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Category Archives: political framing
Wingnut Wind Power Wankery is Not About Free Markets
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Share the post “Wingnut Wind Power Wankery is Not About Free Markets”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Last week at the Guardian, Suzanne Goldenberg reported on an emerging right wing effort to attack the wind energy sector. ALEC, Americans For Prosperity, and a newer outfit … Continue reading
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Ratf**kers, Republicans, and Bin Laden
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Share the post “Ratf**kers, Republicans, and Bin Laden”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Question: Does anybody see anything wrong with this political advert? Because I don’t. First, it’s politics and it’s an election year. Of course, a President trying for re-election is going to harp … Continue reading
We the People
Share the post “We the People”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail If you’re seriously thinking about voting for Romney, or voting Third Party or not even voting (both of which are tantamount to voting for Romney), you seriously need to listen to The Boss. Emphasis … Continue reading
Posted in Democratic Party, Kulturkampf, music, political framing
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Time to Put the Right Kind of Blue into Blue Collar
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Share the post “Time to Put the Right Kind of Blue into Blue Collar”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Yes, I’m a Baby Boomer. Yes, I was part of that post-War generation who was, I suppose, brought up in what some now call the Age … Continue reading
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When NO Means NO, Dennis Kucinich
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Share the post “When NO Means NO, Dennis Kucinich”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Not content with the fact that the newly redistricted Congressional district in Ohio chose Democratic Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur as their candidate to run against Joe the Plumber, Dennis Kucinich has traipsed … Continue reading
Best Political Ad
Share the post “Best Political Ad”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis recall ad from Wisconsin can stand in for austerity economics everywhere. This is what Republicans mean to enact on a national scale. Unless they are stopped, we will all live in Wisconsin.
Posted in Austerity, political framing, Wisconsin Uprising
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Reuben Lack’s Lawsuit is Not About Gay Rights at the Alpharetta Prom
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Share the post “Reuben Lack’s Lawsuit is Not About Gay Rights at the Alpharetta Prom”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWhen I first heard of Reuben Lack and his lawsuit against Alpharetta High School, I accepted the story as received: teenager versus fuddy-duddy adults is the … Continue reading
Posted in gay, Homophobia, nontroversy, political framing
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Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
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Share the post “Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailRepublicans are doing a great job marginalizing themselves by sticking up for employers’ “rights” to deny their employees birth control. More importantly, a stand against birth control access nullifies … Continue reading
Posted in abortion, Democratic Party, political framing, Republican Party
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Square Deal
Share the post “Square Deal”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The term “fair deal” has been bandied about of late, but I like “square deal” because it resonates with all the issues wrapped up in the fight over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Both a … Continue reading
Failure Is An Option
Share the post “Failure Is An Option”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAnticipating a probable supercommittee fail, I checked teh googles today and found an eerily appropriate video offering a scientific look at failure. For “hypothesis,” substitute “legislation;” for “data,” substitute “votes in Congress;” for an … Continue reading
How To Occupy Main Street From Wall Street
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Share the post “How To Occupy Main Street From Wall Street”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail I’m hardly “power elite” or “establishment media,” but apparently I’m a “liberal scold” when it comes to occupying Wall Street. Kevin Gosztola on the crowd in Liberty Park, via … Continue reading
