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Will the Republican party survive the Tea Party?

By Mark | August 4, 2010

Mother Jones, if you haven’t seen it yet, has a great piece on Congressman Bob Inglis. Inglis, a Republican from South Carolina, recently lost his reelection bid – something which he credits in large part to the Tea Partification of the GOP. Here’s a clip: …It was the middle of a tough primary contest, and […]

Posted in Environment, Observations, Politics | Also tagged accusations of socialism, American Conservative Union, anti-intellectualism, anti-Semitic, bicycles, Bilderbergers, Bob Inglis, conspiracy theory, Dan Maes, demagoguery, Denver, Glenn Beck, GOP, humans as collateral for banks, ignorance, insanity on the right, Joe Wilson, John Hickenlooper, Mike Cox, Peter Hoekstra, racism, Sarah Palin, Social Security number, South Carolina, tea party, Tea Partyfication, that evil Socialist Barack Obama, the celebration of ignorance, Trey Gowdy, United Nations | 30 Comments

Fighting for the Consumer Financial Protection Agency till our teeth are smashed out

By Mark | March 3, 2010

As we’ve discussed here in the past, if we’re to avoid financial disasters in the future, it’s absolutely essential that the banking reform bill presently being discussed within the Senate Banking Committee establish a strong, independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Unfortunately, it looks as though some Democrats might be willing to trade it away in […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Economics, Politics | Also tagged bailout, banking reform, Chevy Chase, Chris Dodd, COngressional oversight panel, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Dan Aykroyd, Dana Carvey, Darrell Hammond, Elizabeth Warren, financial industry, Fred Armisen, Funny or Die, Jim Carrey, Maya Rudolph, No Chevy Chase rule, Obama, Saturday Night Live, Treasury Department, Wall Street, Wall Street bailouts, Will Ferrell | 14 Comments

Attend an urban gardening potluck, and avoid the cannibal holocaust

By Mark | January 4, 2010

Whenever I start to get a little too optimistic about the future, and I want to regain my foothold in the word of dystopian pessimism, I like to check in with author Jim Kunsler. Jim, for those of you who don’t know him, is the author of such books as The Long Emergency: Surviving the […]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged bailout, banking reform, cannibal holocaust, cheap oil, civil disturbance, community potlucks, decomplexifying, discipline and fortitude of the citizenry, downscaling, dystopia, Great Depression, Growing Hope, healthy food access, Hostess Ho-Hos, Jim Kunstler, jive talking, neck tattoos, re-humanizing, re-localizing, recovery, sustainable communities, The Long Emergency, urban farming | 11 Comments

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