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Monthly Archives: February 2013
It’s Pee
Republican’s want to immediately privatize government. They hate the thought of the government doing anything for “those people.” Ever since the New Deal, Republicans have made the intellectual argument that a welfare state saps American’s freedoms, and have mounted a decades … Continue reading
Mars Bitches
The documentary, “Hubris: Selling the Iraq War,” recently aired on MSNBC to mark the tenth-anniversary of the selling of the Iraq War by President George W. Bush’s administration. Sometimes I wonder if American’s even remember this shameful period. Thanks to Netflix, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Carey, Black Bush, Carnegie, corporations, Dave Chappelle, George Carlin, Gore Vidal, Hubris: Selling the Iraq War, Mark Twain, Morgan, MSNBC, NBC, netflix, Numerian, Phil Donahue, Pinkertons, propaganda, Rockefeller, The American Anti-Imperialist League
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How it Works
You’ve heard me pontificate about propaganda enough, that I think a real life example is in order. My wife, a health care worker, is sick and tired of co-workers and patients referring to the Affordable Care Act as Obamacare. And, … Continue reading
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Tagged Affordable Care Act, Avedon Carol, David Dayen, Heritage Foundation, Liz Fowler, Max Baucus, Medicaid, Medicare, Mitt Romney, propaganda, WellPoint
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Think Globally, Act Locally
Air pollution horribly afflicts our western valley in the winter. For the past month, we’ve had the dubious distinction of having the worst air in the nation. Hurray! But, this situation is also fraught with possibilities for change–the hacking, coughing, … Continue reading
Modalities of Control
Why are American’s so docile in the face of persistent unemployment, record levels of foreclosure and a banana republic system of inequality? One word–Debt. “Workers who are unable to meet their debts, who are victimized by constantly rising interest rates … Continue reading
Dollarocracy
A friend asked me a great question the other day: Is neo-feudalism just fascism? According to the 1983 American Heritage Dictionary, fascism is: “A system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of … Continue reading
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