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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Now that we have the President’s latest ideas for victory in Iraq and fighting the terrorists overseas so we don’t have to fight them here, it’s time to look at their plan for protecting us at home. Are we open … Continue reading →
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1168366069190.shtm" target="_blank" title="DHS Announces $445 Million to Secure Critical Infrastructure">2007 Critical Infrastructure Budget Increased by 12%</a>
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Right-wing authoritarian (RWA) followers are still supporting their favorite party just as their social dominator leaders, or the neocons, are. The following was compiled for a review by Pew Research to show a trend toward Democrats in the last three … Continue reading →
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://pewresearch.org/reports/?ReportID=79" target="_blank" title="Pew Research poll results, January 16, 2007">New Poll Finds Surging GOP Support for a Troop Surge</a>
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According to John King, of CNN, ” … to embrace the gloomy verdict of the Iraq Study Group, Mr. Bush would have to concede he got just about all of it wrong.” But not to worry, the American Enterprise Institute … Continue reading →
- Related NPR Stories: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6657679" target="_blank" title="But quietly, inside the Pentagon, the ISG report is widely regarded as unrealistic. ">Rival Iraq Report Wins Attention in Washington</a>
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/011651.php" target="_blank" title="Et tu, Brooke?">Highlighting the one truly nutball idea about what to do in Iraq</a>, <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/12/20/bush_war/index_np.html" target="_blank" title="A battered group of neocons delivered the president his latest war plan, letting him reject the grave warnings of the Iraq Study Group and deny that we're losing the war.">Behind Bush's 'new way forward'</a>, <a href="http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=12302" target="_blank" title="Fred Kagan's disastrous plan for victory in Iraq">Final Fantasy</a>
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Month to Month Change In this fifteenth survey of the web, The WAWG Index group average was down by 4.8 percent from November 2006. Of the fourteen categories tracked, 12 were down, 2 were up, and 0 was unchanged. The … Continue reading →
Charlie Savage states in Cheney has storied history: A close look at key moments in Cheney’s career — from his political apprenticeship in the Nixon and Ford administrations to his decade in Congress and his tenure as Secretary of Defense … Continue reading →
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://hnn.us/articles/18668.html" target="_blank" title="The hallmark of the Dick Cheney administration is its illegitimacy.">The Long March of Dick Cheney</a>
- Related WAWG Article:: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=94" target="_blank" title="Government by the Party, for the Party, and of the Party - Part 3">The Cheney Executive Branch</a>, <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=89" target="_blank" title="Presidents Nixon and Bush, hired both Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney.">Fool Me Once Shame on You, Fool Me Twice … No, Not This Time</a><a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=89" target="_blank" title="Presidents Nixon and Bush, hired both Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney.">Fool Me Once Shame on You, Fool Me Twice … No, Not This Time</a>
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John Dean described the makeup of authoritarian conservatism as follows: Two factions of conservatism currently embrace a contemporary adaptation of authoritarian conservatism: neoconservatives and social conservatives. Neoconservatives are a relatively small group of social-dominance authoritarians, with significant, if not disproportionate … Continue reading →
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://uggabugga.blogspot.com/2006/11/joshua-muravchik-fool-or-knavethis-guy.html" target="_blank" title="This guy, a 'scholar' at the American Enterprise Institute, has two OpEds in major newspapers">Joshua Muravchik, fool or knave?</a>
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Tagged Single-party State
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In Power and Absolute Power – What Concerns Me Most, I stated, “Neither political extreme is good for Texas or the country, but the extreme we are headed for this time is a place our founding fathers knew well. They … Continue reading →
- Related WAWG Article:: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=97" target="_blank" title="The House that Newt Built">Social Dominators - Part 1a</a>, <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=96" target="_blank" title="The Double High House of Delay">Social Dominators - Part 1b</a>, <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=95" target="_blank" title="The Frist Mini-House Senate">Social Dominators - Part 2</a>, <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=94" target="_blank" title="The Cheney Executive Branch">Social Dominators - Part 3</a>
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Month to Month Change In this fourteenth survey of the web, The WAWG Index group average was down by 8.1 percent from October 2006. Of the fourteen categories tracked, 11 were down, 3 were up, and 1 was unchanged. The … Continue reading →
President Bush has been taking exception to our laws by using signing statements and to our Constitution by eliminating part of it. All the while, the Republican Congress has been sparing the rod and spoiling the child and letting him … Continue reading →
EDWARD LAZARUS summarized the situation this way: In legal circles, the issue of the moment is judicial “independence.” For many years now, right-wing conservatives [authoritarians (RWA)] have been conducting an unrelenting attack on supposedly out-of-control “activist” judges, as part of … Continue reading →
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.no-on-e.com/truth.php" target="_blank" title="A wolf in sheep's clothing">The Truth About Amendment E</a>, <a href="http://www.justiceatstake.org/contentViewer.asp?breadCrumb=2" target="_blank" title="There are mechanisms to hold judges accountable">Why Judicial Independence Matters</a>, <a href="http://www.brennancenter.org/resources/resources_jiqanda.html" target="_blank" title="The current system provides for removal of judges without eliminating independence">Questions and Answers about Judicial Independence</a>
- Related NPR Stories: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6288938" target="_blank" title="The proposal has alarmed not only judges, but also large swathes of South Dakota society.">South Dakota to Vote on Ending Judicial Protections</a>
Posted in Authoritarianism, Enemy/Scapegoat
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Tagged Single-party State
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Andy Hailey