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John McCain Rhymes With Pain
(Copy this, make your own video, make your own mix, circulate widely, the Creative Commons applies; L. A. Piltz, originator, 08/09/08.) John McCain rhymes with pain 4 more years of Bush Republican reignMcCain rhymes with pain4 more years of Bush-Cheney … Continue reading
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‘The Fed’s Next Move is Down’
See “The Fed’s next move is down” by John Browne below. ‘The odds thus favor inflation to keep the party going’ By Roger Baker | The Rag Blog | August 8, 2008 This guy lays out the facts of the Hobbsian … Continue reading
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Tagged Economy, Federal Reserve, Inflation, Investments, Wall Street
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BOOKS : Dick Reavis on Carl Oglesby
Another view of ‘Ravens in the Storm’By Dick J. Reavis / The Rag Blog / July 5, 2008 Comrades: A week or so ago I more or less promised a review of Oglesby’s Ravens in the Storm. I have read … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Carl Oglesby, New Left, SDS, Sixties, The Left, The Movement, Weather Underground
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The Tire-Gauge Solution : No Joke
‘We can use significantly less energy without significantly changing our lifestyle’By Thomas Cleaver / August 5, 2008 God, a week to prove my great-grand-uncle who was Harry Truman’s “Eminence Grise” right: “The only ‘Good Republicans’ are pushing up daisies.” They … Continue reading
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Tagged Energy, Energy Conservation, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Right Wing
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FILM : The Sociology of Wealth in the USA
Johnson and Johnson heir and filmaker Jamie Johnson.‘Johnson is obviously thoughtful and also disturbed by his view from the top of the class pyramid of American society’By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / August 4, 2008 Having no choice … Continue reading
Bill Richardson for Obama’s Veep? : Two Views
The nation’s only Hispanic governor, New Mexico’s Bill Richardson, formally announced his endorsement of Barack Obama Friday, March 21, in Portland, Oregon. Photo by Brandon / AP.Richardson is ‘a vicious politician’ and an ‘opportunist’By Mark Rudd / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
Barack Obama : Pride and Prejudice
Barack Obama the new Mr Darcy? Dominic Cooper played the part in the BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s ‘Sense And Sensibility.’ Read ‘Mr. Darcy Comes Courting’ by Maureen Dowd below. Maureen Dowd hits the nail on the headBy Steve Russell … Continue reading
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Tagged Hillary, Jane Austen, Obama, Race, Racism, Women's Movement
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Susan Klonsky on Carl Oglesby’s Memoir
Carl Oglesby, author of Ravens in the Storm, in 1989. On July 24 The Rag Blog ran what proved to be a very controversial review of former SDS leader Carl Oglesby’s memoir, Ravens in the Storm. The review, written by … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Books, Carl Oglesby, Memoir, New Left, SDS, Sixties, The Left, The Rag Blog, Writers
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Fannie, Freddie Rescue Won’t be Cheap
See A government takeover would cost taxpayers, by Chris Isidore, below. The big lie: Do the math!By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / July 30, 2008 At least the media is challenging the government lies that are so ridiculous … Continue reading
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Tagged Corporate Welfare, Economic Collapse, Economy, Finance, Investments
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Oh Where is the Jon Voight of Yesteryear…
Voight OffensiveBy Mike Klonsky / The Rag Blog / July 30, 2008 Wing-nut Jon Voight (channeling his late amigo Charlton Heston) warns us that electing Obama will bring about “a socialst era” in America. I doubt it. He blames it … Continue reading
Mariann Wizard : ‘I Have No Nostalgia for the 60s’
Updated July 30, 2008 Sixties anti-war demonstration in Austin.‘We glimpsed, briefly, the power people can wield when mutual interests are clarified by adversity’By Mariann Wizard / The Rag Blog / July 29, 2008 “When we attacked the Moncada, none of … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, New Left, Sixties, Social Action, Social Change, Texas, The Left, The Movement
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Iraq : Poised to Explode
‘Iraqis are tired of this war’By Charlie Jackson / The Rag Blog / July 28, 2008 See ‘Iraq: Poised to Explode’ by Robert Dreyfuss below Robert Dreyfuss knows a bit about Iraq, but bases much of his analysis on secondary … Continue reading
