Tag Archives: Plain Folks
Doublespeaking Speaker
I’m going to go out on a limb here, and say that our Speaker is employing doublespeak. According to Dictionary.com, here is the definition: evasive, ambiguous language that is intended to deceive or confuse.
Posted in Current events, Politics
Tagged Birthers, Brian Williams, Congress, corporate interests, Doublespeak, Healthcare Legislation, John Boehner, John Boehner on the Issues, Name calling, NBC Interview, Obamacare, Pinpointing the Enemy, Plain Folks, President Obama's citizenship, Propaganda techniques, Speaker of the House
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Greed is good, so is ignorance (not)
Tom Wolfe’s novel, The Bonfire of the Vanities, introduced me to the phrase, masters of the universe. Wolfe’s novel opened my eyes to the immensity of corruption and greed within our financial and political systems. That same year, Michael Douglas … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, Education, Life, Reading
Tagged anti-intellectualism, Bandwagon, bedbugs, Bonfire of the Vanities, Card Stacking, corporations, corruption, elected officials, financial insstitutions, Glenn Beck, Glittering generalities, greed, Institute for propaganda analysis, insurance companies, Name calling, Newt Gingrich, Plain Folks, political discourse, Rush Limbaugh, Testimonial, Tom Wolfe, Transfer
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