excerpts from an essay by Louis A. Ruprecht, posted at Religion Dispatches. Ruprecht discusses how Gary Laderman of Religion Dispatches coining the term “Republicanity”,in two essays. In the first, he (Laderman) described the ways in which “Republicanity” now seems to opera[...]
Posts Tagged ‘radical right’
December 10th, 2011 - 11:53 am § in Uncategorized
Jesus, Carpet Bomb My Heart
I’m the enemy! I’m the one they’re after. I’m “the enemy,” the believer in the “false idol,” “the darkness” Jesus needs to cast out of America, the reason they’re spending all night in Detroit’s Ford Field, sending prayers over Michigan mosques “like sending special[...]
November 21st, 2011 - 5:00 pm § in America
BREAKING NEWS: Supercommittee to admit defeat today
update @ 1/21 1700 Huff Post The failure of the panel, formally known as the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, has left behind a separate house full of orphans that Congress must find a way to deal with before January 1, or else taxes will soar on the middle class, jobless benefits will e[...]
The Economy: China Inc. may understand POGO!
While the Republicans seem to think that the US economony is a chess piece in their politics, the world economy is the victim. In contrast. not troubled by messy concepts like Democrtacy, the Chinese see a long-term global recession as certain to happen and China Focus on domestic problems. BEIJING [...]
November 13th, 2011 - 12:11 pm § in America
Berkeley Blog: Capitalism in a Social Democracy
This article about the Finish economy came to my attention after a lecture at TownHall. Jeff Sachs showed frightening data … the US has fallen to the bottom of the industrial, developed democracies in growth rates and, especially, in terms of upward mobility. Sachs’ argument comes do[...]
November 7th, 2011 - 8:25 am § in America
BERKELEY BLOG: Lessons for the Occupation from the Tea Baggers
What the Occupy movement can learn from the Tea Party Lawrence Rosenthal, executive director, Center for the Comparative Study of Right-Wing Movements | 11/3/11 | It’s important to look at the Occupy Movement in the context of the Tea Party movement.Both were utterly unexpected and both were game-[...]
Why We Should Have a Free Market in Education
from Sound Politics by pudge, Maybe Obama Needs to Go Back to School Our entire nation depends, for our economic future, on an industry that gets hundreds of billions of dollars in direct subsidies from the federal government each year. This year, President Obama’s administration is increasi[...]
A 99% liberal responds to a 53% conservative
from Daily Kos Hello, I briefly visited the “We are the 53%” website, but I first saw your face on a liberal blog. Your picture is quite popular on liberal blogs. I think it’s because of the expression on your face. I don’t know if you meant to look pugnacious or if we’re just projec[...]
Governor proposes increasing cuts to UW to 2/3 of total state support! What’s left?
Oct. 27, 2011 Statement from UW President Michael K. Young regarding the governor’s proposed supplemental budget reductions As anticipated, the budget cuts released by the governor today have grave implications for the state of Washington and its citizens. The “Gr[...]
October 29th, 2011 - 11:35 pm § in America
Is the Tea Party Joining the OWS?
A Letter from Montana, by Jerry Straka . The Boston Tea Party was a protest against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. It was a protest against corporate interests condoned and imposed by “dynastic” government.[...]