rev Ted Haggard the New Life Church pastor it seems that the outspoken opposition to same-sex marriage might have its roots in a more sinister place than hometown churches.
Representative Foley, Republican from Florida resigned over his sexual predatory activity with young boys in Washington, D.C.
Reverend Ted Haggard was the president of the National Association of Evangelicals from which it seemed he had unfettered access to the White House. He had to resign because of charges about him meeting with a homosexual prostitute on a monthly basis and buying methamphetamine.
These two men and many like them have been loudly opposed to same-sex marriage.
Who would benefit most from homosexuals pairing and ceasing promiscuous and dangerous sexual behavior?
The men and women that prey on them, that’s who.
Denying homosexuals like Vice President Dick Cheney’s daughter to marry other homosexuals men and women like Representative Foley and Reverend Haggard can keep their playing field open.
Simply put - it seems that the real opposition to gay marriage is coming from the very sexual predatory and child molesting minority that many people claim to be against.
Insisting that it is against the best interests of the United States to deny anyone the right to pair off if they want to in marriage is ridiculous and in itself a perverted and dangerous position.
It is time now for these filthy people to get out of the private business of others.
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11/5/2006 |
| cranston36 |
Global Trade isn’t that hard to figure out.
Maybe British Petroleum wouldn’t be pouring American oil all over the Alaskan tundra, blowing up workers in Texas or controlling more than 80 percent of the oil and gas reserves in the entire state of Wyoming.
How about a few suggestions?
Any company doing business in the United States should be charged a premium on their taxes equal to that of the loss to their American competitor.
Any company doing business in the United States that employs union workers in their home country will be required to provide union jobs and benefits to their American workers equal to that provided to their home country employees and adjusted to match the cost of living in the United States.
Any American company moving manufacturing off shore and them importing or moving finished goods back to the United States for sale will be charged a tax import fee equal to that amount to bring the product in line with prices provided by its nearest competitor based in the United States.
No foreign based company shall be allowed to own land in the United States. 7 year rental contracts may be provided to the owners of the land but no transfer of ownership will take place to a person, entity or corporation outside of the United States or with home offices in a foreign nation.
Any foreign based company will surrender all title and deeds to lands upon which their facilities are currently located and will pay all costs and fees for transferring the titles and deeds to local government and the rent collected from the land and for the real goods and manufacturing machinery will be used by the local government for off setting taxes of American citizens for a period of not less than and not more than 7 years. At the end of the 7 years the local government must surrender the lands in a closed auction that only American citizens will be allowed to participate in. At no time will these deeds and titles be transferable to an individual, entity or corporation outside of the United States.
No foreign company or American company owned all or in part by a foreign individual, entity or corporation shall be able to be engaged in real estate transactions in the United States nor shall they be able to conduct any commercial or home building businesses of any kind.
No foreign company or American company owned all or in part by a foreign individual, entity or corporation shall be able to own or operate farms in the United States for the purpose of growing and exporting from or selling within the United States.
Any American company hiring off shore workers to prepare work or goods to be used and sold in the United States shall pay a tax fee equal to 100 percent of the cost of hiring and paying the off shore worker.
Any foreign company importing materials or goods into the United States through a NAFTA or CAFTA partner shall pay a tax fee equal to 100 percent of the cost of manufacturing, shipping and selling the good in the United States of 1 and a half times the suggested retail price whichever is greater.
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8/8/2006 |
| MacZed |
Your thoughts are hateful. Your economics is based on self-sacrifice for the common good. The quest for the common good always leads to utopian aims and ends, eventually at the doorstep of Stalin in the request of chains. Sad, Sad are those who wish through this world. |
8/2/2006 | |
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