Category: Society
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Thank you, Vince McMahon
“Led proudly by the Fox News channel, today’s media seems to have torn a page from the Vince McMahon handbook of television drama. ” One of the greatest things about living in America is the comfort of always knowing you’re right. If your military, for example, happens to bomb a country halfway around the world…
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Fear and Patriotism in America
If fear is the yoke that keeps the American people living in ignorance, then patriotism is a set of horse blinders, preventing them from seeing that things can, or should be, any different. The media tells Americans that they live in the greatest nation on Earth. Everything is great in America. Kinney is the Great…
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All Hail Wal-Mart
All hail Wal-Mart, the largest employer in America. It ranked sixth on the Forbes 500 list of companies in 2003. As a result of it’s huge influence on local economies, Wal-Mart has come to expect generous incentives (popularly dubbed “corporate welfare”) from state governments, in return for building in their area (Meyerson, 2003; Associated Press,…
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Election 2004: Choose A or a
Americans are a strange breed. Paradoxical. I’m quite amused as I watch the growing fervour on television concerning the race for the Democratic Presidential candidacy, and the inevitable “Dubyah vs. Someone” race for the White House. Where’s the excitement? For a nation that would riot in the streets if it was forced to endure the…