Category Archives: Progressives

Welcome To The Machine: Cory Booker’s Technological Corporatism

Posted on August 12, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Soon-to-be New Jersey Senator Cory Booker is set to transcend Obama in the realm of both crony corporatist dealing and campaign technology, all at the same time.      In a puff-piece on the civil liberties hating Cory Booker, the “Old Gray … Continue reading →

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When You’ve Lost Alfred E. Neuman…

Posted on August 11, 2013 by The Political Hat

     MAD Magazine’s October issue takes on the entire domestic spying scandal in a way that might not seen too kindly by some Obama supporters.      There probably won’t be much fall-out, since MAD Magazine is way above the heads of most … Continue reading →

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Point Me At The (Raaacist) Sky?

Posted on August 10, 2013 by The Political Hat

     One of the articles of faith for the hyper-racial left is that all White people are racist because “whiteness” is nothing but false and oppressive.  To this end, White people can only fight racism, and so shrive themselves of the … Continue reading →

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The Manichean Meta-Narrative

Posted on August 9, 2013 by The Political Hat

     As has been mentioned before, “It doesn’t matter how logical or sane an idea is.  If people don’t understand the narrative it embodies, the whole human experience as it were, then people won’t connect.”  If one wins the narrative, that … Continue reading →

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America’s Marxist Future?

Posted on August 8, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Under Obamanomics, people have been dropping out of the workforce, which results in an artificially low unemployment rate.  The labor participation rate has been stagnant, or depressed, if you will.  What is most worrisome is that the jobs that America … Continue reading →

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The Nudging of America

Posted on August 7, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The Obama administration is hiring a “Behavioral Insights Team” in order to tweak and alter people’s behavior without them noticing.  Such dark shenanigans are referred to as “nudges,” the term deriving from Obama’s fellow traveler Cass Sunstein.  The problem with … Continue reading →

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It Was NEVER About Tolerance…

Posted on August 6, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The Progressive left have often screeched “tolerance” and condemned all those who do not “tolerate” their way of life and beliefs.  Of course, what they call “tolerance” has mutated over time to mean “enthusiastic affirmation.”      With their taking of power … Continue reading →

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Mandatory Suicide

Posted on August 5, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Considering the penchant of Europe’s socialized medicine to slaughter the elderly in horrible ways, it is fair to ask if the same could happen in America.  Or, perhaps, the question we should be asking is how much worse it might … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Pencils

Posted on August 3, 2013 by The Political Hat

     If you need an example of the damage that the modern day publik skewl system does to children, look no further than the humble pencil, and the two very different tales about it.      Various commentators over at the Ace of … Continue reading →

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The Vanguard of the War Against Western Civilization

Posted on August 2, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Roger Kimball over at PJ Media makes a succinct but incredibly accurate insight on the modern day nature of institutions of higher education: “The problem is that they are part and parcel of a concerted assault on the fundamental civilizational … Continue reading →

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