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In the discussion thread: Chris Hedges "Brace Yourself! The American Empire Is Over & The Descent Is Going To Be Horrifying!" [View all]

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Thu Apr 5, 2012, 10:48 PM

intheflow (24,076 posts)

19. My favorite quote from this interview:

I find one of my frustrations with some of the right wing evangelicals is this emphasis on law which is a Hebraic concept. I mean, the Ten Commandments were not, they were a product of Moses. Let's put the Beatitudes up in court rooms, I'm all for that.

~ Chris Hedges

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52 replies	Author	Time	Post
Chris Hedges "Brace Yourself! The American Empire Is Over & The Descent Is Going To Be Horrifying!" [View all]	Pharaoh	Apr 2012	OP
I agree and am now very depressed....	peacebird	Apr 2012	#1
I hated the Empire and it keeps coming back. Sigh.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#3
Maybe the good news is that it may force us to correct our path.	Cleita	Apr 2012	#2
Much like the collapse of the USSR	Pharaoh	Apr 2012	#4
I am no fan of American Empire but you are assuming the American empire	snagglepuss	Apr 2012	#6
This message was self-deleted by its author	happerbolic	Apr 2012	#25
...infinitely worse, when they take their fall as well....	happerbolic	Apr 2012	#26
Oh noes! I didn't watch this, but bet he's selling a book! :) nt	babylonsister	Apr 2012	#5
Hmmm ...so by that reasoning we shouldn't read news papers either because they are being sold.	L0oniX	Apr 2012	#10
No, but if I had a nickel for everyone who told me the sky is falling, I could be rich. nt	babylonsister	Apr 2012	#16
"the sky is falling" is IMO extreme. It could be said of anything that has a huge negative implied.	L0oniX	Apr 2012	#17
Fear is a strong motivator,	chervilant	Apr 2012	#29
welcome to ignore for being part of the problem	fascisthunter	Apr 2012	#13
Awww, and I will miss you, too! nt	babylonsister	Apr 2012	#15
Officials in the Bush administration	OnyxCollie	Apr 2012	#21
hmm...	chervilant	Apr 2012	#33
For some, a closed-belief system allays anxiety.	OnyxCollie	Apr 2012	#34
Surprising,	chervilant	Apr 2012	#36
Eh, not really.	OnyxCollie	Apr 2012	#38
Is the corporate take over not obvious. They insist that they have protection over a source code	midnight	Apr 2012	#7
"over the last 2 decades we've witnessed a corporate coup d'etat."	snagglepuss	Apr 2012	#8
The US lemmings will never give in to the truth.	L0oniX	Apr 2012	#9
then we blame them... document their reactions	fascisthunter	Apr 2012	#12
I agree	april	Apr 2012	#28
if You listen to the rah rah fruitcakes, you'd think everything was A-Ok	fascisthunter	Apr 2012	#11
Oh, yes!	chervilant	Apr 2012	#31
I can't imagine the Karma	Mosaic	Apr 2012	#14
Indeed!	chervilant	Apr 2012	#35
Actually, the karma was building long before that.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#42
Brilliant man. Glad he’s speaking out.	20score	Apr 2012	#18
My favorite quote from this interview:	intheflow	Apr 2012	#19
A political, economical and social correction will happen	magic59	Apr 2012	#20
OH NO! THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!	madrchsod	Apr 2012	#22
Poor wee soul...	chervilant	Apr 2012	#32
Thanks for the program...long but spot on in every way. Listened to it all ... loved it. n/t	cr8tvlde	Apr 2012	#23
Ok	oddmanout	Apr 2012	#24
since my streams aren't so healthy these days...	happerbolic	Apr 2012	#27
Many of us have come to the same conclusions...	chervilant	Apr 2012	#30
Or if Gaia does not slough us off, we scavage on a blighted sphere. Not every planet supports life.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#43
Well,	chervilant	Apr 2012	#45
Good for you. I'm waiting for a tsunami to wipe me out.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#46
Waiting for disaster?	chervilant	Apr 2012	#47
I won't be going quietly, but I can't move. Really, I can't. That's what I was addressing.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#48
I wish you could see the Spring here	chervilant	Apr 2012	#49
I've been in places like that, had a home down there like that. My people are dead. That's life.	freshwest	Apr 2012	#50
The predatory capitalism empire is over and it's a GOOD THING TOO	just1voice	Apr 2012	#37
amazing... I could listen to him speak for hours	fascisthunter	Apr 2012	#39
I've been digging this guy.	OnyxCollie	Apr 2012	#40
listening now!	fascisthunter	Apr 2012	#41
TUC radio is great - "Time of Useful Consciousness". nt	bananas	Apr 2012	#44
all I really get out of this	provis99	Apr 2012	#51
What he describes as his religion isn't really religion.	redgreenandblue	Apr 2012	#52

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