Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Israel and Iran : A Countdown to Tragedy?

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

During Iranian street demonstrations this summer a protester displays a photo of Mohammed Mossadegh, deposed by the Americans and the British in 1953 and replaced with the much-hated Shah Reza Pahlavi. Photo posted on Daily Kos, June 19, 2009. Who … Continue reading →

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Special Delivery : Ft. Hood GI Gives Letter to Obama

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Pfc. Michael Kern. Photo from Cynthia Thomas / Under the Hood Cafe.Stopping by the barracks:GI Michael Kern hands Obama IVAW letter What happened at Fort Hood has made it abundantly clear that the military mental health system, and our soldiers, … Continue reading →

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Mariann G. Wizard : Ft. Holabird Haiku

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Still life of toy soldiers. Photo by Margaret Bourke-White, Jan 01, 1937 / Time and Life Pictures / Getty Images Ft. Holabird Haiku See the soldiers, row on row,green leaves on trees —beware defoliant! Vietnam had soldiers too,green boys in … Continue reading →

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Hey Obama : Ride ’em Cowboy!

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

C’mon Obama,Let’s have a real buildup in Afghanistan! Barack Obama told the nation/‘Have no fear of escalation/I am trying everyone to please…’(With apologies to Tom Paxton) By Richard Lee / The Rag Blog / November 11, 2009 To Barack Obama: … Continue reading →

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Stupak Amendment : Rolling Back Women’s Rights

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

The House Health Care bill:Compromising away women’s rights Women put Obama in office; now we have to call in our chips. By Barbara J. Berg / The Rag Blog / November 10, 2009 The thunderous applause greeting the announcement of … Continue reading →

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History as Politics : Remembering the Berlin Wall

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Man straddles Berlin Wall in 1989. Photo from photosfan.com.History as politics, Politics as history: Remembering the Berlin Wall By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / November 9, 2009 …you are Americans and are meant to carry liberty and justice … Continue reading →

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Mexico : Drug Decrim and the 10,000-Ton Monkey

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Pot smoker in Mexico City. Mexicans consume an estimated 342 tons of marijuana a year. Photo by Castillo / AP.Legalization is the only answer…Mexico’s massive drug problem As poet Juan Pablo Garcia posited long ago in his 1985 Pacheco (marijuana … Continue reading →

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Surprise! : Betrayal in Honduras as ‘Golpistas’ Ignore Accord

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Manuel Zelaya closes a window at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa. Photo from AFP.Celebration was premature;United States expresses ‘disappointment’ …negotiating with the golpistas for reinstatement of the democratically elected president is like negotiating with thieves for the return of stolen … Continue reading →

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Through the Gate in ’66 : Howling Wolf Au Go Go

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Chester Arthur Burnett, aka Howling Wolf.When I was sixteen:Hitting the Village with my grandfather Wolf sang every song to the pretty hippie boy sitting directly in front of me, who turned out to be Davy Jones of the Monkees. By … Continue reading →

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Matthew Hoh and Vietnamistan : Déjà vu all Over Again

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

A bright and shining lie:Hoh’s Afghanistan and John Paul Vann’s VietnamBy Richard Lee / The Rag Blog / November 8, 2009 I just got a copy of diplomat Matthew Hoh’s resignation letter from a friend in Canada. I don’t get … Continue reading →

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American Health Care : Monster Run Amok

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Cartoon by RS Janes / LTSaloon.Once the envy of the world…The American health care disgrace By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / November 7, 2009 Between 1910 and 1970 American medicine was the envy of the world. … Continue reading →

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Real Unemployment Rate : Closing in on the Great Depression

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Good times around the corner?Real unemployment rate at 17.5 percent This economic disaster was created by far too many years of Reagan-Bush-supply-side-trickle-down-union-busting-corporate-welfare-market-driven economic policy. By Ted McLaughlin / The Rag Blog / November 7, 2009 Yes, I know the federal … Continue reading →

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