Category Archives: Disdain of Educated & Artists

Is there open hostility to higher education and the arts? Is funding for the arts by the government being reduced? Are talk show radio hosts shouting more ‘talking points’ on the evil running rampant on campus, in Hollywood, in Museums, and on Broadway? Is censorship on the increase? Does internet access need to be controlled to hobble the enemy? When will liberal educators have their tenure canceled? When will only G rated movies be available for viewing? When will ‘objectionable’ art, movie reels, and books start fueling bonfires? When will Broadway be boarded up? When will the Las Vegas Strip be burned to the ground? How far is too far?

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 4-9-2009

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Jim Vogas

Goodbye Maple Syrup: Climate Change Pushing Sugar Maple Out of Northeast U.S. – For some places in the Northeast, the sugar-tapping season is getting shorter and shorter, sometimes lasting only a week, as it did in Quebec last year. Warmer … Continue reading →

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The Left Gets Blasted While the Extreme Right Gets Free Speech

Posted on September 21, 2007 by Andy Hailey

The focused condemnation of MoveOn.org from inside the Beltway, where doing wrong has been the norm since 1994, means MoveOn must be doing something right with that full page ad in the in the New York Times. Why has Congress … Continue reading →

Related NPR Stories: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14599235" target="_blank" title="Columbia's president, Lee Bollinger, says it follows the school's free-speech tradition.">Free speech even applies to the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.</a>

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November 2006 – We Have Some Serious Choices to Make!

Posted on September 29, 2006 by Andy Hailey

We must chose … Between being feared as a warmonger nation and condemned around the world or regaining the respect of at least our allies. Between fighting the terrorist threat endlessly or winning it through an international law enforcement program … Continue reading →

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Fool Me Once Shame on You, Fool Me Twice … No, Not This Time

Posted on July 19, 2006 by Andy Hailey

As I have written previously in this blog, I was deceived by another president forty years ago. I watched the man I supported, and worked for, become further corrupted by both the power that comes with being President of the … Continue reading →

Related WAWG Article:: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=35" target="_blank" title="talked the President out of signing amendments that would have put stronger teeth in the Freedom of Information Act">Corruption Requires Secrets, Secrets Need Protection, and Protection Requires Collusion and a Hobbled Media</a>

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The WAWG Index

Posted on October 9, 2005 by Andy Hailey

This index attempts to ‘measure’ the extent to which the list of 14 characteristics monitored by this blog apply to the United States over time. Â The index will be determined monthly as a percent change from the previous month. … Continue reading →