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About the_clansman
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Member:
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Craig McDonald
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Epinions.com ID:
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the_clansman
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Location:
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Member Since:
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Nov 09 '03
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Favorite Websites:
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chomsky
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Activity Summary
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Reviews Written: 13
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Member Visits: 574
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Total Visits: 9,113
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About the_clansman
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Here's my favorite Quote:
"Too much and for too long we seem to have surrendered personal excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our gross national product now is over $800 billion a year.
But that gross national product, if we judge the United States of America by that, counts air pollution, and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors, and the jails for people who break them. It counts the destruction of redwoods and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl. It counts napalm and it counts nuclear warheads, and armored cars for the police to fight the riots in our cities. It counts Whitman's rifle and Speck's knife, and the television programs which glorify violence in order to sell toys to our children.
Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or they joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our passion nor our devotion to our country.
It measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. And it can tell us everything about America - except why we are proud that we are Americans."
Robert F. Kennedy
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