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Monthly Archives: October 2006

Ideological Hacks

Monday, October 9, 2006

“You know, the men who came to Washington in the 1980s to lead the Republican conservative revolution wound up running a racket. And Abramoff was their outside man, outside the White House, outside the infrastructure, but he was very welcome inside the government. He had very good ties with Karl Rove, Ralph Reed, Grover Norquist [...]

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Broken English

Friday, October 6, 2006

The term “haji” is not simply an ethnic slur, like “gook,” “jap,” “jerry” or “nigger.” All ethnic slurs entail hostile stereotypes, but “haji” is a specifically religious stereotype based on hostility toward Muslims. In our 2003 book, Weapons of Mass Deception [15], John Stauber and I described the efforts that the Bush administration has undertaken [...]

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I Wanna Love You Tender!

Wednesday, October 4, 2006

It’s Wednesday, time for video. This particular bit of art makes no sense at all. OK, it does if I think about that “powder blue” tuxedo I wore to my sister’s wedding in 1976. Maybe I will post that picture one day.

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You Can’t Just Say No

Monday, October 2, 2006

I am always hearing someone or the other say that this is the age of irony, that there are no more heroes, etc. Somehow being smart has gotten all mixed up with being cynical or negative. Here are two people that I think are heroic, both recently interviewed on Democracy Now.
First is Augustin [...]

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