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The New Deal, McCarthyism, & Christian Socialism

August 20th, 2009 · No Comments

The Communist Control Act of 1954 was passed with overwhelming public support
Many conservatives at that time equated the [first] New Deal (ND) with socialism or Communism
How do you get OVERWHELMING PUBLIC SUPPORT?  Should you appeal to their altruistic nature?
No.  There must be an evil enemy, upon which we can blame our problems, direct our hate [...]

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Tags: Economics · Ethics · Political Theory · Propaganda · Religion

Theory of Peak Oil

August 13th, 2007 · No Comments

I entitled the subject line to this post “Theory of Peak Oil”, although it is also (and to a lesser degree) on the subject of ‘public media politics’. In that vein (as a prerequisite to a discussion of peak oil, if at all possible, I would recommend watching this first: Long URL (“Manufacturing Consent”, [...]

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Tags: Economics · Environment · Propaganda

IQ and SES

August 8th, 2007 · No Comments

Some interesting quotes and materials with minimal comments from myself. Enjoy…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_intelligence
“The modern controversy surrounding intelligence and race focuses on the results of IQ studies conducted during the 20th century, mainly in the
United States and some other industrialized nations. In almost every testing situation where tests were administered and evaluated correctly, the [...]

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Tags: Economics · Intelligence