The Soapbox Road Show/ American Democracy http://www.thesoapboxroadshow.com/BlogAmericanDemocracy Just another WordPress site Wed, 16 May 2012 18:35:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Wisconsin – the Recall Election June – So Goes Janesville http://www.thesoapboxroadshow.com/BlogAmericanDemocracy/?p=718 http://www.thesoapboxroadshow.com/BlogAmericanDemocracy/?p=718#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 13:15:33 +0000 admin http://www.thesoapboxroadshow.com/BlogAmericanDemocracy/?p=718 Continue reading →]]> Gov. Scott (R-ALEC) Walker’s billionaire donor pays nothing (zero) in State Corporate income tax

freakoutnation.com — Billionaire Diane Hendricks, the anti-labor donor who contributed $500,000 to Gov. Scott Walker to make Wisconsin a red state is the largest donor to help fight his recall. Hendricks’ firm pays zero State Corporate income tax. Walker is under more scrutiny since the besieged Governor’s conversation with his benefactress billionaire was outed in a video with the Governor declaring his ‘Divide and Conquer’ strategy.. 16 hr 15 min ago

10 burning questions, answers about Wisconsin’s historic recall elections | The Republic

therepublic.com — MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin’s recall elections are unexplored territory – after all, only two U.S. governors have ever been ousted that way. That means there’s plenty to learn ahead of the June 5 elections. 1 hr 6 min ago

Scott Walker and So Goes Janesville

]]> http://www.thesoapboxroadshow.com/BlogAmericanDemocracy/?feed=rss2&p=718 0 2012 Electoral College – Swing States Presidential election, May http://www.thesoapboxroadshow.com/BlogAmericanDemocracy/?p=708 http://www.thesoapboxroadshow.com/BlogAmericanDemocracy/?p=708#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 16:00:51 +0000 admin http://www.thesoapboxroadshow.com/BlogAmericanDemocracy/?p=708 CNN MAP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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salon.com — The 1 percent is complaining louder than ever. There can be no reasoning with people this irrational 1 day 4 hr ago

 

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]]> http://www.thesoapboxroadshow.com/BlogAmericanDemocracy/?feed=rss2&p=696 0 E. L. Doctorow: America becoming Unexceptional, A Primer http://www.thesoapboxroadshow.com/BlogAmericanDemocracy/?p=691 http://www.thesoapboxroadshow.com/BlogAmericanDemocracy/?p=691#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:04:54 +0000 admin http://www.thesoapboxroadshow.com/BlogAmericanDemocracy/?p=691 Continue reading →]]>

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A quick guide to unmaking the American dream. Phase 1 If you’re a justice of the Supreme Court, ignore the first sacrament of a democracy and suspend the counting of ballots in a presidential election. Appoint the candidate of your choice as presiden
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Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem.

washingtonpost.com — How Republicans have made Washington worse.

Goodbye: a Republican Operative Who Left the GOP Cult

truth-out.org — The Republican Party is becoming less and less like a traditional political party in a representative democracy and becoming more like an apocalypt…

And Mike Lofgren, a veteran Republican congressional staffer, wrote an anguished diatribe last year about why he was ending his career on the Hill after nearly three decades. “The Republican Party is becoming less and less like a traditional political party in a representative democracy and becoming more like an apocalyptic cult, or one of the intensely ideological authoritarian parties of 20th century Europe,” he wrote on the Truthout Web site.

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alternet.org — Authoritarian people have a stronger emotional need for an outlet like Fox, where they can find affirmation and escape factual challenges to their beliefs. 15 hr 38 min ago

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