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Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 11:14 am
The essence of culture war is a marching-backwards. Glenn Beck made "Leave it to Beaver" noises because his target audience is cognitively s...Re: Morning Awful: Catholic Birth Control Contention
02/08/12 10:51 am
Notice how a lot of so-called liberal Catholic MEN, like E J Dionne and Chris Matthews, are making this all about religious freedom. Bullpuc...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 10:46 am
I was six years old and in parochial school when John Kennedy ran for President. I remember my parents and family being pleased when he won,...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/08/12 2:15 am
You've seen them before at the 2009 G-20 meeting and the Battle of Seattle in 1999.Re: Morning Awful: Regressive South Carolina
02/07/12 3:17 pm
It takes an advanced degree in cognitive dissonance to deny these laws have any object other than making it harder for minorities & the ...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/07/12 7:07 am
I checked out on OWS months ago so I never heard of Black Bloc. Wow. Good to know.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:43 am
Applause for a simply-stated version of my own mind.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:41 am
2 is a higher number than my preferred number of "zero," and it's still lower than 30. I think you can summarize a lot of the Obama Era in t...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/06/12 6:47 am
Who has the irrational hatred of POTUS ? Greenwald or Paul ? Which POTUS ? Bush? Obama ? Lincoln ? Madison ? Any ideas about why ? rather...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/05/12 1:30 am
Good post! I've stopped by a few times, but never commented. I think the key phrase in assessing Greenwald is "overcompensates" and he does...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 2:24 pm
I dislike the term "emoprog." It confuses musical politics with movement politics.Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 1:19 pm
For the same reason Ron Paul approved those newsletters.Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 1:18 pm
And vote. No vote, no voice and no right to criticize the government, because the sorry a-holes who don't vote enable whichever government t...
Tag Archives: protest
Winter Soldiers
Fourth in a series of half-hour documentaries about progressive organizing, “Winter Soldiers” is an inside look at a frozen Thermopylae for the peace movement. In front of the White House on December 16, 2010, Veterans For Peace led the way … Continue reading
Scott Walker Holds State Workers Hostage
and I predict he will reap the whirlwind if he carries out a mass firing. That angry crowd will get bigger, and we’ll have the feedback loop of oligarchy, idiocracy, and a collapsed state in record time.
Resist The Noise Machine
I have been eager to see resistance to the FOX Noise machine. Now it’s finally happening. Via @StopBeck: Guess what? Wisconsin agrees with the protesters over Governor Walker, and Indiana Democrats are doing the same thing. So as far as … Continue reading
Civil War In Libya (GRAPHIC)
Warning: some of the videos are graphic. You must first know that the Libyan army is naturally fissiparous along tribal lines. LA Times: A group of Libyan army officers has issued a statement urging fellow soldiers to “join the people” … Continue reading
Tea Party Sees Working Americans As Oppressors, Government As The Solution
I’ve written dozens of posts over the last two years about authoritarianism in the tea party movement. The crisis in Wisconsin is drawing this element out into the open. Governor Walker’s threat to use the National Guard against tens of … Continue reading
Timeline To Wisconsin
Because the events in Madison are likely to be seen as a watershed, I feel it is important to remind readers that the last year has seen a slow, but steady growth in non-tea party political action. Luckily, I was … Continue reading
Morning Awful: Glenn Beck Ties It All Together
See, when a bunch of knuckle-dragging wingnuts with ugly signs get together and talk about the president’s birth certificate, it’s good clean American values. But when the people of Wisconsin peaceably assemble to petition for the redress of their grievances, … Continue reading
Civil Resistance In America
Give ‘em hell, Wisconsin! (Reuters) – More than 10,000 union public employees and supporters packed the Capitol Square and the inside of the statehouse on Tuesday to protest Gov. Scott Walker’s budget plan to strip many bargaining rights from state … Continue reading
Morning Awful: Judy Bonds Dead At 58
One of the most courageous voices in the Appalachian freedom movement has been silenced: She stood her ground despite insults and threats from neighbors and coal workers, who felt their livelihoods were threatened by her forthrightness and her rage.
Morning Awful: Fascism In The “Free” World
As though drawn forth by the high tide of tea, fascism creeps in around the globe. From Ha’aretz: Israeli democracy is a military dictatorship of more than 43 years beyond the Green Line. In its prisons are more than 7,000 … Continue reading
