http://deadzonetimes.com/blog political emanations from a random mind Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:49:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en {pic by wstera2} Over the past year, the ideology of the Republican Party has at times seemed reducible to a single word: “No.” However, if you peruse the party's website, you will find that the GOP's brand of intransigent denialism is far too complex to be captured by a mere monosyllabic ... http://deadzonetimes.com/blog/?p=569 {pic by Loren Javier} The death of that most holy of con men, the televangelist Oral Roberts, is certainly welcome news to all who value reason over superstition. However, there is no cause for celebration considering that millions of his followers remain, of whom many are convinced that he was actually ... http://deadzonetimes.com/blog/?p=559 {pic by Lex in the City} One can be excused for sometimes imagining that the Obama Administration and Congressional Democrats are in some way “radical” or “leftist.” With all the Right Wing ranting and screaming about Socialism, Communism, Maoism, Stalinism, and Islamo-Fascist Black-Nationalist Atheistic Collectivism, it's easy to forget that there ... http://deadzonetimes.com/blog/?p=547 {pic by luna715} Judging from the signs and slogans which are so often on display during “tea parties,” “9-12” protests, and other tawdry public gatherings of the Radical Right, there seems to be a lot of confusion within the United States about the meaning of the word “socialism.” As described by ... http://deadzonetimes.com/blog/?p=536 {pic by Big Dubya} Now, I don't know much about what you might call “knowledge.” In fact, it's probably safe to say that I know less than nothing when it comes to history, politics, economics, science, and all those other fancy subjects that liberal university-type people think are so important. But ... http://deadzonetimes.com/blog/?p=518 {pic by luna715} The idea of secession from the United States is often bandied about in Far Right circles as if it were the dire Nuclear Option within the conservative political arsenal. Just last week, on September 4, conservative economist Walter E. Williams broached the topic on the Rush Limbaugh Show. ... http://deadzonetimes.com/blog/?p=511 With flu season nearly upon us, the attention of public-health experts and hypochondriacs is turning to the potential perils of the H1N1 pandemic. But there is another, far more insidious disease in our midst: Demagogic Fever. We have grown accustomed to witnessing the maniacal rants and incoherent ramblings of high-profile ... http://deadzonetimes.com/blog/?p=485 {pic by Burns!} It is by no means clear when a word becomes violent. Murkier still is the question of when a word becomes so violent that the person who stands behind it deserves imprisonment or some lesser form of legal censure. And trying to decide what degree of responsibility is ... http://deadzonetimes.com/blog/?p=472 {pic by stallio} People who are accustomed to thinking for themselves often experience confusion upon visiting the virtual salons in which Arch-Conservatives share their erudite observations concerning history, science, and current affairs. This confusion stems in large part from the vastly different evidentiary standards by which Far-Right Wingers tend to evaluate ... http://deadzonetimes.com/blog/?p=460 {pic by TCM Hitchhiker} As difficult as it might be to believe, there is a healthcare crisis in the United States that has gone largely unnoticed. Although the negotiations now taking place in the U.S. Congress over healthcare reform have focused a great deal of public attention on the many failings ... http://deadzonetimes.com/blog/?p=451