For some time now, we have seen comparisons between various groups, various individuals and the Nazis. The comparisons are almost always totally imperfect. First of all, Nazis were murderers. There are no murderers among contemporary politicians unless you consider it an act of murder to start a war on false premises, a war that kills [...]
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Nazis and Neoconservatives…Are There Valid Comparisons?
January 11th, 2010 · Comments Off · Culture, Politics, wars and militarism
Tags: Bush administration·Hitler·Nazi·neocon·Neoconservative·Right Wing
The Myth of the American Political Center
December 28th, 2009 · Comments Off · Culture, Health Care, Media, Politics
Because of the intensity of the debate on health care reform, and the Republican ideological war on the middle class, we are now hearing much talk about the “American Center,” the supposedly independent political middle. The fact is that there is no political middle, polls notwithstanding. The only poll that matters, politicians will tell you [...]
Tags: Health Care·Media·media and politics·Politics·Republicans·Right Wing
Before Neocons Call People “Nazis” They Should Look in the Mirror.
December 19th, 2009 · Comments Off · Culture, Health Care, Media, Politics
Shame on the Neoconservatives, as they call themselves. They want to be called “Republicans.” But we can’t really call them Republicans, can we? They are not traditional Republicans. Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower were more or less traditional Republicans. Neoconservatives are more like the old Dixiecrats. In fact the manic racist Strom Thurmond [...]
Tags: Add new tag·Cheney·health care reform·health insurance industry·Hitler·Lieberman·lobbyists·Lunatic fringe·Nazi·Nazis·neocon·Neoconservative·Politics·President Obama·Right Wing·Rupert Murdoch·tea parties
Dick and Junior Go to War
December 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off · International affairs, Politics
This will be short. There is not much to say that is not obvious to anyone with a brain. In 2001 we were attacked by Al Qaeda, a terrorist organization headquartered in Afghanistan and supported by the tribes that encompass the Taliban, a severely strict and radical Muslim group that was in power in much [...]
Tags: Afghanistan·Bush·Bush administration·Dick Cheney·Iraq war·Right Wing·Rumsfeld·war in Afghanistan
Reality, Fantasy and Leadership
November 11th, 2009 · Comments Off · Culture, Politics
Since the latter part of the last decade of the 20th Century, the once-great United States of America has fallen into a trap. That trap is that we can continue to be great without paying the price for greatness. Everyone knows the price but no one is willing to pay it. The price is a [...]
Tags: Bush administration·Europe·fantasy·fundamentalist christians·Gore·leadership·Lieberman·Lunatic fringe·political reality·Politics·reality·recession·Republicans·Right Wing·slavery·tea parties·war
What’s in a Name? Republicans Are Now the Neoconservative Obstructionist Party
October 31st, 2009 · Comments Off · General, Health Care, Media, Politics
Shakespeare and the current Republican Party do not exactly fit within the same imagery. We do not see Sarah Palin quoting Shakespeare, something that might not surprise us to hear from either the President or the Vice President. The point is that we have long, long since reduced our expectations of erudition or even fiscally [...]
Tags: health care reform·lobbyists·media and politics·neocon·Neoconservative·Politics·Republicans·Right Wing
Turncoat Lieberman, Bought By Health Insurance Companies
October 28th, 2009 · Comments Off · Health Care, Politics
The clear message is that Senator Joseph Lieberman, like Duke Cunningham and others, including Senator John McCain of Arizona, has now taken his former respected status and sold his character and reputation to the highest bidder. In Lieberman’s case, his reputation was earned as a supporter in his early career of issues such as civil [...]
Tags: filibuster·Health Care·health care debate·health insurance industry·Lieberman·lobbyists·Neoconservative·Republicans·Right Wing
Why Republicans Are Terrified of ACORN.
October 7th, 2009 · Comments Off · Politics
Do you think that the attacks on ACORN are some kind of recent phenomenon? Do you think that the successful Republican technique of sending in James O’Keefe, a film maker and a couple of scuzzies to pretend to be prostitutes looking for a place to set up was the best Republican effort? Yes, it did [...]
Tags: ACORN·Republican·Right Wing·Think Tanks
Blackwater, Xe, and Private, Right-Wing Armies in the U.S.
October 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Culture, Media, Politics
Blackwater, now known as Xe, is a large, private army hired by the Administration of Dick Cheney and George W. Bush. It was founded by Eric Prince, an extremely wealthy, Right Wing, former Navy SEAL. He apparently attended the Naval Academy but graduated from Hillsdale College in Michigan, an organization which the last several decades [...]
Tags: militia·Nazis·Neocons·private army·Right Wing·tea baggers
Republicans Have Become the Lunatic Fringe
September 11th, 2009 · Comments Off · Culture, Media, Politics
When Joe Wilson, who is thus far the GOP Representative from South Carolina, called the President a liar and was quickly found to be himself a liar, something happened that was quite significant. A wound was re-opened that may not soon be closed. How serious was Rep. Wilson’s mistake? For him, it was quite serious. [...]
Tags: Communist·Fascist·health care debate·Lunatic fringe·racism·Republicans·Right Wing
The Man Who Caused the Recession
September 8th, 2009 · Comments Off · Politics
It wasn’t someone at Bear, Stearns or at Lehman Bros. They were doing what they do, or at least doing what they have been doing since 2000. It wasn’t Alan Greenspan, although he had his share of responsibility. No, and it wasn’t Bush, Cheney or Hank Paulson. Bush and Cheney are responsible for everything, not [...]
Tags: Bush·Cheney·investment·Neocon Republicans·Right Wing·SEC·Securities and Exchange Commission