Category Archives: Human Rights Abuse

Are human rights ignored in ‘special cases’? In the ‘war on terror’, have we given up some rights via the Patriot Act in hopes of increasing our protection from those bent on doing us harm? If we are attacked again and fear short circuits our minds, are we willing to give up more rights for the cause? Are we becoming more willing to look the other way when what used to be illegal is used against an ‘enemy’? Are citizens more willing to identify the enemy based on less and less accurate information? Will one family member turn in another as the enemy out of spite, for monetary gain, or to earn a notch on the sleeve of their national uniform? 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.

 

Supressing Hope Is Futile – Integrity, Moral Values, and Insurrectional Democracy

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Andy Hailey

Externalizing hope will defeat the casino capitalism of the authoritarian right. Here are three requirements for getting there: 1. Progressives who deny their core values, lose, and can’t inspire the underpaid, overworked, debt ridden, and generally oppressed to take action. … Continue reading →

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Erik Prince Still Free, Ferguson Police Abuse, Who Can’t Vote in Texas, Corp Attack On Democracy, NPR Part of Problem, Doughnut Economics

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Andy Hailey

Suggested Reading for Week Ending 10/26 Christianist Erik Prince Remains Free as Blackwater Guards Convicted for Killing 14 Iraqis in Massacre First of all, Erik Prince is a radical right-wing Christian supremacist who, from the very beginning of the so-called … Continue reading →

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Why Do The ONE% Keep Getting Richer?

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Andy Hailey

An updated report on growing income inequality between America’s profit makers and profit takers shows the growth of income for the profit takers – the top ONE%, who are making at least $394,000/year for 2012. The table below shows how … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.alternet.org/economy/joe-stiglitz-people-who-break-rules-have-raked-huge-profits-and-wealth-and-its-sickening-our" target="_blank" title="Joseph Stiglitz's remarks to the AFL-CIO convention in Los Angeles on September 8">The People Who Break the Rules Have Raked in Huge Profits and Wealth and It's Sickening Our Politics</a>
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What’s Really Best for an ‘Unwanted’?

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Andy Hailey

“The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://pricetheory.uchicago.edu/levitt/Papers/DonohueLevittTheImpactOfLegalized2001.pdf" title="Crime began to fall roughly eighteen years after abortion legalization." target="_blank">THE IMPACT OF LEGALIZED ABORTION ON CRIME</a>
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Supporters of DOMA, Prop 8, and Texas Special Session SB 5 – How Their Authoritarian World View Can Predict Their Actions

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Andy Hailey

While driving home from lunch today and listening to the discussion on NPR’s ‘Talk of the Nation’, the strong unreasonable comments of a caller disturbed me. This caller was stating that overruling California’s Proposition 8 was not right. Prop 8 … Continue reading →

  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=7629" target="_blank" title="Where does this anger/hatred and lack of action come from?">Teapublicans Are Punishing America for Electing a Black Man President</a>
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Minimum Wage, Wage Theft and The Free Market at Work – Is it Fixable?

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Andy Hailey

The post 80’s ideas of keeping the minimum wage suppressed and not rewarding workers, profit creators, for their productivity increases of the last three decades must stop. The decisions of the supply side free market and most of its leaders, … Continue reading →

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The Dakota Indians Lost to the ONE% in the 1860s – Can Today’s 99% Check and Balance Today’s ONE%?

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Andy Hailey

A recent episode of This American Life was about the Dakota War of 1862. This war resulted in the final expulsion of the Dakota Indians from their ancestral home in Minnesota. It took years of lies, trickery, swindles, war, and … Continue reading →

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Destroying America’s Soul – The Devil’s Budget

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Andy Hailey

In his latest article, George Lakoff discusses how The Devils Budget proposed by the opponents to President Obama will eventually destroy the soul of our democracy by defunding all of its Public infrastructure: public protection, public empowerment, public education, public … Continue reading →

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The Aurora, Colorado, Shootings – Fear Based Gun Ownership Fulfills an Authoritarian Need to Severely Punish Those Not Like Them

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Andy Hailey

Those most likely to become authoritarians (social dominators or followers) are raised from a young age in a strict-father environment where violent punishment is used aggressively. And, according to James Dobson, the sooner it is applied, the better. Dread of … Continue reading →

  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=2494" target="_blank" title="The extreme right of the extreme right">Right-wing Authoritarian Belief in Strict Punishment Produces Domestic Terrorists</a>
  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://truth-out.org/news/item/10469-colorado-shooting-is-about-more-than-gun-culture" target="_blank" title="Brutal masculine authority and the celebration of violence it embraces have become the new norm in America.">Colorado Shooting Is About More Than Gun Culture</a>
  • Related Web Article: <a href="http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/07/colorado-theater-copycat-shooting-suspect-arrested-in-anne-arundel-county-78231.html" target="_blank" title="Neil Prescott, 28, was taken into custody in Crofton on Thursday night">Maryland mass shooting suspect, arrested</a>
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In Support of Mayors Against Illegal Guns – Stop Domestic Terrorism

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Andy Hailey

Americans are more likely to be killed by domestic terrorists with guns than international terrorists with bombs. When will we redirect our national resources to reflect this higher threat to American lives? Sign the petition … Also, here’s my message … Continue reading →

  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="docs/MASmith34-3.pdfhttps://the-wawg-blog.org/?p=4641" target="_blank" title="Individual actions result from the influences of many factors.">Violence Against Americans by Americans – Individual Action Is Only Part of the Story</a>
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