The Dipshit Doodlebug Institute takes an in-depth look at the Republican Party and breaks them down into 10 distinct types. www.liebography.com Cartoon Transcript (some say the voices are heard to hear) VO: Today’s Republican Party is quite diverse And spans all walks of life. So grab a chair and sit right down, As we break them down into ten basic types. If you ask Mr. Money Bags about the meaning of life He’ll say “Ain’t a damn thing funny” Because the only thing that’s important to him is “Where’s the money? Where’s the money? Gimme the money.” This millionaire cum billionaire Who favors low low tax rates Wants to keep his wealth all to himself Not support public programs he hates. “To hell with the lower classes”, he says “Those people are all worthless cogs!” “I need to buy mink-fur-lined toilet seats” And diamond jewelry for all of my dogs!” He also hates the inheritance tax “This policy I oppose!” Because his spoiled daughter needs every last cent To snort it all up her nose. Mr. Warhawk’s idea of diplomacy Is yelling “Let’s solve everything with war!” Just as long as his kids aren’t in the army you see And it’s made up of the brown and the poor. He thinks he’s a military genius, too Smarter than Sun Tzu and ol’ Colin Powell Even though his only military training’s from Watching “Red Dawn” staring C. Thomas Howell Mr. Bibleton is a born again Christian Just like his best buddy the prez And they’re both devout believers in Christ Only…Not so much in what he says Jesus’ words of helping the poor and needy Are all right there in the Bible But if you ask if he believes it’s true he’ll say “Um… I believe that might be a typo” They care not ’bout Aids in Africa Or spreading love in the world today. What issue are they most concerned about? “Makin’ sure the TV don’t turn us gay” And here’s Mr. Contrarian He hates liberal causes and cases If you say Global Warming melts the polar ice caps They’ll say “No it isn’t” til they’re blue in the faces He’s often on Yahoo news message boards Typing in all caps and in the dark Or perhaps you’ll find him in Hollywood Writing plot lines for South Park Mr. NRA likes guns more than people That’s why (boom boom boom boom) And he (boom boom boom boom boom) (boom boom boom boom boom) …Even though most Americans support gun control and banning cop-killer bullets. In business school Mr. Frat learned that Corporate group-think is always quite right. Which explains why he’s such a super fan Of Dane Cook, Fox News and Coors Light He hates affirmative action, though For he feels it’s a government gyp “People should have get their own damn jobs in the world” Like he did at his dad’s hot tub dealership. If forced to pick a political slogan, though And choose a motto that fits Mr. Frat would think for a moment and say either “Woo-hoo!” or “Show us your tits!” Mr. Log Cabin likes spending his time and money Helping Republicans campaign to win Even though most of the folks he’s voting for Think his existence is a mortal sin. And why is he such a staunch supporter Of a party that so hates his guts? “Because achieving equal rights is less important Than getting upper bracket tax cuts.” Then again, he may be a genius so Let’s take all of our criticism back. For he knows if Republicans remain in charge Gay soldiers can’t be sent to Iraq. Mr. Numbnuts is a hard working fellow And though he ranks among the working poor He consistently votes for a party that boasts Of killing free health care on the Congressional floor But is he angry with these rich old men Who say they’ll never raise his minimum wage? Well, not while there’s plenty of beer and wrestling To channel all his misplaced rage. The original minutemen risked their lives Defending us from English imperial power What are today’s minutemen defending us from? Busboys making three bucks an hour. Some say they’re dedicated patriots And others, an over zealous mob Irregardless someday it’ll be more cost effective To hire an illegal to do their job. And last is an Eisenhower Republican He’s a fan of fiscal restraint He’s also cautious with military intervention He knows what’s a war and what ain’t. He’s a thoughtful, decent, honest man Who thinks that in order to win You must be a moderate who unites all people And…Whu-oh, looks like there’s no room for him. Yes, the Republican party’s an intriguing quilt of politics, personalities and…(rat-a-tat-tat-tat!) All housed together under one giant insane circus tent.
The Republican addiction to tax cuts is going to mortgage this country into bankruptcy. Less than zero just six years ago, President Bush and the Republicans’ policies have pushed the exploding deficit into overdrive, threatening the very future of our nation. Visit the BI30 Blog: blog.bi30.org
The US is a deeply religious country. For almost three decades, the Christian right in the US has wielded considerable power in the political arena. Inside USA asks if Republican candidate John mccain will be able to harness that voting block in the same way George Bush did.
Professor Martin Lewis provides an overview of the Geography of United States Elections. Starting on October 15, you can follow a timely course being presented by Stanford University. Led by Martin Lewis, this map-intensive course will explore the geography of US elections (both past and present), and challenge the suggestion that we are simply divided into a “Red America” and “Blue America.” It’s really much more complicated than that. Offered by Stanford’s Continuing Studies program, the course will last five weeks, and include a debrief after the presidential election. Each Wednesday, we will post a new recorded lecture on youtube. Geography of US Elections Course Website: geog05.stanford.edu Stanford Continuing Studies: csp.stanford.edu Stanford Channel on youtube: www.youtube.com
billcreata.podomatic.com Sarah Palin speaking at the Republican Convention, Minneapolis Minnesota Sept. 3 2008. Visit my website for 5 minute audio news, politics and commentary.
The morning after the House passed the health care reform bill 220-215, CNN interviews one of the Congressmen who voted for the bill, Anh “Joseph” Cao from Louisiana – the only Republican to vote “yes” for the bill. Cao claims it was “a decision of conscience… to support the health care reform bill… it was the right decision for the people of my district.”
This 1948 cartoon, conceived as a warning of the dangers of State Capitalism (Soviet style Communism), Fascism & other forms of totalitarianism, stands on its own as a warning against Conservatism & the Bush administration. “The style of governing into which America has slid is most accurately described as fascism.” “When most people hear the word ‘fascism’ they may think of the racism and anti-Semitism of Mussolini and Hitler. It is true that the use of force and the scapegoating of fringe groups are part of every fascism. But there was also an economic dimension of fascism, known in Europe during the 1920s and ’30s as ‘corporatism’, which was an essential ingredient of Mussolini’s and Hitler’s tyrannies. So-called corporatism was adopted in Italy and Germany during the 1930s and was held up as a model by quite a few intellectuals and policy makers in the United States and Europe.” “Fortune magazine ran a cover story on Mussolini in 1934, praising his fascism for its ability to break worker unions, disempower workers and transfer huge sums of money to those who controlled the money rather than those who earned it.” “Few Americans are aware of or can recall how so many Americans and Europeans viewed economic fascism as the wave of the future during the 1930s. Yet reviewing our past may help shed light on our present, and point the way to a better future. So I want to begin by looking back to the last time fascism posed a serious threat to America.” “In Sinclair Lewis’s 1935 novel ‘It Can’t Happen Here’, a conservative southern politician is helped to the presidency by a nationally syndicated radio talk show host. The politician – Buzz Windrip – runs his campaign on family values, the flag, and patriotism. Windrip and the talk show host portray advocates of traditional American democracy — those concerned with individual rights and freedoms — as anti-American. That was 69 years ago.” “One of the most outspoken American fascists from the 1930s was economist Lawrence Dennis. In his 1936 book, The Coming American Fascism — a coming which he anticipated and cheered — Dennis declared that defenders of ‘18th-century Americanism’ were sure to become ‘the laughing stock of their own countrymen’. The big stumbling block to the development of economic fascism, Dennis bemoaned, was ‘liberal norms of law or constitutional guarantees of private rights’.” “So it is important for us to recognize that, as an economic system, fascism was widely accepted in the 1920s and ’30s, and nearly worshiped by some powerful American industrialists. And fascism has always, and explicitly, been opposed to liberalism of all kinds.” “Mussolini, who helped create modern fascism, viewed liberal ideas as the enemy. ‘The Fascist conception of life’, he wrote, ’stresses the importance of the State and accepts the individual only in so far as his interests coincide with the State. It is opposed to classical liberalism [which] denied the State in the name of the individual; Fascism reasserts the rights of the State as expressing the real essence of the individual.’ ( In 1932 Mussolini wrote, with the help of Giovanni Gentile, an entry for the Italian Encyclopedia on the definition of fascism. You can read the whole entry at www.fordham.edu ) “Mussolini thought it was unnatural for a government to protect individual rights: The essence of fascism, he believed, is that government should be the master, not the servant, of the people.” Living Under Fascism Davidson Loehr 7 November 2004 First UU Church of Austin www.uua.org