Posts by: Paul Rosenberg

Petition Calls for Congressman to Reaffirm Oath of Allegiance After Signing Seditious Letter

By Paul Rosenberg On March 22, 2011  

In 2009, Don Young (R-AK) signed a seditious letter drafted by a rightwing terrorist recently arrested for plotting to kill state troopers and at least one judge. The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence has launched a petition calling on Young to re-affirm his oath of allegiance to the U.S. Constitution. Cross-posted from Merge Left.

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Wisconsin’s Democracy Explosion Partially Due to Sharply Split Views of School Success–Local vs. National

By Paul Rosenberg On March 17, 2011  

One reason that Wisconsin erupted the way that it did is a long-standing disconnect between the power of the national discourse about failing schools–which people tend to buy into in the abstract–and the reality of the fact that most people feel that the schools their children go to are doing a pretty good job. 25 years of polling backs this up. Cross-posted from Mege Left

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Truth Is Not an Option: The Manning/Crowley Affair

By Paul Rosenberg On March 14, 2011  

The firing of State Department Spokesperson P.J. Crowley for speaking honestly about the barbaric treatment of accused WikiLeaker Private Bradley Manning shows once again that truth is not an option in the Obama Administration. But there’s a deeper sense in why and how this is so, going to the very roots of the creeping authoritarianism of the Obama Administration & why progressives have such a hard time recognizing and coming to terms with it. Cross-posted from Merge-Left.

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Rep. Young (R-AK) Signed Seditious Document Circulated by Man Just Indicted in Plot to Kill Judge(s), State Troopers

By Paul Rosenberg On March 14, 2011  

Congressman Don Young, has publicly endorsed a seditious documents drafted and promoted by the leader of a militia group just indicted for conspiracy to murder at least one judge and any number of state troopers in Alaska. Will he be charged with violating his oath of office? Cross-posted from Merge-Left

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Changing the Subject: The World Is Object, Those Who Would Change It Are Subject. For Really Big Change, Change the Subject

By Paul Rosenberg On March 11, 2011  

Limitations of vision that can most readily be grasped when looking at rightwing militia groups, for example, also apply to the relatively much more sophisticated structures of traditional liberal theory. A look at a couple of recent posts this week serves to illustrate the point.

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Taxing the Poor to Balance the Budget in Georgia

By Paul Rosenberg On March 9, 2011  

Yesterday, on the Ed Show, Ed Schultz did a segment on Georgia’s plan to raise taxes on Girl Scout cookies, at the same time as cutting corporate taxes. It’s not just Girl Scout cookies, of course, as it impacts sales taxes generally, and as Ed remarked, such taxes fall heaviest on low [...]

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Walker’s Wisconsin Blueprint for Neo-Feudalism

By Paul Rosenberg On February 26, 2011  

In Walker’s grand plan, union-busting is joined with crony capitalism in the fire-sale of state assets and the moving of total conrol over health-care spending into the executive branch, and away from the legislature. It’s a 3-part plan for a new form of feudalism.

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National Journal Mis-Identifies Top Liberals, Conservatives in Congress Once Again: The Radical Harry Reid Edition

By Paul Rosenberg On February 25, 2011  

Kerry was the most liberal senator in 2004, Obama in 2008, and this year it’s Harry Reid in the wild and whacky world of the National Journal, where facts NEVER get in the way of a good rightwing-friendly narrative.

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