Category Archives: capitalism

THE REPUBLICANS ARE RIGHT!

May 23, 2013  By Jack Jodell. The Republicans are right to assert that government is the problem and not the solution. No, friends – I have not lost my mind – kindly just hear me out. Before long, I’m sure … Continue reading

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

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

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THE SLY TEA PARTY ATTEMPT TO CIRCUMVENT OUR GOVERNMENT!

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

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CAPITALISM NOW CREATES MISERY INSTEAD OF WEALTH!

March 17, 2013  By Jack Jodell. “The needs of the many far outweigh the wants of the few.” – Star Trek’s Mr. Spock -  Those words, so profound and eloquent even today, were first uttered by a fictional TV character … Continue reading

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THE MEN WHO RUINED AMERICA! (Part I)

March 6, 2013  By Jack Jodell. This is the first post in an intermittent series which will deal with a number of persons who have, in varying degrees, done tremendous harm to our country. Unlike the popular History Channel program … Continue reading

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CRACKS IN THE REPUBLICAN WALL!

November 15, 2912  By Jack Jodell The once-solid Republican Party is now locked in what will prove to be a bitter civil war between its reactionary Tea Party wing and its merely ultra-conservative wing. GOOD! The longer and more severely … Continue reading

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A PREPONDERANCE OF GREED!

September 28, 2012  By Jack Jodell “From each according to his ability; to each according to his need.” So wrote the founder of communism, Karl Marx, in his brilliant 1875 summation of what he envisioned would occur once the human race … Continue reading

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ROMNEY AND RUIN: THE ABDICATION OF AMERICAN MORAL RESPOBSIBILITY!

Aug. 16, 2012  By Jack Jodell The recent Mitt Romney announcement of Paul RUIN as his running mate (that’s my term for Paul Ryan, as I believe his economic ideas will ruin and destroy all semblance of fairness and economic … Continue reading

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AN ANALYSIS OF TV NEWS – FROM 1958 (PART III)!

Aug. 14, 2012  By Jack Jodell Here is the third and final part of a truly visionary speech delivered to the Radio and Television News Directors Association by the late, great, iconic Edward R. Murrow.on October 15, 1058. I have … Continue reading

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9 QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE ANSWERED BY THE RIGHT-WING!

July 14, 2012  By Jack Jodell So far, it’s been a very hot summer. Things have seemingly slowed to a crawl as we have all been wilting in the severe heat. I heard this past week that the temperature reached … Continue reading

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