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Chaingang -> COINTELPRO (10/25/2006 5:02:03 AM)
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COINTELPRO
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO
"The FBI claims that it no longer undertakes COINTELPRO or COINTELPRO-like operations. However, critics claim that agency programs in the spirit of COINTELPRO target groups like the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, Earth First! and the Anti-Globalization Movement."
Follow all the links, there's very solid stuff out there. This is one not to miss:
http://www.icdc.com/~paulwolf/cointelpro/cointel.htm
The bottom line is this:
You are not in charge. We are not in charge. Our votes mean nothing. There is no justice.
Now you must decide what to do.
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"A Look at the Numbers: How the Rich Get Richer"
http://www.motherjones.com/news/exhibit/2006/05/perks_of_privilege.html
http://www.motherjones.com/news/exhibit/2006/05/sources.html
IN 1985, THE FORBES 400 were worth $221 billion combined. Today, they’re worth $1.13 trillion—more than the GDP of Canada.
THERE’VE BEEN FEW new additions to the Forbes 400. The median household income has also stagnated—at around $44,000.
AMONG THE FORBES 400 who gave to a 2004 presidential campaign, 72% gave to Bush.
IN 2005, there were 9 million American millionaires, a 62% increase since 2002.
IN 2005, 25.7 million Americans received food stamps, a 49% increase since 2000.
ONLY ESTATES worth more than $1.5 million are taxed. That’s less than 1% of all estates. Still, repealing the estate tax will cost the government at least $55 billion a year.
ONLY 3% OF STUDENTS at the top 146 colleges come from families in the bottom income quartile; only 10% come from the bottom half.
BUSH’S TAX CUTS GIVE a 2-child family earning $1 million an extra $86,722—or Harvard tuition, room, board, and an iMac G5 for both kids.
A 2-CHILD family earning $50,000 gets $2,050—or 1/5 the cost of public college for one kid.
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ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION, the federal minimum wage has fallen 42% since its peak in 1968.
IF THE $5.15 HOURLY minimum wage had risen at the same rate as CEO compensation since 1990, it would now stand at $23.03.
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And so it goes...
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