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Are the Richest Americans Also the Best Educated? More Infographics on Good The Surprising Realities Behind What Motivates Us in Illustrated Form -... @Blueluck: Very true - I've seen other countries where people leave their family in another country to go find work, and then to manual labor for extremely cheap just to be able to send it all home to their family. I guess that could be interpreted as their purpose, but the work is not purposeful in and of itself. I guess "pay enough to take money off the table" covers that, so we're only talking about how to motivate people after they're at the comfortable level most Americans that read this blog are at. Interesting results in India, though. I believe there is a threshold that once you're paid a certain amount, you feel on top of things like you deserve it, so you don't work hard to move up further. I think that's one reason government employees aren't known for super service. @Blueluck: Its completely subjective, is the answer.

Running the Numbers - An American Self-Portrait An American Self-Portrait by Photographer/artist Chris Jordan Plastic Bottles, 2007 60x120" Depicts two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes. Partial zoom: Detail at actual size: Paper Bags, 2007 60x80" Depicts 1.14 million brown paper supermarket bags, the number used in the US every hour. Cell Phones, 2007 60x100" Depicts 426,000 cell phones, equal to the number of cell phones retired in the US every day. Office Paper, 2007 60x87" Depicts 30,000 reams of office paper, or 15 million sheets, equal to the amount of office paper used in the US every five minutes. Cans Seurat, 2007 60x92" Depicts 106,000 aluminum cans, the number used in the US every thirty seconds. Denali Denial, 2006 60x75" Depicts 24,000 logos from the GMC Yukon Denali, equal to six weeks of sales of that model SUV in 2004. Detail at actual size: (This is the far left corner of the lake) Ben Franklin, 2007 8.5 feet wide by 10.5 feet tall in three horizontal panels

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Blood, Sweat, and Fear Human Rights Watch Copyright 2004 by Human Rights Watch. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America Cover photo: 1999 Eugene Richards/Magnum Photos Cover design by Rafael Jimenez Human Rights Watch 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor New York, NY 10118-3299 USA Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700, Fax: 1-(212) 736-1300 hrwnyc@hrw.org1630 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 500 Washington, DC 20009 USA Tel:1-(202) 612-4321, Fax:1-(202) 612-4333 hrwdc@hrw.org 2nd Floor, 2-12 Pentonville RoadLondonN1 9HF, UK Tel: 44 20 7713 1995, Fax: 44 20 7713 1800 hrwuk@hrw.orgRue Van Campenhout 15, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Tel: 32 (2) 732-2009, Fax: 32 (2) 732-0471 hrwatcheu@skynet.be8 rue des Vieux-Grenadiers 1205 Geneva Tel: +41 22 320 55 90, Fax: +41 22 320 55 11 hrwgva@hrw.org Web Site Address: Listserv address: To receive Human Rights Watch news releases by email, subscribe to the HRW news listserv of your choice by visiting Acknowledgements I. II.

World debt comparison: The global debt clock The Propaganda Posters of the 1% Banks and governments own all the money and power thus controlling society and they will do absolutely anything to keep it that way, To top it off we are now paying off there huge debt again, as planned -not a mistake. To be honest I have very little hope for society especially when people are trying to do something about this whether it the right way or not but still trying, only to be met with total denial from all sides. As history has has told us, people only do something when its all or nearly too late and we are close to that point and even have an opportunity that will soon be gone. I consider the polar bear already extinct and in some ways I don’t think people even deserve the polar bear. I don’t know how many jobs they are getting but that 95% statement sounds like fluff, when indeed the whole planet is crashing, less jobs all round. Nice posters Benjamin Star, did you make them?

Michael Ruppert Michael C. Ruppert (born Feb. 3 1951) is an American author,[1] a former Los Angeles Police Department officer,[2] and investigative journalist and peak oil awareness advocate.[2][3][4][5][6] He was president of Collapse Network, Inc until he resigned in May 2012,[8] giving 35% of his 55% share back to founders of the company.[9] He currently hosts The Lifeboat Hour on Progressive Radio Network.[10] Activism[edit] On November 15, 1996, then Director of Central Intelligence John Deutch visited Los Angeles' Locke High School for a town hall meeting. At the meeting, Ruppert publicly confronted Deutch, saying that in his experience as an LAPD narcotics officer he had seen evidence of CIA complicity in drug dealing.[11] The confrontation was handled by Deutch poorly,resulting in his termination from the CIA. Ruppert is the author of Crossing The Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil,[14] published in September 2004. From The Wilderness[edit] Critics[edit]

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