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ucDems :: Blog: November 2006
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Monday, November 27, 2006. In a certain episode. Of The Simpsons, Lisa pits Bart against a hamster in an intelligence test. One of the rounds involves getting Bart to try to eat a cupcake, which Lisa places on a bookshelf for him to discover. Bart notices the cupcake as he walks by glaring at the bookshelf and muttering "Stupid books." One often gets the feeling that our august president. Halfway across the world had been discredited until Bush showed up. Why not a regular museum? Or a generic archive?
thesouthcoast.blogspot.com
thesouthcoast: April 2006
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The history of the present by an Australian labour historian. Tuesday, April 25, 2006. Australian Labor supporters are a complaining lot (a good thing), and perhaps Kim Beazley's so-so approval ratings. Reflect belief among many Labor partisans that he is too close to the Howard government on 'security' issues. Interesting to see that Connecticut Democrat senator Joe Liebermann is being challenged in the Democratic primary on the grounds he is too close to the Bush administration, particularly on the.
patternsthatconnect.blogspot.com
Patterns That Connect: Hegemony Is The Enemy--Intro
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What is the pattern that connects? Gregory Bateson, Anthropologist, Cybernetic Philosopher. A gathering place to explore possible answers, particularly scrutinizing politics- how we structure our social world- from a reality-based, pattern-seeking, analytic perspective. Sunday, November 26, 2006. Hegemony Is The Enemy- Intro. Able to dominate the political landscape with sweeping congressional majorities the way that Democrats were. The New Deal Party System crumpled, but did not fold. The elite repudiat...
