Great loss. I did a post on Howard Zinn too. His entire book "People's History of the United States" is available online (free). Just Google the title and you'll find the link. An excellent reference.
but he's a "revisionist", doncha know? which is regressive-speak for "I don't like it when people question things the USA has ever done because.. USA, USA, USA!!"
"Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony"
"As we peer into society's future, we -- you and I, and our government -- must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow."
Dwight David Eisenhower.
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In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.
The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
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Great loss. I did a post on Howard Zinn too. His entire book "People's History of the United States" is available online (free). Just Google the title and you'll find the link. An excellent reference.
but he's a "revisionist", doncha know?
which is regressive-speak for "I don't like it when people question things the USA has ever done because.. USA, USA, USA!!"
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