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Politics of The Libertarian Mob

Shoq — Sun, 09 May 2010 16:20:49 +0000

The Tea Party Jacobins — Mark Lilla, NY Times Book Review

A new strain of populism is metastasizing before our eyes, nourished by the same libertarian impulses that have unsettled American society for half a century now. Anarchistic like the Sixties, selfish like the Eighties, contradicting neither, it is estranged, aimless, and as juvenile as
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Dave Weigel on C-Span; Discussing What I’m Calling “Trio-Conservatism

Shoq — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 03:23:44 +0000

This is a wonderful interview, and like most of the Washington Journal good stuff, it was buried in the early morning segment when only we hard core @cspanWJ watchers even saw it.

You really need to spend some time with this segment. He covers a lot of ground, and he knows his subject(s) really well. He's

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Right Wing Circulating Photos Of Left’s Hatred Aimed At Bush

Shoq — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 23:00:04 +0000

Typically, whenever some new event prompts a collective cry of disgust or outrage, the right wing noise machine leaps into action with some demonstration of false or exaggerated equivalency. In minutes, freedom rings with the sounds of "both sides do it." Whatever the meme, be it racist, violent, anti-semitic, or unpatriotic, the right uses an

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Dear American Conservatives

Shoq — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:59:50 +0000

Russell King has penned a brilliant rant, and it's perfectly timed.

I was just about to embark on a treasure hunt to find the best examples of this insane journey these freaks have taken us on. As I've been tweeting lately, Batshit Crazy is The New Normal. I doubt my Rants and Primers

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Liberals: Sign-up For The Teaparty Town Halls In Washington

Shoq — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 20:51:55 +0000

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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Our Real Enemy: Progressive Passivity

Shoq — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:29:48 +0000

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 Peterson

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New GOP Group to Promote Conservative Ideas

Shoq — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:30:19 +0000

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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Teaparty Ideas Are Wrecking America

Shoq — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:15:28 +0000

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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Urban Dictionary Contributions

Shoq — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:55:51 +0000

My Definitions

These are definitions I have created at UrbanDictionary.com. If you visit them, please vote them "thumbs up?" Thanks! Note: All terms are to the best of my knowledge, my creations, except where indicated by "*", in which case, I was defining a term coined by others.

Team Progressive: Shaky But Still Able To Win

Shoq — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:48:33 +0000

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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