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Astroturf wars, and the battle to defund NPR

By Mark | October 25, 2010

The following video, taken last year during a training session for Tea Party activists in Nashville, is of a young man from a group called the American Majority. His name is Austin James, and, on the video, he can be seen instructing folks how they should go about waging guerilla warfare online by, among other […]

Posted in Media, Politics | Also tagged Amazon, American Liberty Tour, American Majority, astroturf, Austin James, Juan WIlliams, Koch brothers, manipulation of the stupid, movie reviews, National Public Radio, Shirley Sherrod, stop watching NPR, tea party, teabots, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism | 10 Comments

The irony of Common Sense

By Mark | August 18, 2009

Our favorite FOX News personality, Glenn Beck, has a new book out. In tribute to Thomas Paine’s brilliant pamphlet of the same name, it’s called “Common Sense.” Or, to be more specific, it’s called “Glenn Beck’s Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine.” Which, I guess, from a marketing perspective, […]

Posted in Art and Culture, History, Marketing, Media, Observations, Politics | Also tagged Age of Reason, Agrarian Justice, Amazon, American history, beat downs by founding fathers, Common Sense, estate tax, fake crying, founding fathers, FOX News, give to the poor, Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-of-Control Government, misunderstanding American history, origins of American liberalism, progressive taxation, progressivism, public education, social security, tax the rich, taxation, The Crisis, the progressive agenda, The Rights of Man | 9 Comments

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