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In Accordance To The Principles Of Doublethink, It Does Not Matter If The War Is Not Real, Or When It Is, That Victory Is Not Possible. The War Is Not Meant To Be Won. It Is Meant To Be Continuous. The Essential Act Of Modern Warfare Is The Destruction Of The Produce Of Human Labour. A Hierarchical Society Is Only Possible On The Basis Of Poverty And Ignorance. In Principle, The War Effort Is Always Planned To Keep Society On The Brink Of Starvation. The War Is Waged By The Ruling Group Against Its Own Subjects, And Its Object Is Not Victory Over Eurasia Or Eastasia, But To Keep The Very Structure Of Society Intact.

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In Accordance To The Principles Of Doublethink, It Does Not Matter If The War Is Not Real, Or When It Is, That Victory Is Not Possible. The War Is Not Meant To Be Won. It Is Meant To Be Continuous. The Essential Act Of Modern Warfare Is The Destruction Of The Produce Of Human Labour. A Hierarchical Society Is Only Possible On The Basis Of Poverty And Ignorance. In Principle, The War Effort Is Always Planned To Keep Society On The Brink Of Starvation. The War Is Waged By The Ruling Group Against Its Own Subjects, And Its Object Is Not Victory Over Eurasia Or Eastasia, But To Keep The Very Structure Of Society Intact.

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Clearly I Am A Person Who Suffers From A Lack Of Ego.

Should Such An Ignorant People Lead The World? How Did It Come To This In The First Place? 82 Percent Of Us Don't Even Have A Passport! Just A Handful Can Speak A Language Other Than English.

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I Have Never Owned A Share Of Stock In My Life, And The Only Time I've Double Dipped Into Anything Is At The Snack Tray.

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Capitalism Is An Evil, And You Cannot Regulate Evil.

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I Respect The Fact That People Have Worked Hard All Week And Want To Go To The Movies On The Weekend And Be Entertained.

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There's No Such Thing As Enough.

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The Motivation For War Is Simple. The U.s. Government Started The War With Iraq In Order To Make It Easy For U.s. Corporations To Do Business In Other Countries. They Intend To Use Cheap Labor In Those Countries, Which Will Make Americans Rich.

Ask Anyone On Social Security If Their Check Comes On Time Every Month. Like Clockwork. And It Comes Through The So-called Dilapidated U.s. Mail. My Dad's Check Literally Will Come On The Same Day Every Month. The Government Has Been Quite Good And Efficient At Creating A Number Of Systems.

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Openness, Transparency - These Are Among The Few Weapons The Citizenry Has To Protect Itself From The Powerful And The Corrupt... And That Is The Best Thing That Wikileaks Has Done.

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If Your Bank Took Bailout Money, Take Your Money Out Of That Bank And Put It In A Credit Union. Credit Unions Are Owned By The People Who Have Their Money In The Credit Union.

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But I'm Not A Member Of The Democratic Party. If You Know Anything About Me, Anybody Who's Followed Me, I'm The Anti-democrat. I Have Railed Against The Democrats For A Long Time.

As The Country Continues To Dissect The Recent Natural Disaster, We Might Want To Start Considering What About The Disaster Wasn't Actually 'natural' At All. ... Human Activity, The Burning Of Fossil Fuels, Is Causing Global Warming. Global Warming Is Causing The Oceans To Warm. Warm Oceans Are Steroids For Storms.

Since 9/11, The Bush Administration Has Used That Tragic Event As A Justification To Rip Up Our Constitution And Our Civil Liberties. And I Honestly Believe That One Or Two 9/11s, And Martial Law Will Be Declared In Our Country And We're Inching Towards A Police State.

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Our Laws Demand That A Corporation Have A Fiduciary Responsibility With Shareholders To Maximize Profits. They Are Legally Required To Make As Much Money As Possible, Any Way Possible Within 'the Law.'

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We Are The Richest Country In The World. We Spend More On Health Care Than Any Other Country. Yet We Have The Worst Health Care In The Western World. Come On. We Can Do Better Than This.

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I'd Feel Bad If I Had You Come Into A Theater And You Leave Feeling Ripped Off.

Oprah's Got Good Politics, She's Got A Good Heart, And She'll Have Us All Up Jazzercising At Six In The Morning. This Cannot Be A Bad Thing, And Reading A Book While We're Jazzercising. So America Would Be Better Off If Oprah Were President.

Wall Street, The Banks, And Corporate America, Has Been Able To Call The Shots Here. They Control Our Members Of Congress And They Get What They Want.

We Live In The Time Where We Have Fictitious Election Results That Elects A Fictitious President. We Live In A Time Where We Have A Man Sending Us To War For Fictitious Reasons. Whether It's The Fictition Of Duct Tape Or Fictition Of Orange Alerts We Are Against This War, Mr. Bush. Shame On You. Mr. Bush, Shame On You. And Any Time You Got The Pope And The Dixie Chicks Against You, Your Time Is Up.

We Should All Spend Some Time Of Our Life Doing Service To Our Country. To Me, I Would Give Up A Couple Of Years.

I'm Used To My Films Having Little Effect On Making The World A Better Place.

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I'm A Millionaire, I'm A Multi-millionaire, I'm Filthy Rich. You Know Why I'm A Multi-millionaire? 'cause Multi-millions Like What I Do.

I Assume Everything I'm Saying In An Email Or Saying On The Telephone Is Being Looked At.

This Is The Crux Of The Problem: Because The Republicans And The Right Wing Have Been Successful In Almost Eliminating Unions, Everyone Else Has Suffered As A Result.

I'm Actually A Fairly Conservative Person. I Live A Very Conservative Lifestyle.

There's Not Democracy In The Workplace. I Mean, Through Most Of Our Daily Lives, The Idea Of Democracy Is Fairly Nonexistent. And I Think Things Work Better When The People Who Have To Work With Whatever It Is We're Working With Have A Say In How It's Working.

Most Liberals I Know Were For Invading Afghanistan Right After 9/11.

What The Media Are Telling You To Be Afraid Of Are The Wrong Things. Fear Is A Necessary Ingredient Of Our Survival Instincts.

I'm Interested To See What Happens With Fox News And Phone Hacking. I Really Can't Believe It Just Happens In Great Britain. Because Really, Who Cares About Just Hacking Phones Over There?

Instead Of The Government Spending $400,000 On Immunisation, We May Get Far Better Health Outcomes If We Spend $100,000 In Some Other Way, On Nutrition For Example...when You Have An Expenditure On Getting Your Community Healthier, Then The Resistance To Many Childhood Diseases Is Stronger.

How About That Mcdonald's Two Blocks From Ground Zero? That's Killed More People Than The 19 Hijackers.

So Is There A Difference Between Democrats And Republicans? Sure. The Democrats Say One Thing ("save The Planet!") And Then Do Another--quietly Holding Hands Behind The Scenes With The Bastards Who Make This World A Dirtier, Meaner Place. The Republicans Just Come Right Out And Give The Bastards A Corner Office In The West Wing. That's The Difference.

I Have Enormous Respect For Anyone Who Would Offer To Sacrifice Their Life To Defend My Right To Live. Is There Any Greater Gift One Can Give Another?

I Think That There's Something In The American Psyche, It's Almost This Kind Of Right Or Privilege, This Sense Of Entitlement, To Resolve Our Conflicts With Violence. There's An Arrogance To That Concept If You Think About It. To Actually Have To Sit Down And Talk, To Listen, To Compromise, That's Hard Work.

If You're In A Diabetic Or Prediabetic State, It's Good To Have Medication To Go On For A Period Of Time. But Simply By Making The Changes - Get Your Sleep, 35 Grams Of Fiber And A Half-hour Walk - Your Cholesterol Will Come Down, Your Sugar Will Come Down, And Your Blood Pressure Will Come Down. Only The Minority Of People Can't Control It.

All Religions Teach The Same Basic Thing, That You Have To Stand Up For Those That Are Considered The Worst.

My Uncle Killed By Sniper In Ww2. We Were Taught Snipers Were Cowards. Will Shoot U In The Back. Snipers Aren't Heroes. And Invaders R Worse.

There's Only One Movie Theater In The Entire City Of Detroit. The Entire City Has One Open Movie Theater, And It Is In The - It Is In The General Motors Headquarters Complex.

We Live In The Time Where We Have Fictitious Election Results That Elects A Fictitious President. We Live In A Time Where We Have A Man Sending Us To War For Fictitious Reasons.

There Is No Terrorist Threat. Yes, There Have Been Horrific Acts Of Terrorism And, Yes, There Will Be Acts Of Terrorism Again. But That Doesn't Mean That There's Some Kind Of Massive Terrorist Threat.

I Think There Are Few Things More Patriotic Than Taking The Time To Make Your Country A Better Place.

I Say One Evil Empire Down...one To Go.

Capitalism Means That A Few People Will Do Very Well, And The Rest Will Serve The Few.

I Was A Good Little Boy And A Good Student. I've Never Been Arrested.

I've Always Been Sort Of Confused By The Trajectory My Life Has Taken. I Was Supposed To Be On An Assembly Line Building Buicks.

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