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Richard D. Jehn : Moving Through the End of Growth
Transformation time. Image from Fluxed Up World.Moving through the end of growthand the collapse of the U.S. as we know it Welcome to the New World. By Richard D. Jehn | The Rag Blog | January 10, 2012 Although my … Continue reading
Ted McLaughlin : The Occupy Movement is Changing the Conversation
It’s changing the conversation:The wealth gap and the Occupy MovementBy Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / October 31, 2011 The image above brings home a very disturbing fact about the United States — the vast inequality of wealth and … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Concentration of Wealth, Income Gap, Occupy Wall Street, Ted McLaughlin
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Harvey Wasserman : Occupy Nukes!
Occupy Wall Street image from eleven degrees north.Merge and win:Occupy Wall Street andthe ‘No Nukes’ movement By Harvey Wasserman / The Rag Blog / October 25, 2011 The global upheaval that is the Occupy Movement is hopefully in the process … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, American Society, Harvey Wasserman, No Nukes, Nuclear Power, Occupy Wall Street, Social Protest
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Harry Targ : Drones, Banks, and Multitudes
The multitudes: “Cry of the Masses” by Josef Vachal. Image from Express Tribune blogs.Sound bites:Drones, banks, and multitudes By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / October 11, 2011 In this age of tweets, sound bites, and shorthand references to … Continue reading
Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Approaching 90, I Despair for my Country
Image from Free Health Care News.As I approach my 90th year:I despair for the state of my country(and its corrupted health care system) I look at the Republican ‘debates’ and wonder, where did we — as a supposedly enlightened society … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Dr. Stephen R. Keister, Health Care Reform, Hospice, Socialized Medicine
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Lamar W. Hankins : Republican Health Care: ‘Let Him Die’
Thumbs down at Republican debate. Image from The Godless Liberal.‘Just let him die’:The Republicans and health care The indisputable fact is that the U.S. is alone among the advanced societies in failing to assure that health care is available to … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Health Care, Lamar W. Hankins, Republican Party, Ron Paul
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Thomas McKelvey Cleaver : Nagasaki and Responding to Calamity
Shinto Shrine in Atomic Ruins, Nagasaki, Japan 1945. Public domain / National Archives / Flickr.Responding to calamity andwhat it says about our character The people of Nagasaki dedicated their city to promoting international peace and brotherhood. By Thomas McKelvey Cleaver … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, American Society, Atomic Bomb, Japan, Nagasaki, Thomas Cleaver, World Peace, World War II
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Robert Jensen : 9/11 and Imperial Delusions
Graphic from SodaHead.Imperial delusions:Ignoring the lessons of 9/11 Being right means nothing if we failed to create a more just foreign policy conducted by a more humble nation. By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / September 13, 2011 Ten … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, American Society, Imperialism, Robert Jensen, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Lamar W. Hankins : What 9/11 Has Taught Us About Our Country
Image from Truth and Shadows.What we have (and haven’t)learned about America since 9/11 By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / September 13, 2011 The horrific attack on the United States on 9/11/01 brought out America’s essential character traits … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, American Society, Lamar W. Hankins, U.S. Foreign Policy
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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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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : America and the Big Lie
Art from Macho Response. Sold down the river: America and the big lie By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / August 17, 2011 “Tell big lies. Do not qualify or concede a point, no matter how wrong … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolf Hitler, American Society, Dr. Stephen R. Keister, Health Care Reform, Nazi Germany, Tea Baggers
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Lamar W. Hankins : What Happened to ‘Government for the People’?
Do we still hold these truths to be self-evident? Image from Greenwich Workshop. Why Republicans (and many Democrats) don’t believe in government for the people By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / August 16, 2011 “I promise you … Continue reading
