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Sherman DeBrosse : An Economic Enema to Chill the Meltdown
People walk to work in the snow as they pass the flag-draped New York Stock Exchange Monday, March 2, 2009. Photo by Mark Lennihan / AP. The Geithner Plan may be good economics but it probably is terrible politics. By … Continue reading
Yowling Conservatives : Preferring to Defy Definition?
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. Stuck in a time warp of denial and obstinacy, it seems that conservatives today continue to thrash about as harsh reality bangs hard against their deep seated belief in some sort of … Continue reading
GI Coffehouse : Checking ‘Under the Hood’ in Killeen, Texas
Grand opening of the Under the Hood Cafe in Killeen, Texas. Photos by Carlos Lowry / The Rag Blog. Under The Hood is an experiment. It’s a labor of love. It’s an antidote to the “divide and conquer” mentality that … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War GIs, Ft. Hood, Iraq Veterans, IVAW, Peace Movement, Under the Hood
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Stimulus Bill Continues Tradition : No Funding for LGBT Arts Groups
San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band during “christening” of the Pink Triangle on Twin Peaks in 2008. Photo by Bill Wilson © 2008 / San Francisco Sentinel> After more than 40 years of business as usual, will the NEA be able … Continue reading
Roger Baker : AIG and the ‘Adverse Feedback Loop’
Image from nextlogics Bernanke hates to call our current situation a deflationary spiral despite its close resemblance to one. Perhaps because of the association of that term with the Great depression, Bernanke chooses to call our current crisis an ‘adverse … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Economic Crisis, Economics, Global Economy, Investments
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Massive Profits : The Moving Force Behind our Health Care System
Angels Mourning Avarice leading to lack of Public Healthcare in America. Painting by ProfessorEmeritusPAB. If one believes that the Marquis de Sade espoused sexual abstinence one can believe that the CEOs of AHIP desire decent health care. By Dr. Stephen … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Mainstream Media, Universal Health Care
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Cartoon by Charlie Loving / The Rag Blog
Alan Pogue : My History With Violence
Alan Pogue and Tracey, the woman whose life he saved. The photo was taken by D’Ann Johnson on Nov. 4, 2008, during the trial of Willie McDade, Alan’s assailant. “One late night in late April of this year, Alan Pogue … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Pogue, Austin, Criminal Justice, Drug Culture, Photographers
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Hot Damn! Marijuana in the News
Three news hits suggest that Marijuana Prohibition may be going up in smoke By Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog / February 27, 2009 Yes friends and neighbors, who would have thunk it, but marijuana prohibition may just be entering … Continue reading
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Tagged Drug Law Reform, Eric Holder, Marijuana, Medical Marijuana, Prohibition
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Larry Piltz : Intimate Resurrection
Intimate Resurrection I rise from your grave looking for youseven weeks after your passingseven weeks after you were pluckedfrom your cold reposeswaddled in linen and longingpressed tenderly to my cleft breastcarried slowly through the doorsof your life one last timeand … Continue reading
Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Health Care Reform? Follow the Money
Sen. Ted Kennedy has been leadiing “quiet negotiations” on health care reform. Photo by J. Scott Applewhite / Pool / UPI. Our nation invests twice as much as most nations in medical costs, 31% of which goes to insurance company … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Health Care Reform, special interests, Universal Health Care
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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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