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Chris Hedges at the Rothko this evening

25 Sep
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America
Chris Hedges
Monday, September 25, 2006 at 7:30 PM

Due to the overwhelming response for this event, Mr. Hedges will repeat his lecture at 8:45 pm tonight.

One of the main points about this appearance was the fact that it was so well attended. The space holds roughly 200 people when setup for a lecture. The response to this lecture was totally unexpected. At the last minute, late this afternoon, upon hearing that the event was sold out, Chris volunteered to repeat his lecture for the benefit of a second audience. Ultimately, roughly 300 – 350 attended the two lectures. lasarina and I attended both.

Short review of the lecture

Some phrases seem to be universally meaningful

25 Sep

“We have met the enemy and he is us.”

lasarina stumbled upon a reference to Pogo and the famous poster by Walt Kelley today. The phrase entered the American lexicon as a result of that 1970 Earth Day poster. It applies in so many other ways now though. Global warming, erosion of civil rights, loss of species and habitat, inadequate medical care system, sanctioned torture. In so many ways, we truly are our own worst enemies. We want to blame our government, but too soon we forget that we are that government.

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Universal Health Care for the United States?

25 Sep

Citizens’ Health Care Working Group: Americans want universal health care
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25 Sep

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Even Spy vs. Spy knows it’s true

24 Sep

Iraq War Hurting U.S. Terror Fight, Creating More Terrorists

Spy Agencies Say Iraq War Hurting U.S. Terror Fight
By Karen DeYoung
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Torture is never a moral response

23 Sep

Torture is a Moral Issue
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Get back to thinking

23 Sep

Bill Clinton: We must get back to thinking
Former President Bill Clinton sits down with Countdown’s Keith Olbermann.
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Reminder: Chris Hedges at the Rothko Chapel in Houston

22 Sep

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22 Sep

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Texas Republican Party platform – talk about a horror story!

21 Sep

Texas Republican Platform

This video provides a layman’s view of the Texas Republican platform. A party’s platform sets out in detail what the party is really all about. It is written by the party’s most active and committed members and expresses their basic beliefs. Many of the policies are so radical that they would shock most people including political moderates and even many conservatives. When Republicans take office, they seize every opportunity to impose these policies on the American people.

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