Andy96

LATEST ARTICLES ( 200 )

• Bad Deeds for 7-7-2012

  

  Galveston County Commissioner in More Trouble – Galveston County Commissioner, Republican Ken Clark, who already is facing a state ethics commission... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bad Deeds for 7-6-2012

  The Terrifying Texas Republican Platform – The Texas Republican Platform wants to eliminate teaching of critical thinking skills, wants to cut funding to all... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bad Deeds for 7-5-2012

  Republican Governor Cuts All State Funding for Libraries – No libraries for you, little people of Louisiana! Bobby Jindal just signed a $25 billion dollar budge... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bad Deeds for 7-1-2012

  Pennsylvania Republican: House Leader Says Voter ID Laws Are ‘Gonna Allow Governor Romney To Win’ – This weekend, Pennsylvania Republican House Leader Mike... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Chief Justice Roberts Affordable Care Act (ACA) Decision: Winning Battle – Losin...

  Based on comments made by Thom Hartmann last week, Roberts has handed the extreme right another rallying cause. Just like Roe v Wade, this decision will be... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Our Empathy and Education Deficits – Nurtured by Right-wing Authoritarians, But...

  The two deficits, their causes, and solutions summarized below from writings by former Senator Barack Obama and Professor Henry Giroux, author of many books... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bad Deeds for 6-22-2012

  Corporations That Make Billions Refuse to Pay Houston Janitors a Living Wage – Houston janitors of the SEIU clean the offices of some of the largest corporation... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Why Scott Walker Won and a Book for Future Progressive Victories

  In a recent article by George Lakoff, the author explains how Republicans won the message war and confirmed Scott Walker as the governor of Wisconsin. Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Authoritarian War on Women – Who’s Going to Stop American Authoritarianism?

  The American Warfare State Is Bringing an End to American Democracy … In my post, Authoritarian Control Requires War, a War Mentality, Enemies, and a Vivid... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Four Fundamentalisms of America’s Authoritarian State – Threats to Our...

  The excerpts below are from a recent article by Henry Giroux, author of Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism, who discusses the major... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The 2012 Authoritarian Strategy and How Democrats Could Lose The Presidency

  George Lakoff, professor of linguistics at UC Berkeley, has published an article called The Santorum Strategy. Here are some excerpts if you don’t have time... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The “Bad Barrel” for All U.S. Presidents – Some Try to Resist, Authoritarians...

  What changed many of the promises of candidate Obama into either inaction or the adverse actions of President Obama? Here’s how I put it to the President... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• We Need Higher Taxes, a Reversal of Citizens United, and Democracy in the...

  Real wage growth, related to worker productivity gains, have been diverted to corporations, their boards of directors, and the rest of the ONE%, via stock... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Authoritarian Control Requires War, a War Mentality, Enemies, and a Vivid...

  WAR … WAR … WAR … WAR I guess the authoritarian wars began in 1971 when President Nixon launched the war on drugs to combat the heroine addictions of our Vietna... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “Double High” Authoritarian Gingrich – Reducing Checks and Balances to Support...

  A Newt 2012 Position Paper – Compiled from previous writings of and paid for by Newt Gingrich: Looks like what Newt is proposing is to reduce the power and... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Belief in Self-regulating Free Enterprise Based on Another Authoritarian Myth

  The 99% are suffering from the Great Recession and it will be years before we recover. At least one conservative economist is willing to admit the free... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• America’s Growing Authoritarian Police State Revealed by Response to OWS

  In three previous articles, I have discussed the growing American police state. This police state is supported by an authoritarian worldview and is promoted by... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• President Obama Should Meet with Some of the 99%

  Here is a letter I sent to the White House today: RE: Dinner with OWS members Mr. President, In the past, you have offered to sit down at dinner with a few of... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Occupy America – We’re Not Taking It Anymore!

  The top ONE% have had their way for three decades. They created the Great Recession and still got richer. They’ve received excessive tax breaks for 30 years... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• What is of Greater Concern Than the Military-industrial Complex?

  In a posting from August 2006, I provided a table on the traits of the authoritarian personalities: Leaders and Followers. This same table was reposted in a... Read more

  Posted on 12 September 2011 POLITICS, SOCIETY