Tag Archives: neocon

Billionaires for Wealthcare

By yvonnegrapher | Published: September 15, 2009
Billionaires for Wealthcare toasted the rightwing demonstrators that gathered in DC this past weekend to protest healthcare reform, legislation to stave off climate change, and all attempts to provide a safety net for working families and folks of color. They describe themselves as “a grassroots network of health insurance CEOs, industry lobbyists, talk-show hosts, and others [...]
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I Am Not A Hegelian

By yvonnegrapher | Published: March 3, 2008
I am not happy with my last post. I don’t really understand Buckley and his ilk, or his detractors, and I think I resorted to general abstractions to dismiss — “fascist” — rather than play with who he was and what he contributed to the neocon movement. I conflated neocons with neoliberals without [...]
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Sesquipedalian Obscurantism

By yvonnegrapher | Published: February 28, 2008
The NY Times today pays way too much respect for a man that does the world a whole lot of good dead than alive. William F. Buckley Jr., who marshaled polysyllabic exuberance and a refined, perspicacious mind to elevate conservatism to the center of American political discourse, died at 82. Breathes the first sentence of Buckley’s obituary. [...]
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