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TEA PARTIERS – THE NEW AMERICAN ANARCHISTS

 

By Kenneth M. O’Brien 

Anarchism is neither a creature of the right or the left.

It has roots in both views of the role of government.

But, fundamentally, on either side of the ideological divide, it is committed to the view that government as an institution is an evil, oppressive force.

The objective of anarchists is to de-legitimize government, bring about its downfall and establish a new order. That new order can either be some dreamlike conception of a communal Utopia or a survival-of-the-fittest order based upon the premise of individual rights.

Where’s Joe Friday When We Need Him?

Where’s Joe Friday When We Need Him?
Kenneth M. O’Brien

Back in the late 1950’s there was a TV series called Dragnet. It was one of the first serialized police dramas. It starred Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday. His classic catch phrase when questioning a witness was, “Just the facts, ma’am.”

We might well wish that those who dominate the public airwaves (or those on cable and satellite) conformed to the same standards.

A study issued by Worldpublicopinion.org, a program managed the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland on December 10, 2010, titled Misinformation and the 2010 Election, demonstrates clearly the extent to which media distortion of factual information affects voter opinion.

Is President Obama trying to have it both ways?

When he was elected, he ran on a platform of ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Both wars are still being waged, with no official end in sight.

He promised not to extend the Bush tax cuts, but he seems to have reneged on that promise as well.

Wiki-Leaks: Patriots or terrorists?

Much has been written in the last couple of weeks about the website, Wiki-Leaks.

For those that have been in a coma during that time, Wiki-Leaks and its founder, Julian Assange, have been posting classified documents from the United States government for the last year or so.

However, over the course of the last month or two, Assange has been charged with rape in his home country, and major corporations such as PayPal, Mastercard, and Visa, have been on the receiving end of Wiki-Leak's postings.

So what do you think?