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Yearly Archives: 2011
Idiots and Blinders By Nancy Miller Saunders / The Rag Blog / September 6, 2011 Are the developers of our intelligence operations idiot savants, brilliant in some areas and totally oblivious in others? (Think Dustin Hoffman in The Rain Man.) … Continue reading
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Are Corporations Patriotic – Or Just Greedy? By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / September 6, 2011 Are corporations patriotic? It’s an intriguing question. It seems to be the Republican point of view that it is patriotic to support … Continue reading
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Mike Lofgren : Why I Left the GOP Cult
Image from Gunaxin.Goodbye to all that:Reflections of a GOP operative Who left the cult By Mike Lofgren / Truthout / September 5, 2011 Barbara Stanwyck: “We’re both rotten!” Fred MacMurray: “Yeah — only you’re a little more rotten.” — Double … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Corporate Power, Mike Lofgren, Religious Right, Republican Party
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David Van Os : To the Blathering Pols on Labor Day
Political cartoon by Igor Smirnov / toonpool To the blathering pols this Labor Day: No more lies and excuses! By David Van Os / The Rag Blog / September 5, 2011 This weekend a multitude of elected and would-be political … Continue reading
Lamar W. Hankins : Are Bush and Perry Birds of a Feather?
What did you learn in school today? Dubya and Perry read to school children. Image from Addicting Info.If you liked George W., you’ll love Rick Perry By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / September 5, 2011 For those … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Lies, George W. Bush, Lamar W. Hankins, Rick Perry, Separation of Church and State, Social Security
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The Help, the blockbuster movie about the relationship between a young white woman and her black maids in 1963 Mississippi, has stirred up a bit of controversy, with some calling it “clichéd” and “condescending.” But writer Casey Hayden, who was … Continue reading
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Sarito Carol Neiman : Healthcare on the Ground
Image from Sky Dancing.Shredding the envelope:Healthcare on the ground, Part I By Sarito Carol Neiman / The Rag Blog / September 1, 2011 [Shredding the Envelope (“Ruminations on news, taboos, and space beyond time”) is Sarito Carol Neiman’s (occasionally) regular … Continue reading
Harry Targ : The Power of a Good Example
NATO and the old narrative. Photo from AFP. The power of a good example: The Arab Spring and the Libyan Fall By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / September 1, 2011 For many years those of us who followed … Continue reading
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Tagged Arab Spring, Cuban Revolution, Harry Targ, Libyan Intervention, Middle East, World History
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FILM / Casey Hayden : ‘The Help’ is a Game-Changer
Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer in The Help. The play’s the thing: The Help, and fighting the good fight Davis’ amazing, game changing work has made me proud to have been part of a Movement which made it possible for … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, Casey Hayden, Civil Rights Movement, Film, The Help
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Jay D. Jurie : The Return of ROTC
Navy ROTC cadets from Florida’s Jacksonville University. U.S.Navy photo by Spc. 2nd Class Gary Granger Jr. / 4GWar. ROTC resurgent Part II: ROTC’s history and return to campus When the military’s ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy was dropped in 2010, … Continue reading
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Tagged Campuses, Gay, Jay D. Jurie, Military, ROTC, Student Activism
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Carl Davidson : Why Neoliberals Have Trouble Telling the Truth
Newt on Fox. Image from Keep on Keepin’ On. Media wars and manufacturing consent: Getting people to vote against themselves Why neoliberals have trouble telling the truth. By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / August 31, 2011 The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Carl Davidson, Economics, Keynes, Neo-liberalism, Newt Gingrich, Right Wing Politics, Socialism
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Texas’s Hidden History Revisited—Part 3: The 1827-1836 Years Under Mexican Rule (section 2) The hidden history of Texas Part 3: The 1827-1836 years under Mexican rule By Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog / August 24, 2011 [This is the … Continue reading
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