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Memorial Day; Honor those who died to protect our way of live.

“In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are its worst. In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not let your vision of man be distorted by the ugly, the cowardly, and the mindless in those who have never achieved his title. Do not forget that man's proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent mind, and a step that travels unlimited roads. Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The desired world can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it's yours.” Ayn Ran As a reminder, Memorial Day evolved from Decoration Day, started in 1868 as a day to decorate the graves of those who died in America's Civil War. Bu

"Come September." Arundhati Roy Speech.

The following is the transcript of Arundhati Roy, an Indian Political Activist, and Writer invited to speak by the Lannan Foundation on September 18,2002, at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico.   The speech delivers a strong narrative on the steps that brought us to today's global crises (the corruption of governments and the illusion of freedom in which its citizens live). "... today the world is run by three of the most secretive institutions in the world: The International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organization, all three of which, in turn, are dominated by the U. S." Arundhati  Roy's speech can be viewed and heard in a documentary.   Follow the link below. Pass the word around. http://www.youtube.com/user/eHistory101 Transcription of Arundhati Roy reading Lensic Performing Arts Center Santa Fe, New Mexico. September 18, 2002                My talk today is called "Come September." The theme of muc