Candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States.
Joined February 2009
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Of all the things that could spell doom for the human race, a war machine with no conscience is high on the list. ‘21 was the year when a lot more Americans woke up to the severity of the problem; ‘22 needs to be a year when we seriously begin to solve it. mariannewilliamson.substack.…
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The threat posed by our war machine, to our democracy and to the world, is as big as that posed by Big Oil. It's as materially bad and in a way morally worse, committing untold numbers of killings of people in other parts of the world under the guise of national security.
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"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist." - President Dwight Eisenhower
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Our government responds to proven criminality on the part of our defense establishment by simply sending it more money. At what point are we the citizens of this country not complicit in their malfeasance? nytimes.com/2021/12/31/us/pe…
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You don't have to think them innocent of the charges, or that they shouldn't be held accountable for their crimes, to notice that some women are being severely punished for things that men are routinely allowed to get away with.
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3/ An industry that is one of the pillars of the American economy. An industry that exerts so much power in America that our government is little more than its handmaiden, with politicians from both parties among its major stockholders.mariannewilliamson.substack.…
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2/ Defense industry donations don’t rush in to the coffers of politicians funding peace; they rush in to the coffers of politicians funding war. War profiteering, supposedly a crime, has become an industry. An industry worth trillions of dollars.
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1/ I’ve spoken and written extensively on the establishment of a United States Department of Peace. The idea of creating such an agency is given short shrift in legislative circles, however, and for obvious reasons.
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Excellent article. theguardian.com/science/2022…
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Sandy Fisher
People keep saying they wonder what 2022 will bring. But 2022 isn't going to "bring" you anything. The question is what you're going to bring to 2022.
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