“The invasion of Iraq will surely go down in history as one of the most cowardly wars ever fought. It was a war in which a band of rich nations, armed with enough nuclear weapons to destroy the world several times over, rounded on a poor nation, falsely accused it of having nuclear weapons, used the United Nations to force it to disarm, then invaded it, occupied it, and are now in the process of selling it.” WorldWarEnoughUsedForceNationsProcessPoorUnitedRichBandWeaponsIraqNuclearSellingNuclear WeaponsUnited NationsAccusedInvasionCowardlyFalsely AccusedPoor Nations Book:Ordinary Person's Guide To Empire Source: Ordinary Person's Guide To Empire
“Christmas turns things tail-end foremost. The day and the spirit of Christmas rearrange the world parade. As the world arranges it, usually there come first in importance -- leading the parade with a big blare of a band -- the Big Shots. Frequently they are also the Stuffed Shirts. That's the first of the parade. Then at the tail end, as of little importance, trudge the weary, the poor, the lame, the halt, and the blind. But in the Christmas spirit, the procession is turned around. Those at the tail end are put first in the arrangement of the Child of Christmas.” WorldFirstsChildrenLittlesEndsBigsSpiritTurnsPoorChristianityBandShotsImportanceBlindShirtsTailsWearyArrangementsHaltParadesLameChristmas SpiritProcessionBig Shots Author:Bill Vaughan
“I think that it's not enough to do the little Band-Aid things of having celebrities come and read to children. Not that we don't need to read to children, but we don't need to just do it one time and feel good about it. I think we need to think long range about poor people and their relationship to libraries.” PeopleThinkingNeedsFeelsChildrenLittlesLongEnoughPoorBandLibraryAidsFeel GoodRangeOne TimePoor PeopleJust Do ItBand Aid Author:Sandra Cisneros
“We never nicked stuff from other bands because that was a no-no because we were all in the same boat. You don't steal from the poor because, let's face it, they're poor. There's no sense in that.” FacesStuffPoorBandStealingBoat Author:Lemmy Kilmister