February 2012
“Ultimately it is the Christian attitude which is self-interested and hedonistic,...”
– George Orwell (via americandissident)
FLASH! Obama caves: Keystone XL Pipeline to be... →
climateadaptation:
The White House issued a statement supportive of TransCanada’s latest plan, saying, “The President welcomes today’s news that TransCanada plans to build a pipeline to bring crude oil from Cushing, Oklahoma, to the Gulf of Mexico.”
“As the President made clear in January, we support the company’s interest in proceeding with this project, which will help address the ...
“When the newspapers were full of alarms about Iran possibly developing a nuclear...”
– Howard Zinn, on Kurt Vonnegut. (via libertarians)
“If every image made and every word written from the earliest stirring of...”
– Michael Shermer (via cocknbull)
“Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t...”
– Pericles
(looks like Trotsky’s not as much as an original as we thought… xD)
“They who have put out the people’s eyes, reproach them of their blindness.”
– John Milton, 1642
“Man is a mystery. It needs to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life...”
– Fyodor Dostoyevsky (via mutualaddiction)
“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world,...”
– Karl Marx (via philosophy-quotes)
So happy someone finally has the opiate quote in context.
Karl Marx liked a lot of things about religion! He thought it a great way to instill morality and philosophy into the masses. His goal was a world where that wasn’t needed.
He also saw the religious...
“Assaults and terrorism in indiscriminate form should not be employed. More...”
– Che Guevara
“A sociologist looks at daily life differently. Walking through a market with...”
– One World in 60 Seconds - The Socjournal (via sociolab)
How to teach undergrads how to become open source... →
“To say that people of faith have no role in the public square? You bet that...”
– Rick Santorum, discussing John Kennedy’s famous 1960 speech on the separation of religion and politics in light of his Catholic faith, on ABC’s “This Week” today.
—Only one quick thought: Kennedy’s speech was reasoned, literate and thoughtful whether you agree with it or not. In response, Rick...
Santorum: 'I Don't Believe In An America Where The... →
thereisnogod:
sixkindsofbullshit:
Wow. Just, wow.
Some part of me wishes and hopes your dumb ass will make it all the way. But it’s doubtful.
“Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are...”
– Karl Marx (via humanformat)
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“Look at yourselves. Some of you teenagers, students. How do you think I feel and...”
– Malcolm X (via warriorsrise)
“As literacy and education and the intensity of public discourse increase, people...”
– Steven Pinker (via azspot)
“The scheme is simple: The Pentagon allows studios to use military hardware and...”
– David Sirota, Forgetting the Past, One Military Movie at a Time
“Plan B is safer than Tylenol, yet we’re putting barriers to keep young teens...”
– Susan Wood who, in 2005, resigned her job as the top women’s-health official at the FDA, claiming that the agency’s refusal to allow over-the-counter sale of emergency contraception was the result of political pressure by the Bush administration. (via thenewwomensmovement)
“Peter Kropotkin described Anarchism as the extreme left wing of socialism - a...”
– Murray Bookchin (via americandissident)
