Category Archives: Rag Bloggers

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 →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

Trick or Treat : Sarah Palin in 2012

Posted on October 27, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Sarah Palin on Halloween: Now THAT’S scary.If conservatives keep jumping Repug ship, then Palin’s the one.By Steve Russell / The Rag Blog / October 26, 2008 McCain can have only two hopes left in 2008: the Bradley Effect is stronger … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

Twitter: Diabolical Terrorist Tool?

Posted on October 26, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Army surveillance photo of Twitter terrorist conspiring with comrades.Army report: ‘Twitter was recently used as a countersurveillance, command and control, and movement tool by activists at the Republican National Convention.’By William Michael Hanks / The Rag Blog / October 26, … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Economic Crisis : It’s World-Wide and Long-Term

Posted on October 26, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

It’s not getting better any time soon.By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / October 26, 2008 See ‘US government throws oil on fire’ by Henry C K Liu, and ‘What now?’ by Jim Kunstler, Below. The economic crisis is … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Vetting John McCain : The Keating Five Scandal

Posted on October 25, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

John McCain, with his lawyers, before he testified before the Senate Ethics Committee in 1991 about his involvement in the Keating Five scandal. Photo by Andrea Mohin / NYT.John McCain, Charles Keating and the S&L ScandalBy Sherman De Brosse / … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Sarah Louise : A Reality Check List

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Sarah Louise, cover girl: Easy to look at, but…‘Eight years of one socially inept moron has caused enough international cringing wouldn’t you think?’By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / October 22, 2008 Sarah Louise, as she would be called … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , | 5 Comments

The Bailout Monster : Feed Me!

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Thorne Dreyer

Just wait until next month, sucker.By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / October 22, 2008 See ‘Fed to Provide Up to $540 Billion to Aid Money Funds’ by Craig Torres and Christopher Condon, Below. Dividing $540 billion by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Kate Braun: Samhain Seasonal Message

Posted on October 22, 2008 by RagBlog

Tarot by Kate: Samhain Seasonal MessageBy Kate Braun / The Rag Blog / October 22, 2008 “Yippie -i-yay, yippie-i-oh; Ghost Riders In The Sky” Friday, October 31, 2008 is Samhain, Halloween, 3rd Harvest, All Hallows Eve. Lady Moon is in … Continue reading →

Posted in Rag Bloggers | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment