IMAGINE

If you have never read anything by these two writers here is a chance to imagine a bit.
Wake-Up Call -- Dave Lindorff

The Ghosts of Misplaced Conscience

By Charles Sullivan

Everything about America is done to the max-super sized-including ourselves. Americans are fond of excess, fond of glitz and glitter, the bright beads and trinkets of capitalism; the symbols of conspicuous consumption. Millions of us live in McMansions, drive fast cars and hulking tanks and work at high stress glamorous jobs that provide enormous financial reward but leave us spiritually empty.
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