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5 Ratings
227 Views
8 Comments

Barack Obama makes it easy to be Green

MAY 28, 2012 6:19PM

Topics: gay/lesbian, working class, wisconsin gubernatorial recall election, wisconsin, war profiteers, war profiteering, war, vietraq war, u.s. military, same-sex marriage, saddam hussein, republican tea party, republican party, reichstag fire, presidential politics, politics, plutocrats, plutocracy, pepsi party, obama, nazis, nazi party, mittens romney, mitt romney, military-industrial-corporate complex, military industrial complex, middle class, memorial day, matt taibbi, labor unions, labor movement, labor, june 5 presidential primary election, john mccain, john kerry, jill stein, iraq war, iraq, halliburton, green party, gray davis, george w. bush, doma, democratic party, defense of marriage act, cruz bustamante, coke party, california gubernatorial recall election, california, bushcheneycorp, bill clinton, big oil, barack obama, arnold schwarzenegger, arnold

6 Ratings
338 Views
9 Comments

America Faces Its Own "Clash of Civilizations"

MAY 9, 2012 11:43AM

By Ted Frier

Topics: politics, religion, republican party, catholic church, catholic bishops, nuns, war on women, karl rove, the inquisition, garry wills, authoritarianism, occupy wall street, social gospel, birth control controversy, free will, fascism, vatican, second vatican council, ej dionne, modernity, supreme court, citizens united, plutocracy, feminism, clash of civilizations, samuel huntington, saddam hussein, cold war, george w bush, democracy, republican in name only (rino), leadership conference of women religious, paul ryan

0 Ratings
135 Views
0 Comments

Biden’s endorsement is not nearly enough

MAY 6, 2012 3:54PM

By Robert Crook

Topics: working class, wisconsin gubernatorial recall election, wisconsin, vice president joe biden, states' rights, separate but unequal, separate but equal, scott walker, same-sex marriage, president barack obama, politics, plutocrats, plutocracy, obama, mittens romney, mitt romney, middle class, marriage, labor unions, labor rights, labor movement, labor, joseph biden, joe biden, human rights, gulf of mexico, gov. scott walker, equality, equal rights, discrimination, cowardice, civil rights, british petroleum, bp oil spill, bp, bigotry, big oil, biden, barack obama, abraham lincoln, politics, gay rights, gay/lesbian

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10 Ratings
2213 Views
17 Comments

History Repeats Itself in New Gilded Age

APRIL 20, 2012 3:29PM

By Ted Frier

Topics: occupy wall street, robber barons, 14th amendment, declaration of independence, constitution, new deal, conservative movement, alliance for justice, women's rights, health care reform, socialism, paul krugman, michael lind, corporations are people, mitt romney, progressive movement, john marshal harlan, plessy v. ferguson, kevin phillips, jeff rosen, george will, constitution in exile, capitalism, right wing, democrats, republicans, federal income tax, bush v. gore, citizens united, judicial activism, founding fathers, civil war, pollock v. farmer's loan and trust, supreme court, conservatism, liberalism, democracy, plutocracy, gilded age, economics, politics

2 Ratings
232 Views
4 Comments

Cultural Trend Update (Bite-Sized Edition)

APRIL 11, 2012 2:30PM

By Daniel Rigney

Topics: video, television, technology, electronic relationships, sports, economy, comedy, business, satire, humor, brooklyn + hottest borough, brooklyn + coolest borough, danagram, daniel rigney, athletics vs. academics, alec + corporate sponsors, plutocracy, automation, electron streams + disks, news update, cultural trend update, politisphere, tracking cultural trends, trending topics, bite-sized edition, facebook + textbook, naming facebook, bite-size, bite-sized

2 Ratings
298 Views
3 Comments

Ozzie Guillen guilty of telling the truth

APRIL 11, 2012 12:31AM

By Robert Crook

Topics: capitalism, castro, communism, cuba, cuban americans, democratic socialism, fidel castro, florida, freedom of speech, fulgencio batista, hugo chavez, hypocrisy, hypocrites, latin america, marlins, miama, miami, miami marlins, ozzie guillen, plutocracy, plutocrats, raul castro, rich, socialism, venezuela, wingnuts, wingnuttery

4 Ratings
292 Views
3 Comments

"We the People" and other things that aren't true

MARCH 31, 2012 10:41AM

By Ted Frier

Topics: politics, right wing, fox news, propaganda, president obama, freedom, tyranny, plutocracy, economics, tax, sarah palin, republican party, democratic party

2 Ratings
463 Views
4 Comments

Assorted shit Sunday!

JANUARY 29, 2012 5:01PM

By Robert Crook

Topics: wealth disparity, violence, vandalism, texas, sexual preference, sexual orientation, separate but not equal, separate but equal, same-sex marriage, rick perry, republican tea party, republican party, protests, protest, prick perry, politics, plutocrats, plutocracy, ows, occupy wall street movement, occupy wall street, oakland city hall, oakland, nonviolence, mitt romney's wealth, mitt romney, income disparity, human rights, homosexuality, heterosexuality, flag burning, equality, democratic party, cynthia nixon, civil rights, california, anarchists, american flag, american flag, anarchists, california, civil rights, cynthia nixon, equality, flag burning, heterosexuality, homosexuality, human rights, nonviolence, oakland, oakland city hall, occupy wall street, occupy wall street movement, ows, plutocracy, plutocrats, politics, prick perry, protest, protests, rick perry, same-sex marriage, separate but equal, separate but not equal, sexual orientation, sexual preference, texas, vandalism, violence, politics, gay/lesbian, feminism

2 Ratings
437 Views
5 Comments

Ask Mr. Knownot About the 2012 Elections

JANUARY 21, 2012 1:08PM

By Daniel Rigney

Topics: satire, comedy, politics, economy, plutocracy, democratic republic, danagram, daniel rigney, citizens divided, new u.s. motto, everyone for himself, money talks, super pacs + scalia + koch, romney's tax rate, barry goldwater, 2012 elections, knownot

24 Ratings
910 Views
34 Comments

IT ISN'T PRETTY!

JANUARY 17, 2012 6:46AM

By old new lefty

Topics: television, politics, news, environment, economy, revolution, citizens united, superpacs, barack obama, mitt romney, the depression, global warming, income redistribution, plutocracy, danbury cn, washington dc, flat screen tv, potato chips, 2012 elections, the 1%

1 Ratings
192 Views
2 Comments

Yes, I had a dream....and it has become a nightmare.

JANUARY 16, 2012 5:13PM

By Barefoot Accountant

Topics: politics, plutocracy, aristocracy, lost democracy, martin luther king, i had a dream, president barack obama

4 Ratings
522 Views
7 Comments

‘Progressive’ Media MIA on Belafonte's Obama Criticism

JANUARY 11, 2012 2:46PM

By Sean Fenley

Topics: belafonte, conservadem, disappointment, duopoly, obama, plutocracy, second term

8 Ratings
582 Views
13 Comments

Meritocracy? -- Not Really True

JANUARY 9, 2012 6:01PM

By dunniteowl

Topics: merit, meritocracy, american dream, american exceptionalism, scorn, pride, contempt, achievement, virtue, hard work, success, worth, worthy, myth, ideology, facts, horatio alger, luck, pluck, society, socialism, capitalism, democracy, plutocracy, aristocracy, oligarchy, leaders, markets, level playing field, all men are created equal, equality, opportunity, mobility, education, environment

5 Ratings
501 Views
5 Comments

A Sound Basis for Anti-Americanism?

DECEMBER 3, 2011 12:15PM

By Sean Fenley

Topics: western powers, war, plutocracy, nato, justice, imperialism, global south, egalitarianism, democracy, anti-americanism

0 Ratings
299 Views
1 Comments

Reich: Election Will be ‘Passionless’

NOVEMBER 12, 2011 4:32PM

By Sean Fenley

Topics: robert reich, plutocracy, passionless, oligarchy, greed, duopoly, corporatocracy, 2012 election

1 Ratings
599 Views
3 Comments

Why the rise of Cain

OCTOBER 29, 2011 10:21PM

By Robert Crook

Topics: politics, social darwinism, simcity, sarah palin, romney-cain 2012, rick perry, republican tea party, republican party, racism, politics, plutocrats, plutocracy, mitt romney, michael steele, john mccain, herman cain, george w. bush, dumbfuckery, democratic party, cynicism, cornel west, cain, bobby jindal, ayn rand, alabama

1 Ratings
684 Views
2 Comments

Notes on the nationwide occupations

OCTOBER 17, 2011 8:28PM

By Robert Crook

Topics: american revolution, barack obama, bongo drums, california, capitalism, capitalists, class warfare, cops, corporations, corporatocrats, episcopal church, force, greed, labor unions, nonviolence, occupy sacramento, occupy wall street, plutocracy, plutocrats, police brutality, president hopey-changey, profiteering, revolution, revolutionaries, ronald reagan, sacramento, second american revolution, socioeconomic violence, ted rall, traitors, treason, violence, wall street, wall street greed, working class, economy, politics, banks, credit unions

3 Ratings
548 Views
6 Comments

Romney: Wall Street Protest = Class Warfare

OCTOBER 5, 2011 2:50PM

By Sean Fenley

Topics: romney, plutocracy, occupy wall street, leverage buyouts, greed

3 Ratings
766 Views
8 Comments

Obama’s one-term presidency seems fairly unavoidable

OCTOBER 4, 2011 6:52PM

By Robert Crook

Topics: 1980 u.s. presidential race, 1996 u.s. presidential race, 2012 u.s. presidential race, barack obama, bill clinton, bob dole, confederate flag, democratic party, george h. w. bush, george w. bush, health care reform, jimmy carter, mitt romney, naacp, niggerhead, niggerheadgate, obama, one-term president, plutocracy, plutocrats, politics, president barack obama, president obama, racism, racists, republican party, rick perry, ronald reagan, texas, texas gov. rick perry, wall street, wall street weasels, white supremacism, white supremacists