Author Archives: Andy Hailey

About Andy Hailey

Vietnam Vet, UT El Paso Grad, Retired Aerospace Engineer, former union rep, 60's Republican now progressive, web admin, blogger.

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.

 

The Tea Party – The “Masses” for American Authoritarianism

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Andy Hailey

In 2003, Laurence W. Britt, reviewed seven national regimes which followed the “fascist or protofascist model in obtaining, expanding, and maintaining power.” From his study, he developed fourteen basic characteristics or “common threads that link them in recognizable patterns of … Continue reading →

  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="http://wp.me/pegMB-1aR" target="_blank" title="They are happy to let Rush Limbaugh and Sarah Palin do their thinking for them.">Analysis of the Tea Party – Loyal Right-wing Authoritarian Followers</a>
  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1903/tea-party-movement-religion-social-issues-conservative-christian" target="_blank" title="Tea Party supporters agreed with the religious right by a roughly four-to-one margin">The Tea Party, Religion and Social Issues</a>
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Analysis of the Tea Party – Loyal Right-wing Authoritarian Followers

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Andy Hailey

Professor Robert Altemeyer of the University of Manitoba collaborated with John Dean on Dean’s book Conservatives Without Conscience (CWC), which I have referenced often. Professor Altemeyer has also written an on-line book about

  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="http://wp.me/pegMB-1b4" target="_blank" title="Members of the Tea Party are the red-white-and-blue shirts who are leading the way to a fascist America.">The Tea Party – The “Masses” for American Fascism</a>
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Hundreds of Millions of Consumers Create Jobs – Not Millions in Tax Breaks for the Mega and Ultra Rich

Posted on November 27, 2010 by Andy Hailey

Conservatives without conscience (CWC) are imagining that the mega and ultra rich will create jobs if they are certain they can keep their excessive tax breaks. The only thing certain about job creation is – it’s not happening. First of … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.cbpp.org/files/2-28-09tax.pdf" target="_blank" title="Restoring the top two tax rates as proposed would affect fewer than 1.9 percent offilers with any small-business income in 2009">VERY FEW SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WOULD FACE TAX INCREASES UNDER PRESIDENT’S BUDGET</a>, <a href="http://www.epi.org/economic_snapshots/entry/webfeatures_snapshots_20081022/" target="_blank" title="Not only are many of these stimulus options more effective, but they also have the added benefit of assisting those hardest hit by the downturn">Stimulating the economy - Maximum economic bang for the buck</a>
  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/22-statistics-that-prove-the-middle-class-is-being-systematically-wiped-out-of-existence-in-america-2010-7" target="_blank" title="United States had the largest and most prosperous middle class in the history of the world, but now that is changing at a blinding pace.">22 Statistics That Prove The Middle Class Is Being Systematically Wiped Out</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/facts-about-inequality-in-america-2011-11?slop=1#slideshow-starthttp://www.businessinsider.com/facts-about-inequality-in-america-2011-11?slop=1#slideshow-start" target="_blank" title="our average wages are still falling behind inflation, and social mobility is at an all-time low"> 15 Mind-Blowing Facts About Wealth And Inequality In America</a>
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Love Rachel Maddow – But for a Progressive Program, There Is Too Much Conservative Worldview

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Andy Hailey

The brain learns by repetition. The more repetition the more, and stronger, the links between neurons for remembering those repeated items. Adding NOT to a conservative statement only reenforces the neural connections for it. Nixon said, “I’m not a crook.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Protect & Empower   |   3 Comments   |  

The Koch Brothers, enabled by Citizens United, Want to Buy Our Government – Will You Vote to Stop This?

Posted on October 22, 2010 by Andy Hailey

As written about earlier, there is an immense divergence in income growth for most of us, the bottom 90 percent, and the income growth of the mega, top 1 percent, and ultra, top 0.1 percent, rich. This point is made … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.pbs.org/fmc/book.htm" target="_blank" title="Social change in the United States during the twentieth century">THE FIRST MEASURED CENTURY: An Illustrated Guide to Trends in America, 1900–2000</a>, <a href="http://www.rationalrevolution.net/articles/recession_cause.htm" target="_blank" title="A basic understanding for what caused The Great Recession.">How Reagan Sowed the Seeds of America's Demise</a>, <a href="http://www.stateofworkingamerica.org/" target="_blank" title="The most comprehensive independent analysis of the U.S. labor market">The State of Working America 2008/2009</a>, <a href="http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html" target="_blank" title="Wealth is equally divergent between the bottom 99 and the top 1 percent">Wealth, Income, and Power</a>
  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3309&emailView=1" target="_blank" title="Top 1 percent held a larger share of income in 2007 than at any time since 1928">Recent Gains of Bottom 90 Percent Wiped Out</a>, <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer" target="_blank" title="The Kochs are longtime libertarians who believe in drastically lower personal and corporate taxes, minimal social services for the needy, and much less oversight of industry." >COVERT OPERATIONS</a>
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Tax Breaks For The Mega and Ultra Rich – Stopping Their Takeover of Our Democracy

Posted on September 13, 2010 by Andy Hailey

An article about Congress deciding its next pay raise, had this to say about the richest 235 of them: Senators had a median reportable net worth of $1.79 million in 2008, the last year such data were available, down from … Continue reading →

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“When people are voting against their interests, more interest-based arguments don’t help.”

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Andy Hailey

Do you wonder why Democrats have gone from a significant victory in 2008 to looking at big losses in Congress in 2010? Do you wonder what it is the Republicans know and what the Democrats need to learn to avoid … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.cognitivepolicyworks.com/resource-center/cognitive-policy/why-voters-arent-motivated-by-a-laundry-list-of-positions-on-issues/" target="_blank" title="The values, frames, and arguments that make sense of the political process.">Why Voters Aren’t Motivated by a Laundry List of Positions on Issues</a>, <a href="http://www.cognitivepolicyworks.com/2009/08/20/the-policyspeak-disaster-for-health-care/" target="_blank" title="It is vital that progressives learn how the political mind works in order to succeed.">The Policyspeak Disaster for Health Care</a>
Posted in Empathy   |   2 Comments   |  

Choices – Pick one: Jobs or Deaths

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Andy Hailey

There’s a commercial where citizens are complaining about taxes on energy and how that will “kill jobs.” That may be true or just rhetoric. But if these taxes cause the long term reduction in pollution of our air, land and … Continue reading →

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Ron Paul Is Right – He Just Didn’t Fully Describe Who’s at Fault.

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Andy Hailey

RE: Ron Paul to Sunshine Patriots: Stop Your Demagogy About The NYC Mosque!,   Representative Paul, I think John Dean, former counsel for Richard Nixon’s White House, best described those inflicting this insult on the nation as “Conservatives WIthout Conscience” – also … Continue reading →

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Respecting the Beliefs of Others – If Lebanese Can Do It, Why Can’t Americans?

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Andy Hailey

The population of Lebanon is 95 percent Arab and is mostly of the Muslim faith with a large Christian population, but only around 200 Jews: Muslim 59.7% (Shia, Sunni, Druze, Isma’ilite, Alawite or Nusayri), Christian 39% (Maronite Catholic, Greek Orthodox, … Continue reading →

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