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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WAR … WAR … WAR … WAR I guess the authoritarian wars began in 1971 when President Nixon launched the war on drugs to combat the heroine addictions of our Vietnam veterans. This 40 year war has not been won … Continue reading →
- Related Web Site: <a href="http://davidswanson.org/outlawry" target="_blank" title="When the World Outlawed War">How people in the United States and around the world worked to abolish war as a legitimate act of state policy and won in 1928</a>
- Supporting Articles: <a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8859-violence-usa-the-warfare-state-and-the-brutalizing-of-everyday-life" target="_blank" title="if the United States is to make a claim on democracy, it must develop a politics that views violence as a moral monstrosity and war as virulent pathology.">Violence, USA: The Warfare State and the Brutalizing of Everyday Life</a>
Posted in Authoritarianism, Enemy/Scapegoat, Human Rights Abuse, Obsession with Punishment
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A Newt 2012 Position Paper – Compiled from previous writings of and paid for by Newt Gingrich: Looks like what Newt is proposing is to reduce the power and protections of the judicial branch of our government in favor of … Continue reading →
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/12/15/2547804/gingrich-uses-fog-of-words-to.html" title="Gingrich uses fog of words to cloud our memory" target="_blank">Language: A Key Mechanism of Control</a>
Posted in Authoritarianism
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Tagged Unitary Executive
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The 99% are suffering from the Great Recession and it will be years before we recover. At least one conservative economist is willing to admit the free enterprise system is flawed. Alan Greenspan admitted this failure while testifying to the … Continue reading →
- Supporting Video: <a href="http://www.chaoticripple.com/2011/where-rational-choice-theory-comes-from/" target="_blank" title="In this video, I share the historic origins of rational choice theory">Where Rational Choice Theory Comes From</a>
Posted in Corporate Intrusion
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In three previous articles, I have discussed the growing American police state. This police state is supported by an authoritarian worldview and is promoted by the “bad barrel” structure of today’s police departments. In a recent article by former Police … Continue reading →
- Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.lucifereffect.com/" target="_blank" title="Understanding How Good People Turn Evil">The Lucifer Effect</a>, <a href="http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/" target="_blank" title="Authoritarians in American Society - Policeman are a part.">The AUthoritarians</a>
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/program-1033-military-equipment-police-2011-12#ixzz1gIDZ7OSi" target="_blank" title="The "1033 program" that gave more than $500 million of military gear to u.s. police forces in 2011 alone">The Pentagon Is Offering Free Military Hardware To Every Police Department In The US</a>
Posted in Authoritarianism, Human Rights Abuse, Obsession with National Security, Obsession with Punishment
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Tagged Individual or Systemic Causation, Posse Comitatus
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Here is a letter I sent to the White House today: RE: Dinner with OWS members Mr. President, In the past, you have offered to sit down at dinner with a few of those who have contributed to your election … Continue reading →
The top ONE% have had their way for three decades. They created the Great Recession and still got richer. They’ve received excessive tax breaks for 30 years and thus have not been repaying what they have taken from the rest … Continue reading →
In a posting from August 2006, I provided a table on the traits of the authoritarian personalities: Leaders and Followers. This same table was reposted in a December 2010 posting about the Tea Party. In January 2009, my posting included … Continue reading →
In my previous post, I stated: Domestic terrorism from the evangelical, government-is-evil, right-wing authoritarians (RWA) could start a second American Civil War … Based on the various conservative-without-conscience, authoritarian, strict-father, statements by the governor of the single-party state of Texas, … Continue reading →
- Related WAWG Article:: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=5536" target="_blank" title="Yes, Texas is great for corporations, but look at what’s happening to their middle class">Where are the Authoritarians Taking America – Same Place as Texas, SC, WI?</a>
Posted in Authoritarianism
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In several Arab countries, citizens have been demonstrating and demanding their authoritarian governments be replaced with a democratic form of government. In America, citizens have ceded control of their democracy to a hateful minority of right-wing authoritarians. As democracy is … Continue reading →
In my previous article, I pointed out how significant revenue helped to not only reduce our massive WWII debt, but also created jobs through building national infrastructure, providing college educations to millions of GIs, and paying for several trips to … Continue reading →
- Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.cognitivepolicyworks.com/resource-center/thinking-points/" title="Communicating Our American Values and Vision" target="_blank">"Thinking Points"</a>
Posted in Empathy
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Andy Hailey