Monthly Archives: November 2005

Tracking the Growth of American Authoritarianism

“Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?”
Libertarians are stealthily taking over America.
Since the 1971 Powell Memo, America has moved closer and closer to Fascism.

 

What Price Crude? – To Keep Our SUVs or Hybrids Humming

Posted on November 28, 2005 by Andy Hailey

What are our options, the likelihood of their success, and when does it become cost effective to invest in those options? Continue reading →

  • Related NPR Stories: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5006963" target="_blank" title="Ed Gordon and his guest discuss huge oil industry profits">Roundtable: Oil Industry, Discipline in Schools</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5033855" target="_blank" title="Browne says that high inventories of crude oil prove that the global supply system works rather well.">BP CEO Discusses Global Energy</a>
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Female Incarceration Growth is Five Times USA Population Growth

Posted on November 20, 2005 by Andy Hailey

This 10 year growth in population is 10.3 percent. That’s one half the rate of prisoner growth, one third the rate of prisoners plus those on parole or probation, and one fifth the rate of growth for female prisoners!!! Continue reading →

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Crime is Down! – US Prison Population Growing?

Posted on November 19, 2005 by Andy Hailey

United States has a higher rate of incarceration than any other country, followed by Britain, China, France, Japan and Nigeria. Continue reading →

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Has Election Fraud Gotten Us Where We Are Today?

Posted on November 17, 2005 by Andy Hailey

In the 2000 election, Florida was the key; in the 2004 election, Ohio was the key. Continue reading →

  • Related NPR Stories: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5008297" target="_blank" title="Ohio has been a strong Republican state, but the GOP has been challenged by recent scandals. ">Scandals Damage GOP Candidates in Ohio</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5008297" target="_blank" title="Increasingly, communities are moving to the use of electronic voting systems">Voting Technology</a>
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What Else Interests Me?

Posted on November 16, 2005 by Andy Hailey

In my Other Thoughts category, you will find interests of mine which I felt inspired to write about, but which do not fit the primary intent of the site to record my thoughts on some critical issues that as a … Continue reading →

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The WAWG Index – 11/05 Update

Posted on November 13, 2005 by Andy Hailey

Results for eleven of the fourteen characteristics were down from last month.   However, two of these were down too significantly.   I suspect while recording last months results and fine tuning the search criteria, I did not properly record … Continue reading →

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Big Oil Profits – Some Perspective, No Rhetoric

Posted on November 11, 2005 by Andy Hailey

So, with the exception of Conoco Phillips, shouldn’t everyone be equally upset with all companies that have seen earnings growth that is even higher than Exxon Mobile? This includes Home Depot, Johnson & Johnson, Hershey Foods, Toyota, Walgreens, Coca-Cola. Continue reading →

  • Recent NPR Story: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5007348">Big Oil Execs Defend Record Profits</a>
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Is The Fourth Branch of Government Closer to Its Goals?

Posted on November 4, 2005 by Andy Hailey

Such opposition from within the conservative movement was all but unheard of before Miers was nominated. Continue reading →

  • Recent NPR Story: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4984885&ft=1&f=1012">NPR : A Former President Warns of 'Endangered Values'</a>
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Secret Prisons – Hiding Abuse The Bush/Cheney Way

Posted on November 2, 2005 by Andy Hailey

The only difference between what the President is proposing and what the terrorists have done is that they broadcast it to the world, while he hides it from the world Continue reading →

  • Recent NPR Story: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5011916" target="_blank" title="Attorneys Douglas Cox and Sarah Havens take up the cases of 11 detainees from Yemen">Guantanamo Diaries, Part 1: Gaining Trust in Cuba</a>
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President Bush Learns from His Mistakes – Yeah Right.

Posted on November 2, 2005 by Andy Hailey

No sooner has the news of the Michael Brown’s hurricane relief disaster disappeared from the news, than history is about to repeat itself. Michael Brown was appointed by President Bush as one of thousands of cronies.   “Brownie” had no … Continue reading →

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