Category Archives: Bad Deeds

Examples of American authoritarian activities. “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” Lord Acton (1834-1902), and Washington, D.C. has too much power concentrated in the authoritarian hands. So much power goes bad and Jim summarizes just some of it.

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 11-13-06

The election is over, so now the Bad Deeds newsletter will be open to all political parties. Everyone should behave. Outrage at London sting by US spies U.S. Agents arrested British citizens on British soil. Just think how you would … Continue reading

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Review of the 2006 Campaign Ads

The Whoppers Of 2006 We review the worst deceptions from House and Senate campaigns (10 Republican and 5 Democratic). Republican Mudslinging On An Industrial Scale The National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) attack-ad factory grinds out some smears we find to … Continue reading

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Republican Bad Deeds for 11-06-06

1999 war games foresaw problems in Iraq (but Republicans did it anyway) The U.S. government conducted a series of secret war games in 1999 that anticipated an invasion of Iraq would require 400,000 troops, and even then chaos might ensue. … Continue reading

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Republican Bad Deeds for 11-3-06

Sekula-Gibbs flip–flops on pro-choice On her website, candidate Shelley Sekula Gibbs says she is Pro-Life. But Documents from a 2001 Survey conducted by the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, (a PAC) Sekula-Gibbs indicated she is pro-choice to try to get their … Continue reading

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Republican Bad Deeds for 11-2-06

Tom Delay Says That Waterboarding is Not Torture So I guess it’s OK if Ronnie Earle uses it on Tom? Cover Up Attempted: Senior Republican Aides Had Foley “Damage Control” Telephone Calls Before Scandal Broke Two senior aides to National … Continue reading

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Republican Bad Deeds for 11-1-06

Republican Ft. Bend County Commissioner Paid for Hateful Signs; Republicans Cut Down Bob Smithers Sign and Put Hate Message on Smithers Sign Poles Tom DeLay Says “I Haven’t Had No Ethical Problems” Former Republican congressman Tom DeLay, currently under indictment, … Continue reading

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Republican Bad Deeds for 10-31-06

Top Twenty Iraq Oversight Outrages Uncovered by the Democratic Policy Committee (Why we need a change of leadership and a Congress that will do the oversight and enforce corrective action.) Over the last three years, Senate Democratic Policy Committee (DPC) … Continue reading

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Republican bad Deeds for 10-30-06

U.S. is Only Vote Against Limits on International Illegal Gun Trade The UN General Assembly’s First Committee yesterday overwhelmingly approved a proposal to develop a treaty aimed at combating the global trade in illegal firearms with 139 countries voting in … Continue reading

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Republican Bad Deeds for 10-27-06

IRS Ordered to Stop Collecting Katrina Back Taxes Until After Elections Mark W. Everson, the IRS chief with close ties to the Bush White House, has ordered his agency to delay collecting back taxes from Hurricane Katrina victims until after … Continue reading

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Republican Bad Deeds for 10-26-06

Oh, they been really bad today! – Long list. Rush Limbaugh Won’t Stop Challenging Michael J. Fox’s Parkinson’s Symptoms CIA Tried to Silence European Union on Torture Flights The CIA tried to persuade Germany to silence EU protests about the … Continue reading

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