Monthly Archives: April 2007

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.

 

Bad Deeds for 4-17-07

Bill O’Reilly and Tom DeLay Together – O’Reilly renewed his attacks against Rosie O’Donnell on 4/16/07 with the help of Tom DeLay for comments she made on The View. O’Reilly called O’Donnell ” the queen of mean” and “out of … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 4-16-07

Gonzales Claims Contradicted Again – The former Justice Department official who carried out the firings of eight U.S. attorneys has told congressional investigators that – despite Atty. General Alberto Gonzales’s public claims to the contrary – several of the prosecutors … Continue reading

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The Bush Administration Aided by AEI, CSP and Pat Robertson’s Lawyers

I have written in several other articles about the neocons that make up a significant portion of those who contribute to the decisions Mr. Bush makes. Elsewhere, I have written about the right wing authoritarian (RWA) followers that make up … Continue reading

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April 2007, WAWG Index – Down 11%

Month to Month Change In this eighteenth survey of the web, The WAWG Index monthly average was down by 10.5 percent from March 2007. Of the fourteen categories tracked, 13 were down, 1 was up, and none was unchanged. The … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 4-12-07

Inappropriate government lawyers’ membership in Republican group – The Republican National Lawyers Association, which trains lawyers to monitor elections, has several members who work in the Justice Department’s voting section. Bush appointees and civil servants that are members of the … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 4-10-07

Data Shows Veterans’ Disabilities Being Downgraded – The U.S. military appears to have dispensed low disability ratings to nearly 93% of wounded service members with serious injuries, thus avoiding paying them full military disabled retirement benefits, according to an analysis … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 4-9-07

Professor who criticized Bush added to terrorist ‘no-fly’ list – Identifying their enemies– A top Constitutional scholar from Princeton who gave a televised speech that slammed President George W. Bush’s executive overreach recently learned that he had been added to … Continue reading

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Beyond Nine-Eleven – Enabling My Evolving Hopes

I started writing this in late 2001 and have not revisited if for quite some time. I’m posting it with some 2007 updates and have added guidelines on how to enable these hopes. May our leaders use all sources of … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 4-6-07

Hussein’s Prewar Ties to Al Qaeda Discounted by Pentagon – Captured Iraqi documents and intelligence interrogations of Saddam Hussein and two former aides “all confirmed” that Hussein’s regime was not directly cooperating with al-Qaeda before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 4-5-07

Houston Councilman Michael Berry says American Indians do not deserve the federal assistance that they’re getting because they were “whipped in a war” and “We conquered them.” – Berry said on his radio show on KPRC 950 AM in Houston … Continue reading

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