About Andy Hailey
Vietnam Vet, UT El Paso Grad, Retired Aerospace Engineer, former union rep, kid of a WWII WASP, Vet for Peace, universist, web admin, blogger - helping to expose America’s growing Authoritarianism.
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Our recent history shows us how we created and maintained a prosperous middle class and still had a Forbes 400 to write about. The Greatest Generation can add this to their list of accomplishments. Not only is average per capita … Continue reading →
- Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=1963" title="Pay your citizenship dues based on how much of the nations resources you used" target="_blank">Freedom Isn’t Free – What Are We Willing to Pay For It?</a>
- Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/why-we-need-investment-budget-1360679970" title="No rational business would borrow to finance current salaries but not to pay for critical new machinery." target="_blank">Why We Need an Investment Budget</a>
Posted in Common Wealth
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Back in August 2006, I wrote a post called, “Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?” I think we are much closer to knowing our answer now and President Obama’s progressive inauguration speech provided a glimpse of the beginning of the end of this corporate threat to America. Continue reading →
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/seven-brides-seven-corporations-1359473961" title="The extreme's of corporate governance." target="_blank">Seven Brides for Seven Corporations</a>
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Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Intrusion, Enemy/Scapegoat, Media-Info Control
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Tagged Fascism - Here?
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Over the years, some have said that there is little difference between our two major political parties. This is certainly a favorite characterization made by third-party members like Libertarians, who actually represent the extremes of both major parties. However, if … Continue reading →
- Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?tag=john-dean" title="Those who finalized the creation of our disfunctional Congress" target="_blank">Conservatives without Conscience</a>
Posted in Authoritarianism
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Based on the recent writings of Professor George Lakoff and the Newtown statements from our President, I posted the following to FB to contrast the conservative without conscience (CWC) and progressive moral values on the recent shootings in Newtown, CT. … Continue reading →
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/01/the-geography-of-gun-deaths/69354/" target="_blank" title="Factors like drug use, stress levels, and mental illness are much less significant than might be assumed">The Geography of Gun Deaths</a>, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9414540/A-history-of-mass-shootings-in-the-US-since-Columbine.html" target="_blank" title="Since 1999 - Columbine">A history of mass shootings in the US since Columbine</a>
- Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-lakoff/the-price-of-our-freedom_b_2314658.html" target="_blank" title="Democracy, as the president has said, begins with the people taking care of one another responsibly, importantly through government as an instrument of freedom.">The Price of Our Freedom</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-lakoff/michigans-new-corporate-law_b_2292001.html" target="_blank" title="the new Michigan law is a corporate servitude law">Michigan's New Corporate Servitude Law: It Takes Away Worker Rights</a>
- Recent NPR Story: <a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/12/20/167694808/assault-style-weapons-in-the-civilian-market" target="_blank" title="turn to the much bigger, much more profitable American civilian market and make a lot more money doing that.">Assault-Style Weapons In The Civilian Market</a>
Posted in Nurturant State, Strict-father State
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Tagged Privateering
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In an interview of Henry Giroux about the War on youth in America, Canada and Great Britain, there is a great summary of neoliberalism, its destructive power, and its reliance on an unfettered free market. Your works speak about an … Continue reading →
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/12/14/1337221/a-timeline-of-mass-shootings-in-the-us-since-columbine/" title="The rate of people killed by guns in the US is 19.5 times higher than similar high-income countries in the world." target="_blank">A Timeline Of Mass Shootings In The US Since Columbine</a>
Posted in Corporate Intrusion
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In an address to the nation on January 17, 1961, in the middle of nurturing the greatest middle class this world has ever seen, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned, “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition … Continue reading →
- Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/how-extreme-business-roundtable-check-out-its-attack-elderly-1358433148" title="Check out its attack on the elderly" target="_blank">How extreme is the Business Roundtable?</a>, <a href="http://nationbuilders.thenation.com/profiles/blogs/why-congress-With a full court press by the Gang of Six reinforcing the White House push, the Bush bill, offering $1.35 trillion in tax cuts over a decade, passed the House by 240-154 in May 200>Why Congress Often Ignores Public Opinion</a>
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/surprising-studies-find-dc-does-what-wealthiest-want-majority-opposes-1364478013" title="Politicians act almost exclusively in the interests of the wealthy and many of them believe that the public is behind them" target="_blank">Surprising Studies Find D.C. Does What Wealthiest Want, Majority Opposes</a>
Posted in Corporate Intrusion
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Tagged Mega Rich RWA
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A recent episode of This American Life was about the Dakota War of 1862. This war resulted in the final expulsion of the Dakota Indians from their ancestral home in Minnesota. It took years of lies, trickery, swindles, war, and … Continue reading →
I’ve sent the following to President Obama via the White House contact web site: You might consider doing something similar to counter all the fiscal cliff fear mongering we will hear for the next several weeks. —————————————————————————————- RE: Fiscal Cliff … Continue reading →
- Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/deficit-crisis-mongers-go-deep-end-1353168534" title="The real bottom line is whether the country will allow the deficit hawks to scare us into a deal that we would never make under normal circumstances. " target="_blank">The Deficit Crisis Mongers Go Off the Deep End</a>, <a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12728-embrace-the-fiscal-cliff" title="... latest disinformation put out by people who agree with Grover Norquist that the real goal of politics should always and everywhere be to reduce taxes and shrink the size of government" target="_blank">Embrace the Fiscal Cliff</a>
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/saving-planet-or-fixing-debt-1352562807" title="Imagine Japan attacked at Pearl Harbor in December of 1941 and our political leaders responded by debating the best way to deal with the deficits projected for 1960." target="_blank">Saving the Planet or Fixing the Debt</a>
Posted in Protect & Empower
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Here is a portion of the transcript from the June 13, 2011, Republican presidential primary debate where Romney is asked about transferring disaster relief to the states – a conservative, anti-federal government idea. KING: What else, Governor Romney? You’ve been … Continue reading →
- Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/global-warming-systemically-caused-hurricane-sandy-1351918218" title="Global warming systemically caused Hurricane Sandy" target="_blank">Systemic vs. Direct Causation Relative to Global Warming</a>
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.nationofchange.org/you-re-your-own-society-1352471262" title="No man is an island, or every man for himself? Yesterday, America decided which would be its watchword." target="_blank">The On Your Own Society</a>, <a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12756-the-gops-privatization-pathology" title="It's a bit of a mystery, calling more for psychological inquiry than policy analysis." target="_blank">The GOP's Privatization Pathology</a>
Posted in Authoritarianism, Obsession with Punishment
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Tagged Individual or Systemic Causation, Privateering
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The excerpts below are from a recent article by Henry Giroux, titled “Why Don’t Americans Care About Democracy at Home?” The basic answer is “economic Darwinism,” which “promotes a politics of cruelty,” “undermines all forms of solidarity capable of challenging … Continue reading →
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