Common Sense 159 – Changing Our Destiny

Would your approach to life change if you knew that you couldn’t affect anything your government did? Dan muses on whether those who stop following politics are happier. Also: showing photos of U.S. Casualties.

Show Notes:
1.”Rangel-ing: Charlie Pays ‘Angels’ in Ethics Probe” by Marcia Kramer for CBS 2 HD TV, September 3, 2009.
2.”An Inconvenient Patriot” by David Rose for Vanity Fair Magazine, September, 2005.
3.Full transcript of FBI whistle-blower Sibel Edmonds deposition on corruption/conspiracy.
4.”Key Democrat in Health Care Talks Receives Large Health Industry Contributions in 2009.” by Paul Blumenthal, for the Sunlight Foundation, September, 2, 2009.
5.”A Threat to Fail Elections” New York Times editorial, September 8, 2009.
6.”Elections for Sale” by Doug Kendall for the Los Angeles Times, September 8, 2009.
7.”The Chance for a Free Speech Do-Over” by Theodore B. Olson for The Wall Street Journal, September 7, 2009.
8.”Does this picture suggest glorious heroism or useless sacrifice?” by Roy Greenslade for the Guardian newspaper (UK), September 8, 2009.