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Speaking Tea Bag : English as a Second Language
Graphic statement by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog The Rag Blog / Sept. 23, 2009
Republicans Profit by Abandoning Conservatism for Demagoguery
Behind Republican Success:They Are No Longer ‘Conservatives’ By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog / September 22, 2009 Pundits have been writing that the Republicans will pay a heavy price for their tactics of distortion, rejection of bipartisan outreach, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatives, Racism, Republican Party, Right Wing Extremists, Tea Baggers
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The Tea Party Parade: Shouting at Phantoms
Mark Williams speaking during a Tea Party Express rally at the Cape Buffalo Grille in Dallas, Texas, on Sept, 4, before heading to Washington, D.C. Photo: Matt Nager.Working Class ZeroBy Timothy Egan / September 16, 2009 The first nine years … Continue reading
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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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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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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Extremism and Right Wing Populism : The Face of the Republican Party
The GOP and its extremists The recent tea parties sponsored by some Republican columnists and Fox News were frightening because they so catered to people on what was once the lunatic fringe… The ugly spirit of the tea parties soon … Continue reading
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Tagged Extremism, Populism, Racism, Republican Party, Right Wing Extremists, Right Wing Media, Tea Baggers
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Fascist America : Are We There Yet?
Fascism in five easy steps …mature democracies turn fascist by a recognizable process, a set of five stages that may be the most important family resemblance that links all the whole motley collection of 20th Century fascisms together. By Sara … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, American Society, Fascism, KKK, Religious Right, Republican Party, Right Wing, Right Wing Extremists, Tea Baggers
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Health Care Disruptions an Orchestrated Campaign
UPDATE: ‘Anti-Reform Group Takes Credit For Helping Gin Up Town Hall Rallies.’ Read it here. Rick Scott of “Swift Boat” fame, heads “Conservatives for Patients’ Rights.”Inside the Tea Partiers’ anti-health care organizing campaign Though conservatives portray the tea bagger disruptions … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Conservatives, Health Care Reform, Lloyd Doggett, Right Wing Extremists, Social Protest, Tea Baggers
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