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About jackjodell53

I am an American Dissident trapped in a country where poor and middle class people are constantly being exploited and lied to by a very rigid and conservative plutocratic elite. I believe in government OF, FOR, and BY the people, not one controlled as it now is by corporations and special interests.

THE LATEST TEA PARTY-INFESTED, REACTIONARY REPUBLICAN PARTY GRANDSTANDING!

Posted on May 16, 2013

May 16, 2013 By Jack Jodell. For nearly as long as I can remember, the Republican Party has used lies – BIG lies - as tools both to gain and to maintain power. To enumerate all but the most recent ones would fill … Continue reading →

Posted in Tea Party, taxes, commentary, Politics, Fox "News", Democratic Party, extremists, Tea Party-infested reactionary Republicans | Tagged Mitch McConnell, President Obama, Benghazi, Bush/Cheney regime, lying Republicans, Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia, Kentucky, House of Representatives, waste of taxpayers money, IRS, political opponents, Jay Carney | 2 Comments

A LONG-OVERDUE TRIBUTE TO I. F. STONE!

Posted on May 12, 2013

May 12, 2013 By Jack Jodell. A voice rarely mentioned anymore, yet nonetheless tremendously influential during that fabulous liberal era of the mid-1950s to the early 197os , was that of Isidor (Izzy) Feinstein Stone, better known as I. F. … Continue reading →

Posted in capitalism, commentary, Politics, Uncategorized | Tagged blacklisting, censorship, corporatism, I. F. Stone, I. F. Stone's Weekly, McCartha era, Meet the Press, oppression, Socialism, Socialist Party, The Nation, The New York Post | 5 Comments

HYPOCRISY WON BIG IN SOUTH CAROLINA!

Posted on May 8, 2013

May 8, 2013 By Jack Jodell. Hypocrisy won big in South Carolina Tuesday night. There, 1st congressional district voters elected their recently disgraced former Republican Governor, Mark Sanford, to a term in Congress by a 9 point landslide. In a very heavily … Continue reading →

Posted in commentary | Tagged Argentina, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, family values, fiscal conservative, illicit affair, Mark Sanford, obstruction, SC 1st Congressional District, South Carolina, Tea Party | 4 Comments

THE SLY TEA PARTY ATTEMPT TO CIRCUMVENT OUR GOVERNMENT!

Posted on May 1, 2013

May 1, 2013 By Jack Jodell. With very, VERY rare exception (notably in its earliest years and again, briefly, during the progressive-era presidency of Teddy Roosevelt over 100 years ago), the Republican Party has never stood for or represented the best interests … Continue reading →

Posted in Progressives, Scott Walker, labor unions, Tea Party, Wisconsin workers, "free market" economics, taxes, commentary, Politics, libertarians, wealth disparity, reactionary Republicans, regulation, capitalism, Tea Party-infested reactionary Republicans | Tagged anti-democracy measures, Art Pope, autocratic tyranny, Emergency Managers, Great Depression, Great Recession of 2008, Institute for Southern Studies, laissez-faire capitalists, Michigan, North Carolina, Real Jobs NC, reckless Wall Street speculation, Rick Snyder, smarmy lying political attack ads, Tea Party-infested reactionary Republicans | 5 Comments

THE LIES OF AUSTERITY MEASURES!

Posted on April 26, 2013

April 26, 2013 By Jack Jodell. An April 18 piece by Senior Editor Lynn Parramore which appeared in Alter Net has blown a hole in the reactionary Republican LIE which has fueled utterly ridiculous and needlessly barbaric austerity measures all across Europe … Continue reading →

Posted in labor unions, corporate greed, AlterNet, taxes, news, commentary, Politics, economics, reactionary Republicans, Tea Party-infested reactionary Republicans | Tagged John Boehner, Paul Ryan, Rand Paul, austerity measures, austerity budgets, sequestration, right-wing LIES, Reinhart-Rogoff Report, Thomas Herndon, "job creators" | 6 Comments

GREAT PROGRESSIVE VOICES (Part IX)!

Posted on April 18, 2013

April 18, 2013 By Jack Jodell. It has been some time since I have added a post to this series, which has highlighted a wide array of people from a great many walks of life. Each has, through progressive ideals and … Continue reading →

Posted in Progressives, conservative Republicans, labor unions, Tea Party, "free market" economics, History, commentary, economics, reactionary Republicans, Democratic Party, Tea Party-infested reactionary Republicans | Tagged Social Security, New Deal, Frances Perkins, Frabklin D. Roosevelt, unemployment benefits, collective bargaining, overtime pay, Jacob Riis, Jane Addams, Upton Sinclair, 40 hour work week, disability pay | 2 Comments

BEST WAYS TO BATTLE THE NRA AND GOA!

Posted on April 14, 2013

April 14, 2013 By Jack Jodell. The National Rifle Association and the Gun Owners of America have once more flexed their political muscles, and their paranoid efforts have again worked against the safety, welfare, and best interests of the American people. They … Continue reading →

Posted in conservative Republicans, commentary, Democratic Party, lobbyists, extremists, corporatist, Tea Party-infested reactionary Republicans | Tagged NRA, National Rifle Association, gun control, Gun Owners of America, H.L. (Bill) Richardson, Wayne LaPierre, Gun Safety, fanatics, paranoid | 2 Comments

GOOD RIDDANCE, MARGARET THATCHER

Posted on April 9, 2013

April 9, 2013 By Jack Jodell. The United Kingdom’s former Conservative Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, passed away from a stroke on Monday. She was 87 and had been in declining health for many years. Thatcher had been a very powerful … Continue reading →

Posted in commentary, labor unions, news, Politics, Progressives, reactionary Republicans | Tagged Alzheimer's Disease, Argentina, Conservative Party, Eric Cantor, Falkland Islands, far-right, John Boehner, Labour Party, Margaret Thatcher, Paul Ryan, polarizing political figure, revisionist history, Ronald Reagan, Tony Blair, United Kingdom | 11 Comments

MY EASTER SEASON WISH FOR THE WORLD!

Posted on April 1, 2013

April 1, 2013 By Jack Jodell. The Lenten season, with its call for introspection, sacrifice, and charity for all, has now passed. It is replaced by the Easter season, a celebration of new life over death. In the Christian world, this marks the … Continue reading →

Posted in commentary | Tagged absolutism, advocacy for the poor, Catholic Church, Christian church, Christian Left, Dr. Martin Luther King, Easter season, God, intolerance, Jesus Christ, Jim Wallis, Jr., racism, religious right, same sex marriage, Sojourners Magazine, televangelists | Leave a comment

SHOCKING FACTS ON U.S. GUN VIOLENCE!

Posted on March 24, 2013

March 24, 2013 By Jack Jodell. The pre-Christmas senseless murders of defenseless 6 and 7 year olds by automatic weapons at Sandy Hook Elementary School atill weighs heavily on my mind. So, too, does the infuriatingly slow and pitifully weak … Continue reading →

Posted in commentary, Politics, reactionary Republicans | Tagged assault weapons ban, background checks, Congress, fanatical and paranoid extremists, gun control, gun violence, National Rifle Association, universal gun ownership, Wayne LaPierre | 10 Comments

Author Archives: jackjodell53

About jackjodell53

THE LATEST TEA PARTY-INFESTED, REACTIONARY REPUBLICAN PARTY GRANDSTANDING!

A LONG-OVERDUE TRIBUTE TO I. F. STONE!

HYPOCRISY WON BIG IN SOUTH CAROLINA!

THE SLY TEA PARTY ATTEMPT TO CIRCUMVENT OUR GOVERNMENT!

THE LIES OF AUSTERITY MEASURES!

BEST WAYS TO BATTLE THE NRA AND GOA!

GOOD RIDDANCE, MARGARET THATCHER

MY EASTER SEASON WISH FOR THE WORLD!

SHOCKING FACTS ON U.S. GUN VIOLENCE!

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