Blog Detail

VioletPlanet

http://violetplanet.blogspot.com

"BELIEF & SEEING ARE BOTH OFTEN WRONG" -ROBERT MCNAMARA (U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 1961- 1968)

Added on: May 9th, 2008
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: VioletPlanet
Listed in: Philosophy Political History
Tags: art politics Psychology philosophy history propaganda

Recent Posts

History Repeating: In Goldman Sachs We Cannot Trust...

Posted on Wednesday November 4th, 2009 at 00:40 in money, history, crash, tarp, bailout, stockmarket, federalreserve, 1929, wallstreet, goldmansachs, financialcrisis, greatdepression

GOLDMAN SACHS BUSINESS PRINCIPLES ( # 5 of 10)"We stress creativity and imagination in everything we do. While recognizing that the old way may still be the best way, we constantly strive to find a better solution to a client's problems. We pride our...
And The Nobel War Is Peace Prize Goes To...President Barack Obama...

Posted on Friday October 9th, 2009 at 20:53 in politics, Israel, bush, war, literature, obama, peace, iran, pakistan, hypocrisy, racism, 1984

" Political language...is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. " - George OrwellIt took 25 years longer than George Orwell thought for the slogans of 1984 to become reality.�...
A Passion For Justice: Divine For Some, Purely Human For Others...

Posted on Thursday October 8th, 2009 at 21:12 in politics, philosophy, abuse, corruption, reason, crime, law, power, theory, justice, judge, aristotle

"To my mind it is fundamental to our society to see that powers are not abused or misused. If they come into conflict with freedom of an individual or with any other of our fundamental freedoms, then it is the province of the Judge to hold the balanc...
Homicidal Technology: Instant Communication, Instant Death...

Posted on Friday September 4th, 2009 at 23:59 in technology, communication, philosophy, cellphones, texting, deaths, narcissism, smartphones, blackberries, iphones, textmessaging, humanbehavior

Give me liberty or give me death? Try giving me loquacity and giving me death. We are, literally, talking and texting ourselves into oblivion.In April, two people in the Seattle area were killed by a train in separate incidents while talking on a cel...
Abraham Lincoln: A Most Unusual Dream...

Posted on Sunday August 23rd, 2009 at 01:59 in dreams, history, death, psychic, assassination, presidents, premonitions, omens, civilwar, abrahamlincoln, fordtheatre, marytoddlincoln

At a cabinet meeting on April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln reported that he had had a most unusual dream. He had felt himself floating along the ocean, as the sun shone brightly in the background. He was on some sort of ship, drifting, searching for dir...
Sociopathic Kings, Queens & Lords: Wealth Is Proof Of Goodness...

Posted on Wednesday July 29th, 2009 at 17:42 in business, Economy, executives, corporations, salary, sociology, conscience, sociopaths, deregulation, ceos, bailout, wallstreet

The Wall Street Journal reported last week that:"Executives and other highly compensated employees now receive more than one-third of all pay in the US... Highly paid employees received nearly $2.1 trillion of the $6.4 trillion in total US pay in 20...