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Would the Republican leaders of yesteryear have engaged in birtherism?

By Mark | August 28, 2012

I find myself, for some reason I don’t quite understand, watching grainy, old footage of William F. Buckley this evening, instead of doing something that I might actually enjoy, like reading the motivational affirmations of Old Spice pitchman and rising action star Terry Crews. I think, subconsciously, the seed was planted earlier today, when I […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged anti-intellectualism, birther, Chris Matthews, conspiracy theories, fear mongering, fear tactics, Gore Vidal, Hurricane Isaac, Lee Atwater, lying, Newt Gingrich, Nixon, Noam Chomsky, Pat Buchanan, race, race baiting, race card, reality deficient, Reince Priebus, RNC, Terry Crews, wedge issues, William F. Buckley, Willie Horton | 33 Comments

Unaware of how political campaigns are run, Elizabeth Warren fires back with the truth

By Mark | November 14, 2011

One good thing came of the despicable, lie-filled television ad that Karl Rove’s organization, Crossroads GPS, launched against Elizabeth Warren last week – it got a lot of people to donate money to her campaign. And, now, as a result, she’s got an ad of her own, which is scheduled to start airing tomorrow. If […]

Posted in Media, Politics | Also tagged Bette Grande, Crossroads GPS, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, fear mongering, fracking, Karl Rove, mama grizzlies, Massachusetts, political ads, Republican lies, Scott Brown, tea party | 5 Comments

Bush administration sought to discredit local academic, Juan Cole

By Mark | June 16, 2011

I don’t imagine that much will come of it, but the New York Times has learned that, during the Bush administration, employees of the CIA were instructed to unearth information that might be used to delegitimize the work of U-M professor Juan Cole, a well-regarded critic of the war in Iraq. The following clip comes […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Politics | Also tagged abuse of power, academia, academic freedom, Bush, CIA, critical thinking, Daniel Ellsberg, dirty political tricks, enemies list, Glenn L. Carle, Informed Comment, Iraq war, Juan Cole, Nixon, primary sources, propaganda, University of Michigan, Valerie Plame | 4 Comments

‘Tis the season for malicious political attacks

By Mark | July 26, 2010

We’ve got about a week or so to go before the August 3 Michigan primary, and, as is the custom, all the anonymous, innuendo-filled bullshit is starting to fill the mailbox. I got two pieces of interest today. The first was about Rebekah Warren, Democratic candidate for the State Senate in the 18th District. According […]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Ypsilanti | Also tagged attack ads, August 3, candidates who are against pregnant women and for rapists, democratic primary, Dick DeVos, EAG, Education Action Group, elections, falafel, GLEP, Mel Gibson, Mohammed Atta, Nixon, Pete Murdock, primary, primary elections, The Great Lakes Education Project, Ypsilanti Populist Caucus | 63 Comments

Like the Watergate burglars, only dumber

By Mark | January 27, 2010

Remember James O’Keefe, the guy who, about six months ago, made a name for himself by dressing like what a well-off, white suburban kid thinks that a pimp looks like, and telling ACORN workers that he wanted to open brothels in their neighborhoods? Well, he’s back in the news today. It seems as though he […]

Posted in Media, Politics, Pop Culture | Also tagged ACORN, Andrew Breitbart, bugging phones, bugs, dirty political tricks, domestic terrorism, dressing up in costumes and lying to people, espionage, G Gordon Liddy, James O'Keefe, Joseph Basel, listening devices, Louisiana, Pelican Institute, phone company, pimps, racism, racist buffoonery, RNC, Robert Flanagan, Rutgers alumni, Stan Dai, tapping phones, U.S. Attorney, Watergate, William J. Flanagan | 41 Comments

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