By Shoq, on March 6th, 2010
Please do sign-up for this…
So you get all the hilarity of their planning missives, as Michael P. Leahy lures all the suckers into one big marketing tent for his goofy Saul Alinsky books with their make-believe history.
Oh, and it may also help screw up AFP/David Koch's bus-buying and booking plans for the big
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By Shoq, on February 6th, 2010
This is the very essay I was going to try and tackle this week. These fine folks have done a superb job of writing it for me. You must read it, and then see my note that follows:
How To Do Effective Political Activism: What Always Worked And What Never Did — by Perkerson
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By Shoq, on February 4th, 2010
G.O.P. Group to Promote Conservative Ideas.
There has been no shortage of Conservative think tanks. We're inundated with them. What this is really about is an organization specifically designed to exploit the Citizen's United Ruling.
There are literally hundreds of these advocacy groups already, with combined budgets well over a billion dollars. And they funnel
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By Shoq, on February 1st, 2010
Introduction
The entire Teaparty movement is based on ideas that have been continuously discredited for years. Yet the GOP, eager to leverage all the passion and zeal of these misguided populists, is promising policy based on still more of the fiscal absurdity that has already wreaked havoc on our cities. Over the next few weeks, I
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By Shoq, on February 1st, 2010
My Definitions
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By Shoq, on January 27th, 2010
Preface: I really prefer micro-blogging about short, concise, action-oriented bits of news and information. I am not a journalist, and have never considered myself much of a writer, so forgive me as I stumble through a screed that is far longer and more ambitious than what I first intended, or what I normally offer on
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By Shoq, on January 26th, 2010
By Shoq, on January 22nd, 2010
Resist net and the TEABAGGERS have launched a massive call-in campaign and are bombarding the progressive members of Congress.
@SandiBehms has written about this here (but do NOT go there yet)
There is only an hour left to this critical day. We need thousands of volunteers to
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By Shoq, on January 19th, 2010
I always forget about this gem. Twitter just reminded me of it.
Everyone needs to watch this 3 times, and then remember these words:
"It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it."
R.I.P. George Carlin. We never really appreciated you in your time. We miss you and
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By Shoq, on November 18th, 2009
I never get over the fun we have intervening in the monumentally stupid Teaparty movement. What isn't controlled by a top-down hegemonic effort like Americans for Prosperity and FreedomWorks, gets continuously gamed by an army of two-bit right wing entrepreneurs trying to make a buck off of this rabid right Hatriot movement.
I'm going to keep
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