Posted in Eugene, Oregon, culture, life, opinion, politics, social justice, tagged Bush war criminal, Connecticut, Fairfield, gentically modified food, George Bush, GMF, hierarchy, Iraqi journalist, Iraqi shoe throw, James Risen, Madoff, Monsanto, Muntanther al Zaidi, NASDAQ, neo-liberalism, oversight, patriarchy, ponzi scheme, rachael maddow, Rachel Maddow, Rachel Maddow New Show, RIP right to privacy, SEC, shoe, shoes, Thomas Tamm, video, war crimes, warrentless wiretapping, wiretapping on December 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Muntather al Zaidi reminded us here in Christendom of the cultural meaning attached to shoes in the ancient city of Baghdad and the wider Muslim world. They are vehicles for contempt and, awesomely, highly efficient projectiles . For his efforts at contesting the impunity of Bush and the tolerance of the broken bodies, ecosystems and economies left [...]
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Posted in Eugene, Oregon, culture, history, life, opinion, politics, social justice, tagged 1898, American Empire, Cuba Libre, debt-relief, dictatorship, Ecuador, Empire, empire for liberty, Empire's Workshop, genocide, Guatemala, hegemon, hierarchy, imperial republic, Iraq, louisiana purchase, Manifest Destiny, McCain, neo-liberalism, Palin, patriarchy, Race and Manifest Destiny, reification, relationships of power, Sarah Palin, school of the americas, social justice, The other September 11, the state, ugly sister, uglysister, water-boarding on September 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So how does it feel? I comply, daily. I reify. I reproduce the relationships of power and domination with every move I make within this state-sanctioned routine I call my life.
I consent, and furthermore, I benefit. If the global system was a huge pyramid (scheme), I would be positioned with other over-educated people who [...]
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