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Rick G — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:12:30 GMT

Original Blog Entry: Owning both ends of the spectrum, in your face

time*treat — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 02:56:56 GMT

... or maybe pwning would be a better word. AJ does some memory-jogging on this clip.

... if part 1 didn't make you mad enough...

The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can throw the rascals out at any election without leading to any profound or extensive shifts in policy. Then it should be possible to replace it, every four years if necessary, by the other party, which will be none of these things but will still pursue, with new vigor, approximately the same basic policies. -- Carroll Quigley's Tragedy and Hope.

http://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/28/nyregion/tapes-depict-proposal-to-thwart-bomb-used-in-trade-center-blast.html

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/speeches-commentary/Pages/melinda-french-gates-2009-la-raza.aspx

Your homework is to verify the english translation of La Raza's motto.

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