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Thought Control in a Democracy

Chomsky For Beginners tells about famous political critic Noam Chomsky, his background and his political thoughts. Doctor Chomsky states that the American public believes in three fantasies:

1) Our country does not belong to a few rich people.
2) Our media does not belong to a few rich people nor is the media managed or controlled by them.

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Deconstructing religion-speak and winning the war on terror

While announcing the formation of his Tony Blair Faith Foundation earlier this year, the former British Prime Minister predicted: “Religious faith will be of the same significance to the 21st century as political ideology was to the 20th.” Fascism and communism have mostly been defeated.

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If we could pick the cabinet...

I thought it would be fun to make a list of nominees for President Obama's cabinet.
Here are some of my recommendations. Would you share some of yours and/or respond to mine?

Secretary of State Fareed Zakaria
Secretary of Defense Sen. Jim Webb
Attorney General Sen. Hillary Clinton
Secretary of Education Cornell West
Secretary of Treasury Paul Krugman

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