Monthly Archives: January 2006

So, until we do know enough, let’s keep the lid on new climate change findings. Continue reading →

In summary, membership changes in the Supreme Court, an uncompromising and partisan Congress, and the fundamentalist control of the Republican Party are abrogating states’ rights over moral issues that do not have the support of the majority of the voters. Continue reading →

In this fourth month for the WAWG index, there was an average increase of 7.7 percent from December, 2005.       January saw a 106 percent increase in obsession with crime and punishment from December, but this brings it … Continue reading →

I don’t like unauthorized wiretaps for the same reasons I don’t like random drug tests in the work place. First of all, random drug testing removes from ‘local’ management any requirement to do their job and manage their problem employees … Continue reading →

As I have written in other WAWG Blog articles religious fundamentalism is either gaining control over the government or identifying their evil enemies. This article is about fundamentalism’s enemy within. Specifically, their fear of and need to marginalize and subjugate … Continue reading →

During the last forty years, I transitioned from a Young Republican during the Vietnam War to a moderate-to-liberal independent during a time of increasing corruption in the legislative and executive branches of the federal government. In both cases, I had/have … Continue reading →

Newt Gingrich recently repeated the well known phrase on power and absolute power but he put it in the context of what has been happening to the U. S. Congress, “Big government tends to corrupt. But government with no party … Continue reading →

So, what does the fundamentalist control of the United States mean for the institutions and individuals that do not agree with them? It means federal funding is taken from those on the enemy list and given to those in the inner circle. It means the enemy is labeled over and over as evil or at least as liberal. It means verbal abuse will become physical abuse and physical abuse will spread from terrorists to other enemies. It means evil liberal ‘activist’ judges will be replaced with conservative ‘activist’ judges. It also means subjugation of women will increase, increased world violence based on our decision for preemptive war, and the standard for human rights has been lowered worldwide by our lead. It means, do something before it’s too late. Continue reading →