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"Dare to Think for Yourself" - The Motto of The Age of Enlightenment in Europe.

For about a hundred years prior to the French Revolution there was an era called "The Age of Enlightenment". It featured thinkers that started using the scientific method instead of Faith. John Locke had ideas that challenged Monarchy and The Catholic Church. He thought, maybe there could be a better way! So they invented democracy and freedom of Religion. Up until that time there were Kings that ruled the countries of Europe and peasants that supported them.

Many of the concepts that American Founding Fathers used to write The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution were created during the Age of Enlightenment.

Freedom of Religion allowed people to question the Catholic Church without being burned at the stake for being a witch...

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This is a different Enlightenment than the goal of Buddhist meditation... That's called Nirvana... Believe it or not Nirvana is more than just a Grunge Band from Seattle... Indians from India use that term to describe a mental state close to what The Buddha felt when he invented Buddhism, a Religion. Buddha himself was a Hindu. They believe in reincarnation... after you die you are born again into another body. Not a very likely scenario but that's what they believe. Really!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke

Is Trump the Anti-Christ? as prophesised in the Book of Revelations... Seems Likely!

I read the books called "Left Behind" that are a fictional tale loosely based on the Bible. Interesting series... I wonder if we are currently in the last days... Note that Global Warming has changed the climate so that we have an increase of Hurricanes and Forest Fires... AND during these times of Biblical Catastrophes... a leader emerges... The Anti-Christ... Does Not Donald (nuke 'em) Trump fit the description?

Are you ready for Trump's World War III? Are you comfortable with the extinction of Humans?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left_Behind

Trump is encouraging racism and trying to divide us. Resist the propaganda that fosters hate. Happy Holidays to You!

The common feelings of hate for others is being promoted by both The Russians on Facebook, Twitter and Google AND the Trump Administration...

For example: Trump promotes a new law that would cut immigration in half and require that immigrants speak English. This law builds on the common fear of strangers... The feeling that "those people over there" are weird... and dangerous...

Trump proclaims that we will be able to say Merry Christmas Again... That's because HIS religion is supposedly the only true Religion... All those Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and Atheists are not very interested in saying Merry Christmas... Happy Holidays is fine for us...

Occupy. com ACT OUT! a news TV show written from the OCCUPY viewpoint... Anti-COAL - global warming

Act Out! [129] - Faking Green Energy + Blocking Coal Mines

Wed, 9/20/2017 - by Eleanor Goldfield

Looking at Germany's COAL fired power plants... pollution... global warming

http://www.occupy.com/article/act-out-129-faking-green-energy-blocking-coal-mines#sthash.DoKtTH3v.dpbs

http://www.occupy.com/

I believe that emailing Senators and Congress is a way to inform them that we have had enough of Trump. Make sure you use a valid zip code when filling out the forms online so you will appear to be a US Voter. For Example: 95501 is good to use when Emailing California's Senators. You may live in Europe or Australia but they will believe you are a USA voter. Use Google maps to research valid street addresses. https://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ Use this link to find out how to email the House of Representatives... They are the body that calls for IMPEACHMENT. https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/ Use this link to email Senators...

Let's build cities using Disney's original EPCOT Design. Concentric circles connected by monorails.

Workplaces in the center surrounded by home/shopping then parks and farms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_Prototype_Community_of_Tomorrow_(concept)

That way people would not waste so much time commuting to work. Less money spent on gas for cars, less air pollution, less global warming and fewer hurricanes. For example consider San Jose California. There is a lot of work available at computer companies. However there are not enough
homes for the people that work there. Many people commute over an hour from the bedroom communities of Santa Cruz or Tracy. If we moved the jobs closer to where the people live, the workers would be happier since they would not be spending an hour stuck in a traffic jam every morning before work. Also the employees would not be spending so much money on housing and automobile fuel. We could move offices by creating a database of where the employees live and
building new work locations near those locations. Under the current system, zoning laws seperate factories from homes. That made sense when factories caused air and water pollution and people did not want to live near that pollution. However, many jobs today are office work where people sit at desks and work on computers all day. No pollution at office jobs. We could have these employers move to the suburbs. Maybe they could use the abandoned shopping malls. Amazon's business model has caused traditional retail businesses to go bankrupt. It is simply more efficient to shop online and have the USPS deliver the products than for the shoppers dive to the shopping mall and buy the products there. I see that Amazon is planning to build a second headquarters where they will be hiring 50,000 people. A better plan would be to create 10 mini headquarters employing 5,000 people each. Each of these mini headquarters could use the EPCOT model. Experimental Planned City of Tomorrow. It's simply better.

Trump intentionally breaks the Healthcare System. Now he owns it. Higher prices, worse service...

By executive action Trump causes problems in Obamacare because he is having a temper tantrum.
Real people will die due to this action. Why does he hate American People so much?

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/13/politics/trump-obamacare-subsidies/index.html

A Blow to Working Class Coverage
https://www.usnews.com/opinion/policy-dose/articles/2017-10-12/trump-health-care-executive-order-will-harm-the-working-class

Trump may have just made healthcare more expensive for millions

https://news.vice.com/story/trump-just-made-healthcare-more-expensive-for-millions-of-people

Trump fails to implement Russian Sanctions. They were supposed to be done by October 1st.

It seems as if The Bill that was overwhelmingly passed by congress and then signed by Trump to impose sanctions on Russia for interfering with the US Elections is being ignored. The LAW says we are to impose sanctions, but Trump is simply ignoring the LAW.

McCain, Cardin scold Trump for missing Russian sanctions deadline
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/355000-sens-mccain-cardin-scold-trump-for-missing-russian-sanctions-deadline
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Rep. Al Green introduced Impeachment in the House of Representatives but then withdrew the motion. He says it was a way to get the voters to demand Impeachment. A groundswell from below. OR... maybe someone "got" to him and he crumbled due to pressure...
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Eminem rap music song "Diss" Trump. Disrespects Trump.
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The head of the EPA, Scott Pruitt, asked for regulations about burning coal in power plants be lifted allowing even more air pollution.
Burning coal causes global warming.
Global warming causes hurricanes and wildfires...
Fortunately New York State has filed a lawsuit to block Pruitt's air pollution plan.
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Is Trump a Moron? Really... Is Rex Tillerson correct?
Trump asked his generals to increase our nuclear arsenal to make it TEN TIMES bigger...
And that's what made the Secretary of State call Trump a moron.
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Great TV Show: "The Brainwashing of my Father" explores Right wing news and propaganda. Rush and Fox.
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Great Book: Horsemen of the Trumpocapalypse. Cabinet members exposed.
Treasury Secretary promotes bank deregulation so that we can have another financial meltdown like we did at he end of the Bush Administration. That's when the Bank of America lost every penny it ever had. Gambling on derivatives cost wall street to self destruct.
Secretary of Education has spent her entire life trying to wreck public schools and promote private schools.
EPA head is a lobbyist who frequently sued the EPA so that his clients could pollute.
Justice... Jeff Sessions...
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occupy.com/actout -TV show ACT OUT ! freespeech TV

Great TV Show: "The Vietnam War" a Documentary by Ken Burns. American history.

I just saw what happened between 1850 and 1963... The French invaded and made Indo-China a colony.
During WW2 the French left to go home and fight the Germans and the Japanese invaded. When WW2 was over the Japanese left and Vietnam was governed briefly by the
Vietnamese people. Then the French invaded again and Ho Chi Minh fought them until the late 1950s when the French surrendered and left. At that time the USA was
helping the French. The country split into the North [Communist] and the South [Capitalist] in 1954. In many ways Vietnam War was a replay of the Korean
War. However, the USA foreign policy that had worked in Korea failed to work in Vietnam.
In the early 1960s Vice President Nixon went on TV and explained to the American People "The Domino Principle"... how the Red Chinese were supporting the Viet Minh in
North Vietnam just like they had supported the North Koreans... He explained that if we did not stop the Red Chinese in Vietnam they would continue to make many other
Asian countries Communist. Eventually the whole world would turn Communist and we would be fighting them at our border with Mexico. Watching Nixon on TV his concept
seemed reasonable... The people of the USA were busy raising children and were not very interested in the events half way around the world in Vietnam.
President Eisenhower sent more American troops as advisors to the South Vietnamese army. President Kennedy continued and so did President Johnson...
Eventually, President Nixon ended the war by making the Vietnamese fight their own civil war. It's interesting to see Nixon at the Start and the End. I see that the main
problem in Vietnam was the French. They had a colony there and treated the natives like inferior people. Ho Chi Minh was a great hero to his people and fought for
freedom from Foreign invaders just like Mao Tse Tung did in China. True Freedom Fighters.
During the last years of the French occupation the Commanding General said that French victory was near and that "he could see victory like the light at the end of a
tunnel." A famous quote... Echoed by American Generals.
After we lost the Vietnam War the USA was at Peace with the world for about a decade. Then we invaded Nicaragua and chose sides in another civil war during
the term of President Reagan. He failed to learn the lessons of Vietnam even though as Governor of California he was in an excellent position to observe the Anti-War
movement. Berkley was a center of demonstrations and Governor Reagan did call in National Guard troops to stifle dissent. So he had to have considered the questions
raised by the people protesting. Eventually President Bush invaded Iraq and Afghanistan. The USA spent about 6 trillion dollars and thousands of lives blowing up
those two countries. Sadly, all that effort did not make America safer nor did it improve the quality of life in those countries. Bush also failed to grasp the
concepts learned during the Vietnam War. So here it is: Let those people over there solve their own problems. It's their country and they should run it however
they want... DUH!
While it now seems absurd for anyone to actually believe the War in Vietnam was a good idea, at the time it was popular. During the 1950s and early 1960s the people of
the USA were rather obedient. As My Uncle said: "If the Government said go to war in Korea, you just went." It wasn't until the late 1960s that people started to think
for themselves and question authority. Corporations promoted the War as a way to increase profits. For example: Hughes Aircraft sold a lot of Helicopters.
Dow chemical sold a lot of Agent Orange and Napalm. Corporations sold airplanes, boats, uniforms, medical supplies, meals ready to eat, rifles bullets and coffins.
President Eisenhower warned us about the Military Industrial Complex and he was right. During the 1950s the USA also had a Panic Attack about Communists...
Senator Joe McCarthy had investigations of Commies in the entertainment industry. He felt that Hollywood had great power of persuasion by creating propaganda.
He wanted to make sure that the propaganda promoted Capitalism and The American Way of Life. Many people could still remember the 1930s and the Great Depression
when Capitalism self destructed. We were fighting the Reds world wide... It's funny that later Nixon opened up trade with China, the largest Communist Country.
Another often forgotten part of American History is when President Reagan provided weapons and advisors to the "Freedom Fighters" in Afghanistan. They were
the Mugahaddin and they were fighting the invading army of the Russians. The children of those freedom fighters were called The Taliban and are classified as
"Terrorists" for fighting the invading army of The Americans. Ironic? Yes... The only difference between a "Freedom Fighter" and a "Terrorist" is who they
are trying to throw out of their country...
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I remember protesting against the war in Vietnam. I'm glad that I did. History has shown that the war was a terrible mistake. The government was lying to the American
people and it took a long time for us to realize that they were lying. Eventually, the American People forced the government to stop killing.
After the war was over we enjoyed peace for about ten years. Then the government invaded Nicaragua and Iraq and Afghanistan and Syria. Each invasion was wrong.
We are still stuck in an endless war in Afghanistan with no possible hope of ending. Those people will defend their country against foreign invaders forever.
Every war has made the USA less safe. When we blow up a country the survivors plan revenge against us. Some times we supply the weapons like we did with ISIS.

A better plan is for the USA to simply stop invading countries. War Does Not Work.

And now we face Trump's Tax Cut bill. On first glance everyone should be in favor of lower taxes... Except, He intends to increase taxes on the poor while reducing taxes on the rich. Absurd.

He also proposes increased spending at the same time. This plan will cause massive increase in the National Debt. "Just Charge Everything and let our Grandchildren Pay for it." Bad Plan...

He also plans to end the Mortgage Deduction. That will increase the tax bill for millions of middle class Americans...

"Medicare For All" sounds like a Great Bill in the US Senate.

It's gotten the official blessing from the White House... They say it's a "Horrible Idea" and so that must means it's great for the American People but bad for the Billionaires that own Drug Companies and Insurance Companies... Thanks, Bernie Sanders...

be sure to email your Senators and Congress and tell them your opinion...

https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact

https://www.harris.senate.gov/content/contact-senator

and if you don't live in California...

https://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/

Bernie Sanders has a lot of great ideas. $15.00 an hour minimum wage, Medicare for all, Overturn Citizens United, Reduce Defense Spending, Get the Koch Brothers out of political influence...

and stop all those billionaires that have purchased our government, It will take a lot of effort to cause this political revolution but WE THE PEOPLE can do it. The trick is to involve 300 million citizens...

https://go.berniesanders.com/page/content/join-us/

In the Bernie Sanders Book "Guide to Political Revolution," Independent congressman, presidential candidate and activist Bernie Sanders continues his fight against the imbalances in the nation's status quo, and shows you how to make a difference to effect the changes America--and the world--need to create a better tomorrow.

https://www.amazon.com/Bernie-Sanders-Guide-Political-Revolution/dp/1250138906

Trump cuts 300 jobs at State Department without any loss of productivity. Were these jobs that had no actual work assigned to them?

At every Agency of the Federal Government many jobs were simply not filled. During the Obama Administration there were people employed to sit at desks... Now those desks are empty and yet the country seems to be moving along just fine... GO Figure...

We reduced the staff in Moscow by 755 people. Some of there jobs had tasks assigned to them like drivers, maids, gardeners etc. BUT... many of these Diplomats seemingly did no work... After all, we still have some kind of relationship with Russia but now the remaining 415 employees are handling the work... What do they do all day? Fold up paper airplanes and fly them around the office? Look at the clock and watch for the hours to pass?

Trump Gutted The State Department And Half Of Top Jobs Are Still Unfilled. More than half the positions in the agency’s organizational chart are vacant or occupied temporarily by acting officials.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-state-department-positions_us_58e3e8bee4b0f4a923b2ba5e

Maybe this is an opportunity to get hired? While the high level jobs are intentionally left unfilled, there are probably jobs open that career Federal workers have authority to make hiring decisions. Those people like to have many employees working for them as it gives them Status in the department... A person with 100 employees working under them is more important than one that only has 50... Check out this Jobs website... https://www.usajobs.gov/

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Legalize Marijuana Nationwide and Free All the Cannabis Prisoners. We could use the extra money to pay for healthcare for all.

The USA would receive a fortune in VOLUNTARY Taxes. If you don't smoke you wouldn't pay a cent. We could also cut Taxpayer expenses currently wasted on Incarceration and Law Enforcement. It's a Win-Win situation. More money going into the Treasury and Less going out. In addition, states that have legal medical marijuana have fewer deaths due to opioid addiction. Some people simply choose the safer drug... DUH...

Who could Possibly be in Favor of keeping Cannabis Illegal?
Corporations that are in the business of incarceration.

Trump pardons Racist Ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Part of his trend towards blaming Latinos for all our problems. Especially Mexicans.

However, The White House has said it will not be arresting people in Houston for being illegal aliens if they show up at the shelters because of the flood... Awww... So kind...

One thing is for certain... Sheriff Joe was NOT convicted for "Doing His Job" as President Trump says. He was convicted for racial profiling... and cruel and unusual punishment. He targeted Brown skinned people and then arrested them and made them live in "concentration camps"... Even ones that were born in the USA.

The people did not vote for Sheriff Joe and he is not currently employed... We the People threw him OUT!