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calimary

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16. Sometimes it matters what they DO with the money.

Reply to hollysmom (Reply #9)

Thu Jul 2, 2015, 05:25 PM

Jul 2015

Do they turn around and help people with it? Help people in various kinds of great need? Well, I'd daresay that money would not otherwise have gone toward helping people in need. But then I'm as Machiavellian as the next guy.

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Pope Francis asks Naomi Klein to be his partner in the greatest fight in human history. [View all] Admiral Loinpresser Jul 2015 OP

I just wish he would cut out the Gay hate crap. It would be so much easier for me to randys1 Jul 2015 #1

I agree. Admiral Loinpresser Jul 2015 #2

I can't support Obama on the TPP, so I choose to support ideas over people. hollysmom Jul 2015 #5

There ya go... randys1 Jul 2015 #6

you have to find allies where you can hollysmom Jul 2015 #9

Sometimes it matters what they DO with the money. calimary Jul 2015 #16

+1 n/t Admiral Loinpresser Jul 2015 #8

Well said. JDPriestly Jul 2015 #32

Also, as head of a major bank, Francis thus far refuses to divest from fossil fuel investments in Bluenorthwest Jul 2015 #3

Thank you. Admiral Loinpresser Jul 2015 #7

The fact that he'd deliver that anti choice encyclical without divesting his own Church is damning Bluenorthwest Jul 2015 #10

He needs to address population control via contraceptives and reproductive freedom as part of the PeaceNikki Jul 2015 #4

^THIS! nt LostOne4Ever Jul 2015 #17

As someone that lives in Seattle... scscholar Jul 2015 #26

I will.....t...e...n..t.a.....t..i..v.e...l....y rec. this? Smarmie Doofus Jul 2015 #11

mmmm, Pope Francis must have read "The Shock Doctrine." mountain grammy Jul 2015 #12

Klein has a new one, truebluegreen Jul 2015 #13

Brilliant and scary book. hifiguy Jul 2015 #14

I agree on both counts. truebluegreen Jul 2015 #15

Thanks for that. I've been behind on my Naomi Klein Reading list. 2banon Jul 2015 #20

Guess Pope Francis read Naomi Klein's book Shock Doctrine Oh. Wait. Yeah he would have with great 2banon Jul 2015 #18

IIRC, she has enthusiastically accepted. hifiguy Jul 2015 #19

Just read up thread that she has a new one re Capitalism and Climate Change 2banon Jul 2015 #21

Can't recommend it highly enough. hifiguy Jul 2015 #23

I haven't kept up with her work recently, the breath of knowledge Klein possesses is astounding. 2banon Jul 2015 #24

For those who say Francis isn't doing enough or should be talking about something else... randome Jul 2015 #22

Agreed. There is NOTHING more important than addressing climate change. calimary Jul 2015 #28

This is good. Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #25

Holy Toledo! Peace Patriot Jul 2015 #27

+1 n/t Admiral Loinpresser Jul 2015 #29

That Pope Francis would pick Naomi Klein just makes me respect him even more. senz Jul 2015 #30

This pope is a beautiful man and a revolutionary in all the right ways. avaistheone1 Jul 2015 #31