Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

FOX and MSNBC : Waging Ideological Warfare on the Boob Toob

Posted on November 2, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Class struggle lives on cable TVBy Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / October 2, 2008 See ‘A Surge on One Channel, a Tight Race on Another,’ by Jim Rutenberg; and a comment by The Rag Blog’s Thorne Dreyer, Below. … Continue reading →

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Bush’s Exit Strategy : A Deregulation Frenzy

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Dubya: The legacy.The Legacy Grows: ‘Every rule in every agency is under attack.’By Thomas Cleaver / The Rag Blog / October 31, 2008 See ‘A Last Push To Deregulate: White House to Ease Many Rules’ by R. Jeffrey Smith, Below. … Continue reading →

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Concerning Mark Twain’s ‘War Prayer’ and the ‘Right to Life.’

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Alex Wong / Getty Images.‘In every presidential election for the past several decades we hear a hue and cry from the citizens who represent the “right to life” movement.’By Dr. S. R. Keister / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading →

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Socialism, Capitalism : What’s in a Name?

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

With all the accusations and platitudes being bandied about, David Hamilton’s observations about politco-economic nomenclature and the times we’re in just might be a useful addition to the discussion. Thorne Dreyer / The Rag Blog ‘The pure socialist and laissez … Continue reading →

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A Heartbeat Away from Tuesday

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

‘This coming Tuesday as we vote for a new American president and vice president there will be many voters who haven’t read the fine print about John McCain.’By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / October 29, 2008 It seems … Continue reading →

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Lobbyists : The Boys on McCain’s Bus

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

‘A gang of lobbyist-insiders — at odds with his supposed devotion to maverick change — runs McCain’s Washington-based campaign.’By Sherman De Brosse / The Rag Blog / October 28, 2008 This is the fifth in a series by Rag Blog … Continue reading →

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Dubya : Texas Tried to Warn Us

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Ann Richards: ‘If you ask George Bush what time it is, he’ll say, “I think Americans have the right to bear arms.”‘By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / October 28, 2008 I think the best state magazine in America … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Is it Wrong to be Muslim in America?

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

‘Fear and even hatred of Islam is a part of the actual America at this moment of our history.’ By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / October 27, 2008 Said Colin Powell in a recent major interview, “The … Continue reading →

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No Fairy Tale : Palin’s Cinderella Moment

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

‘This is just so over-her-head amateurish.’By Paul Robbins / The Rag Blog / October 27, 2008 I watched the TV News of Sarah Palin speaking in Tampa Sunday. My jaw dropped as I heard the quote. Those [$150,000] clothes, they … Continue reading →

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CodePink Austin Gives Cornyn the (Pink) Slip

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Photo by Deborah Vanko / The Rag Blog‘Rather than giving the Senator another term to “move to the center,” we think he should keep following the Bush administration right out the door.‘By Susan Van Haitsma / The Rag Blog / … Continue reading →

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Some Straight Talk on Socialism and Bullshit

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

The late great American socialist Norman Thomas. Photo courtesy of The Bancroft Library / University of California, Berkeley.‘The Republican vocabulary has always involved mindless terminology, word choices that cause apprehension and fear in the uninformed, such as “socialism.”’By Dr. S. … Continue reading →

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Sarah Palin : Queen for a Day (Or Two)

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

‘In Obama’s absence, the McCain-Palin campaign continued to self-implode.’By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / October 26, 2008 Less than a dozen days till the presidential election. A fiction writer couldn’t have come up with the political plot changes … Continue reading →

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