Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

Universal Health Care : Fighting Off the Republicans and the Ghost of Milton Friedman

Posted on February 14, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

The Republics show an almost religious devotion to the doctrine of economist Milton Friedman.The fight for universal single-payer health care: where we stand Obviously the Republican ideologues in the Senate are going to be an ongoing problem. Sen. Mitch McConnell … Continue reading →

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Larry Ray : Rebublican Obstructionists Still Don’t Get It

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

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 →

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Redeveloping the Brackenridge Tract in Austin: Maybe Not Such a Good Idea

Posted on February 13, 2009 by RagBlog

Austin Lion’s Municipal Golf Course on the Brackenridge Tract. Photos: Jana Birchum.Hey, University of Texas Regents! You pinheads are making us mad!By Mariann G. Wizard / The Rag Blog / February 12, 2009 Austin American-Statesman Outdoor columnist Mike Leggett writes … Continue reading →

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The Media in the Recent War on Gaza

Posted on February 13, 2009 by RagBlog

Paul Beckett is the newest addition to the growing family of Rag Bloggers. We are grateful he found us and wants to participate in the effort we have undertaken. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Journalists protesting against censorship outside … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Rebirthing the Freedom Seder

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Freedom Seder graphic by Avi Katz. Since the most profound issue facing the world today is the danger of climate catastrophe — ‘global scorching’ — and other forms of earth-wide environmental disaster, the Fortieth Anniversary Freedom Seders will especially address … Continue reading →

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David MacBryde in Berlin : A Look at the Ecomonic Sea Change

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Allgemeine Zeitung: ‘The World Hanging in the Air.’ Photo by David MacBryde / The Rag Blog.Seeing the Sea-Change in Germany and in the USA What kind of “growth” is possible and desirable, what is impossible or dangerous on the thin … Continue reading →

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The Republican Taliban Are in the Cat Bird Seat

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Charge!: Republican Chairman Michael Steele calls forth the forces of reaction.‘The price of determined obstructionism will be much higher for the nation, but the Republicans clearly care only about their own political fate.’ By Sherman DeBrosse / The Rag Blog … Continue reading →

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The Press Doesn’t Cover Nonviolence : A Cautionary Tale

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Creative nonviolence: street theater at the 2008 Republican Convention in St. Paul. Photo by Neal Reiter.If you want nonviolence, report it If newspaper editors are serious about wanting young people to choose nonviolence, then they must do more than pounce … Continue reading →

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Police in Texas : Property Seizure called ‘Highway Piracy’

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Beware all who enter here. Photo by MJW.Highway robbery on the open roads of Texas By Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog / February 11, 2009 See ‘Property seizure by police called “highway piracy,”‘ by Lisa Sandberg, Below. According to … Continue reading →

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Obama Press Conference : What a Difference!

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. After eight years of George Bush’s evasive, sophomoric and defensive prattle it was energizing to hear a president who clearly knows what he is talking about and who can communicate it in … Continue reading →

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Biden in Munich : America’s Eurasian Empire Takes Shape

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Vice President Joe Biden addresses the participants of the International Conference on Security Policy in Munich, on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. Photo by Frank Augstein / AP. Biden was telling the waiting world that Washington would continue to pursue its … Continue reading →

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We Had to Do it…

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag Blog Thanks to Dr. S. R. Keister / The Rag Blog

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