freelansing in Seattle

“My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.”
—Thomas Paine

“Whether it is to be Utopia or Oblivion will be a touch-and-go relay race right up to the final moment…. Humanity is in ‘final exam’ as to whether or not it qualifies for continuance in Universe.”
—Buckminster Fuller, Critical Path, 1981

“Because I believe the earth is a living being, because we are all part of that life, because every human being embodies the Goddess, because I have a fierce, passionate love for redwoods and ravens, because clear running water is sacred, I’m an activist. And because the two hundred richest people in the world own as much wealth as the poorest forty percent, because every ecosystem, traditional culture, old growth forest and life support system on the planet is under assault, and because the institutions perpetuating this unjust system are global, I’m kept very busy!”
—Starhawk

“The twentieth century has been characterised by three developments of great political importance: the growth of democracy;  the growth of corporate power; and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy.” —Alex Carey

“I hope we shall […] crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country.”
—Thomas Jefferson

“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . . . corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.”
—U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, Nov. 21, 1864
(letter to Col. William F. Elkins)

“The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic State itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism – ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or any controlling private power.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1938

“What the public wants is called ‘politically unrealistic.’ Translated into English, that means power and privilege are opposed to it.”
—Noam Chomsky

“Art is not a mirror held up to reflect reality but a hammer with which to shape it.”
—Bertoldt Brecht

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”
—Alice Walker

“So keep fightin’ for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don’t you forget to have fun doin’ it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin’ ass and celebratin’ the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was.”
—Molly Ivins, in her final column before she succumbed to cancer

“For too long progressives have walked fearful of their shadows, whimpering and whining about what’s wrong and fighting amongst themselves over crumbs. That time is over. It’s time to sing and work and build a new community dedicated to hope and real change. And good beer.”
—Jim Hightower

“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
—Benjamin Franklin

“All the freaky people make the beauty of the world.”
—Michael Franti

“A witty saying proves nothing.”
—Voltaire