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Republicans Oppose Obamacare…and the Middle Class

November 29th, 2012 · Comments Off · ALEC, Fascism, Health Care, Lobbying, obstruction, Politics, Populism, Social Security, taxes

For years, even decades, the health insurance industry has run medicine in this country. Health insurance is basically when a corporation gets between you and your doctor and tells your doctor if he can perform a procedure to improve your health or in some cases save your life. You pay for health insurance but you [...]

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Dick Cheney and the Rise of Neo-Fascism

September 5th, 2012 · Comments Off · Fascism, Politics, Populism, Wall Street

We are going through the worst period in American life since 1946. By the end of World War II, we had lost over half a million brave Americans and a much larger number were returning to civilian life and adjustment from injury and the shock of war. But Americans had already gone a long way [...]

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Republican Crimes Against the People

July 27th, 2012 · Comments Off · Democracy, Fascism, Media, obstruction, Politics, Populism, taxes

The country is divided. North, South, East, West…we argue about everything. And why? Because we now have a system that allows organizations, newscasters, politicians, even ministers to lie in public and get away with it. That results in large moneyed interests using politicians and anyone whose loyalty they can buy for a few pieces of [...]

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How Conservatism Becomes Fascism

June 23rd, 2012 · 2 Comments · ALEC, Democracy, Fascism, Human Rights, jobs, Lobbying, Media, Politics, Populism, taxes

In 1946, in one of the great cosmopolitan cities of Europe, ancient and yet contemporary, with a tradition of culture, music, popular culture and modern art, an old woman, dressed in a ragged coat, with an old woolen bandana wrapped around her head dragged a small cart down the street. The formerly popular neighborhood was [...]

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What Would Romney Do?

May 26th, 2012 · Comments Off · Democracy, Fascism, Politics, Populism, Social Security

Willard Mitt Romney is virtually assured the candidacy of the Republican Party. He is already campaigning as if he were. And he has grabbed on to the Republican message, the Ultra Right Wing new message of the Republican Party with a vengeance. His message is clear. His message is that he will handle the American [...]

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The Scott Walker Story

May 21st, 2012 · 2 Comments · ALEC, Corporations and Industry, Democracy, Fascism, Human Rights, jobs, Labor, Lobbying, Politics, Populism

Being fair to Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin is very difficult. It is like trying to be fair in analyzing the administration of Benito Mussolini. There is so much on the negative side and so little on the positive side that it is extraordinarily difficult to be objective. We will try to give his side [...]

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ALEC and the Corporate Takeover of America

May 14th, 2012 · Comments Off · Capitalism, Corporations and Industry, Fascism, Lobbying, Politics, Populism

Our government at local, state and national levels is being confiscated by huge corporations. It is happening every day in state legislatures all over the country. Our major corporations belong to a Right Wing organization called the American Legislative Exchange Council, more commonly known as ALEC. Their job is to advance their goals at the [...]

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