Powerful Nationalism

Are national symbols around every corner on the street and all over the media? Is our national flag and or its representation becoming more visible in our daily lives? Are laws being passed to protect national symbols? Do these laws violate the Constitution? What other national symbols have you seen lately and is their appearance more frequent? When will we be required to carry a national ID? When will we be required to wear a national symbol or carry a bible to show our allegiance? How far is too far?

Preserving Our Democracy – Allegiance To a Nation OR Serving a More Perfect Union

On the one hand, patriotism divides citizens into multiple factions based on variable notions of a nation and its history. On the…

2 years ago

Predatory Capitalism: Chaining It?, Embracing It?, Controlling it?, Saving it?, Replacing It!

Any nation with either an authoritarian political system or an authoritarian economic system, like predatory capitalism, is susceptible to totalitarianism.…

3 years ago

Fascist Politics for Protecting and Empowering a Demagogue

The distinct strategies of fascist politics include: the mythic past, propaganda, anti-intellectualism, unreality, hierarchy, and victimhood. Other strategies also included…

6 years ago

Imagine – Republicans Force a ‘Strike’ and Take The Entire Federal Government With Them?

It appears to me, that even though the conservatives without conscience (CWCs) cannot support unions, especially public ones, they do…

14 years ago

Bad Deeds for 8-13-2010

  For Newt Gingrich, "Family Values" is Just a Phrase He Likes to Use - According to Newt's second wife…

14 years ago

Things May Get More Expensive – If the CWCs Get Their Way

In a recent conservative without conscience (CWC) email (You know one of those forwarded emails with mixed font and colors,…

14 years ago

Powerful Nationalism and the Right-wing Authoritarians

One of the categories for this blog is Powerful Nationalism. In a recent Pew Research survey of 1,001 adults, some…

14 years ago

Bad Deeds for 3/24/2010

  Republican Representative Thinks You Should Not Have the Right to Vote for Your Senators - Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX)…

15 years ago

From The Occupation of Iraq to The Occupation of the US – Is Our Police State Getting Closer?

Don't be surprised if there is something else to come that would give GWB an opportunity to do what he…

16 years ago