“In the United States those bits of our history that remain are paved over, sanitized, packaged for easy consumption. At those sites not already lost to commercial development, we walk between velvet ropes, herded by guides, warned not to touch. Our icons are preserved under glass, their magic demystified in glossy brochures.” StatesLostEasyBitsWalksUnitedHistoryUnited StatesMagicDevelopmentGlassesGuidesConsumptionSiteRopeIconsVelvetBrochures Author:Biloine W. Young
“When you control opinion, as corporate America controls opinion in the United States by owning the media, you can make the masses believe almost anything you want, and guide them as you please.” WantBelieveStatesAmericaUnitedOpinionUnited StatesMediaPleaseMassGuidesCorporateCorporate America Author:Gore Vidal
“Statues and children frame the Eiffel Tower and its watery image. When the Germans occupied Paris, they housed a beacon light in the Tower to guide their night planes. The victorious United States Army requisitioned this landmark as a radar transmission point.” ChildrenStatesLightNightUnitedUnited StatesArmyGuidesPlanesParisTowersStatuesRadarTransmissionBeaconsLandmarksEiffel TowerEiffelUnited States Army Author:Maynard Owen Williams
“If the Old Testament were a reliable guide in the matter of capital punishment, half the people in the United States would have to be killed tomorrow.” PeopleIfsMatterStatesUnitedHalfUnited StatesTomorrowGuidesPunishmentTestamentDeath PenaltyOld TestamentCapital Punishment Book:Reflections Source: Reflections