Tag Archives: Tea Baggers

Ruth Rosen : The New Right-Wing Christian Feminism

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Women’s Christian Temperance Union.In the late nineteenth century, female reformers sought to protect the family from “worldly dangers.”The Tea Party and the newRight-wing Christian feminism By Ruth Rosen /July 6, 2010 Why have American women become so active in the … Continue reading →

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Roger Baker : Karl Marx, the Tea Party, and our Political Economy

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

A Tea Party take on the economy. Photo from the Los Angeles Times.The shifting currents ofOur political economy By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / June 23, 2010 Marx used to refer to what we now call the “economy” … Continue reading →

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Pitchfork Populism : What Damage Will The Tea Baggers Do?

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo from jkurt58 / Photobucket.What will they do to America?Right wing populism and the Tea BaggersBy Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / June 18, 2010 Maybe the great body of Tea Baggers cannot be reached, but we must answer … Continue reading →

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Oil and Politics: Reality Comes Home to Roost

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo montage by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog.Deregulate this!Oil, politics, and the Tea Party I must ask the tea-bag draped folks who insist our government should take a hands-off approach to ‘their lives’ what their reaction is to the … Continue reading →

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Greg Moses : The Sound of Un-Hatched Chickens Crashing

Posted on May 9, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Generation Payback:The cash value of capitalism By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / May 9, 2010 Confronted on Tax Day by satellite visions of free market capitalism led by the American Tea Party, global investors began to exit the … Continue reading →

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Teabaggers in 2010? : Debunking the Political Wisdom

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Image from The Daily Globe.Will the right wing seize power?Looking ahead to November By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / May 7, 2010 [The Rag Blog doesn’t post a lot about election predictions, but I think it is important … Continue reading →

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Tim Wise : Imagine if the Tea Party Were Black

Posted on April 26, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Imagine if these guys were black. Demonstrators carried weapons at a “Restore the Constitution” rally on the Potomac in Arlington, VA, April 19. Photos (top) by Bob Barnard / Fox 5 / New York, and (below) by Win McNamee / … Continue reading →

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Republican Jujitsu : Protecting Wall Street from the People

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon by L.M. Glackens, 1911 / Puck / Library of Congress.Republican Jujitsu:Protecting Wall StreetFrom accountability and reform By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / April 21, 2010 We are reading about two firms that sold securities to the unsuspecting … Continue reading →

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Teabaggers Notwithstanding : Reform Mostly a Flop

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Sophisticated analysis of health care reform by Atlanta teabagger, Aug. 15, 2009. Photo by Joeff Davis / Creative Loafing.Still not so good:Reflecting on health care reformBy Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / April 19, 2010 After a … Continue reading →

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Tax Day Tea Party : Markets Overboard!

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon by Mike Konapacki / solidarity.com.Tax Day Tea PartyTosses markets overboard By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / April 17, 2010 Like so many chests of tea tossed overboard into Boston Harbor, world markets fell straight down Friday in … Continue reading →

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Culture Wars : ‘Take Our Country Back’

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

Confederate flag at Tea Party March on Washington, September 12, 2009. Image from Think Progress.Latest culture war in America: Nationalism in dangerous form Many fear that they have lost the country that was bequeathed to them — and to them … Continue reading →

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Sherman DeBrosse : Rage, Racism, and the Future of the Tea Bagger Movement

Posted on April 7, 2010 by Thorne Dreyer

The Tea Baggers:An identity temper tantrum with a violent edge By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / April 6, 2010 [This is the second in a two-part series on the Tea Bagger movement by Sherman DeBrosse. Go here to … Continue reading →

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