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The hypocracy of US Government

The US government holds the ideal of nurturing democracy where ever it is wanted, but with the recent uprising and other throwing of the Autocratic regime in Egypt the US stance on it has been cautious for terrible and selfish reasons.  They wished to play it from both sides with passively supporting the protesters while also supporting Hosni.  This is solely do to the fear of losing a ally in the region and for the security of the US's access to oil supplies through the Suez Canal and from Egypt directly.  I am sure if this same event happened in Iran the US would put political pressure on Iran and on the rest of the UN to topple the Theocracy in Iran.  
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Unions

The recent developments in Wisconsin i think requires a bit of attention. Wisconsin is proposing a bill that will remove some of the collective bargaining ability of the Public Unions for the state.  Along with a change to Pensions which many are funded solely by the state government and a reduction in Health Benefits.  This is in response to closing a $167 million budget gap, and the estimate is quoted as being the equivalent to a 8% pay cut for government employees.  This is the solution brought forth as opposed to laying off 8% of Public Sector Employees to reach the same target savings. Prior to this i haven't considered my own opinion on unions so i decided to do a little reading and research here at work on my lunch break.  I ended at the conclusion that unions had run their useful course in terms of winning the war of workers rights.  With the passage of Federal and State minimum wage laws, child labor laws and workers safety regulations.  But at t...
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Time for a peaceable revolution?

“If a thousand men were not to pay their tax bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood. This is, in fact, the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible.”  The above quote is from 1849 Henry David Th oreau within his book Civil Disobedience.  He grappled with the governments support of the Mexican American war and the governments support of slavery.  His aunt even offered to pay the tax so he could avoid jail time.  He still refused out of principle as it being paid by another would still defeat the purpose of the protest. As of this morning the President Trump has threatened all citizens rights to peacefully protest by attempting to punish funding to colleges and students at those colleges.  The threat from the president was sent early morning via his Truth Social platform.  This is a direct attack on 1st amendment rights on...
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