Category Archives: Enemy/Scapegoat

Is ‘the enemy’ used to unify and manipulate? Are terrorists the only enemy? Who is supporting them? Is the enemy list growing? Have the monsters been set loose on Maple Street, USA? Is assumption of trustworthiness in most encounters being replaced by suspicion of everyone? Is the potential for mob rule more likely? Does the enemy include your neighbor who doesn’t agree with you? When will the enemy be tattooed with a scarlet letter? When will guilty until proven innocent become the law? When will mass graves guide our choices? 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 1-24-2008

Posted on January 24, 2008 by Jim Vogas

Fox Host Makes Gay Jokes about Death of Heath Ledger – On Fox Radio, John Gibson used the occasion of the death of actor Heath Ledger to crack jokes about the actor and play clips from his most notable film, … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 1-15-2008

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Jim Vogas

Romney Photo-op Was With Staffer’s Mom – Media outlets reported that Mitt Romney was the picture of empathy as he sat at the Marshall, Mich. kitchen table of 51-year-old Elizabeth Sachs, a single mother of two who lost her job … 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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Authoritarians Identify Enemies/Scapegoats to Unify Their Followers

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Andy Hailey

The following was distributed by Andy Shanks on August 27, 2007, and is published here with his permission: “We’re ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas,” Natalie Mains of the Dixie Chicks.  What followed was a … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 4-9-07

Posted on April 9, 2007 by Jim Vogas

Professor who criticized Bush added to terrorist ‘no-fly’ list – Identifying their enemies– A top Constitutional scholar from Princeton who gave a televised speech that slammed President George W. Bush’s executive overreach recently learned that he had been added to … Continue reading →

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Beyond Nine-Eleven – Enabling My Evolving Hopes

Posted on April 7, 2007 by Andy Hailey

I started writing this in late 2001 and have not revisited if for quite some time. I’m posting it with some 2007 updates and have added guidelines on how to enable these hopes. May our leaders use all sources of … Continue reading →

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The Authoritarian Enemy List is Expanded by Bush Appointee to Include Detainee Lawyers – How Will Bush Respond?

Posted on January 13, 2007 by Andy Hailey

As I said in Failed Single Party Nations of the Past – Where Are We Going Now?, when I was summarizing what contributed to WWII, “Anxieties over social and economic issues are broadcast, exploited and focused on an enemy and … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.federalnewsradio.com/emedia/59677.wma" target="_blank" title="Unprompted, he adds law firms to our list of enemies">Stimson inteview on Federal News Radio</a>, <a href="http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/opinion/16497406.htm" target="_blank" title="From Fort Worth Star-Telegram">A foundational principle</a>
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South Dakota’s “JAIL for Judges” – The Authoritarian Single-Party State Needs to Control the Judiciary

Posted on October 29, 2006 by Andy Hailey

EDWARD LAZARUS summarized the situation this way: In legal circles, the issue of the moment is judicial “independence.” For many years now, right-wing conservatives [authoritarians (RWA)] have been conducting an unrelenting attack on supposedly out-of-control “activist” judges, as part of … Continue reading →

  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.no-on-e.com/truth.php" target="_blank" title="A wolf in sheep's clothing">The Truth About Amendment E</a>, <a href="http://www.justiceatstake.org/contentViewer.asp?breadCrumb=2" target="_blank" title="There are mechanisms to hold judges accountable">Why Judicial Independence Matters</a>, <a href="http://www.brennancenter.org/resources/resources_jiqanda.html" target="_blank" title="The current system provides for removal of judges without eliminating independence">Questions and Answers about Judicial Independence</a>
  • Related NPR Stories: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6288938" target="_blank" title="The proposal has alarmed not only judges, but also large swathes of South Dakota society.">South Dakota to Vote on Ending Judicial Protections</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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Ann Coulter – Extremist/Hate-Monger or A Felon To Be?

Posted on May 12, 2006 by Andy Hailey

According to THE BRAD BLOG “Republican extremist/hate-monger, Ann Coulter may be on the verge of being tossed from the Voter Rolls in Palm Beach County, Florida.” The Brad Blog also reported: Coulter, who appears to have committed a third-degree felony … Continue reading →

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