Interesting Article Thread v.2

[MrTwosheds]

Dictatorship is invariably what results from a failure of democracy. It seems to me that that is what is being engineered here, the political division created by the entrenched parties is beginning to threaten democracy itself. All of you should reconsider your loyalties, your country comes first, its politicians and the mucus they emit deserve no loyalty at all, they are only working in their own interest and for their own gain. It should be considered a patriotic duty to break their grip on the political landscape.

[Ded10c]

Still don't get what all the fuss is about.

[Zenophas]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/gle ... 2U-;_ylv=3

Right-wing rabble-rouser Glenn Beck recently announced that he wanted to "go Galt" and create a self-sustaining community, inspired by the philosophy of Ayn Rand's character John Galt from "Atlas Shrugged."

The community will be known as Independence, USA. If and when it is completed, Independence will produce its own food and TV and film content. There will be homes, baseball fields and a theme park. Think: Small Town, USA, but with a Beckish vibe.

Beck announced his plans on "The Glenn Beck Program." The main entrance to the proposed community will be based on Ellis Island because, in Beck's words, that's how most Americans came to the country. There will also be a marketplace, but don't confuse it with your local mall.

"There's not going to be a Gap here. There's no Ann Taylor. You want an Ann Taylor, go someplace else," Beck said in a video announcement. The marketplace, Beck says, will be a place for people to create their own businesses and learn from others.

Other areas of Independence: The ranch (that's where residents will grow food and teach people how to grow crops), the media center (where Beck will film his show and where other entertainers will create movies, TV shows and documentaries), an Alamo-style mission for people to "gather and help others," a research and development laboratory and much more.

The main point, Beck says, is education. "Before you send your kids to college," Beck said in his pitch video, "you come to us. And you spend a week with us. We're gonna tell them exactly, we will show them the truth, we will tell them what they're going to try to do, and we will deprogram them every summer, if you care."

What's Beck's utopia gonna cost? Around $2 billion. Beck says he's willing to take steps to make his vision happen "one piece at a time." Just don't expect to find a Gap. You can watch Beck's pitch here.

[Ded10c]

Is he as much an idiot as he sounds?

[MrTwosheds]

His independence? with his rules? his show? if you don't like em go somewhere else? His own little dictatorship...its pathetic really and just shows how much his type really don't understand what democracy is for and what it protects us from at all.

[Ded10c]

Will he be calling it Becktown?

[Iron_Maiden]

Why do I think of Romeo and Juliet?:


http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/0 ... crime-war/

[Zenophas]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/sa ... 48312.html

[Ded10c]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/sa ... 48312.html

A massive win for antitheism, but a great loss at the same time as people still equate satanism to devil-worshipping.

[MrTwosheds]

So, not just a pathetic reactionary quasi Christian bunch of idiots, promoting nonsense in the place of real knowledge then?

[Ded10c]

[s]Satanism is an opposition to religion, not a religion itself. The name is purely symbolic.[/s]

Turns out this is theistic satanism, which is even better. They should be applauded for speaking out against America's rampant religious bias

[GSH]

Why programmers prefer to work at night.

-- GSH

[Iron_Maiden]

Da.:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/527b8d0e-5ff3 ... z2IC5b3E8F

[Iron_Maiden]

You could use some snow down there:

http://www.smh.com.au/data-point/city-s ... 2cyrj.html

[APCs r Evil]

They found a new front in TWAT.

(The War Against Terrorism... not sure if that's even the official name anymore but I like the acronym.)

EDIT: Forgot smiley.