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Category Archives: Pure Politics
Battle for America
Headlines would leave the reader believing that there are several wars against modernity. The war on women, the war on religion, the war on drugs, the war on any other war some political marketer wants to sell. Literal war in … Continue reading
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A meditation on right-wing cognitive dissonance
Conservatives fetishize what they consider traditional life. Family farms, mom and pop businesses. Good neighbors helping one another clean up after a storm. Republican politics, on the other hand, treat labor as a moral failing. If you take your shower … Continue reading
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On the trap of the narrative arc
Last night Senate Republicans effectively shut out President Obama’s bill to fund public employees – teachers, emergency personnel, etc. It is clear that Republicans are willing to do anything to scuttle this administration, even if it destroys the nation in … Continue reading
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Herman Cain’s latest flip-flop
Cain’s seemingly bipolar response to “the abortion issue” is very easy to understand. As a genuine Conservative, he feels that government intervention in private decisions is wrong. As a Republican nominee for office he understands the need to appear to … Continue reading
Populism being targeted by anti-Semitism. It’s not OK.
Our two populist movements have, this morning, taken dramatically different directions. While GOP operatives decry #OWS as anti-Semitic, actual White Supremacists and Anti-Semites are planning to recruite Tea Party members into their hateful and counterproductive ideology. #OWS, on the other … Continue reading
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Tagged #occupy, class warfare, partisanship, racism
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Leave it in Vegas
The people who love me have asked me to stop watching things like the GOP debates. I throw things, and apparently it can get ugly. Who knew? They didn’t tell me I can’t watch the clips afterwards, or listen to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bachmann, Cain, debate, election, GOP, Romney, Santorum
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Art, Design, Propaganda, and the populist movements
Art consists of expressing your own truth, be it hard earned through painful experience, or easily gained through the efforts of good teachers, to an audience who is interested in hearing it. The audience, if open, can use the artist … Continue reading
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… And after that
I just gave you three fast steps to stemming the tide of anger and resentment. To fix the systemic financial inequality problems, you have to change the system. Here’s a few more points. 4. End the Bush Tax Cuts. Cutting … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Wars, Financial Crisis, Philosophy, Pure Politics
Tagged #occupy, banks, jobs, social justice
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Occupy
If you read my twitterstream, you’ll already know that I am a huge fan of the #Occupy movement that has swept through major cities across the United States and into the rest of the world. Some call it America’s participation … Continue reading
Rick Santorum hates preschool
There are several reports today beginnning with ThinkProgress, of an Iowa speech given by Rick Santorum, where he decries early childhood education as a socialist plot to brainwash children. It is a parent’s responsibility to educate their children. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Wars, Jobs, Philosophy, Pure Politics
Tagged big whiny baby, education, elections, partisanship, philosophy, Santorum, social justice
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