I feel for you Tan Man. I wouldn't want to keep eating the same poop sandwich over and over again either. You remember the Government Shutdown of 2013? A lot of people who lost their apartments and got their electricity cut-off do. But never mind them. Your party has nothing but scorn for the scum on the bottom rung anyway. It's your misery that counts now. And thanks to you, the Government Shutdown of 2015 may be averted, since a Continuing Resolution may now be passed with Democratic votes in the House. It's a fleeting victory, since we will in all likelihood face this same piss shower again at the end of the calendar year.
I was very moved by your resignation announcement. Although you've never done the right thing for the right reasons, hey, you talk the talk. I think a little...
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Dear Bernie,
Like millions of Americans, I’ve been watching your campaign with growing excitement. You’re spot on about the pernicious effects of rising inequality and absolutely correct that the United States now resembles an oligarchy more than a democracy. I applaud your willingness to directly and repeatedly denounce the billionaire class that runs this country. And I wholeheartedly support your call for universal health care.
It’s been a joy to watch you make Hillary Clinton squirm as your poll numbers rise. I smile every time I imagine the possibility of a self-described socialist calling for a political revolution winning the Democratic nomination. I’m encouraged that you have made fighting racism a priority in your campaign, alongside the rest of your progressive agenda....
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TO: Alex Neve, Director, Amnesty International Canada
Anthony Romero, DIrector, ACLU, New York
Dear Fellow Friends of Freedom,
Forgive me for communicating in public like this but NSA has been blocking my emails and telephone calls to you and your offices and they have been threatening and terrorizing my Canadian family for years - even with two shootings and many death threats. I have been exiled to China and was warned my family will be killed if I ever set foot in North America again.
No, I did not escape from the insane asylum. I am a former government employee of the U.S. Treasury Department, Department of Justice, a honorably discharged military veteran, former fortune 500 executive, an former executive with American Financial Group, and a whistle blower who...
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Question I often get asked: would you push your children down the route to become a doctor?
Answer before graduating medical school: yes if they expressed interest in medicine, I would encourage it.
Answer now: Not unless medicine was the only thing they want to do (like me) but I would encourage them to look at other career pathways and think about the quality of life they might be signing up for. I would tell my child (and indeed any other child that asks) that there are plenty of ways of helping people, not just medicine. I would say that unless they have spoken to many doctors, read blogs/articles written by a wide variety of doctors and done a good period of shadowing of a full time NHS junior doctor, maybe consider something like law or better yet engineering if they want a...
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Dear Madame President,
As someone who, during 16 years in the United States Congress, has celebrated the US-South Korean friendship and who maintains deep ties with the Korean community in the United States, I respectfully write to express my concern about the policies of your government, which are anti-democratic and which discredit the sacrifices that American soldiers made so many years ago in Korea's defense.
The arrest and imprisonment of an elected member of your Congress, Lee Seok-ki, on charges of sedition, will be noted by members of the United States Congress who are painfully aware of the personal and political risks which can attend challenging an administration whose politics greatly differ. Your attempt to outlaw an opposing political party, your use of your National...
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Dear Friends,
First you need to know that both PM Steven Harper and the former FBI Director were made well aware of all the below information by myself, another, witness, and an honest RCMP officer and Harper's solution was to expel the two witnesses from Canada and ignored a refugee claim filed by me for 8 years.
While you were all watching sitcoms and sports on TV the banksters conspired and stole our governments from us. Myself and Erling Ingvaldsen and other whistle-blowers tried to tell everyone about the massive drug smuggling and money laundering taking place in America and Canada at the hands of corrupt agents, one of whom FBI Terry Nelson was caught a few years back. Both Erling and I worked on the inside of these groups - Erling with the actual smugglers and management,...
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Right now most Americans aren't paid a wage where they can survive off of; they need to take on multiple jobs. Businesses complain when a person goes sleeping on the job, but create the conditions were the employee has to overwork themselves to get by. While Americans may not be opposed to working longer hours, but raising the hours will probably interfere with their other jobs.
The "Greed is good" kind of mentality was rationalized for wall street, but companies have somehow adopted that philosophy into their practices. Food companies pouring so much salt and sugar into their products that it make them addictive and contribute to diseases like diabetes, the GM ignition switch fiasco, the natural gas drilling has ended up triggering earthquakes and poisons the water supplies...
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Dear Senator Tillis,
As a citizen of Wake Forest, North Carolina and a constituent of yours, I write this letter to urge you to take action against the federal funding of Planned Parenthood by opposing any spending bill or funding measure that allocates a single dollar of federal money to the organization of Planned Parenthood.
Throughout the history of the world, the fundamental building block of every orderly and safe society has been a government that understands and promotes the value of human life. This right to life is not a freedom that was created by government, but is a right that has been given to us by our Creator. However, there is little respect for this right in our nation today. Hundreds of thousands of innocent babies are brutally murdered each year through...
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Dear Starbucks,
Last night, I was working a closing shift when a thin man, appearing to be not much older than myself, walked into our store. He came in with a blanket draped across his shoulders, his clothes at least a few days worn. As he approached the counter, one of the other partners greeted him, the way we normally do, with a cheerful, “Hello” and a warm smile. He stopped a moment, appearing to look at the menu, and then chose to sit in a corner of the store. He saw me notice, it was merely a glance between us, and he chose to leave. He left before either my work partner, or I, could offer him a cup of coffee, on the house, as we were winding down and knew his coffee would otherwise be poured out, as evening waste.
This is a problem.
As someone who studies psychology and...
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An open letter to the Australian Labor Party
I’m not sure how to say what needs to be said, but I am going to give my best shot at saying it.
I’ve been voting Labor all my voting life, and consider myself a true ‘lefty’ in fact I’ve been taunted for being such a staunch ‘lefty’ over the years, and even though I’ve been disillusioned, embarrassed and angry with the Labor Party for all the Rudd/Gillard saga, I have staunchly supported Labor anyway.
The reason I’m writing this letter is to ask the Australian Labor Party, do you really want to lead this country? Seriously, do you?
From where I sit at the moment, it looks as if you aren’t really serious about winning the next election or any election to be honest. With the current leader Bill Shorten leading you to the next...
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