Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Representative Government is NOT a Necessary Evil, It's a Vital GOOD!


Those who say YOUR government doesn't work, say so because THEY want to BE your government RULERS!


I cannot recommend strongly enough the show below on Wisconsin Public Radio about the John Birch Society and it's similarity to today's radical right wing Tea Party including support from the Kochs. The big difference? Instead of embracing the whackos and kowtowing to their handlers, in 1960's the Republican Party rejected the extremist wingnut Birchers because they didn't want to be tarnished by them.

http://wpr.org/webcasting/audioarchives_display.cfm?Code=jca

Thursday
7/25/2013
8:00 AM
130725C

A Personal History of America's Radical Right
Before there was the TEA Party, there was the John Birch Society. Joy Cardin's guest this hour can speak personally to the inner workings of the Society. Her parents were founding members. Learn about the similarities she sees between the John Birch Society of the 1950s and the TEA Party of today.

Guest: Claire Conner, author of Wrapped In the Flag: A Personal History of the Radical Right. She speaks widely on the John Birch Society. She holds a degree in English from the University of Dallas and a graduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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