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Texas Toll Road 183-A: The economics and the special interests
Shrinking traffic increases could mean bond default problems for US 183-A. By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | February 18, 2009 The road lobby operates as a sort of well-funded shadow government, organized to overcome citizen opposition to unpopular … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Roger Baker, Texas Toll Roads, Toll Roads, Transportation, Transportation Politics, TXDot
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow to the Senate : We Need Cloture
Sometimes cots have been set up at the Senate during filibusters. Photo by Stephen Crowley / NYT. Is it possible that an anti-filibuster campaign, grounded on the importance of letting a majority of Americans address this crisis that endangers us … Continue reading
Cable TV : A Republican Punch and Judy Show
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. Cable TV news and commentary channels seem to make little distinction between featuring a live two-headed mule on their shows or a live falsehood-spouting politician. By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Cable News, Conservatives, Republican Party
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Afghanistan : Hello? Obama Actually Wants Plan Before Sending Troops?
War scene at the time of then Presidential candidate Barack Obama’s July 28, 2008, visit to Afghanistan. President Barack Obama is refusing to be rushed into his first decision to send troops into combat, an early sign he may be … Continue reading
The Stimulus Fix and the Global Ponzi Scheme
In terms of our current economic condition, we resemble a junkie going through withdrawal; “jonesing,” desperate for a money fix. Stimulus packages are thus globally popular to alleviate the symptoms of our addiction to easy money resulting from the recent … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Crisis, Economic Depression, Economic Stimulus, Global Economy
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Universal Health Care : Fighting Off the Republicans and the Ghost of Milton Friedman
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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Tagged Congress, Health Care Reform, Republican Party, Universal Health Care
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Larry Ray : Rebublican Obstructionists Still Don’t Get It
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
Redeveloping the Brackenridge Tract in Austin: Maybe Not Such a Good Idea
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
The Media in the Recent War on Gaza
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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Tagged Gaza War, Israel, Journalists, Palestine, Palestinian Occupation, Paul Beckett
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Rebirthing the Freedom Seder
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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Tagged Ecumenism, Global Warming, Judaism, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Ritual
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David MacBryde in Berlin : A Look at the Ecomonic Sea Change
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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Tagged David MacBryde, Economic Recovery, Financial Crisis, Germany
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The Republican Taliban Are in the Cat Bird Seat
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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Tagged Congress, Economic Stimulus, Obama Administration, Republican Party
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