The Wordshed . . .

takin' it to 'em one word at a time
MARCH 5, 2012 12:29PM

Resurgance of the Lunatic Right; blame it on Idol, Beiber

In trying to make sense of the “conservative resurgence” of late – beyond the demographically driven, sociocultural change underway in the US, beyond the fear of the first non-fully-”White” President, beyond the death spasms related to the “last days of A… Read full post »

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MARCH 2, 2012 10:58AM

Has Chris Matthews Jumped the Shark?

There was a time when I respected and looked to Chris Matthews (the Sunday ”Show” and “Hardball”) for decisive and insightful commentary — those days are gone.  Be it his seemingly strange draw (attraction?) to the right-wing, media-loving nutjob … Read full post »

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JANUARY 29, 2011 2:48PM

Are Gaga and Beck One in the Same?

The right (conservatives specifically) love to lay the cultural ills of society at the doorstep of so-called loose “cultural morals presented in popular culture by Hollywood and popular entertainment.”  They have blamed Madonna, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga and others for thei… Read full post »

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010 7:39AM

Youth and "of color" in Today's Democratic Party

Today is Monday, one day before what many are predicting to literally be a radical lurch right in the American political arena at the hands of fearful mainstream Republicans who have been pushed ever further to the fringes by their fanatical “base” and that base’s att… Read full post »

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JULY 26, 2010 9:21AM

Glenn Beck: the "White Horse" in Mormon Prophecy?

With Glenn Beck’s upcoming (8/28/10) controversial usurpation of Dr. King’s historic Washington speech, there are those in Utah wondering if Beck, a converted Mormon, sees himself as the sect's “rider of the white horse”; the Mormon sent from a high to "save" t

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JULY 23, 2010 8:59AM

Something I Don’t Get About Union Bashers . . . .

Of all the foolish union-bashers that troll various boards on the web,  I have yet to see one poster or blogger bash the biggest union of all — the US Chamber of Commerce . . . the corporate lobby group (UNION) that pays off the legislature to secure corporate tax breaks&nb

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JULY 21, 2010 9:41AM

Recent Racial Flaps Expose Obama’s Ethnic Flaw

As a  bi-racial person, one who wrote his masters thesis as The Tan Millennium: Racial Stratification in Post 1960’s America, I am somewhat familiar with the topic of racial dynamics in American social, cultural, and political life – personally, professionally, and ac

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JULY 20, 2010 1:24PM

America, taxes, capitalism, and history . . .

Why can’t we, once-and-for-all, have an honest debate about taxes, the theory of capitalism, and the founding of this country.

In short, capitalism is a rationalized, post-feudal, “scientific” approach to the perpetuation and further accumulation of wealth by and for the

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APRIL 13, 2010 10:42AM

"Socialism"; a practical definition for the ignorant

Socialism: a middle-ground system which, unlike Communism, rewards success while it simultaneously reigns in the excesses of Capitalism.

 . . . and it is completely compatible with "democracy" or representative republics! Refer to "commonwealth" verbiage of American "founding fathers". Read full post »

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MARCH 26, 2010 9:19AM

Tea Partiers: Sufferers of Stockholm Syndrome?

(Repost with addendum)

 “Stockholm syndrome is a term used to describe a paradoxical psychological phenomenon wherein hostages express adulation and have positive feelings towards their captors that appear irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims.” (FBI L… Read full post »

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MARCH 25, 2010 4:01PM

Tea Partiers: Sufferers of Stockholm Syndrome?

“Stockholm syndrome is a term used to describe a paradoxical psychological phenomenon wherein hostages express adulation and have positive feelings towards their captors that appear irrational in light of the danger or risk endured by the victims.” (FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin. Departme

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MARCH 24, 2010 5:36PM

Anti-Healthcare Attorneys General: Interesting Hypocrites

In arguing against the mandate that all citizens carry insurance in order to offset the social expense of health care in general they are therefore promoting an interesting argument contrary to their so-called “conservative” rhetoric. 

They are actually arguing that one sh

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MARCH 24, 2010 9:49AM

The Official Food of the Tea "Party"

Devoid of any substantive content, pasty, bland, can't hold up to scrutiny, in fact goes a bit limp . . . but also goes well with tea . . . 

 Remind you of anything (one)?

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MARCH 15, 2010 1:32PM

Center Left: the case for America's future

Since the 2008 election of Barack Obama as the 44th American President, much has been made by a rabidly vocal bunch of right-leaning, right-wing, conservative pundits, including an entire cable “news” outlet, that in spite of this historic election the country is (and by their evoca

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010 2:34PM

The Reagan Legacy: a nation divided

The frequency to which the legacy of Ronald Reagan is cited in current Republican/conservative rhetoric is astonishing especially when Reagan’s record is held up against the demands placed on Republicans by their fringe with many mainstream pundits noting that Reagan himself could not with… Read full post »

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JANUARY 25, 2010 9:05AM

America: love it or . . . sell it?

In 1979 there was a prophetic if not forgettable movie entitled “Americathon”.  The main premise (courtesy of Wikipedia) is that, sometime in the then-near future (1998), the USA has run out of oil, and many Americans are literally living in their (now stationary) cars and either jog… Read full post »

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JANUARY 23, 2010 3:21PM

Supreme Court Decision . . . an impeachable offense?

Sounds treasonous to me . . .

"Institutions are not individuals".

~The Complete Patriot’s Guide To Oligarchical Collectivism: Its Theory And Practice

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