Category Archives: Strict-father State

Nations run by a strict-father based party (political, army or dictatorship) tend to become intensely nationalistic, racist, militaristic and imperialistic. They are supported by the “masses” but not necessarily the majority of the national population.  Support for this state is enhanced by identifying an “enemy” and their “supporters”, labelling them with prejudicial adjectives and urging the “masses” to support violence against them.

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 3-10-2009

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Jim Vogas

Pentagon Knowingly Exposed Troops to Cancer-Causing Chemicals, Document Shows – A document, written by an environmental engineering flight commander in December of 2006 and posted on Wikileaks (PDF) on Tuesday, details the risks posed to US troops in Iraq by … Continue reading →

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Employee Free Choice Act – Shifting the Balance of Power, Just a Little

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Andy Hailey

In 1983, two groups of aerospace employees had just had their benefits reduced and were told about it after the fact and in a very cavalier manner by senior management. Soon after, salt was rubbed into the wound when the … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.seiu.org/2009/02/many-many-economists-we-like-what-the-employee-free-choice-act-does.php" target="_blank" title="It will help restore broadly-shared prosperity and end the growing inequality">Many, Many Economists: We Like What the Employee Free Choice Act Does </a>, <a href="http://epi.3cdn.net/86c7a36112348f4103_dgm6bhgpf.pdf" target="_blank" title="The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.">Unionization Has No Causal Effect on Firm Closures</a>
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Bad Deeds for 3-4-2009

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Jim Vogas

Ex-Leaders of Countrywide Financial Profit From Bad Loans – Fairly or not, Countrywide Financial and its top executives would be on most lists of those who share blame for the nation’s economic crisis. After all, the banking behemoth made risky … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 2-3-2009

Posted on March 4, 2009 by Jim Vogas

Porn in the USA: Conservatives Are the Biggest Consumers – Those states that do consume the most porn tend to be more conservative and religious than states with lower levels of consumption, a new nationwide study finds. “Some of the … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for:3-2-2009

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Jim Vogas

Limbaugh Repeats His Wish: ‘I Want Barack Obama to Fail’ – Rush Limbaugh wants America to know that there’s nothing wrong with wanting President Barack Obama to fail. In fact, the conservative talk show host said Saturday, wanting the new … Continue reading →

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Who Controls and Lies About Media Control?

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Andy Shanks

It’s on TV, it must be true . . . Ronald Reagan demolished the Fairness doctrine in 1983.  For those who don’t remember, the Fairness Doctrine was a program enforced by the FCC that ensured discussion of national policy matters … Continue reading →

  • Related WAWG Article: <a href="https://the-wawg-blog.org/?tag=noble-lie" target="_blank" title="The Ultimate Neocon Noble Lie - The Left is The Far Right">Neocons and their Noble Lies</a>
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The “Twin Peaks” of Consumer Debt

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Andy Hailey

  HOUSEHOLD DEBT AS A PERCENTAGE OF GDP Household debt: Credit card debt, car loans, personal loans and home mortgages   According to NPR’s Morning Edition, Columbia professor David Beim said this about his chart: The problem is us. The … Continue reading →

  • Supporting Articles: <a href="http://www.comstockfunds.com/files/NLPP00000%5C177.pdf" target="_blank" title="Data Subject To Revisions By The Federal Reserve Board">Household Debt as a % of GDP from Ned Davis Research, Inc.</a>
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Bad Deeds for 2-27-2009

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Jim Vogas

Big Banks Try to Stop Help for Struggling Homeowners – Big banks, scrambling to prevent the government from forcing them to rewrite mortgages for struggling homeowners, are using their lobbying clout to press the Obama administration and Congress to scale … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 2-25-2009

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Jim Vogas

Joe Barton Too Busy Tweeting to Pay Attention to President’s Speech; Blames It On a Staffer – During President Obama’s address to Congress, there was Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.), in whose name this text message was sent at about the … Continue reading →

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Bad Deeds for 2-24-2009

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Jim Vogas

Hero Pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger To Congress: My Pay Has Been Cut 40 Percent In Recent Years, Pension Terminated – Sullenberger, a 58-year-old who joined a US Airways predecessor in 1980, told the House aviation subcommittee that his pay has … Continue reading →

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