Posts by CJKent_band

Title couldn’t say it all. “The perfect dictatorship (the USA) would have the appearance of a democracy, but would basically be a prison without walls in which the prisoners would not even dream of escaping. It would essentially be a system of…

Title couldn’t say it all. “There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and invoke the security of a comfortable past which, in fact, never…

Title couldn’t say it all. "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." ~ Plato (427-347 B.C.)

Title couldn’t say it all. “People want happiness as result of developing their ability, not meaningless jobs running errands for rich people: 'That's a recipe for revolution'”.

Title couldn’t say it all. Poverty, lack of opportunity and “rags to riches” myths and propaganda are among the key factors pushing young girls from around the world into the “adult-industry”

Title couldn’t say it all. “In the depths of my heart I can’t help being convinced that my dear fellow-men, with a few exceptions, are worthless.” ~ Letters of Sigmund Freud, 1873-1939 ~ Sigmund Freud, AKA Sigismund Schlomo Freud ~ Born 6 May 1856…

Title couldn’t say it all. “Of course, North America was not empty when European explorers and settlers arrived — it was filled with diverse, long-established societies. They may well have become sovereign nation-states had the US not sought to purge them from…

Boxing Day traditionally lands on December 26 each year, known as “Day of Goodwill” in South Africa is about giving to the less fortunate. Boxing Day is celebrated on countries that were settled by the British Commonwealth, and originated because the…

Title couldn’t say it all. “Christmas trees and gift-giving on Dec. 24 in Germany did not spread to other European Christian cultures until the end of the 18th century and did not come to North America until the 1830s.” “How Christmas became…

Title couldn’t say it all. “The country is governed for the richest, for the corporations, the bankers, the land speculators, and for the exploiters of labor. The majority of mankind are working people. So long as their fair demands — the ownership and…

Title couldn’t say it all. U.S. hedge fund billionaire and philanthropist Michael Steinhardt has surrendered $70 million of stolen antiquities and accepted a first-of-its-kind lifetime ban on acquiring antiquities to resolve a criminal probe, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance said on…

Title couldn’t say it all America’s longest-serving political prisoner Native American activist Leonard Peltier should be released from federal prison. “His trial was also happening as the FBI was trying to suppress the activities of the American Indian Movement (AIM), a…