Posted in Eugene, Oregon, Sarah Palin, culture, politics, tagged Alaska, Alaskan State Troopers, oxycontin, Palin, sherry johnston, social justice, troopergate, wasilla on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Once celebrated for her conservative values, like helicopter-hunting, book-banning and charging rape victems for their own rape investigation kits, Sarah Palin finds herself the object of less Alaskan adoration these days. The Wasilla church she once attended was targetted by arsonists, but whether or not the fire was linked to governor is uncertain. Palin is [...]
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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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