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• Who’s in Control and Who Helped Put Them There?

  John Dean referred to them as Conservatives Without Conscience in his 2007 book by that title. (There was no Tea Party in 2007. Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• America’s Two Party System – The Good, Bad, and Ugly

  First of all, a short summary of The Lucifer Effect. It explains how events like Mi Lai, Abu Ghraib, and The Stanford Prison Experiment turned good people... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Corporate ‘Takers’ of America

  As states give to and take from national citizenship dues coffers, some get back more than they give, and Red states are the biggest net takers. Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• ALEC Was Inspired by The Powel Memo of 1971 – Corporations Taking Control of...

  Depending on your media sources, you may have seen the news about the 40 year anniversary of ALEC – American Legislative Exchange Council. Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Corporate Servitude IS Replacing Equal Protection and Empowerment by the...

  Listening to a right-wing caller on the Thom Hartmann show recently, reminded me of a key element from the right-wing authoritarian message machine. Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What’s Really Best for an ‘Unwanted’?

  “The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Shelby County v Holder Ruling – Keeping Texas Red

  Here’s another message I’ve sent to the Supreme Court: On behalf of the Texas Republican Party, thank you. With our contested voter ID law and formerly illegal... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Supporters of DOMA, Prop 8, and Texas Special Session SB 5 – How Their...

  While driving home from lunch today and listening to the discussion on NPR’s ‘Talk of the Nation’, the strong unreasonable comments of a caller disturbed me. Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Is a Sense of Security for a Minor Threat Worth the Loss of Liberty – a Real...

  The government not only has PRISM, but there is also NUCLEON, MAINWAY and MARINA. The first two collect content from the internet and phone calls. The other... Read more

  Posted on 19 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Media Gives Free Reign to Gut Feel While The Nation’s Needs Are Ignored

  Right-wing authoritarians (RWA) – those blocking progress in both houses of our Congress and conniving with ALEC to write oppressive state laws – are not only... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Avoiding The Right-wing Authoritarian Future – The Moral Values Way

  (Unless otherwise noted, this posting includes extensive excerpts from Appendix VII, The New Patriotism, of the The 15% Solution, by Jonathan Westminster. Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Teapublicans Are Punishing America for Electing a Black Man President

  As we all know, our right-wing minority controlled Congress and many right-wing state leaders have opposed every effort of President Obama. Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Corporate Governance Is Stifling Dodd-Frank – No Surprise

  Professor Richard D. Wolff, author and self trained Marxist economist, and journalist Hedrick Smith, author of Who Stole the American Dream, have both detailed... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Labor Is Dealt Two New Blows – Both Limit NLRB

  The following is from Thom Hartmann: You need to know this. For decades, unions have been fighting to preserve workers’ rights, but that fight just got a lot... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Move the “Center” Back to the Left – Where America Is

  The following is a slightly longer version of my letter to The White House. Mr. President, I’ll be 65 in a few days. I’ve seen and experienced parts of America’... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Minimum Wage, Wage Theft and The Free Market at Work – Is It Fixable?

  

  The post 80′s ideas of keeping the minimum wage suppressed and not rewarding workers, profit creators, for their productivity increases of the last three... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Minimum Wage, Wage Theft and The Free Market at Work – Is It Fixable?

  

  Keeping the minimum wage suppressed and not rewarding workers, profit creators, for their productivity increases of the last four decades must stop. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Moral Values of the Left and Right – History Shows Which Works for All Americans

  

  Throughout this blog, postings have provided details about the strict father and nurturant parent worldviews. Charts in some of those postings show how the... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Corporate Governance Will Transfer More Wealth If Social Security Is Privatized

  

  (This blog posting comes from portions of Who Stole the American Dream by Hedrick Smith.) The history of the transition from company funded pensions to... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Corporate Governance Erodes Democracy As Education is Privatized

  Corporate governance destroys democracy by replacing accountability to citizens with accountability to a few major stockholders and boards of directors who... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2013 POLITICS, SOCIETY