“I'm very, very worried about the invasion of privacy rights that we're seeing not only from the N.S.A. and the government but from corporate America, as well. We're losing our privacy rights. It's a huge issue.” WellsGovernmentAmericaIssuesRightsSeeingHugeLosingWorriedCorporatePrivacyInvasionCorporate AmericaInvasion Of Privacy Author:Bernie Sanders
“I'd been keeping tour diaries, and especially when I go somewhere where I felt the experience might be interesting, like Eastern Europe or South America or whatever, where the whole perception of what I was doing there and stuff that I was seeing and music I was hearing, I could put all that into a diary.” WholeMightAmericaFeltStuffInterestingSeeingPerceptionEuropeSouthHearingEasternDiariesSouth AmericaEastern Europe Author:David Byrne
“I find it odd seeing a DJ playing to huge audiences. I know that people have been doing it for a while, but the fact that it's been embraced so much in America now and it's become like this new, big thing, I find it slightly odd.” PeopleKnowsHas BeensFactsBigsAmericaAudienceSeeingHugeOddBig ThingsDjs Author:Martin Gore
“I find focusing clearly on the problem is the first step to seeing a solution. The problem is (a) the insane amount of time spent raising money from (b) a freakishly tiny proportion of America. Basically .05% are the "relevant funders" of campaigns, meaning candidates can't help but be overly sensitive to the views of that tiny fraction relative to the rest of us. IF that's the problem, THEN the solution is to spread the funders out: to increase the range of us who are the relevant funders of elections, through schemes like vouchers or coupons given to every voter.” IfsFirstsHelpingProblemAmericaGivenViewsStepsSeeingAmountSolutionsIncreaseElectionSpreadTinyCampaignsInsaneRangeSensitiveCandidatesProportionVotersRelativeRelevantFirst StepsSchemesFractionsTime SpentRaising MoneyVouchers Author:Lawrence Lessig
“Columbus was an Abraham, for he went out not knowing whither he went. Columbus was a Moses, for he endured as seeing Him who is invisible. Only the man of faith is the man of power. Only he who can see the invisible can do the impossible. God grant that to-day in that bark we may be wafted by God's blessing, and may land at last on the shores of Heaven, where we shall sing a sweeter Te Deum than that which awoke the echoes on the soil of virgin America, or those amid the splendors of the court at Barcelona.” MenMayLastsAmericaHeavenCan DoKnowingImpossibleSeeingLandHe ManBlessingCourtInvisibleSoilGrantsShoreNot KnowingEchoesVirginsMosesAbrahamSplendorBarkColumbusBarcelona Author:Robert Stuart MacArthur
“It seems not to matter that we are at the brink of a war that may spread beyond Afghanistan and Iraq to Iran and Georgia and then where? To Syria? To North Korea? To China? That we in America are in economic doldrums and are seeing small businesses fold and houses reclaimed by banks and a smouldering panic that is palpable everywhere.” MayWarMatterSeemsAmericaHouseSeeingEconomicIraqChinaSpreadIranAfghanistanPanicSyriaSmall BusinessKoreaFoldsNorth KoreaGeorgiaDoldrums Author:Richard Schiff
“The main problem of America is that you're seeing people working all over this country two jobs, they're working three jobs, and they're getting nowhere in a hurry. They're working hard. They can't afford to send their kids to college in many instances. They can't afford child care for their little babies. They're worried to death about retirement.” PeopleChildrenLittlesTwoCountryHardProblemCareKidsJobsAmericaThreeSeeingCollegeBabyInstanceWorriedRetirementChild CareTwo Jobs Author:Bernie Sanders
“Nobody in America who wants pot has any trouble getting it, so maybe that's why we aren't seeing support for legalization. People don't think it's necessary to legalize it, because it's so easy to get it.” PeopleThinkingWantAmericaEasySupportSeeingTroublePotEasy To Get Author:Bill Maher
“You're going to see crime levels in America that are going to rival that of a Third World country. Welcome Mexico City. You're going to start seeing people being kidnapped in this country like they do in other underdeveloping nations. It's going to be very violent in America.” PeopleWorldCountryAmericaNationsLevelsCitiesSeeingCrimeThirdsViolentWelcomeMexicoRivalsThird WorldKidnappedMexico CityThird World Countries Author:Gerald Celente