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Health Care Reform, Racism and Memories of Nuremberg
Jimmy Carter says racism is at core of Obama opposition. Photo by David Mercado /Reuters. One would hope, now that President Carter has cleared the air, that Obama will set aside his effort to please those who cannot be pleased, … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care Reform, Jimmy Carter, Nazi Germany, Racism, Right Wing Extremists
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The Righteous Mob : Like Talking to Children
Photo from registeredmedia.com.KKK to Tea Parties:Communicating with the ignorant and angry By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / September 15, 2009 If angry outbursts and placard waving protesters against health care reform seem heated today, the idea of planned … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Birth Control, Health Care Reform, KKK, Right Wing Extremists, Tea Baggers
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Losing or Giving Up the Fight Against Racism?
US president Barack Obama: has he gone back on pledges made to black America? Photo: Michael Reynolds/EPA.Obama’s big silence: the race question: Has the president turned his back on black America?By Naomi Klein / September 12, 2009 Americans began the … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Racism, Right Wing Extremists, Right Wing Media
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Raving Joe Wilson : The Pride of South Carolina!
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Move over, Mark Sanford:Joe Wilson gets South Carolina ‘Jackass Award’ Wilson made a beeline out of the House chamber immediately after the end of the President’s speech. He must have had a political … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Immigration, Obama Smear Campaign, Rep. Joe Wilson, Right Wing Extremists, South Carolina
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The Afrikaner Party : GOP vs. Van Jones & Team Obama
Van Jones (top) “should sue the living shit out of Glenn Beck.”The Afrikaner Party draws first blood:Van Jones, Obama and the audacity of capitulation By Tim Wise / The Rag Blog / September 8, 2009 Van Jones, special advisor to … Continue reading
Austin : Thousands Rally for Healthcare; Teabaggers Call for Secession
Health care supporters, Teabaggers rally in Austin, August 29, 2009. Photos by James Retherford / The Rag Blog.Healthcare rally draws over 2,000;Handful of Teabaggers call for secession Rev. Jim Rigby, pastor of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, pondered how it can … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Health Care Reform, Lloyd Doggett, Right Wing Extremists, Tea Baggers, Universal Health Care
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The Wingnuts : Paranoia and Rage Serve the GOP Well
Paranoia, rage and right wing populism From the time of Plato, thinkers have noted that building fear and anger directed at the ‘Other’ is a potent political tool. By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / August 25, 2009 Lately, … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Populism, Republican Party, Right Wing Extremists
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Republicans, Religion and the Triumph of Unreason
Graphic by R.S. Janes / LT SaloonShrill, baby, shrill:How do they train themselves to be so impervious to reality? By Johann Hari / August 21, 2009 Something strange has happened in America in the nine months since Barack Obama was … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care Reform, Republican Party, Right Wing Extremists, Tea Baggers
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The ‘Grassroots’ Puppet Masters : A Scorecard
Texas’ Dick Armey, former Republican House majority leader and an ultra-conservative, heads the anti-reform FreedomWorks. (The Hammer, Texan Tom Delay, hovers at the left.) Opponents of health care reform:Big bucks behind the ‘grassroots’ By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
Town Hall Crazies : Too Nuts for Jerry Springer?
Graphic by Larry Ray with apologies to Jerry Springer.Out of Control Town Hall mobs:Probably even be too much for Jerry Springer! By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / August 14, 2009 It would not surprise me if former politician … Continue reading
Red-Baiting and Racism : Socialism as the New Black Bogeyman
Obama as Joker: Poster currently being distributed in Los Angeles.Red-baiting and racism:When ‘socialism’ isn’t really about socialism This noise is about race. It is about ‘othering’ a President who is seen as a symbol of white dispossession: dispossession of white … Continue reading
Health Care Reform : Screeching to a Halt?
Supporters of health care reform rally outside the office of Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida Republican. Photo from AP. Unhappily, the current situation is much more ominous than simply the denial of proper health care. The encouragement of mob violence by … Continue reading
