Violet P. posted an article on VioletPlanet - Nov 4, 2009, 12:40 am
GOLDMAN SACHS BUSINESS PRINCIPLES ( # 5 of 10) "We stress creativity and imagination in everything we do. While recognizing that the old way may still be the best way, we constantly strive to find a ...
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Violet P. posted an article on VioletPlanet - Oct 9, 2009, 8:53 pm
" Political language...is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. " - George Orwell It took 25 years longer than George Orwell...
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Violet P. posted an article on VioletPlanet - Oct 8, 2009, 9:12 pm
"To my mind it is fundamental to our society to see that powers are not abused or misused. If they come into conflict with freedom of an individual or with any other of our fundamental freedoms, then ...
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Violet P. posted an article on VioletPlanet - Sep 4, 2009, 11:59 pm
Give me liberty or give me death? Try giving me loquacity and giving me death. We are, literally, talking and texting ourselves into oblivion. In April, two people in the Seattle area were killed by ...
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Violet P. posted an article on VioletPlanet - Aug 23, 2009, 1:59 am
At a cabinet meeting on April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln reported that he had had a most unusual dream. He had felt himself floating along the ocean, as the sun shone brightly in the background. He was...
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Violet P. posted an article on VioletPlanet - Jul 29, 2009, 5:42 pm
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that: "Executives and other highly compensated employees now receive more than one-third of all pay in the US... Highly paid employees received nearly $2.1...
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Violet P. posted an article on VioletPlanet - Jul 12, 2009, 4:00 pm
"In 2003, President Bush said torture anywhere is an affront to human dignity everywhere, and the United States is committed to building a world where human rights are respected and protected by the r...
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Violet P. posted an article on VioletPlanet - Jul 8, 2009, 3:08 am
"You probably never heard of the RAND Corporation but it's indirectly influenced your life more than any government or institution in North America. Early in its 60 years, this Santa Monica-based...
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Violet P. posted an article on VioletPlanet - Jul 6, 2009, 2:15 am
"American popular culture is our eternal present, our illusion of deathlessness. We don’t really mourn the death of a pop-culture icon. We use his extinction to resurrect his life. In America, the d...
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