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Old 01-24-2013, 02:26 PM
 
Location: Clear Lake Area
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Thomas Paine, one of the most influential individuals during the American Revolution... but quickly forgotten because of his views against the slave trade and organized religion.
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Old 01-24-2013, 02:31 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
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Daniel Ellsberg.
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Old 01-24-2013, 02:35 PM
 
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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His advice is still panning out. It really gets a lot of airtime after all these years.
Too little, too late
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Old 01-24-2013, 03:00 PM
 
Location: Somewhere flat in Mississippi
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Eisenhower would have been the biggest political hero of all if we hadn't completely ignored his advice about the MIC.
Did he advise people not to say anything they don't want others to hear while the MIC is on?
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Old 01-24-2013, 04:38 PM
 
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Did Teddy shoot Chewbacca?
i believe that's sasquatch.

teddy roosevelt's ideas of breaking up monopolies and anticompetitive practices are very relevant today, IMO. I think in general many of the macroeconomic issues of the late 19th-early 20th century are also relevant again today.
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Old 01-24-2013, 06:17 PM
 
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Thomas Paine, one of the most influential individuals during the American Revolution... but quickly forgotten because of his views against the slave trade and organized religion.
His Common Sense was held in reserve for the day others hoped would never come.

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