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1031, the statement of authority to detain, does apply to American citizens and it designates the world as the battlefield, including the homeland.
Free speech is a great idea, but we’re in a war.
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— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), sponsor of the National Defense Authorization Act (via disobey)
(Source: socialuprooting, via disobey)
"In the midst of the ubiquitous 9/11 nationalism and jingoism, let’s not forget that America is worse off as a result of what we have done under the guise of ‘making us safe’ and ‘fighting terror.’ The gov’t has taken advantage of a tragedy in order to kill hundreds of thousands of innocent people in unrelated wars, spy on us, torture people and detain them indefinitely, poke and prod us like cattle, and militarize local police while disarming the rest of us. Tragedy upon tragedy."
— Ricardo Perez (via disobey)

Yesterday, July 2, 1776, is the anniversary of the Second Continental Congress approving a resolution for the 13 colonies’ independence from Great Britain. The Declaration of Independence was adopted two days later, July 4, 1776.
Jefferson’s original draft of the Declaration of Independence is much more preferable to those who hold true values of Liberty and Freedom. A couple of the distinct differences between the original draft and the adopted draft are:
Original:
when a long train of abuses & usurpations, begun at a distinguished period, & pursuing invariably the same object, evinces a design to subject them to arbitrary power it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government
Adopted:
when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government
Original:
he has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating it’s most sacred rights of life & liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating & carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither
Adopted:
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To those who think that buying food in the corner deli is becoming a luxury, we have five words: you ain’t seen nothing yet. U.S. consumers face “serious” inflation in the months ahead for clothing, food and other products, the head of Wal-Mart’s U.S. operations warned Wednesday talking to USA Today. And if Wal-Mart which is at the very bottom of commoditized consumer retail, and at the very peak of avoiding re-exporting of US inflation by way of China is concerned, it may be time to panic, or at least cancel those plane tickets to Zimbabwe, which is soon coming to us.
Ben Bernanke - the man who finally found a way to get Americans to lose some weight…
(Source: racetobitchmountain)