About Andy Hailey
Vietnam Vet, UT El Paso Grad, Retired Aerospace Engineer, former union rep, 60's Republican now progressive, web admin, blogger.
“He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression. For if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.” — Revolutionary activist Thomas Paine “We will not walk in … Continue reading →
This growth must go beyond reversing voter suppression, improving public education, and expanding civic participation. Maximizing the rule of democracy for our government of, by and for the PEOPLE must also include democratizing our economy. Record economic inequality must be … Continue reading →
How effective was Russian propoganda on social media? Who many votes were switched? What other voter numbers are more significant? But just how many Facebook users who saw this propoganda, actually bothered to vote? A 2010 study of Facebook users … Continue reading →
Posted in Election Fraud
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From the last chapter of Democracy In Chains, by Nancy MacLean, here is how the Koch Brothers and their elite Libertarian cadre are increasing their, white, billionaire, veto power over govt and majority rule: 1. By mandatory and ubiquitous Arbitration … Continue reading →
- Supporting Articles: <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/122645/rehabilitationists-libertarian-movement-undo-new-deal" target="_blank" title="How a small band of determined legal academics set out to persuade the Supreme Court to undo the New Deal—and have almost won" >The Rehabilitationists</a>
Posted in Corporate Intrusion, Election Fraud
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Tagged Mega Rich RWA
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I’ve been reading Democracy In Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America, by Nancy MacLean. Yesterday, I read about some of the lessons learned by James Buchanan. Mr. Buchanan is the main subject of the … Continue reading →
- Related Web Article: <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2017/6/29/republican_push_to_replace_obamacare_reflects" target="_blank" title="Amy Goodman Ingerviews author Nancy MacLean">Republican Push to Replace Obamacare Reflects Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America</a>, <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/life/history/2017/06/james_mcgill_buchanan_s_terrifying_vision_of_society_is_the_intellectual.html" target="_blank" title="Nancy MacLean explains how this little-known libertarian’s work is influencing modern-day politics">What Is the Far Right’s Endgame? A Society That Suppresses the Majority.</a>
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After decades of refining his extreme, right-wing, ideas on control by the wealthy, James McGill Buchanan, professor at the University of Virginia and head of his very own Thomas Jefferson Center for Political Economy and Social Philosophy department, joined forces … Continue reading →
- Supporting Articles: <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2017/5/12/donald_trump_orders_election_integrity_commission" target="_blank" title="Kobach has pushed for the strictest voter identification laws in the country">Donald Trump Orders "Election Integrity" Commission Headed by Architects of Voter Suppression</a>
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Intrusion
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Voter Suppression: Legalized, Rationalized, and Self-inflicted Right-wing extremists have been promoting voter suppression since the founding of America. Since Brown vs Board of Education and the Civil Rights Act, it was started anew with the Nixon’s war on drugs and … Continue reading →
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Complaining about the idiocy of the opposition is such a distraction – a waste of time – and provides little incentive for Democratic voter turnout. Democrats need to talk about how they will address the massive economic, social, racial, and … Continue reading →
As an American Baby Boomer, I’ve lived under two different systems of government: Post depression/post WWII and pre 1980s government: Government of, by, and for the People requires: Government with the moral purpose to equally protect and empower ALL the … Continue reading →
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.galvnews.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/article_ac423f7f-4655-52b2-bb33-59f232c1ed7b.html" target="_blank" title="Original, but word limited, version">Government should be for all the people</a>
- Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/life/history/2017/06/james_mcgill_buchanan_s_terrifying_vision_of_society_is_the_intellectual.html" target="_blank" title="The Future According to Koch">What Is the Far Right’s Endgame? A Society That Suppresses the Majority.</a>
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The following are from an article by Thom Hartman, where you can read more: When Washington became president in 1789, most of America’s personal and industrial products of any significance were manufactured in England or in its colonies. Washington asked … Continue reading →
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