Author Archives: Jim Vogas

About Jim Vogas

Texas A&M Aggie, Retired aerospace engineer, former union member, Vietnam vet, Demcratic Party organizer, husband and father.

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.

 

Bad Deeds for 1/26/2010

  Republican Party Sends Fundraising Letter Disguised as ‘Census’ Form – The Republican Party is seeking input and money from GOP voters — seemingly under the guise of the U.S. Census Bureau. “Strengthening our Party for the 2010 elections is … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 1/25/2010

  Lt. Gov. of South Carolina Says “Don’t feed the poor. They’ll ‘breed.’” – A Republican vying to replace Mark Sanford as the next governor of South Carolina let one slip a couple of days ago, further embarrassing his state. … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 1/22/2010

  Weak Actions on Wall Street and Weak Health Care Policies Make People Upset – Massachusetts voters who backed Barack Obama in the presidential election a year ago and either switched support to Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown or simply … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 1/20/2010

  Whites-Only Basketball League: All-American Basketball Alliance Bans Blacks, Foreigners – A whites-only basketball league aims to launch in twelve cities this summer, according to a report in the Augusta Chronicle. The All-American Basketball Alliance would also ban players born … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 1/19/2010

  U.S. Military Weapons Inscribed With ‘Jesus’ Bible Codes – Coded references to New Testament Bible passages about Jesus Christ are inscribed on high-powered rifle sights provided to the United States military by a Michigan company. The sights are used … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 1/14/2010

  Rush Limbaugh Says: ‘We’ve Already Donated To Haiti, It’s Called US Income Tax’ – Well, it didn’t take long for conservative Rush Limbaugh to use the crisis in Haiti to attack President Obama politically. On his radio show yesterday … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 1/12/2010

  The Falsehoods of the Conservative Noise Machine vs. Reality Conservatives make a lot of noise in hope that if they shout loud enough and often enough, you’ll believe it’s true. Well, the American people aren’t buying it. Here are … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 1/11/2010

  32,000 Leading Scientists? Not Actually. – 32,000 leading scientists signed a petition against global warming? Is that really true? Well, no…. Some of these “leading scientists” have names like Hawkeye Pierce and Ginger Spice. Some are veterinarians or dentists. … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 1/8/2010

  Mr. 9/11 Forgets 9/11 (and other terror attempts) – Rudy Giuliani has joined fellow Republicans Dana Perino and Mary Matalin in seeming to forget that the September 11th attacks (and other attempted attacks) happened under President Bush. On “Good … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 1/7/2010

  Top Republican Strategist Can’t Name One Thing Republicans Have Done for the Country in 20 Years – Yesterday, I told you about the ranking Republican on the Homeland Security Committee, who when asked for a specific recommendation on how … Continue reading

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