Banana republic is a political science term for a politically unstable country whose economy is largely dependent on exporting a limited-resource product, e.g.bananas.

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Ten Political Lies

Good video. This does miss some fairly large events that have occurred, but I believe it was focusing on largely confirmed lies. With that said I did gain knowledge from it and enjoyed watching the vid.
I want you all to know that people are and always have been bought. Decisions for countries have and always will be a moral struggle. And people aren’t perfect. But with that said there is a ton of malicious activity that goes on every day in our world and it is becoming easier and easier to cover it up. Little tip? follow things like investments made by political figures, large companies that are contracted or in well with any form of government dollars, anything dealing with energy/energy production, etc.

Ali

Muhammed Ali was an absolutely awesome fighter. One of, if not the best ever. But most admirable was his lack of fear and ability to share the truth on his heart in the most pressured situations.

“I ain’t draft dodging. I ain’t burning no flag. I ain’t running to Canada. I’m staying right here. You want to send me to jail? Fine, you go right ahead. I’ve been in jail for 400 years. I could be there for 4 or 5 more, but I ain’t going no 10,000 miles to help murder and kill other poor people. If I want to die, I’ll die right here, right now, fighting you, if I want to die. You my enemy,not no Chinese, no vietcong, no Japanese. You my opposer when I want freedom. You my opposer when I want justice. You my  opposer when I want equality. Want me to go somewhere and fight for you? You won’t even stand up for me right here in ameriKKKa, for my rights and religious beliefs. You won’t even stand up for my rights here at home”

– Muhammad Ali                                                          
Ali’s voice rang out like a bully even though nearly all of the living blacks at that time had seen their brothers slaughtered, hung and even disemboweled for lesser ‘crimes’. The air was as thick as it gets, yet he gasped and force fed the utterances of truth risking everything he had for hope.

For this reason Ali will always be a favorite of mine and many others. No situation seemed too big, no fight too long, no cause too small. He slayed giants in and out of the ring for any justified reason he deemed necessary.

 

Here’s to a great!

Cointelpro, one thing every American should know about.

COINTELPRO (an acronym for COunter INTELligence PROgram) was a series of covert, and at times illegal,^[1] projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveying, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting domestic political organizations. National Security Agency operation Project MINARET targeted the personal communications of leading Americans, including Senators Frank Church and Howard Baker, civil rights leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King, journalists and athletes who criticized the Vietnam War.^[2]

The FBI has used covert operations against domestic political groups since its inception; however, covert operations under the official COINTELPRO label took place between 1956 and 1971.^[3]COINTELPRO tactics are still used to this day, and have been alleged to include discrediting targets through psychological warfare; smearing individuals and groups using forged documents and by planting false reports in the media; harassment; wrongful imprisonment; and illegal violence, including assassination.^[4][5][6] The FBI’s stated motivation was “protecting national security, preventing violence, and maintaining the existing social and political order.”^[7]

FBI records show that 85% of COINTELPRO resources targeted groups and individuals that the FBI deemed “subversive”,^[8] including communist and socialist organizations; organizations and individuals associated with the Civil Rights Movement, including Martin Luther King, Jr. and others associated with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the Congress of Racial Equality and other civil rights organizations; black nationalist groups; the American Indian Movement; a broad range of organizations labeled “New Left“, including Students for a Democratic Society and the Weathermen; almost all groups protesting the Vietnam War, as well as individual student demonstrators with no group affiliation; the National Lawyers Guild; organizations and individuals associated with the women’s rights movement; nationalist groups such as those seeking independence for Puerto Rico, United Ireland, and Cuban exile movements including Orlando Bosch‘s Cuban Power and the Cuban Nationalist Movement; and additional notable Americans —even Albert Einstein, who was a socialist and a member of several civil rights groups, came under FBI surveillance during the years just before COINTELPRO’s official inauguration.^[9] The remaining 15% of COINTELPRO resources were expended to marginalize and subvert white hate groups, including the Ku Klux Klan and the National States’ Rights Party.^[10]

The segment abovec was taken from wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO