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Justice will only exist where those not affected by injustice are filled with the same amount of indignation as those offended. – Plato

Stowe Boyd:

Twitter helps us become more human, in a time when it is more important than ever before to see us as connected on this Earth, not separate; linked together, not divided; to see ourselves as elements of a whole that is greater than any, and all, of the individual parts.

I am now chirping with you.

“One more urban myth from Mom and she's added to blocked senders.”

Source: DailyCandy.

Image source: Social Justice 2008: 12 posters by Luba Lukova

Women have power over men. They choose whom to mate with. Why don't they use this power to boycott soldiers? In the name of peace, why not deprive a man of sex?

I know people who use fake names at their workplace. In America, in racist America, this is what you do when your name sounds outlandish. Helen, or Jacob just sound more familiar I guess, and what's in a name anyways. You'll sell yourself for whatever it takes, right?! If other people want to define or create your appearance, than you let them. Just give yourself up. Just brain off.

WTF!

In the recent issue of Warrior of the Light, issue 169, Paulo Coelho writes: “The war is now entering its 6th year, ...”

Is this still a war? Are we looking at a war or at an occupation, and does the difference matter? Should Americans be asking the question whether the war should end, or whether the occupation should end?

Robert de Niro in Righteous Kill (watch trailer): “Nothing wrong with a lil shooting, as long as the right people get shot”.

Agree? Buy a gun.
Don't agree? Get shot.

Henry David Thoreau, US Transcendentalist author (1817 - 1862):

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life. Aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.

With other words, be of service, be effective, set an example, get noticed, get results, be successfull, and don't be afraid of being subversive. Because what is seen as fair and moral may conceil what is true and possible. A life within the limits of what is safely seen as fair and moral — and normal, is not worth living.

Shepard Fairey: “If your budget is low - make an aesthetic that works.”

There is plenty you can do with a low budget. To end up with an effective aesthetic, with something that works, more money is not a prerequisite. Putting to work what you have now, is.

Kevin Danaher:

Powerlessness corrupts. . . . We have way more power than we realize. In a democracy, the highest position of authority is not president or supreme court justice. It is citizen. We, the people, hold sovereignty, which means ultimate political authority - but we have been taught to not know this. They have convinced us that we are powerless. We are not. If we think we are, then we are. And the key to this is, what my t-shirt says: organize. All us little mosquitoes need to start biting the big Arnold Schwarzenegger, and he'll leave the forest after getting bitten enough times. It's a Lilliputian strategy. But that is what democracy is all about.

Source: Heard on New Dimensions, Program 2881

Rick Koerber: “To get what you want, give up what you have. If you find yourself not giving up what you have, then you already have what you want.”

This is an altruistic punisher. The shooter is not the bad guy, it is the bold guy acting in the name of a greater good. He represents both the law which deters cheaters from disobeying the rules, and the individuals, who take action againt people whose behavior undermines rules of fairness and trust. Howard Rheingold (2005) during his speech about collaboration: “Altruistic punishment may be the glue that holds societies together.”

Why does this matter? Well, when was the last time you punched someone in the head for derogatory behavior?

Randi Rhodes provides insightful commentary on how “the democratic party disenfranichised its own voters in Florida and Michigan.”

The Randi Rhodes show can be subscribed to via 1480 KPHX through iTunes Radio streams.

“It is human to make mistakes. It is not human to go on and enjoy the mistakes.” Bioneers help to reduce human impacts on the biosphere.

Heard on New Dimensions, Program S939 of Bioneers series. New Dimensions Radio can be subscribed to via iTunes radio stations.

David Houle on Smallbiz America Radio: “There is no such thing als long term planning”.