Daily Archives: December 20, 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.

 

Corruption Requires Secrets, Secrets Need Protection, and Protection Requires Collusion and a Hobbled Media

Posted on December 20, 2005 by Andy Hailey

… a disturbing cabal that started after the resignation of President Nixon and continues today in the Bush administration with some of the same saboteurs. Continue reading →

  • Related NPR Stories: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5014688" target="_blank" title="The Corporation for Public Broadcasting's Inspector General has released a report that finding former CPB Chairman Kenneth Tomlinson violated federal law in his efforts to rid the public airwaves of what he called its liberal bias.">Report Finds Ex-CPB Chair Violated Law</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5013575" target="_blank" title="Former Corporation for Public Broadcasting chairman Kenneth Tomlinson violated his office's code of ethics as he sought to bring political change to the organization, according to the agency's internal investigation.">Report Faults Ex-CPB Chair Tomlinson on Ethics</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5014066" target="_blank" title="He also allegedly used political tests as a factor in hiring a new president. " >CPB Report Details Ex-Chairman's Wrongdoings</a>
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Can You Spell Impeachment?

Posted on December 20, 2005 by Jim Vogas

I can. Snoopgate! In the above article, Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter reported, ” I learned this week that on December 6, Bush summoned Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger and executive editor Bill Keller to the Oval Office in a futile attempt … Continue reading →

  • Related NPR Stories: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5063308" target="_blank" title="Two scholars discuss this and other arguments the president has used to justify wiretaps and other surveillance.">Assessing the Legal Reaches of Executive Power</a>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5062498" target="_blank" title="President Bush has claimed that a legal measure passed in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks gives him the authority to authorize domestic spying. His critics say that another measure, passed in 1978, severely limits such spying.">Legality of Bush Eavesdropping Order Questioned</a>
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