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Coulterman : Spandex Annie Eats Her Dates
Ms. Coulterman has never married and her housekeeper reportedly was kept employed mainly to sweep up the dried husks of dessicated paramours who mysteriously died after their first date with the self-promoting madwoman. By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
When Pigs Fly…
Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag Blog Thanks to S. R. Keister / The Rag Blog
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Dante’s Hypocrites and Universal Health Care
Our Divine ComedyIf we cannot influence our elected representatives, all the great efforts of all these dedicated people who desire single payer, universal health coverage will be for naught, and we must accept that the United States is little better … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Dr. Stephen R. Keister, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care
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A Race for the Planet
If the Big three cannot agree to make only cars that are fuel efficient enough to get at least 50 MPG by 2011, 75 MPG by 2013 and 100 MPG by 2015, then they should go into bankruptcy and fend … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Automobile Industry, Automobiles, Environment, Musicians, Neil Young
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Al Franken’s Victory : Remembering Paul Wellstone’s Convenient Death
Wellstone was pulling ahead in the polls, and the victory of a man who voted against the war resolution would have been a great embarrassment to the Bush administration. This was a convenient death. By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Conspiracy Theories, Paul Wellstone, Progressive Democrats
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Remembering Tom Bernard : The GI Movement Against the War in Vietnam
David Zeiger with active duty GI’s at Armed Farces Day, 1971, Killeen, Texas, home of Ft. Hood. Photo from Displaced Films. Tom Bernard, 60, died Dec. 27. 2008. As an active duty GI in Vietnam, Tom was part of WORMS … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Anti-War GIs, Peace Movement, Sixties, Vietnam, VVAW
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Cheney : Faces Nation, Won’t Face Truth
‘Cheney wrapped up his version of “Through the Iraqi Looking Glass,” double-speaking his way through torture, detention, Guantanamo, wiretapping without warrant, and the administration’s basic trampling of the Constitution.’ By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / January 4, 2009 … Continue reading
Books / Ann Coulter’s ‘Guilty’ : Offensive as Charged
Coulter: ‘Liberals’ hysterical obsession with the “Republican Attack Machine” turns Democratic primaries into a contest of: “Who’s the Biggest Pussy?”‘By Greg Lewis / January 4, 2009 As Media Matters for America has noted, author and syndicated columnist Ann Coulter recently … Continue reading
The Media and Hamas : Vilifying the Victim
The dominant media are in high gear over Gaza. They vilify Hamas, stay silent about Gazan suffering, are mute on the crippling blockade, its devastating human toll, and practically champion Israel’s call for “all-out war” and the slaughter of defenseless … Continue reading
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Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Mainstream Media, Media, Media Bias, Media Distortion, Palestine
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Paul Buhle : An ‘Obama Force’ (Swords into Plowshares)
“Beating Swords into Plowshares.” Photo by I Like.For an ‘Obama Force’(Aka a foreign policy note from the Left)By Paul Buhle / The Rag Blog / January 3, 2009 The blogosphere is now thick with foreign policy discussions about the impending … Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Policy, Military, Obama Presidency, Progressives, The Left
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