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4. Excellent article, Thank you for posting it.

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Sat Mar 8, 2014, 01:52 PM

Mar 2014

We live in a society that by its very design makes pursuing money the driving force of our lives.

Our government's actions are rooted in the pursuit of money, and it's probably fair to say that most of our foreign policy has been driven by money.

Yet this aspect of history....the role of money in our government's behavior...is outrageously absent from our schools and minimized in everything we are taught about our history.

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35 countries where the U.S. has supported fascists, drug lords and terrorists [View all] Luminous Animal Mar 2014 OP

...but we did it for freedom and democracy. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2014 #1

thanks for posting this. lots of good info and facts cali Mar 2014 #2

I knew of some but not all. dipsydoodle Mar 2014 #3

Excellent article, Thank you for posting it. woo me with science Mar 2014 #4

Interesting ProSense Mar 2014 #5

"Nixon, the last liberal President?" What? Luminous Animal Mar 2014 #9

I should have put it in quotes. n/t ProSense Mar 2014 #11

Happy 100th Birthday to the Last Liberal President! ProSense Mar 2014 #12

I was lucky to have a wonderful public education which has given me the Luminous Animal Mar 2014 #14

How ProSense Mar 2014 #16

A person can glean much information from a piece Luminous Animal Mar 2014 #23

Thank you. Very informative. Zorra Mar 2014 #6

That we know of... Wounded Bear Mar 2014 #7

They did leave a few out Scootaloo Mar 2014 #26

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! malaise Mar 2014 #8

They forgot one: The United States of America. n/t malthaussen Mar 2014 #10

A severely deceptive article. WatermelonRat Mar 2014 #13

A force for good. Enthusiast Mar 2014 #15

More details from William Blum... Octafish Mar 2014 #17

You know what frightens me? malaise Mar 2014 #18

Longterm kicking Pooty Toot's pimply pants out of our Kremlin. Octafish Mar 2014 #19

That's why you're loved here malaise Mar 2014 #22

Thanks! I really appreciate your comments. Luminous Animal Mar 2014 #24

Nailed it n/t Catherina Mar 2014 #20

+1 nt Zorra Mar 2014 #21

And now it seems that Putin is now following our old lead. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #25

Bookmarking, thanks. truebluegreen Mar 2014 #27