About Andy Hailey
Vietnam Vet, UT El Paso Grad, Retired Aerospace Engineer, former union rep, 60's Republican now progressive, web admin, blogger.
Are profit-centric media and supporting profit-centric defense contractors promoting a new cold war, via Russian Hack hysteria, and boosting support for more defense spending? Are regime change neocons fanning the flames for a new cold war to remove Putin from … Continue reading →
This was a response to part of business editorial on DJT’s “Wheeling and Dealing” over the Carrier jobs. _______________________________________ I agree that DJT’s approach to governing is frightening. What I take issue with is this statement from the editorial: “The … Continue reading →
Remember the Tea Party motto Take Our Country BACK? Back to where, I once asked a local Tea Party leader? As a boomer, I enjoyed a well-regulated economy that wasn’t influenced by the many conservative think tanks of today and … Continue reading →
Right-wing authoritarian Republican politicians, like Paul Ryan, believe that the individual is solely responsible for their success or failure. Their moral righteousness is based on one’s self-discipline and ability to plan for every contingency. That leaves the 99% to fend … Continue reading →
- Related Web Article: <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/your-road-map-to-paul-ryan-s-plan-to-privatize-medicare" target="_blank" title"The reality is that changes to Medicare made by Obamacare actually made the program more solvent, not less">Your Road Map To Paul Ryan's Plan To Privatize Medicare</a>
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Tagged Privateering
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Since 2005, I’ve written 425 blog posts, , and most of them have been about America’s growing authoritarian state. I’ve had a lot of help along the way from many others more knowledgeable than me. It started with a paper … Continue reading →
- Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/its-all-about-voters-who-are-angry-at-the-establishment/" target="_blank" title="A broken political system burdened by an austerity driven, neoliberal, economic system">It’s All About Voters Who Are Angry at the Establishment</a>
- Supporting Articles: <a href="https://georgelakoff.com/2016/11/22/a-minority-president-why-the-polls-failed-and-what-the-majority-can-do/" target="_blank" title="To effectively fight for what is right, you have to first say what is right and why.">A Minority President: Why the Polls Failed, And What the Majority Can Do</a>
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Tagged Fascism - Here?
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Based on the work of others, primarily Professor George Lakoff, an expert in cognitive linguistics – how the brain uses and responds to language, here is what I’ve come to understand about those who support people like racist, misogynist, DJT … Continue reading →
- Supporting Articles: <a href="http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~ altemey/drbob/Comment%20on% 20the%20Tea%20Party.pdf" target="_blank" title="These are some of the DJT supporters">The Authoritarian Tea Party</a>, <a href="https://georgelakoff.com/2016/03/02/why-trump/" target="_blank" title="His appeal to differing conservative groups.">Why Trump?</a>
Posted in Authoritarianism, Obsession with Punishment, Rampant Sexism
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Tagged Fascism - Here?
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What is killing our middle class is the replacement of a more SHARING economic system, which considers all STAKEholders in the economic system, with a free market fundamentalism, or neoliberal economic policies based on maximizing GREED for the few! Greedy … Continue reading →
- Supporting Articles: <a href="http://hedricksmith.com/books/who-stole-the-american-dream/" target="_blank">Who Stole The American Dream</a>, <a href="http://billmoyers.com/content/%E2%80%AAcapitalism-hits-the-fan-a-lecture-by-richard-wolff-on-the-economic-meltdown%E2%80%AC/" target="_blank">Capitalism Hits the Fan</a>
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Tagged The Powell Memo
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The distraction of Widdle Donnie Thwimpie is all over the news as the worst ever candidate for an American president, while mainstream media ignores the real enemy of our democracy: This should be no surprise. The corporate take over of … Continue reading →
Here are links to three articles on American Authoritarianism and selected quotes from each: The Rise of American Authoritarianism Trump embodies the classic authoritarian. Donald Trump could be just the first of many Trumps in American politics The political phenomenon … Continue reading →
- Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/can-there-really-be-fascist-people-in-a-democracy-john-dean-exposes-the-authoritarians-that-are-leading-us-that-way/" target="_blank">Can There Really Be Fascist People In A Democracy?</a>
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Here are two interviews comparing Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. One with Dr. Henry Giroux and the other with Dr. Cornel West: This Is Hell! | On violence, neoliberalism and the hallucinatory anti-politics of the Trump era If we can’t … Continue reading →
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