The First Tuesday in November of 2010… …may be the last day of the American Dream. In 2001, George W. Bush was elected to office. We all knew by the time he took office that most people felt that he was not too bright but many felt that he was a “good old boy.” That [...]
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Elections Have Consequences.
October 25th, 2010 · Comments Off · Politics
Tags: consequences of this national election·Election results·elections on November 4th·Fox News Channel·House of Representative elections·Koch family·Mid-term elections·Neoconservative candidates·Rupert Murdoch·Senate elections·Tea Party Conservatives
Momentous Election in the Age of the “Hick”
October 12th, 2010 · Comments Off · Politics
It is 2010 and the lights are going out all over America. Slowly winding down to darkness. If darkness covers the land of opportunity, when will we find our way forward again? There is no question now about our educational system. It has failed us, and the warnings of Newton Minow, some fifty years ago [...]
Tags: candidates·Christine O'Donnell·Congressional elections·Fox News Channel·Joe Miller·Mid-term elections·November elections·Senate elections·tea party candidates
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
Wall Street Journal: Unemployment Benefits Are Bad for America
July 20th, 2010 · Comments Off · Media, Politics, Wall Street
In a recent article entitled “Stimulating Unemployment” the Wall Street Journal inadvertently showed its true colors. Black. They would like us all to wear black as a symbol of the death of the Middle Class which they are applauding and encouraging at every turn. It is quite (more than) probable that it is the work [...]
Tags: Conservative obstructionism·Fox News Channel·jobs·Ruper Murdoch·the Wall Street Journal·unemployment benefits·unemployment insurance
The Disturbing Nonsense of the Powerful Right Wing Media
June 28th, 2010 · Comments Off · Entertainment, Media, Politics
The Right Wing media has an overwhelming advantage over the commentary that comes from the Left. First of all, 90% of all radio programming that involves commentary is Right Wing commentary. That is, factually, 91% of all radio talk programming or commentary is identified as conservative talk radio. They don’t try to hide that they [...]
Tags: Corporatist media. Right Wing media networks·Fox News Channel·Neoconservative propaganda·Right wing media·Right Wing radio