http://www.netvouz.com/populist/tag/people?feed=rss populist's bookmarks tagged "people" on Netvouz http://www.populistamerica.com/we_the_people Before the euphoria gets too high, we have to remember one thing. Both the Democrats and the Republicans have long belonged to the same exclusive club. This club has learned to surfeit its greed for power and wealth by largess from the rich and powerful. populist Tue, 14 Nov 2006 19:34:45 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/a_trying_answer_to_a_legitimate_question Apathy in our modern industrialized world rules the day, particularly in the realm of politics. And in the United States it appears to reign supreme. That is exactly why we seem to be content. as if Tweedledee and Tweedledum truly represented both party in power and opposition; any other ideas being frowned upon. populist Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:07:55 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/not_blood_not_color_people_one_nation Being someone or something, being a difference is not only being adult, not only being mature; it is being American and taking hold of our Constitution, our Bill of Rights and exercising the right to say "I want to be free and I want to be American! I want a country that says "we the people" and damned well mean it." populist Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:08:15 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/progressive_civil_disobedience From Henry David Thoreau we must learn that we do not have to physically fight the government if we think it no longer gives us a trustworthy representative democracy, but instead not support it in ways that give it legitimacy and empower it to serve the interests of political and economic elites rather than working- and middle-class Americans. populist Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:53:50 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/to_whom_does_the_bill_of_rights_apply Dec 15th is Bill of Rights day! The important point to remember is that the Constitution doesn't apply to Americans, it doesn't apply to citizens, it doesn't even apply to "people." It applies to the federal government. The Bill of Rights tells the federal government what it is not allowed to do... populist Fri, 15 Dec 2006 22:21:03 GMT http://www.populistamerica.com/whatever_happened_to_empathy Suddenly, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, which should have been a time of hope, we suddenly reverted to the days of the robber barons. Greed and expediency outweighed every other value. Laws and treaties which had given hope to the world were unilaterally discarded. The wealthy were given breaks beyond their wildest dreams. populist Tue, 31 Oct 2006 04:05:45 GMT