Tag Archives: Common Dreams

Matters of Life and Death

Posted on September 27, 2015 by l. l. frederick

“The pedigree of honey Does not concern the bee; A clover, any time, to him Is aristocracy.” –Emily Dickinson This may sound weird, but I love bees. If I were allergic to their sting, maybe I’d feel otherwise. As it is, … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Economy, Education, Environment, Family & Children, Health Care, Justice, Law, Media, News and politics, Science & Technology | Tagged Arrest Related Deaths program (ARD), bee colony collapse, Bee Informed Partnership, Common Dreams, crime statistics, Deadspin, deaths in custody, Fatal Encounters, law enforcement, Washington Post | 2 Comments

If Greed Is Good, What in Hell Can Evil Be?

Posted on July 13, 2015 by l. l. frederick

How would you say “we’re all screwed!” in Greek? I’m no linguist, but it seems we’ll learn soon enough, though it may well be too late. +++++++++++++++++ We Are All Greeks Now Truthdig * Monday, July 13, 2015 … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Dissent, Economy, Education, Elections, Environment, Family & Children, Health Care, Justice, Law, Media, News and politics | Tagged austerity, Chris Hedges, class warfare, Common Dreams, corporate capitalism, Democracy Now, globalization, Goldman Sachs, Greece, inequality, Institute for Policy Studies, Politico, privatization, The Atlantic, Truthdig | 20 Comments

Are We Special, Or Just Shameless?

Posted on May 31, 2015 by l. l. frederick

“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.” –Howard Zinn Damn. There’s so much that disturbs me in the following piece, I’m not sure where to start. First, the glaring, obvious idiocy and wrongness … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Dissent, Family & Children, Justice, Law, Media, Military, News and politics, Science & Technology, Security | Tagged American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), American exceptionalism, Amnesty International, Common Dreams, drone strikes, Human Rights Watch, hypocrisy, injustice, innocent victims, New York Times, Open Society Foundations, Pakistan, Reprieve, targeted killings, war on terror, Yemen | 21 Comments

Now Fear This

Posted on May 16, 2015 by l. l. frederick

Who are America’s enemies anyway? Who truly threatens our national security and survival? Who is our government more than ready and willing to defend us from? Brace yourselves for a shock folks — it’s me! Hard to believe, right? I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Dissent, Economy, Education, Elections, Environment, Family & Children, Health Care, Justice, Law, Media, Military, Music, News and politics, Security | Tagged 'Fear Itself', Common Dreams, militarism, oppression, paranoia, protests, Rogue Wave, The Guardian, Truthout, whistleblowers | 21 Comments

Just Rewards

Posted on April 25, 2015 by l. l. frederick

“The financial industry’s 2014 bonuses were double the combined earnings of all Americans who work full-time at the federal minimum wage.” – IPS report Well after all, these solid citizens must be “worth” that extra money, or our benevolent, all-wise … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Justice, Law, Media, Music, News and politics | Tagged 'Hard Work', Common Dreams, Dodd-Frank law, federal minimum wage, Fortune, inadequate financial regulation, Institute for Policy Studies (IPS), John Handy, reckless speculation, Wall Street bonuses, Wall Street Journal | 16 Comments

Great! — Now I Can Sleep at Night … But Can You?

Posted on March 31, 2015 by l. l. frederick

“If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living.” –Seneca At last! Here is something we could really use. I know I can! I mean, don’t we all lie awake at night … worrying and wondering if … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Dissent, Education, Family & Children, Justice, Law, Media, Music, News and politics, Religion, Security | Tagged 'Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?', Common Dreams, discrimination, LL Cool J, National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), profiling, terrorism, The Intercept | 6 Comments

Patriotism, Ho!

Posted on March 18, 2015 by l. l. frederick

“In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Dissent, Economy, Elections, Family & Children, Health Care, Justice, Law, Media, Military, Music, News and politics, Security | Tagged 'Amerika V. 6.0 (the best we can do)', ABC News, American exceptionalism, Common Dreams, Gallup.com, militarism, National Security Strategy Report, New York Times, Star Tribune, Steve Earle, The Atlantic, Tom Dispatch, Washington Post | 3 Comments

And We Talk Such a Great Game

Posted on November 29, 2014 by l. l. frederick

“There is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people.” –Howard Zinn “…US drone strikes on average kill 28 unknown people for every intended target.” – Reprieve It’s been a while since high school gym-class archery, … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Dissent, Family & Children, Justice, Law, Media, Military, News and politics, Science & Technology, Security | Tagged American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), CIA, Common Dreams, drone strikes, human rights abuses, indefinite detention, Pakistan, Pakistan-Dawn, Reprieve, Reuters, The Guardian, torture, United Nations Committee Against Torture, US Kill List program, war on terror, Yemenn | 16 Comments

This Ain’t No Party

Posted on November 22, 2014 by l. l. frederick

block quote A global coup d’etat has taken place such that governments no longer govern the world, or even their little bits of it. The nation state — yes, even America and China — has been usurped as the preeminent … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Dissent, Economy, Education, Elections, Environment, Justice, Law, Media, Music, News and politics | Tagged 'Nowhere to Run', 'One Party Planet' (pamphlet), 1 %, Common Dreams, corporate capitalism, globalization, Martha Reeves & the Vandellas, neoliberalism, The Rules | 4 Comments

Just One Look

Posted on November 11, 2014 by l. l. frederick

“No god and no religion can survive ridicule. No church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in a fair field and live.” –Mark Twain I’ll be damned. All this time, I thought stopping our out-of control … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Dissent, Economy, Environment, Justice, Law, Media, Music, News and politics, Science & Technology | Tagged 'Turn to Stone', Al Jazeera, Alberta tar sands, British Columbia, Burnaby Mountain, Burnaby Now, CBC News, Common Dreams, Daily Kos, First Nations, Huffington Post, Joe Walsh, Kinder Morgan, National Energy Board (NEB), pipeline, protests, Reuters, The Mainlander, The Province, Trans Mountain Pipeline, Vancouver Observer, Waging Nonviolence.org, Wall Street Journal | 3 Comments

How Dare We

Posted on November 9, 2014 by l. l. frederick

“The ability to ignore unwanted facts is one of the prerogatives of unchallenged power.” –Noam Chomsky Domination means never saying you’re sorry? Well, duh, obviously, these fine frackers are not sorry or ashamed of a damned thing. Might and money … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Dissent, Economy, Elections, Environment, Justice, Law, Media, Music, News and politics, Science & Technology | Tagged 'Only So Much Oil in the Ground', Common Dreams, Crooks and Liars, Dallas Morning News, Denton Drilling Awareness Group, Denton fracking ban, fossil fuel industry, Frack Free Denton, hydraulic fracturing, Texas, Texas Oil and Gas Association (TXOGA), Think Progress, Tower of Power | 4 Comments

Let Them Eat — Elsewhere

Posted on October 27, 2014 by l. l. frederick

“One in six people struggle to get enough to eat in the United States, according to Feeding America, an organization that works toward hunger relief.” – Al Jazeera “It’s against the law to eat, It’s against the law to drink. … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Dissent, Economy, Family & Children, Health Care, Justice, Law, Media, Music, News and politics, Religion, Security | Tagged "I Ain't Got No Home, Al Jazeera, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Arnold Abbot, Bruce Springsteen, Care2 Causes, Christmas, Colbert Report, Common Dreams, Daily Kos, Feeding America, food insecurity, Fort Lauderdale, homelessness, hunger, KHON TV, Local 10 News, Love Thy Neighbor.org, National Coalition for the Homeless(NCH), Stephen Colbert, Sun-Sentinel, Think Progress | 16 Comments

We Wouldn’t Want to Look Bad

Posted on October 20, 2014 by l. l. frederick

“Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.” –Bill Moyers Chances are, we all have a few photos we’d rather not see splashed around the tabloids. (At least … I have … One of me and a friend staggering off a … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Dissent, Justice, Law, Media, Military, Music, News and politics, Security | Tagged 'All Our Secrets Are the Same', Abu Ghraib, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Common Dreams, forced feeding, Guantanamo, indefinite detention, Jackie DeShannon, New York Times, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), The Guardian, torture | 8 Comments

Turn It Up

Posted on July 21, 2014 by l. l. frederick

“Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs?” –Spike Milligan I’m shocked. When did the United States declare war on the people of Detroit? How did I miss that! Shouldn’t we all be shocked? Our … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Dissent, Economy, Environment, Family & Children, Health Care, Justice, Law, Media, Military, News and politics | Tagged austerity, Common Dreams, Daily Kos, demonization, Detroit bankruptcy, Detroit water shutoffs, Freedom Fridays, LRAD, privatization, protests, The People's Water Board Coalition | 12 Comments

We Must Not Need to Know

Posted on May 17, 2014 by l. l. frederick

“If you don’t read the newspapers, you are uninformed. And if you do read them, you are misinformed.” –Mark Twain “A man’s judgment cannot be better than the information on which he has based it. Give him no news or … Continue reading →

Posted in Dissent, Justice, Law, Media, Military, News and politics, Security | Tagged al-Qaeda, Common Dreams, drone strikes, mass protests, media distortions, Vietnam War, war on terror, Western interests, Yemen | 13 Comments

Predatory Parasites Ain’t Cheap

Posted on April 16, 2014 by l. l. frederick

If living were a thing that money could buy, You know the rich would live, and the poor would die. – Traditional Bahamian lullaby, more or less We used to say nothing was certain but death and taxes. If you’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Justice, Law, Music, News and politics | Tagged 'All My Trials', Common Dreams, corporate tax dodgers, Joan Baez, tax havens, tax loopholes, U.S.PIRG | Leave a comment

What’s Truth Got To Do With It

Posted on April 12, 2014 by l. l. frederick

“If crime fighters fight crime, and fire fighters fight fire, what do freedom fighters fight?” –George Carlin “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” –Oscar Wilde “If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who … Continue reading →

Posted in Dissent, Justice, Media, Military, Music, News and politics, Security | Tagged 'Dont Lie To Me', Common Dreams, Consortium News, Gene Taylor Blues Band, media bias, neo-Nazis, propaganda, Robert Parry, Russia, Ukraine crisis | 9 Comments

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