Tag: All Men Are Created Equal

• The Right Relies On Magical Thinking That The News Media Will Present As Real

  America lives inside a gun violence nightmare because of magical thinking that “more guns equals more safety”. The tell that this is magical thinking and not reality is that there’s zero data to back it up. Even when a data set sits on their chest and slaps them sillier than the worst schoolyard bully, conservative […]

  A L Katz

  June 1, 2022

  American News Media, Branding, Culture, Gun Control, Magical Thinking, Racism, Republicanism, Second Amendment

  All Men Are Created Equal, Good guy with a gun, Gun violence, Leadership, Magical Thinking, Slavery, Stolen Labor, Three Fifths of a man, Tyranny, Worker's Paradise

• No, You CAN’T Run Government Like A Business Because They’re Two DIFFERENT Things

  Thinking you can run a democratic government like a business is as silly as thinking you can run a mortuary like a birthing business. They exist on opposite ends of a spectrum. The mortuary and birthing business may both be for-profit businesses that require extra sensitivity in their workforces, but aside from that, no matter […]

  A L Katz

  May 20, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, American News Media, Branding, Culture, Cyber War, Freedom, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, American Exceptionalism, Civil War, Confederacy, Electoral College, Fascism, French Enlightenment, Government, Self-Government, Slavery

• What IS “Freedom” Anyway?

  “Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose” was Kris Kristofferson’s answer to the question (he wrote the song “Me And Bobby McGee”). I’m not sure I agree with Kris. I mean, sure, what he’s referencing is a certain kind of freedom – the one where circumstances box you in so you might as […]

  A L Katz

  April 29, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, False Patriotism, Racism, Republicanism, Rule of Law, Slavery

  All Men Are Created Equal, Blind Spot, Civil War, E Pluribus Unum, Freedom, Frisbee, Kris Kristofferson, Libertarians, Me And Bobby McGee, Package Deal, Ron DeSantis, Slavery

• Literal Pages Ripped From “The Conservative Playbook”

  It’s not a coincidence that conservatives are far, far better at marching in lock step than liberals or progressives – or even independents. Across cultures, conservatism produces better goose-steppers than progressivism ever could even on progressivism’s very “best day”. It all comes down to the Playbook. Conservatives have one while progressives and independents don’t. That’s […]

  A L Katz

  April 17, 2022

  American News Media, Barack Obama, Branding, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Freedom, Magical Thinking, Mitch McConnell, Racism, Republicanism, Rule of Law, SCOTUS, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Antonin Scalia, Conservatism, Conservatives, Cynicism, E Pluribus Unum, Monotheism, Originalism, Permanent Minority Rule, Voice Of God, White Supremacy, Will Rogers

• Have We NOT Learned Yet? Rich Guys Getting Into Politics Is Bad For Our Politics

  This morning, the LA Times reports, Rick Caruso – the really-really rich real estate guy running for LA mayor – lent his campaign another $4 million, making the total amount Rick’s lent his campaign a cool ten million dollars. Hey, it’s not everyone who can self-finance a run for mayor of LA. But then, isn’t […]

  A L Katz

  April 7, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, American News Media, Corruption, Culture, Racism, Republicanism, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Democracy, E Pluribus Unum, LA Mayor, Los Angeles Times, Mike Bloomberg, Money In Politics, Nelson Rockefeller, Rick Caruso, Virginia Colony

• Treason Kabuki (For Idiots)

  Politics and theater go together like peanut butter and jelly… like hopes and dreams… like a slap in the face and the sharp pain that goes with it. For five plus years now, America has been treated to a remarkable performance by the Republican Party. They are actively attempting to stop America from ever becoming […]

  A L Katz

  March 25, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, American News Media, Corruption, Culture, Cyber War, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Republicanism, Russia, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, American Exceptionalism, Authoritarian, Bad Actors, Diversity, E Pluribus Unum, Kabuki, peanut better and jelly, Permanent Minority Rule, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Secret Sauce

• Conservatism = The Death Of Innovation

  I take conservatives and conservatism at their word: they’re all about conserving things. My question is always: “what?”. What is it exactly that any conservative wants to conserve? It can’t be the future, of course, because the future – not existing yet – can’t be conserved. That leaves the present and past for conservatives. Okay… […]

  A L Katz

  March 24, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Magical Thinking, Mitch McConnell, New Ways of Thinking, Republicanism, Rule of Law, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Antonin Scalia, Authoritarianism, Conservatives, E Pluribus Unum, Founding Fathers, Innovation, Maya Angelou, Originalism, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Winston Churchill

• I Hereby Declare War On Greed

  Of all the deadly sins, only one matters. In a sense, every sin – deadly or otherwise – flows from this one: greed. Greed is the triumph of “me” over everything else in the universe. One’s sense of self-worth is disconnected from reality in the worst way possible. “I alone can fix it”. No one […]

  A L Katz

  March 16, 2022

  Branding, Coronavirus, Corruption, Freedom, Magical Thinking, Racism, Republicanism, Rule of Law, Slavery, The Nature of Evil

  All Men Are Created Equal, Confederacy, Conservatives, Deadly Sins, Greater Russia, Greed, I alone can fix it, Kompromat, Poster Boy, PR Spin, Sense of self worth, Slavery, Stolen Labor

• We The People & The Authority To Govern Us

  What, really, is the point of democracy – of this experiment of ours in self-government? The business of governing a large, diverse, complex society is full time work. Being a politician was never meant to be full time work; our founders envisioned citizen-politicians who dedicated a few years to the commonweal then returned to their […]

  A L Katz

  March 3, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, Corruption, Cyber War, Election 2016, Election 2020, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism, Robert Mueller, Rule of Law, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Authority To Govern, E Pluribus Unum, Gerrymandering, Kochs and Mercers, Originalism, Putin pays Rohrbacher and Trump, Right Wing Money, Robert Mueller, Russia if you're listening, We The People, White Man's Burden

• White Supremacy Is The Thing Conservatives Really Want To Conserve

  I take conservatives at their word. Well, at their name: conservatives want to conserve. Fair enough. The obvious question is “what”. WHAT do conservatives want to conserve? Just to narrow it down – we know it can’t be the future, it doesn’t exist yet. There’s nothing to conserve. That limits conservable things to the present […]

  A L Katz

  February 21, 2022

  Branding, Corruption, Cyber War, Election 2020, Music & Culture, Republicanism, Rule of Law, The Nature of Evil, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Conservatism, Conservatives, Culture War, Cynicism, Diversity, Kabuki, Newt Gingrich, Originalism, Ronald Reagan, White Supremacy