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Ed Felien : The Consecration of Rick Perry
Warrior for Christ. Image from The Crazy Crusades. A warrior for Christ: The consecration of Rick Perry By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / August 30, 2011 Governor Rick Perry concluded his prayer in Houston on Saturday, Aug. 7: … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Christian Right, Ed Felien, Republican Primary, Rick Perry
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FILM / Ed Felien : Harry Potter Through the Eyes of an Afghan Child
Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows, Part Two. Harry Potter through the eyes of an Afghan child Understanding the lesson of Harry Potter is essential to understanding the cultural values that underpin our need for the vindication of war. By … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Ed Felien, Fantasy, Film, Harry Potter, War
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Ed Felien : Breivik’s Norwegian ‘Putsch’ Has Historical Echoes
Political cartoon by Paolo Lombardi / toonpool.The parallels are ominous:Terror in Norway There are organizations that support the ideas of McVeigh and Breivik, and there is a culture that supports murder and violence as legitimate means to realize those ends. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ed Felien, Immigration, Islamophobia, Nazi Germany, Norway, Racism, Right Wing Extremists, Terrorism
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Ed Felien : Is the Terror in Norway an Isolated Act?
Political cartoon by Paolo Lombardi / toonpool.The parallels are ominous:Terror in Norway There are organizations that support the ideas of McVeigh and Breivik, and there is a culture that supports murder and violence as legitimate means to realize those ends. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ed Felien, Immigration, Islamophobia, Nazi Germany, Norway, Racism, Right Wing Extremists, Terrorism
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Ed Felien : Malalai Joya is a Champion for Afghan Women
Malalai Joya. Image from antiwarcommittee.com.A champion for Afghan women:On hearing Malalai Joya By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / April 12, 2011 MINNEAPOLIS — I met the bravest person in the world Friday night, April 1, at St. Joan … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Ed Felien, International Women's Day, Malalai Joya, Taliban
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Ed Felien : Obama and the Lies About Libya
Political cartoon by Mike Keefe / Denver Post / inToon.comWhat’s really up in Benghazi?Obama’s lies about Libya By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / April 5, 2011 Barack Obama tried to explain the U. S. war against Libya on … Continue reading
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Tagged Ed Felien, Foreign Policy, Libyan Intervention, Muammar Gaddafi
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Ed Felien : Words Have Consequences
Words have consequences:Political rhetoric and the attemptedassassination of Gabrielle Giffords By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / January 17, 2011 Gabrielle Giffords had just won her reelection in a race so tight it took three days to count the … Continue reading
Ed Felien : Jon Stewart, Meet George W. Bush
In defense of the Left,with love to Jon Stewart In trying to appear a moderate, Stewart criticized the right for its attacks on Obama and the left for accusing Bush of being a war criminal and comparing him to Hitler. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bush Legacy, Comedians, Ed Felien, Fascism, George W. Bush, Jon Stewart, Nazi Germany, Social Action, Television
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Ed Felien : The Holy War that We Can’t Win
The Afghan jihad:A war that we can’t win By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / August 3, 2010 How can war be holy? What righteous god would welcome the massacre of innocents? And, yet, the origins and history of … Continue reading
Afghanistan : The Hole Keeps Getting Deeper
Environmental art by Andy Goldsworthy. Image from TreeHugger.Digging deeper in Afghanistan:New general, same disaster By Ed Felien / The Rag Blog / July 10, 2010 The first rule about holes is if you find yourself in one and you don’t … Continue reading
FILM / ‘Harry Brown’ : Shallow Pastiche Mirrors the News
Michael Caine in Harry Brown.What is Harry Brown trying to tell us? It thrills and titillates without any socially redeeming value. It blames the kids on the streets for the drug war and ignores the manufacturing of violence happening in … Continue reading
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Tagged Ed Felien, Film, Jamaica, Michael Caine, Organized Crime, Police Tactics, Vigilante Justice, War on Drugs
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