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Monday, September 27, 2010

Quote of the day--on us and today

"The staggering myopia of our corrupt political and economic elite, which plunder the nation’s wealth for financial speculation and endless war, the mass retreat of citizens into virtual hallucinations, the collapsing edifices around us, which include the ecosystem that sustains life, are ignored for a giddy self-worship. We stare into electronic screens just as Narcissus, besotted with his own reflection, stared into a pool of water until he wasted away and died." --Chris Hedges, " Link to original post: http://www.truth-out.org/chris-hedges-retribution-a-world-lost-screens63624?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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