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Levon Helm’s post-The Band life gets respect in new book! (2013 Video Interview)

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Open Borders: Tiba’s story

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Syrian Refugees Hit 1 Million

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An “Uh Oh” Moment : President Obama Cites War Powers Act, Informs Congress Of Additional Deployment Of Military Intelligence Personnel To Niger To Assist French Forces In Mali

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An “Uh Oh” Moment : President Obama Cites War Powers Act, Informs Congress Of Additional Deployment Of Military Intelligence Personnel To Niger To Assist French Forces In Mali

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The Ongoing GOP Attack On America’s Infrastructure

No bridge for you! http://latestbloomer.uskoa.com/gop-infrastructure/

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Sandy Hook An American Coup d'etat

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Snapshot Series – GOP Mind-Set During Debt Ceiling Crisis In One Picture

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White House Denies Nine Southern State Petitions To Leave The Union, Will Instead Relocate Petition Signatories To The Three Countries Willing To Accept Them

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Radical 2nd Amendment Revolutionary James ‘YouTube’ Yaeger Calls Tactical Retreat After Tennessee Suspends His Gun Carry Permit

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A Snapshot Of The The James Yaeger Gun Gang : Here’s What Gun Safety

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Tea party holds ‘machine gun social’ to fund conservative candidates

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Russia: Free Syria Army Terrorists Airport Threat ‘Unacceptable’

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Lest We Forget: Standing Fast Against the Yokes of Bondage

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Texas Judge Warns Civil War If Obama Is Re-Elected

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Texas Judge: Obama to Surrender Sovereignty to UN, Civil War to Follow (VIDEO)

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Republican judge in Texas warns of ‘civil war’ if Obama reelected

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The Great White Backlash - A New Civil War

A Startling Look At What Is Really Going On In America

Within The Republican Party

I just came across this article The Great White Backlash, The Dog Whistle, and a New Civil War
By John Reed and TRUTH kept jumping off the screen as I read it. Anyone possessing a critical THINKING mind, who feels very bewildered by the GOP CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN TEA PARTY's behavior and perhaps wonders why they appear to be committing political suicide with all their assertions about slashing programs for the poor and how wonderful that would be for our country. Oh yes, America (according to them) should be known Worldwide as a cruel and uncaring nation. Also, their War on Women which makes our nation look as though we are competing with Afghanistan (and others) on who can oppress their female population more. This article gives you a look behind the scenes (or minds) of the GOP base’s ideology and it ain’t pretty. The author conveys, it’s not a conspiracy theory... it's a blatant and frightening reality that many within this despicable group have, rattling around in their heads. Please read the entire article, an intense read that is aimed to inform and enlighten, not scare (We’ll leave the scare tactics up to the GOP CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN TEA PARTY. thinkingblue

The Great White Backlash, The Dog Whistle, and a New Civil War
By John Reed

A new phrase recently wormed its way into American political discourse, introduced, apparently, by our very own liberal talking heads, because they believe it impolitic to tell the ugly truth about a certain large sect within the Republican Party; a phrase meant to reference all of those "good ole' boy" Republican synonyms for the deeply, abiding racism the Republican party invited into its ranks with hugs and kisses after the Democratic party took the issue of civil rights away from the Elephants.

That profound racism has had many expressions before: calling a man a boy or a monkey, Willie Horton, the Southern Strategy, birtherism, Jeremiah Wright, the poll tax, the literacy test, lynching, lunch counters, fire hoses, fire bombs, buses, viscous and growling dog fangs, being called uppity, federal troops, assassinations, voter fraud, voter suppression, finger wagging, shouts of "You lie!" etc.. To be nice to the Republicans, we now call the collection of these epithets and symbolic actions "the dog whistle," and that phrase refers to race, or "otherness," particularly regarding African-Americans. It implies black Americans are somehow less American, less patriotic, less hardworking, and less-deserving of an equal chance for success in America than are white Americans. It implies that whites do the work in America while blacks and Latinos abuse the social safety net by living off of benefits provided by white tax dollars. As Rachel Maddow pointed out on her news hour on Tuesday, August 7, 2012, the "dog whistle" is always the last resort of a losing Republican presidential candidate, with the possible exception of John McCain.

Maybe. But maybe the dog whistle is always used by Republicans. Maybe we just now need a euphemism for the wide ranging forms Republicans express their solidarity with the Caucasian race because only now have we elected an African-American as President of the United States. Maybe the election of 2010 was "The Great White Backlash" against the 2008 election of President Barak Obama, putting the House in Republican hands, and many states in absolute Republican control. As a result, President Obama looks ineffective, and the states have been able to pass legislation that virtually guarantees no African-American will be elected to the White House for many years to come. Maybe America remains a ferociously, racist country and the Obama presidency a fluke of historical coindence: the growing senility of a senior Senator's candidacy, the absurd choice of Sarah Palin as a running mate, and the economic crash on the eve of the 2008 election.

The "dog whistle" is an appeal to the white voter's fear that former minorities will someday rise up and control the machinery of power in our country--the state, with all of the brute force it commands. It is the same fear once felt by white South Africans when they refused to end apartheid in a world that had proved their fear to be unfounded. The dog whistle raises fears of paying reparations for slavery, and of final accountability for the physical, social, economic, and political crimes that nearly every white voter secretly knows or intuits has been committed against minorities in the long and violent rule of the white majority in America. The specific phrase "dog whistle," apparently refers to talking over the heads of minorities, in a manner beyond their intelligence to grasp, so only white people understand the message, just as a dog whistle can only be heard by dogs. MORE HERE: http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Great-White-Backlash--by-John-Reed-120822-486.htmlA Startling Look At What Is Really Going On In America Within The Republican Party... more

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George Galloway: In Syria al-Qaeda is working with the Americans

George Galloway MP and author Jonathan Steele, former foreign editor of The Guardian,... more

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More On Dishonest Abe’s Liberty-Destroying Legacy

In response to the spirited and colorful comments that my article Dishonest... more

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