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Republican Buffoon Bunning : Another Shameful Show
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog (with apologies to the horse).Sen. Jim Bunning: A Shameful Show While many senators were terse and faulted Geithner for not having a detailed bailout plan in hand, Senator Bunning was coarse, mean … Continue reading
El Salvador : U.S. Republicans Meddling in Historic Election
Mauricio Funes, a former television reporter, is the FMLN candidate for president of El Salvador. It is outrageous to see how a small contingent from the Party of No can contribute to a climate of electoral fear. By Al / … Continue reading
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Tagged El Salvador, Free Elections, Imperialism, Latin America
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Eschenbach: The Root Cause of the Economic Crisis: Selfishness Was In, Selflessness Was Out
The Death of Voodoo EconomicsBy Sid Eschenbach / The Rag Blog / March 12, 2009 While it’s interesting, almost unavoidable and improbably instructive to play a ‘blame game’ regarding who is responsible for our collective demise, my own view is … Continue reading
Kate Braun: Vernal Equinox Seasonal Message
Vernal Equinox Seasonal MessageBy Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / March 12, 2009 “Wise Mother whose love surrounds me all you make is sacred…” Friday, March 20, 2009 is the Spring/Vernal Equinox. Lady Moon is in her 4th quarter, … Continue reading
Music Video by Ric Sternberg : That Big Hot Texas Sun
Music video by Ric Sternberg / The Rag Blog.Red hot music video promotes solar energy with red hot Austin musicians. By Ric Sternberg / The Rag Blog / March 11, 2009 Why do we keep fiddling while Texas burns? We … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Environment, Filmmakers, Music Video, Musicians, Solar Energy, Video
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David P. Hamilton : Sea Change
Sea Change. Future debates will be over how fast and how far to push change, primarily involving the conversion of private to public, not whether change is desirable. Maintaining the status quo is almost an irrelevant position. By David P. … Continue reading
Skateboarders, Bloggers and Cops : One Little Victory for the People
No Skateboards / calaggie. Gerry Storm, aka Dr. Mesmo, is a former Austin musician, activist and union leader who now lives in rural New Mexico. His interests combine the political with the spiritual. He recounts here a triumphant parable of … Continue reading
Medical Ethics : The Campus Invasion of Big Pharma
Graphic by Mike Licht / NotionsCapital Big Pharma and Medical Ethics Drug companies are ‘funneling money through universities for advertising and trying to disguise it as education.’ Dr. Gerry Lower / The Rag Blog / March 9, 2009 The New … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Pharma, Campuses, Medical Ethics, Pharmaceutical Companies
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Porno and Politics : Mapping America
Graphic from Gallop Poll. Three of the five red Republican states top the list of states with the highest number of people who subscribe to online pornography sites. By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / March 8, 2009 Political … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Conservatives, Pornography, Religious Right
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Krugman, Stiglitz Join Dr. Oliver Fein : Single Payer Health Care a Must
Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz: “Single payer is the only alternative.” With a single-payer national health insurance program we can assure lifelong, high quality, comprehensive and affordable coverage for everyone. — Oliver Fein, M.D. By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Single Payer, Universal Health Care
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Foodie Friday: World’s Best Tortilla Soup
Healing BrothsBy Janet Gilles / The Rag Blog / March 6, 2009 My old buddy David Hamilton, knowing of my recent foray into healing broths, gave me a large grocery sack of collard greens from his garden. Why it took … Continue reading
Michael Meeropol : Business Unites to Fight Workers’ Rights
Virtually the entire organized business lobbying apparatus is united in attempting to convince the public that the Employee Free Choice Act is a terrible blow against workers’ rights. By Michael Meeropol / The Rag Blog / March 5, 2009 The … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Economic Crisis, Labor Unions, workers rights
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