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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Senator Reid, Have you been punked by the Republicans – like so many Democrats have been? Their right-wing authoritarian minions have been controlling the media with their week-after-week of fear mongering and Democrats just line up with the hysterical right … Continue reading →
This posting was inspired by an article at Rational Revolution. It takes another look at the disproportionate shift in income to the mega and ultra rich, the disproportionate tax breaks for the mega and ultra rich, and the creation of … Continue reading →
- Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.rationalrevolution.net/articles/recession_cause.htm" target="_blank" title="By - March 30, 2010">How Reagan Sowed the Seeds of America's Demise</a>
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://pewsocialtrends.org/pubs/706/middle-class-poll" target="_blank" title="Fewer Americans now than at any time in the past half century believe they're moving forward">Inside the Middle Class: Bad Times Hit the Good Life</a>, <a href="http://www.comstockfunds.com/files/NLPP00000%5C177.pdf" target="_blank" title="Household Debt as a % of GDP">Our disposable income has also not kept pace with our expenses</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lincoln-mitchell/the-middle-class-how-we-g_b_677343.html" target="_blank" title="If the middle class in the US continues to whither away ...">The Middle Class: How We Got One and Why We Need to Keep It</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raymond-j-learsy/decline-of-the-middle-cla_b_675022.html" target="_blank" title="And so it goes, leaving the nation with a Frankenstein system whose core objective of governance has become self preservation of power and personal influence">Decline of the Middle Class as Metaphor for the Decline of America</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/09/third-world-america-11-bo_n_672280.html" target="_blank" title="One of the characteristics of a third world country is that there is no middle class.">11 Books Predicting The Collapse Of The Middle Class</a>
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Intrusion
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Tagged Mega Rich RWA
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The Shirley Sherrod story started on Monday with the release of a heavily edited video about a life experience which occurred decades ago. This story was released by a right-wing authoritarian (RWA) web site known for its lies. By Wednesday … Continue reading →
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/21/goldman-sachs-jpmorgan-ce_n_653856.html" target="_blank" title="legislation that's being called the most sweeping set of reforms to hit the financial industry since the 1930s">Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan CEOs NOT Invited To Signing Of Financial Reform Bill</a>, <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/signing-wall-street-reform-and-consumer-protection-act" target="_blank" title="sweeping reforms of our financial system since the Great Depression and the strongest consumer protections in history">Signing the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act</a>
Posted in Media-Info Control
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Fearmongering and Noble Lies are primary tools for the right-wing authoritarians (RWA). Just think back to last year and all the RWA fearmongering and lies about health care and how it barely became law. It wasn’t so much about the … Continue reading →
In a recent conservative without conscience (CWC) email (You know one of those forwarded emails with mixed font and colors, false comparisons, and statements of problems that don’t exist.), there was a list of situations where one might be asked … Continue reading →
One of the categories for this blog is Powerful Nationalism. In a recent Pew Research survey of 1,001 adults, some measures of this powerful nationalism were captured. These metrics confirm what has been posted previously in this blog and add … Continue reading →
- Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=362" target="_blank" title="National behavior and abuse of power that enable fascist or protofascist single-party systems">Lawrence Britt’s 14 Common Threads – How Far Is Too Far?</a>
Posted in Powerful Nationalism
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One of the tools used by the right-wing authoritarian (RWA) or “Conservatives Without Conscience” (CWC) leaders (Rep. Senators, Dick Arm…, Rush Lim…, Glenn Be.., Bill O’…, Newt Ging…, Michele Bach…, Sharron Ang…, Ann Coul…,) is the Noble Lie. These lies … Continue reading →
- Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-rodda/no-mr-beck-congress-did-n_b_598698.html" target="_blank" title="I've addressed this Aitken Bible lie many times before">No, Mr. Beck, Congress Did Not Print a Bible for the Use of Schools</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-rodda/no-mr-beck-john-adams-did_b_608570.html" target="_blank" title="On Beck's show, Barton also incorporated his other lie about this letter">No, Mr. Beck, John Adams Did Not Think Governments Must Be Administered by the Holy Ghost</a>, <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-rodda/no-mr-beck-jefferson-did_b_622122.html" target="_blank" title="I'm going to take on another of pseudo-historian David Barton's favorite lies">No, Mr. Beck, Jefferson Did Not Date His Documents 'In the Year of Our Lord Christ'</a>
Posted in Disdain of Educated & Artists, Enemy/Scapegoat
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Tagged Fascism - Here?, Noble Lie
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This blog tracks where we are going by documenting the characteristic categories of the minority right-wing authoritarians (RWA) in the United States. The RWAs are part of our political system and are currently represented by the Tea Party, Sarah Palin, … Continue reading →
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.cceia.org/resources/transcripts/5171.html" target="_blank" title="Family values, moral values, and military values are a rather potent cocktail">The New American Militarism</a>
Posted in Avid Militarism, Church/State Unification, Enemy/Scapegoat
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Mr. Barton, You’re ashamed of BP suffering through a meeting with the President and having to honor their promise to pay “all legitimate claims?” As a homegrown Texan, I’m ashamed of your apology to BP. What could have made you … Continue reading →
The table below is mostly from an October 4, 2007 News Release from the conservative Tax Foundation. They point out that the richest 1% of the tax payers pay more in total taxes than the poorer 90 percent – those … Continue reading →
- Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=1963" target="_blank" title="So, taxes improve the possibility of citizen success by allowing our government to protect (freedom from harm) and to empower (freedom to grow) us.">Freedom Isn’t Free – What Are We Willing to Pay For It?</a>, <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=5063" target="_blank" title="They have a bias against taxes – taxes are a 'burden.'">Federal Income Taxes – Is Tax Foundation Impartial?</a>
- Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3946" title="Figures May Mislead Policymakers, Journalists, and the Public" target="_blank">Tax Foundation Figures Do Not Represent Typical Households’ Tax Burdens</a>
Posted in Corporate Intrusion
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Tagged Mega Rich RWA
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