Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Round Up - 2011 Mar 22 TU

War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.

Radioactive food is fine. [How could you doubt NPR or the WHO??]



War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children. - Carter

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy? - Ghandi



The Playboy interview of Helen Thomas is worth taking the time to read.
http://www.playboy.com/articles/helen-thomas-playboy-interview/index.html and
http://www.playboy.com/articles/helen-thomas-playboy-interview/index.html?page=2



Newsweek poses the question: How ignorant are Americans?
38 percent failed the US Citizenship Test. Take the quiz yourself and see how well you do. It can't be that difficult -- I got 39 out of 40 correct. [I do have an advantage, though, in that I started in elementary school 50 years ago.]



Time Lapse Mapping the Global Protests and Uprisings (video)
You will want to full-screen these.


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