Tag: Mission Accomplished

• Voting With Our Dollars

  Supermarkets and ballots have a lot in common. So do buyers and voters. When we choose between Coke and Pepsi, we’re voting between them. That’s how Coke and Pepsi see it. That’s one of the reasons both Coke and Pepsi spend a literal fortune on advertising (despite the fact that everyone on the planet already…

  A L Katz

  May 20, 2023

  Branding, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, Racism, Republicanism, Russia, Treason, Trump

  Caveat Emptor, Christo-fascism, Coke, Company Town, Election 2024, Fani Willis, Florida, Jack Smith, Mission Accomplished, Party of Lincoln, Pepsi, Ron DeSantis, Slavery

• America’s Having An Ideological Argument, NOT A Political One

  The GOP’s hate for democracy stands on one tectonic plate. Our love for it stands on another. America’s differences are ideological not political.

  A L Katz

  July 28, 2022

  American News Media, Corruption, Earthquakes, Mitch McConnell, Republicanism

  Earthquakes, Free And Fair Elections, George W Bush, Gerrymandering, Iceland, Jim Jordan, Kochs, Mission Accomplished, Mitch McConnell, Plate Tectonics, San Andreas Fault, Stephanie Ruhl, Voter Suppression

• The Second Amendment Does NOT Give Anyone The Right To Own A Gun

  Ya wanna be an originalist? Go read the original: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Please point to the word “own”. Good luck. It ain’t there. Instead, the amendment’s authors chose two different words: “keep”…

  A L Katz

  May 27, 2022

  Corruption, Culture, Freedom, Gun Control, Racism, Republicanism

  Cato Institute, Death Machines, George W Bush, Gun Control, Libertarian, Mission Accomplished, Responsible Gun Ownership, Second Amendment, Well Regulated Militia, White Hegemony

• What White Guys Really Mean By “Replacement Theory” Is “We Can’t Compete”

  I have to admit that when white supremacist Nazi sympathizer marched through Charlottesville back in 2017 chanting “Jews will not replace us”, I was baffled. As Jonathan Sarna (scholar of American Jewish history, modern Judaism and Israel studies at Brandeis University) points out, “Jews are barely replacing themselves, let alone the white population as a…

  A L Katz

  May 19, 2022

  American Exceptionalism, American News Media, Branding, Cyber War, Election 2016, Election 2020, Mitch McConnell, Rule of Law, Treason

  Brandeis University, Charlottesville, Guns Germs & Steel, Jared Diamond, Kabuki, Mission Accomplished, Old Boys Club, Pathogens, Replacement Theory, White Supremacists

• Are Republicans Rootin’ For Putin?

  On Friday night, the Republicans began their CPAC convention in Orlando, Florida. If you want to know what Republicans are “thinking” – something lizard brains actually can’t do – this is the place to be. Unfortunately for the GOP, world events keep interfering with their coup attempt. Let’s not forget – as our news media…

  A L Katz

  February 26, 2022

  American News Media, Corruption, Election 2016, False Patriotism, Republicanism, Treason, Trump

  AFPAC, Bi-partisan, Cold War, CPAC, Crazy like a fox, GOP Coup, Lizard Brains, Mission Accomplished, NATO, Nick Fuentes, Putin's War, The Big Lie

• How To Be A “Mensch”

  In Jewish culture, there’s no higher compliment you can pay than to say of someone: “they’re a mensch“. A mensch has honor and integrity. They’re kind and compassionate. They don’t just feel a sense of responsibility toward others, they act on it. “A mensch is driven by an innate decency, motivated perhaps by a sense…

  A L Katz

  October 30, 2021

  Branding, Election 2020, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, Religion, Team Biden

  Barack Obama, Do Unto Others, Dogma, Honor, Integrity, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Mensch, Mission Accomplished, Tikkun Olam

• The Republican Party Is What Happens When Bad Ideas And Thinking Metastasize

  The reason Republicans have to rely on gerrymandering, voter suppression and terrible legislation to win elections is because nobody except them will vote for their ideas. To be clear, the only problem Republicans see looming in America’s future is diversity and the loss of political power that diversity will cost them. They see a loss…

  A L Katz

  September 9, 2021

  Afghanistan, American Exceptionalism, Branding, Climate Change, Corruption, Culture, Election 2016, Racism, Republicanism, The Branding Age, Treason, Trump

  All Men Are Created Equal, Cancer, Citizens United, Conservatism, Corruption, Cynicism, Donald Trup, E Pluribus Unum, French Enlightenment, Kevin McCarthy, Metastasize, Mission Accomplished, Trickle Down Economics

• Playing Fields Can’t Level Themselves

  The whole notion of “The American Dream” rests on the foundational idea that, in America, provided you’re willing to work your ass off, anyone (from anywhere) can make themselves and their future into whatever they want it to be. American exceptionalism flows from the fact that people from every other country on earth aspire (still)…

  A L Katz

  February 21, 2021

  American Exceptionalism, Bill Barr, Election 2016, Election 2020, Republicanism, Slavery, Treason, Trump

  Accountability, All Men Are Created Equal, American Exceptionalism, Black wealth, Compassionate Conservatism, Counter Intelligence Investigation, Election 2022, Level Playing Field, Leveling The Playing Field, Merrick Garland, Mission Accomplished, The American Dream

• Since “Republican” Now Equals “Trump”, Non-Trumpist Republicans Need To Re-Brand; I’m Here To Help

  As much as they suck at governing, Republicans excel at marketing. Remember “Mission Accomplished”? The only thing “accomplished” was hanging that banner. While Americans vote with their hopes and dreams, Republicans only ever deliver smoke and mirrors. Missions UNaccomplished. Skies NOT blue. Plenty of children left behind. The words promise plenty. Too bad they’re all…

  A L Katz

  November 15, 2020

  American News Media, Coronavirus, Election 2020, Political Commentary, Republicanism, Taxes, The Branding Age, Treason, Trump

  Conservatism, Cynicism, Donald Trump's Corruption, Hopes And Dreams, Mission Accomplished, Mitch McConnell, No Child Left Behind, Progressive Values, Republican corruption, The Republican Brand

• Conservatives Want To Live In The Past — Just Like Their Name Says

  Conservatives are great at marketing. The thing they’re marketing may be absolute crap, but they sure know how to market it. Remember “Mission Accomplished”? Nothing was accomplished — except that a banner was successfully hung from the bridge of an aircraft carrier. That mission was accomplished just fine. The real mission every conservative is on…

  A L Katz

  July 13, 2020

  Bill Barr, Election 2016, Mitch McConnell, Political Commentary, Republicanism, Trump

  Chuck Woolery, Conservative thinking, Coronavirus Pandemic, Democrats, Mission Accomplished, Progressive Values, Republican corruption, Republicans