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Rick Perlstein — Birthers, Health Care Hecklers and the Rise of Right-Wing Rage – washingtonpost.co

Posted by on 15 Aug 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
Rick Perlstein — Birthers, Health Care Hecklers and the Rise of Right-Wing Rage – washingtonpost.co
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
In Pennsylvania last week, a citizen, burly, crew-cut and trembling with rage, went nose to nose with his baffled senator: “One day God’s going to stand before you, and he’s going to judge you and the rest of your damned cronies up on the Hill. …
    “In America, Crazy Is a Preexisting Condition” Perlstein, author of Nixonland, reviews the history of rightwing reactionary outrage.    

Who’s behind the attacks on a health care overhaul? – Yahoo! News

Posted by on 15 Aug 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
Who’s behind the attacks on a health care overhaul? – Yahoo! News
Source: news.yahoo.com
WASHINGTON Much of the money and strategy behind the so-called grassroots groups organizing opposition to the Democrats’ health care plans comes from conservative political consultants, professional organizers and millionaires, some of whom hold financial stakes in the outcome.
    At least one media outlet might finally be getting and reporting the big picture.    

Refusing to Comply: The Tactics of Resistance in an All-Volunteer Military | CommonDreams.org

Posted by on 15 Aug 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
Refusing to Comply: The Tactics of Resistance in an All-Volunteer Military | CommonDreams.org
Source: www.commondreams.org
On May 1st at Fort Hood in central Texas, Specialist Victor Agosto wrote on a counseling statement, which is actually a punitive U.S. Army memo:
    An examination of methods of dissent practiced by troops faced with deployment in wars they find morally unsupportable.    

Support the GI Rights Hotline

Posted by on 15 Aug 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
Support the GI Rights Hotline
Source: www.girightshotline.org
Because the G.I. Rights Hotline is a completely free service, it is largely dependent on donations from organizations and individual donors. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation today…
    Please help the hotline if you can.     

DownWithTyranny!: Obama Agonistes

Posted by on 15 Aug 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
DownWithTyranny!: Obama Agonistes
Source: downwithtyranny.blogspot.com
I spent a long time on the phone today talking with an independent congressional candidate who’s no fan of Democrats or Republicans. He’s kind of a constitutionalist. We agreed on some things and disagreed on others. …
    This time without the provocative (and distracting) image. The article is worth reading, if you, like me, are pretty disgusted with Obama’s obsession with bipartisanship.    

Anti-war cafe opens in the shadow of Fort Hood

Posted by on 14 Aug 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
Anti-war cafe opens in the shadow of Fort Hood
Source: www.statesman.com
Past the barber shops advertising military cuts, weapons stores and used car lots, an anti-war coffeehouse occupies a small wooden house on a corner of Texas’ biggest Army town. Six months after opening, the Under the Hood cafe has become home to a gro
    Under the Hood opened in Feb. in Killeen TX, just outside of Ft. Hood. See their web site at http://underthehoodcafe.org to find out more, including how to donate.    

DownWithTyranny!: Falling Off The Cliff In Oklahoma

Posted by on 14 Aug 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
DownWithTyranny!: Falling Off The Cliff In Oklahoma
Source: downwithtyranny.blog…
Author Charles Pierce had some fun at the expense of Oklahoma’s two crackpot senators Tom Coburn and James Inhofe in his latest book, Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free. …
    Hey, Sally Kern’s BFF is running for Tulsa Mayor. And other ways Oklahoma becomes the laughingstock of America.    

The New Evernote

Posted by on 13 Aug 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
The New Evernote
Source: www.youtube.com
A screencast of some of the features in the new Evernote for the web, Windows, Mac and mobile.
    Check out Evernote, a great way to clip info, save links, collect quotes, etc. The free version is quite functional for most folks, and there are versions for Mac, iPhone, Blackberry, other mobile devices. Sync online — awesome!    

Daily Kos: To John Mackey at Whole Foods

Posted by on 13 Aug 2009 by Rena in Uncategorized
Daily Kos: To John Mackey at Whole Foods
Source: www.dailykos.com
Since no one at Whole Foods Market Inc., can tell CEO and co-founder John Mackey just how bad he screwed up, I will. Mr. Mackey, your extremist views on employee benefits and unionization have, lucky for you, mostly flown under the progressive radar to date. …
    “Mr. Mackey, you just shat all over your best customers….I predict the next few weeks of your life are going to suck, immensely.”

Yeah, it’s going to be fun watching Mackey walk this back.

Boycott diary: http://tinyurl.com/qhhv5t
Facebook boycott page: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=119099537379    

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