When reason fails, people fall back on superstition. The American society has long operated under the basic principle that hard work creates abundance and abundance may solve all our earthly ills. When that logic, which has always been one of our foundations, along with “fair play” and “brotherhood” among citizens…although a creaky stair-climb with many [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Media'
The Palin Ascendency
July 18th, 2011 · Comments Off · Lobbying, Media, Politics, wars and militarism
When Sarah Palin was selected as the Vice Presidential candidate in 2008 to run with John McCain, she seemed a nice, relatively simple woman with a family and at least the minimal amount of intelligence necessary to run a small community–not an insignificant thing. She had been mayor of a small community, Wasilla, Alaska. She [...]
Tags: Republican candidates·Right Wing Propaganda·Sarah Palin·the Koch Family and Palin·the Palins·the Tea Party and Sarah Palin
What’s Wrong with America, Part III – Jobs and Infrastructure
December 30th, 2010 · Comments Off · Lobbying, Media, Politics
It isn’t rocket science, although this country is pretty good at that, but it is quite easily achievable. We can restore the great American Middle Class. What is wrong with America can be made right. Some things are missing that can be restored. First, jobs, and they will come from stimulating the economy and at [...]
Tags: Neocon economics·Neocon politics·Neoconservative obstruction·Neoconservative political tactics·Neoconservative politics
Sean and the Great Republican Propaganda Machine
November 18th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Capitalism, Corporations and Industry, Economics, Media, Politics, taxes
Today, we hear from a paid Republican blogger who comments on Dr. Paul Krugman’s blog: “Conscience of a Liberal.” This clown is one of several obviously paid bloggers who seem to be on the blog almost daily spouting ridiculous comments, distracting references, insults, pathetic attempts at ridicule—and in all cases comments intending merely to disrupt [...]
Tags: Krugman·Neoconservatives·Republican propaganda·Republican Talking Points·Right Wing lies·Tax Cuts and Deficits·The Super-Rich
The 500 Reactionary Rich
November 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Economics, Health Care, Lobbying, Media, Politics, taxes
We have a serious problem in this country. It is not hard to recognize or to understand. It is simple and it is ruining America. It could be solved with swift, violent action but, as we are a civilized society, we need to look to more civilized measures. Here is the problem. A handful…about 500 [...]
Tags: Fiscal responsibility·letting tax cuts expire·Neocons·Neonconservatives·Tax cuts for billionaires·war against the middle class
Understanding Political Reality
November 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Corporations and Industry, Health Care, Lobbying, Media, Politics
Life is not a game show. The realities of electing the moronic, semi-troglodytic President’s son as President…or having the Supreme-Court-justice son of a rumored Fascist appoint him…should have proved that. From $5 trillion in debt and a balanced budget to a $14 trillion in debt and a commission trying to figure out how to keep [...]
Tags: Health Care·Neoconservative politics·Politics·Republican tax cuts·Republicans·tea party candidates·the national debt
Republicans Plan Tax Cuts for Billionaires.
November 10th, 2010 · Comments Off · Media, Politics
Rule number one—always remember that the current Republican Party is out to get you unless you are a multi-millionaire and a donor to the Republican Party. Republicans at the top are all millionaires, like Dick Cheney who left government only for a few years to clean up as President of Halliburton by using his Defense [...]
Tags: corporate tax cuts·national debt·tax cuts for the rich·taxes
Propaganda, Elections, Taxes, and Losing America
November 6th, 2010 · Comments Off · Lobbying, Media, Politics
In a bold statement, Senator Mitch McConnell must have encountered a “senior moment” because he momentarily lost his talking points. He actually had the nerve to tell the truth before the video tape could be doctored, snipped or hidden. He told the American People the objective of the Republican Congress. He said that the Republicans [...]
Tags: billionaires and taxes·Mid-term elections·Neoconservative propaganda·Republican propaganda·rich and super-rich·tax cuts and economic growth·tax cuts for the rich·the Big Lie
Why Republicans Want Repeal of Health Care Reform
November 4th, 2010 · Comments Off · Health Care, Media, Politics
This recent election was not about Americans’ understanding of recent legislation. It was about their misunderstanding of recent legislation. That may be deliberate. We know that Glenn Beck has a million or so listeners and viewers. Rush Limbaugh supposedly has more than ten million listeners a day. That is largely because for many years…perhaps still…his [...]
Tags: health care reform·Mid-term elections·Right wing media
The Truth About George Soros…And Other Matters
October 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off · Corporations and Industry, Lobbying, Media, Politics
George Soros is in the news these days because, in 2004, he bankrolled a considerable part of the effort to contain the horrendous, near-cataclysmic Bush Republican agenda of free-lance war and devastation and American money markets run amok. And because he has continued to financially support other causes regarding freedom of speech and truth in [...]
Tags: George Soros·Glenn Beck·Republican politics·Right Wing Propaganda·Rupert Murdoch·Rush Limbaugh·tea party candidates·the Fox News Channel·the Tea Party
What Republicans Will Do If Elected
October 16th, 2010 · Comments Off · Media, Politics, Populism
We now know what the Republicans want. Not the Tea Party members. They are merely dupes. Yes, dupes. If you are concerned about government spending you don’t rail at the Party that cut spending for 8 years, even going so far as to take hit after hit in the Congressional elections. So many House of [...]
Tags: Neoconservative candidates·Republican candidates·tea party candidates·the mid-term elections·the Republican candidates
Glenn Beck Attacks Unions
October 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Capitalism, Economics, jobs, Labor, Media, Politics, taxes
Glenn Beck, the supposedly middle class hero, turns out to be a hollowed out Tin Man. Lately, we noticed that this self-style man of the people likes to attack unions, who are merely organizations of people…not hugely wealthy individuals or giant corporations…who assemble together to get good wages for the hard work that they perform. [...]
Tags: Add new tag·Americans for Prosperity·Employee Free Choice Act·Glenn Beck·jobs·Koch family·Neoconservatives·Right-to-Work states·unemployment·unions
Glenn Beck: Clown Prince of Propaganda
October 2nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Corporations and Industry, Culture, Media, Politics
There is always a question whether or not to give any kind of attention to the show-off–the kid who acts out in class because he doesn’t get enough attention at home. The kid whom everyone shuns either withdraws into his shell or becomes the one who disrupts things for others. Not necessarily the funny kid, [...]
Tags: Fox News Channel·Glenn Beck·Glenn Beck and Right Wing Radio·Glenn Beck biography·Glenn Beck politics·Glenn Beck's Restoring America rally·Neoconservative Glenn Beck
One Nation Rally. October 2, 2010, the National Mall, Washington D.C.
September 30th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Capitalism, Culture, Human Rights, jobs, Media, Politics, Populism
If you can attend, it is this weekend. It will be the biggest event on the Mall in many years, a very large number of organizations, including the many various state chapters of the Democratic Party will be busing in people to the Mall for this assembly. It is both significant and also important that as [...]
Tags: Democratic Rally in Washington on Oct 2·One Nation March on Washington on Oct 2nd·One Nation Rally. October 2·Progressive Rally in Washington on Oct 2·Union rally in Washington on October 2
The Danger in a Republican Takeover of Government
September 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Lobbying, Media, Politics
It is pretty clear now what is happening. The Republicans, so close to a literal takeover of the government under Bush and Cheney (see Presidential rule # 51) have decided that they will attempt a literal political coup. Some of the statements made by the new Tea Party Republican Senatorial candidates (they are all Republicans) [...]
Tags: Christine O'Donnell·dangerous Neocon Republican Candidates·Joe Miller·Marco Rubio·Neocon Republican coup·Republican Senatorial candidates·Republican takeover of Congress·Sharron Angle·tea party candidates