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 11-13-2007

Senior Executive at News Corp. Encouraged Lying to Federal Investigators to Protect the Presidential Aspirations of Rudy Giuliani According to Judith Regan – Judith Regan, the former book publisher, says in a lawsuit filed today protesting her dismissal by the … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 11-12-2007

US Intelligence Deputy Says It’s Time for America to Redefine Privacy – As Congress debates new rules for government eavesdropping, a top intelligence official says it is time that people in the United States change their definition of privacy. Privacy … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 11-9-2007

Cheney Tried to Stifle Dissent in Iran National Intelligence Estimate in Order to Gain Support for His Militarily Aggressive Policy – A National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran has been held up for more than a year in an effort … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 11-8-2007

The Price of War: Many Homeless are Veterans – More than 25 percent of the homeless population in the United States are military veterans, although they represent only 11 percent of the civilian adult population, according to a report to … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 11-7-2007

Diebold Recommends ‘Rescheduling Elections’, Calling Voters to ‘Re-Vote’ as Part of Memory Card Failure Procedures – Diebold’s recommendations which “appear to border on the absurd,” that should voting machine memory cards be lost, “elections must be re-scheduled.” Or if they … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 11-06-2007

Oh, The Irony: White House Tells Pakistan To Never ‘Restrict Constitution’ To Fight Terror – Question at Press Briefing concerning Pakistan: Is it ever reasonable to restrict constitutional freedoms in the name of fighting terrorism? Ms. Perino (White House Press … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds For 11-2-2007

Republicans Speed Children’s Health Care Bill to a Vote to Make Sure it Gets Vetoed – A defiant Democratic-controlled Congress voted Thursday to provide health insurance to an additional 4 million lower-income children, ignoring President Bush’s threat of a second … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 11-1-2007

Rumsfeld Pushed Hard to Create Link Between Iraq and Iran – Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld pushed hard to create a link between Iraq and Iran. He argued that Muslims avoid physical labor and wrote of the need to “keep … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 10-31-2007

Fox News Distorted College Students’ Views to Bash Global Warming – Conservative host Sean Hannity made clear his disdain for CNN’s “Planet in Peril” series when the show Hannity co-hosts convened a panel of atmospheric science graduate students to discuss … Continue reading

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Bad Deeds for 10-30-2007

Campaign News Coverage Provides Relatively Little Information About Candidates Records or What They Would Do If Elected – A study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy shows … Continue reading

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