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Greg Moses : Deporting Texas Student Was Big Mistake
Saad Nabeel. Photo by Shehab Uddin / Der Spiegel.What the Times forgot to mention:Story of deported Texas studentAwaits President in Dallas By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / August 9, 2010 While the New York Times Monday morning proclaims … Continue reading
Life During Wartime : Ode to a Changed Mind
Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag BlogThanks to Dr. S.R. Keister /The Rag Blog
Life During Wartime
Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / Historians Against the War / The Rag Blog Thanks to Dr. S. R. Keister / The Rag Blog
Tim Wise : Obama’s Victory and the Rage of the Barbiturate Left
Member of the “joyless left.” Now in the wake of Barack Obama’s victory these barbiturate leftists are back in full effect, lecturing the rest of us about how naive we are for having any confidence whatsoever in him, or for … Continue reading
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Tagged Obama, Obama Presidency, Sectarian Left, The Left, The Movement, Ultra Left
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Obama and a Brave New World : Governing a Netroots Nation
Obama addresses journalism convention in July, 2008. Photo by Jennifer Dronkers / Unity News.‘Obama isn’t just trying to make government more transparent by posting online videos of himself or his transition team’s doings. He is attempting to organize his campaign … Continue reading
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Tagged Internet, MoveOn.org, Netroots Nation, Obama, Obama Campaign, Obama Movement, Social Networking
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Our Correspondent : Germany’s Alternative ‘Rag’ Hopeful About Obama
Die Tageszeitung: ‘As Obama so often said: Change is not about me, it is about you. Europeans should feel addressed by that.’By David MacBryde / The Rag Blog / November 14, 2008 BERLIN — After the election, the headline of … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008 Elections, Alternative Media, David MacBryde, Europe, Freak Brothers, Germany, Gilbert Shelton, Obama, Sixties, The Rag, The Rag Blog, The World, Underground Press
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FLASH : McCain was Right! Obama Meets with Dangerous World Leader…
Thanks to Shelia Enid Cheaney / The Rag Blog
Graphic Change is Coming
Graphic image by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog What to say after the historic, emotion filled hours we have just witnessed? Instead of writing, I was motivated to use my graphic design and artistic side to produce this “first … Continue reading
Ralph Nader about Obama : Uncle Sam or Uncle Tom?
Updated November 6, 2008 I originally posted this article with the headline ‘Ralph Nader calls Obama “Uncle Tom.”‘ This was inaccurate; it did not correctly reflect Nader’s words. Nader actually said, “His choice, basically, is whether he’s going to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Cable News, Fox News, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Racism, Ralph Nader
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James Dobson’s Mass Mailing : ‘Focus on Stupidity’
Apocalyptic fearmonger James Dobson.‘Letter from 2012 in Obama’s America,’: ‘Toxic Cornpone.’by Robert Weitzel / November 3, 2008 You tell me whar a man gits his corn pone, en I’ll tell you what his ’pinions is. Mark Twain Mark Twain once … Continue reading
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Tagged Christian Right, Fundamentalism, James Dobson, Obama, Obama Smear Campaign, Presidential Campaign, Religious Right, Scare Tactics
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POETRY / Mariann Wizard : Bad Obama
Photo: Dina Rudick/Boston Globe.Bad Obama “In April, the Los Angeles Times published an article about a going-away dinner for [Rashid] Khalidi that [Presidential candidate Barack] Obama attended in Chicago, Illinois, in 2003. Khalidi was leaving to become a professor at … Continue reading
A Heartbeat Away from Tuesday
‘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
