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Stimulus Denier Jindal Blows Rebuttal, Bails Out to Disneyland
Graphic by Larry Ray, The Rag Blog, with apologies to Mickey. Even Rush Limbaugh had to scratch around in the back of his painful plaudit pantry to try to put some sort of positive face on Jindal’s threadbare recitation. By … Continue reading
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Tagged Bobby Jendal, Conservatives, Disneyland, Economic Stimulus, Republican Party
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Fight Global Warming Denial : George Will Distorts the Facts
Global warming is one of the most urgent issues facing our country and the entire world. In dealing with an issue of such magnitude, the [Washington] Post has a duty to provide the truth to its readers. George Will is … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatives, George Will, Global Warming, Mainstream Media, Media Distortion
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Fixing Health Care : Rush Limbaugh and the Radical Right
Our health care system is a ticking time bomb and the right wing opposes every effort to fix it. Photo/illustration by Mark Hooper / Stanford Medicine Magazine The science is already published, especially by Scripps Institute, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatives, Health Care Reform, Rush Limbaugh, Scientific Research
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Cable TV : A Republican Punch and Judy Show
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. Cable TV news and commentary channels seem to make little distinction between featuring a live two-headed mule on their shows or a live falsehood-spouting politician. By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Cable News, Conservatives, Republican Party
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Big Oil Led the Fight Against the Stimulus Plan
North Carolina millionaire businessman and former state legislator Art Pope is a director of Americans for Prosperity. Why would an organization funded by oil and gas interests be hostile to the economic stimulus plan? Could it be the $50 billion … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Conservatives, Economic Recovery, Oil Companies, Stimulus Bill
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Larry Ray : Rebublican Obstructionists Still Don’t Get It
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. Instead of thinking about America first and a looming, worsening recession, these Righteous Right-wingers are thinking mostly of themselves and their political futures. By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / February … Continue reading
Boehner : Lighten Up Already
‘Boehner is like a talking toy that repeats the same thing over and over when you pull its string.’ By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / January 30, 2009 There is great speculation that GOP house minority leader John … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Conservatives, John Boehner, Republican Party
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Hilda Soliz : Republicans Stalling Nomination of Progressive for Labor Secretary
Conservative Wyoming Sen. Michael Enzi, chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, is working hard against the nomination of Rep. Hilda Soliz for Labor Secretary. Photo by David Zalubowski / AP. These guys on the right … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Conservatives, Hilda Soliz, Labor, Obama Administration
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Global Warming: A George Will Harrumph
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. Will says there is no man made global warming, and that it is all going to be OK? All the scientific warming measurements for 2008 are inconsequential? And he is called the … Continue reading
Playing With Fire : McCain and the Raging Right
‘McCain’s own campaign is playing with powerful extremist themes to denigrate Obama’By E. J. Dionne Jr. / October 14, 2008 McCain pastor tells rally that non-Christians want Obama victory. Story and video, Below. Are we witnessing the reemergence of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Campaign Tactics, Conservatives, Extremism, McCain Campaign, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Political Ethics, Racism, Right Wing
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GOP Rallies : Conservatives Go Ballistic
A McCain supporter yells at Obama supporters before McCain and Palin arrive at a rally, Oct. 8, 2008, in Strongsville, Ohio. Photo by AP.McCain campaign riling up base by ‘ratcheting up fears and frustrations.’ By Jonathan Martin / October 10, … Continue reading
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How Washington’s Right-Wing Wrecking Crew Robbed Us Blind
Conservatives have turned a vast government built for our protection into a device for exploiting us By Thomas Frank / August 6, 2008 Washington is the city where the scandals happen. Every American knows this, but we also believe, if … Continue reading
