Tag Archives: Obama Administration

The Blame Game : Reform is Bigger than Obama

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Barack Obama: Were expectations unrealistic? Image from Black Agenda Report.Too simplistic to just blame Obama:High hopes and the slow pace of reform By Richard Flacks / The Rag Blog / January 13, 2010 People on the left make a serious … Continue reading →

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Got Fascism? : Obama Advisor Promotes ‘Cognitive Infiltration’

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Presidential advisor and long-time Obama buddy Cass Sunstein.Your government appointees at work:Cass Sunstein seeks ‘cognitive’ provocateurs By Marc Estrin / The Rag Blog / January 11, 2010 Cass Sunstein is President Obama’s Harvard Law School friend, and recently appointed Administrator … Continue reading →

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Obama’s First Year : A ‘B-Plus’? Get Real!

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon from Orange County Register.A year at the helm:Does Obama make the grade? By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / December 27, 2009 President Obama has been in office for nearly a year now. I had not thought about … Continue reading →

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Life During Wartime : Barack’s Xmas Nightmare

Posted on December 24, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag BlogThanks to Dr. S.R. Keister /The Rag Blog

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Supremes : ‘Suspected Enemy Combatant’ no Longer a ‘Person’

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Portrait of a non-person. Image from girloftomorrow.Dred Scott redux:Enemy combatants denied legal standing …once again, 144 years after the Civil War, we have established as the law of the land and the policy of the United States government that whole … Continue reading →

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Obama Administration : Growing Influence of the Neo-Cons

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon By Baloo from Baloo Cartoons.White House foreign policy:Globalist/pragmatist hybrid While the political philosophy articulated or implied by President Obama is far from that of the neo-conservatives, [many of the] concrete policies that he has embraced do in fact resemble … Continue reading →

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John Ross : Days of Dementia in Obamalandia

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

The Zhu Zhu virtual hamster: Dementia in Obamalandia. Photo by Rex Larsen / The Grand Rapids Press.On the loose in Obamalandia:Days of Dementia (‘Is the war over yet?’) Yes, Baracko, the economy is booming again for Chinese-made mechanical hamsters but … Continue reading →

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Tom Hayden : Time to Strip Off the Obama Sticker

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from Zazzle.com.Obama’s Afghanistan escalation:Latest in a string of disappointments I’ll support Obama down the road against Sarah Palin, Lou Dobbs or any of the pitchfork carriers for the pre-Obama era. But no bumper sticker until the withdrawal strategy is … Continue reading →

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Health Care Reform : The Final Act

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Benjamin Simpson / Hodomania.Final curtain:The health care tragedy By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / November 30, 2009 I was recently privileged to have the opportunity to discuss world affairs, and health care in particular, … Continue reading →

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Legacy of the Neocons : Understanding our Economic Fix

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Understanding our economic fix:The role of neocon economics in damaging the economy and creating unemployment By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / November 29, 2009 If Republicans can blame economic problems on Democratic spending, they will have a leg … Continue reading →

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A Modest Proposal : Eat the Rich!

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by chrisjfry / Flickr.Serve the people!Carve up Wall Street By Alex Knight / The Rag Blog / November 20, 2009 See Amy Goodman’s interview with Robert Scheer on Wall Street and the economy, from Democracy Now!, Below. Yesterday, Democracy … Continue reading →

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What Obama Has Done Right : The List of 90

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Grading Obama’s presidency:A list of 90 accomplishments By Betty Dubose Hamilton / The Rag Blog / November 16, 2009 See ‘A Grade for Obama: First six months’ record,’ by Robert P. Watson, Below. With his list of 90 accomplishments, Dr. … Continue reading →

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