Interview with Joe Bageant

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This Is The U.S.A.? 
Department of Transportation Removes Basketball Hoop: 

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Delaware Department of Transportation crews escorted by state police tore down basketball hoops?

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Welcome to the USA?

Audio of incident between Canadian citizen and US immigration officer.

THE KINGDOM OF SURVIVAL - Joe Bageant

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R.I.P: Bageant Moves On
We don't last, and there's no warranty

By Fred Reed

Joe described himself as a redneck socialist, and he was. He was
profoundly concerned with the fate of the people he wrote about,
those who worked hard all their lives and ended up with nothing.
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Obama Raises American Hypocrisy To A Higher Level

By Paul Craig Roberts

There is no doubt whatsoever that the current US president and
the predecessor Bush/Cheney regime have murdered many times
more people in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia
than Gadhafi has murdered in Libya. Continue

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Housing Market Blues
The bleeding continues 

By Mike Whitney

It just goes to show that "free market" solutions are always jettisoned when they don't meet the needs of the rich and powerful. The free market is just a stick that's used to beat up on little guys. Continue

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Tracking Our Downward Spiral

The Ways in Which America Still “Leads’ the World

By Richard Clark
Amongst 20 of the world’s wealthiest countries, America now has: the highest poverty rate, both generally and for children; Continue

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Take a sneak peek at F. Scott's latest published novel 

"Political Instincts: A Novel of Amazing Thailand": click here.

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Late Night Political Jokes - Late Night Jokes Updated Daily 


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Bill O'Reilly Flips Out.


http://fscottsinclair.blogspot.com/2011/01/bill-oreilly-flips-out.html

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Author's Final Book An Unfinished Tale Of Boredom

by NPR STAFF

George Carlin - We Like War

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Joe Bageant, an excellent and authentic writer...and down to
earth philosopher: has died. He was 64 years young, and
will be sorely missed. Click the links below to learn more
about a decent human being that many of us have had the
honor of getting to know through his writing. Thank you, Joe, for
your insights into a world that most of us have never known
except through your articles and books. Take care, partner.

Sincerely,

F. Scott

Some Fight Back
Bageant Moves On
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George Carlin -"Who Really Controls America"

Crude but effective: George Carlin at his best.

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‘Barack-A-lujah! I Have Seen The Light!’ 

By Cindy Sheehan
I used to be against ALL wars and the use of violence, but (and I must admit a little confusion on this one, at first) now it seems that I am against wars, acts of war, and violence ONLY if a Republican is president. Continue


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U.S. Court Validates Spying Fears of Journalists, Activists

By Colin Freeze 

It is no longer just terrorists and spies who worry about being monitored – lawyers, journalists and activists fear they are fair game too. Continue


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US Finances Rank Near Worst in the World: Study

By: Jeff Cox

The US ranks near the bottom of developed global economies in terms of financial stability and will stay there unless it addresses its burgeoning debt problems. Continue


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Take a sneak peek at F. Scott's latest published novel 

"Political Instincts: A Novel of Amazing Thailand": click here.

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Housing's Double Dip

By Mike Whitney

Prices are falling, home equity is drying up, foreclosures are at record highs, and the incentive to "walk away" and let the bank take the mortgage-loss has never been greater. Continue

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Libya, Obama, and the Five-Second Rule

Special Comment By Keith Olbermann 

Mr. President. We are not clear why we are fighting, who exactly we are fighting with, who the ‘rebels’ are that we’re fighting for, what a No-Fly Zone accomplishes with a dictator who has ground troops, how long we are to be there, to whom we are to “hand-off,” and Continue

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