Americans are more likely to be killed by domestic terrorists with guns than international terrorists with bombs. When will we…
Based on comments made by Thom Hartmann last week, Roberts has handed the extreme right another rallying cause. Just like…
The two deficits, their causes, and solutions summarized below from writings by former Senator Barack Obama and Professor Henry Giroux,…
In a recent article by George Lakoff, the author explains how Republicans won the message war and confirmed Scott Walker…
The American Warfare State Is Bringing an End to American Democracy ... In my post, Authoritarian Control Requires War, a…
The excerpts below are from a recent article by Henry Giroux, author of Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age…
George Lakoff, professor of linguistics at UC Berkeley, has published an article called The Santorum Strategy. Here are some excerpts…
What changed many of the promises of candidate Obama into either inaction or the adverse actions of President Obama? Here's…
Real wage growth, related to worker productivity gains, have been diverted to corporations, their boards of directors, and the rest…
WAR ... WAR ... WAR ... WAR I guess the authoritarian wars began in 1971 when President Nixon launched the…
A Newt 2012 Position Paper - Compiled from previous writings of and paid for by Newt Gingrich: Looks like what…
The 99% are suffering from the Great Recession and it will be years before we recover. At least one conservative…
In three previous articles, I have discussed the growing American police state. This police state is supported by an authoritarian…
Here is a letter I sent to the White House today: RE: Dinner with OWS members Mr. President, In the…
The top ONE% have had their way for three decades. They created the Great Recession and still got richer. They've…
In a posting from August 2006, I provided a table on the traits of the authoritarian personalities: Leaders and Followers.…
In my previous post, I stated: Domestic terrorism from the evangelical, government-is-evil, right-wing authoritarians (RWA) could start a second American…
In several Arab countries, citizens have been demonstrating and demanding their authoritarian governments be replaced with a democratic form of…
In my previous article, I pointed out how significant revenue helped to not only reduce our massive WWII debt, but…
At the end of WWII, our national debt was almost 120 percent of our GDP, higher than today. For the…
Will the country default by not raising the debt limit? The consensus, which is growing but does not include the…
If we are going to be forced to deal with the deficit/debt and ignore the economy and jobs, then getting…
While reading Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism by Henry Giroux, I learned about another element…
The following is a letter I sent to President Obama via their contact page at the White House. In 2006,…
Listed below is a portion of the introduction for Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism by…
Sometimes, when either Libertarian Ron or Rand Paul are questioned on particular situations that driven by their general politics beliefs,…
RE: Most Republican Senators voted yesterday to pass the Paul Ryan Budget Plan for the wealthy. Tonight, I sent the…
Newt Gingrich is the Ayman al-Zawahiri of the Republican Party. Both are
It will take winning back the swing/independent/biconceptual/dual voters. They were influenced by the empathetic progressive messages in 2008 and by…
There are two parts to the Ryan budget plan: 1.) eliminate the costs of our safety net for those citizens…
It appears to me, that even though the conservatives without conscience (CWCs) cannot support unions, especially public ones, they do…
According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, "CBO data for 2007 (the most recent year available) suggest that…
While reading through a 1967 college text on Today's ISMs by William Ebenstein, I came across this statement on wealth…
Why are we, as a nation, no longer expressing concern about the employment deficit? Because the media and the politicians…
In 2006, John Dean wrote this about neoconservatives in his book Conservatives Without Conscience: Neoconservatives are a relatively small group…
Individual actions result from the influences of many factors. This is referred to as "systemic causation." Some factors are genetic…
Communicating a progressive worldview requires telling a story and countering the "Nobel Lies," or beliefs, from the CWCs (conservatives without…
In E. J. Dionne's Where the 'No Labels' movement falls short, he states: The truth is that the American right…
Let the mega and ultra rich take their capital-gains-based, inherited-without-struggle wealth and create high-paying jobs. Here's how. Thanks to the…
The following are my two rants sent to the White House on their tax break stimulus package. To Anyone who…
In 2003, Laurence W. Britt, reviewed seven national regimes which followed the "fascist or protofascist model in obtaining, expanding, and…
Professor Robert Altemeyer of the University of Manitoba collaborated with John Dean on Dean's book Conservatives Without Conscience (CWC), which…
Conservatives without conscience (CWC) are imagining that the mega and ultra rich will create jobs if they are certain they…
The brain learns by repetition. The more repetition the more, and stronger, the links between neurons for remembering those repeated…
As written about earlier, there is an immense divergence in income growth for most of us, the bottom 90 percent,…
An article about Congress deciding its next pay raise, had this to say about the richest 235 of them: Senators…
Do you wonder why Democrats have gone from a significant victory in 2008 to looking at big losses in Congress…
There's a commercial where citizens are complaining about taxes on energy and how that will "kill jobs." That may be…
RE: Ron Paul to Sunshine Patriots: Stop Your Demagogy About The NYC Mosque!,  Representative Paul, I think John Dean, former counsel…
The population of Lebanon is 95 percent Arab and is mostly of the Muslim faith with a large Christian population,…
Governor Dean, Your optimism is admirable relative to achieving a compromise between those that have such strong 'feelings' over the…
Senator Reid, Have you been punked by the Republicans - like so many Democrats have been? Their right-wing authoritarian minions…
This posting was inspired by an article at Rational Revolution. It takes another look at the disproportionate shift in income…
The Shirley Sherrod story started on Monday with the release of a heavily edited video about a life experience which…
Fearmongering and Noble Lies are primary tools for the right-wing authoritarians (RWA). Just think back to last year and all…
In a recent conservative without conscience (CWC) email (You know one of those forwarded emails with mixed font and colors,…
One of the categories for this blog is Powerful Nationalism. In a recent Pew Research survey of 1,001 adults, some…
One of the tools used by the right-wing authoritarian (RWA) or "Conservatives Without Conscience" (CWC) leaders (Rep. Senators, Dick Arm...,…
This blog tracks where we are going by documenting the characteristic categories of the minority right-wing authoritarians (RWA) in the…
Mr. Barton, You're ashamed of BP suffering through a meeting with the President and having to honor their promise to…
The table below is mostly from an October 4, 2007 News Release from the conservative Tax Foundation. They point out…
The problem with illegal immigration is US consumers and employers. Consumers want cheap stuff and employers hire cheap labor to…
Lois "Brooksie" Hailey 1/18/1915 to 4/24/2010 Lois Brooks Hailey, 95, passed away April 24, 2010 at her son's home…
At the end of today's GPS on CNN, Fareed Zakaria, posed the following question, "Who do you trust more these…
Earlier this evening, Frank Schaeffer in his latest blog posting, predicted this moment. Being the eternal pessimist, I was surprised…
(This article is dedicated to the former Libertarian in our software development team who just retired and has provided the…
Corporations can't got to prison for illegal actions. We the people can. We the people are left with PACs and…
The following was sent to leaders of the Democrat Party: -------------------------- Why are Democrats so afraid of the Republicans? Why…
Thanks to Senator Joe Lieberman and other conservatives without conscience (Also known as right-wing authoritarians and tea baggers), we have…
You ideas for health care put corporate profit above the health of all Americans. My life/health should never be subjugated…
In summary, America's common wealth has been hit by a triple whammy: tax cuts for the rich far larger that…
Within the Conservatives without Conscience, there is an extremist group - "The fringe of the fringe." This group was raised…
Privateering is destroying America's democracy by eliminating our governments moral mission to protect and empower all of its citizens. Privateering…
Conservatives without conscience (CWC) want life protected at all costs while it exists in the womb. Once you are born,…
You've heard the question before - Do you still beat your spouse? - and there is no answer that doesn't…
My most used quote is from Conservatives Without Conscience by John Dean: Probably about 20 to 25 percent of the…
The following was based on a new article by George Lakoff. Populating the Administration with people from inside the beltway…
When you purchase auto, home, or flood insurance, you are covered as long as you pay your premiums. If you…
If Bruce became President of the United States, what would become of America? Decide for yourself. Bruce on the use…
Mr. Holder, Every time the executive branch of our federal government erodes the rule of law, our nation takes one…