Andy96

LATEST ARTICLES ( 200 )

• Too Much Ado About So Little – Russian Hacks

  

  How effective was Russian propoganda on social media? Who many votes were switched? What other voter numbers are more significant? But just how many Facebook... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Democracy In Chains – Adding Corporate Veto Power to America’s Checks and...

  From the last chapter of Democracy In Chains, by Nancy MacLean, here is how the Koch Brothers and their elite Libertarian cadre are increasing their, white,... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Leasons Learned Early by Key Libertarian Messenger Contribute to America’s...

  I’ve been reading Democracy In Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America, by Nancy MacLean. Yesterday, I read about some of the... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Libertarian Stealth War On America’s Democracy in America

  

  After decades of refining his extreme, right-wing, ideas on control by the wealthy, James McGill Buchanan, professor at the University of Virginia and head of... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Voter Suppression: Legalized, Rationalized, and Self-inflicted

  Voter Suppression: Legalized, Rationalized, and Self-inflicted Right-wing extremists have been promoting voter suppression since the founding of America. Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bashing Loses – Speaking Values Wins

  Complaining about the idiocy of the opposition is such a distraction – a waste of time – and provides little incentive for Democratic voter turnout. Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Protection, Empowerment, Freedom from Injustice, and Participation – Rebuilding...

  As an American Baby Boomer, I’ve lived under two different systems of government: Post depression/post WWII and pre 1980s government: Government of, by, and... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2017 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Historical Perspective on Why Free Trade (NAFTA, TPP) Has Screwed the...

  The following are from an article by Thom Hartman, where you can read more: When Washington became president in 1789, most of America’s personal and industrial... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A New Costly Cold War?

  Are profit-centric media supporting profit-centric defense contractors by promoting a new cold war, via Russian Hack hysteria, and boosting support for more... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Two Definitions of Government – Progressive Vs Corporate

  This was a response to part of business editorial on DJT’s “Wheeling and Dealing” over the Carrier jobs. _______________________________________ I agree that... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What Will DJT Do to Make American Great Again (MAGA)?

  Remember the Tea Party motto Take Our Country BACK? Back to where, I once asked a local Tea Party leader? As a boomer, I enjoyed a well-regulated economy that... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why Privatize Social Security? More Wealth Transfer for the 1%

  

  Right-wing authoritarian Republican politicians, like Paul Ryan, believe that the individual is solely responsible for their success or failure. Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ready For Rule by a Dictator? – When Will The People Respond?

  Since 2005, I’ve written 425 blog posts, , and most of them have been about America’s growing authoritarian state. I’ve had a lot of help along the way from man... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Understanding Your Right-Wing Authoritarian Neighbors And Why You Can’t Re-wire...

  Based on the work of others, primarily Professor George Lakoff, an expert in cognitive linguistics – how the brain uses and responds to language, here is what... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Greedy Free Marker Fundamentalism is Killing Our Middle Class

  What is killing the middle class, is replacement of a more SHARING economic system, which considers all STAKEholders in the economic system, with a free market... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Who’s The Real Enemy of Our Democracy? Widdle Donnie Thwimpie Or ???

  

  The distraction of Widdle Donnie Thwimpie is all over the news as the worst ever candidate for an American president, while mainstream media ignores the real... Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Updates on America’s GOP Authoritarianism – Trump Leading The Way, GOP Split, GO...

  Here are links to three articles on American Authoritarianism and selected quotes from each: The Rise of American Authoritarianism Trump embodies the classic... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Our Choices In November: (Neoliberal Austerity Or Neofascist Racism) and Bad to...

  Here are two interviews comparing Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. One with Dr. Henry Giroux and the other with Dr. Cornel West: This Is Hell! Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• It’s All About Voters Who Are Angry at the Establishment.

  The BREXIT surprise resulted from a broken political system burdened by an austerity driven, neoliberal, economic system under the EU that drove angry voters... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• More Than Ever, Dems Need Progressive Independents to Win – Two Perspectives

  

  Based on two different graphics about voter preferences, one for party and one for progressive vs conservative, Dems will win only if they inspire the... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY