Category Archives: politics

Thought Provoking! (click to see all 5 videos)

Posted on July 6, 2010 by taroman

I wanted to share some videos from theRSAorg that I found interesting. Basically they are animated portions of talks by some modern thinkers. This is a British organization and of course the speakers are mostly white males. Regardless, I found … Continue reading →

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Fuck You GPD!!!!!
(Gainesville Police Department)

Posted on June 8, 2010 by taroman

Sure feels good to get that out! As I write this I am supposedly taking the online Florida Driver Improvement course (in another window). What a waste of time and money ($20), you have to be logged in for 4 … Continue reading →

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Howard Zinn Interview on Obama (Greek TV)

Posted on June 6, 2009 by taroman
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Capitalism is Failing, but is Government Ownership the Answer?

Posted on June 1, 2009 by taroman

So driving home from a hiking vacation today, yet another big government bailout is the main story on NPR. This time it is GM and of course, NPR does not give much diversity of opinion. So, I understand the logic, … Continue reading →

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The Cruelty of the US Health Care Payment System

Posted on May 19, 2009 by taroman

The reason I am so convinced we need a single-payer universal health care system now (basically an expansion of Medicare to everyone in the United States where patients would still choose their doctors) is that my job involves helping people … Continue reading →

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Now is the Time for a Democratic Peoples Party!

Posted on May 12, 2009 by taroman

Until we can actually change our political system into a functioning democratic system, it seems we are stuck with a two party, representative system. I won’t get into the history of how this two party system was actually set up … Continue reading →

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The New Civil Rights Movement

Posted on May 9, 2009 by taroman

Health Care Rights is gaining momentum as a leading US civil rights movement of our time. Polls show that the majority of citizens in the US want a single-payer national health care system. However, politicians, including our beloved president, refuse … Continue reading →

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Swine Flu & the Corporate Agenda

Posted on May 2, 2009 by taroman

In reading the mainstream media, one can see the corporate media machine, yet again, whipping up people’s fear for self serving interests. Of course this is to be expected as corporations now instinctively know that natural disasters & wars spell … Continue reading →

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Jared Diamond speaks at University of Florida (4/9/09)

Posted on April 11, 2009 by taroman

I had the opportunity this week to hear Jared Diamond speak about his book ‘Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed’. He provided a glimpse of his book and touched on the collapse of many of the societies referenced … Continue reading →

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Protesting Andrew Jackson

Posted on July 23, 2008 by taroman

I recently met a guy who is protesting the presence of Andrew Jackson’s image on the $20 bill by writing ‘MURDERER’ across his forehead. He points out that Jackson became president on the popularity of his genocidal policies towards the … Continue reading →

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