Politics Archive

"He always uses cliches. He is a politician after all." - Greek

"Nothing destroys spirit like poverty. " - Becoming Jane

"We are taught that Christopher Columbus discovered America. From the American Revolution to the Civil War, history is written from the biased perspective of the power elite. From our birth we are told lies and myths and expected not to only believe them, but to worship them at America's false altar of progress. We must learn to question history and measure each 'fact' on its own merits." - Boy Sets Fire, "the tyranny of what everyone knows"

"As long as we believe in absurdities we shall continue to commit atrocities." - Voltaire

"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding."

"We are trading our rights for the illusion of safety and in doing so we give the real criminals even more potency." - Boy Sets Fire, "voiceover"

"Education is the investment our generation makes in the future." - Mitt Romney

"And that's okay? It's okay to pull the rug out from under folks as long as it's nobody that you know? It's okay because we're just silly podunk Minnesotans, right? We talk funny and we ice-fish and we scrapbook and we drag Jesus into regular conversation. We're not cool like you, right? So we don't matter." - New in Town

" I feel so rich and suddenly in complete agreement with everything Bush has to say. " - Gilmore Girls

"Lies built on deceptions. A nation's history cloaked in murder. The idea of a ruling class is still very much with us. Ninety percent of all wealth is inherited wealth. We may have lost the titles, but an aristocracy still flourishes." - Boy Sets Fire, "prologue"