Andymatic

Category: 8. Religion and Government are Intertwined

  • Boston Globe Reporter Charlie Savage Wins Pulitzer for Tracking Bush's Overreach

    Excerpts from the winning stories: President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution. … The office of Vice President Dick Cheney routinely […]

  • Orwell Reads the Finale of 1984

    Bouncing around YouTube on a Friday night:

  • Wolfowitz's Apology: Don't Hate Me Because I Helped Launch The Iraq War

    Think Progress Wolfowitz tried to explain away his behavior, claiming his mistakes were made because “he had to deal with it when he was new to this institution and trying to navigate in uncharted waters.” He added that criticism of him should not focus on his role in the Iraq war. “For people who disagree […]

  • Indiana Apologizes for Role in Eugenics

    Newsvine – Indiana Apologizes for Role in Eugenics: The practice was not ended until 1974, by which time Indiana had sterilized about 2,500 people; nationally, 65,000 people in 30 states were given state-authorized vasectomies, tubal ligations and other operations.

  • Proto-Fascism Makes Me Horny

    To celebrate the new year, I’m adding a collection of 14 new categories to this blog. The fourteen points of fascism first authored by Lauren Britt. Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalism. Disdain for the importance of human rights. Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause. The supremacy of the military/avid militarism. Rampant sexism. A […]