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The latest plan for perpetual war By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / May 25, 2011 What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name … Continue reading
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Thursday, May 19, 2011MORE ON IDEOLOGICAL HEGEMONY:THE EDUCATION SYSTEM By Harry Targ / The Rag Blog / May 24, 2011 I have been thinking a lot about “ideological hegemony”; how and why we think about the political world in the … Continue reading
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Bill Fletcher tries to say he’s as much of an Obama critic as anyone, but his clear logical conclusion is that we must, in the end, support Obama in order to counter the Republican’s racism. I must disagree. First, racism … Continue reading
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Bill Fletcher tries to say he’s as much of an Obama critic as anyone, but his clear logical conclusion is that we must, in the end, support Obama in order to counter the Republican’s racism. I must disagree. First, racism … Continue reading
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Peter Montgomery : Newt Gingrich Wants to Make America More Like Texas!
Newt Gingrich: Texas Number One!Worse campaign promise ever?Newt Gingrich wants tomake America ‘like Texas’ By Peter Montgomery / AlterNet / May 18, 2011 In his presidential campaign announcement on Sean Hannity’s Fox News Channel show last week, former House Speaker … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 Elections, Conservative Politics, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Texas, Texas Legislature
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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Fighting Money-Driven Medicine
Cartoon by tunin-s / toonpool.com.The mouse that roared:Fighting money-driven medicine By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog / May 18, 2011 As I look at the health care situation in this country, I am reminded of the Peter … Continue reading
Bob Moser : The White-Power Legislature of Texas
Slash-and-burn:Texas’ white-power legislature By Bob Moser / The Texas Observer / May 17, 2011 AUSTIN — Back in February, at a rally protesting anti-immigrant legislation, State Rep. Lon Burnam raised some eyebrows by letting loose with the “R” word. “You … Continue reading
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What Will the GOP Demand in Return for Raising the Debt Ceiling? By Don Swift / The Rag Blog / For months Republicans have been threatening to shut down the government if they don’t get what they want as payment … Continue reading
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Christian Science Monitor / Thought TheaterDartmouth Independent The great municipal religious promotion of the 21st century By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / City councils have no jurisdiction over religion, yet throughout Texas and the rest of the … Continue reading
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The view from over the hill By David McReynolds / The Rag Blog / [On April 26, 2011, there was a book party for Martin Duberman’ s double biography of Barbara Deming and David McReynolds titled A Saving Remnant. (Listen … Continue reading
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Morning Gloria : Hasidic Rag Photoshops ‘Too Sexy’ Hilary From Historic Pic
Above, the photoshopped Situation Room image, as it appears in the Hasidic paper, Der Tzitung. Below, the original photo, sexy Hilary and all.‘I’m too sexy’:Hasidic newspaper photoshopsHilary from Situation Room pic “For those who thought mainstream press was sexist. Hasidic … Continue reading
