by Wicasta | May 25, 2012 | The Watch
One of the most dreaded aspects of the looming presidential election has to be the mountain of lies that are going to be peddled out to the American public by the Far Right. The rhetoric is already stunning. Not so much that one side is so willing to peddle outright...
by Wicasta | Nov 6, 2010 | Misinformation, The Watch
I just read an excellent article by Timothy Egan at the New York Times, discussing how President Obama essentially saved the day and saw his party sent to the showers anyway. It’s a good example of the disconnect that the average American has with cold, hard...
by Wicasta | May 22, 2010 | Misinformation, The Watch
If you haven’t heard about the unbelievable moves in Texas to inject textbooks with Right-Wing Conservative ideology, it’s time to get up to speed. Activists on the Texas State Board of Education have been making changes to the curriculum in Texas that...
by Wicasta | Apr 26, 2010 | Misinformation, The Watch
I’ve been trying to explain to some of my well-meaning, but terribly misguided relatives why I have such a fundamental problem with the so-called Tea Party “movement”. Then I ran across an excellent article by Ron Rosenbaum on the Slate web site,...
by Wicasta | Apr 14, 2010 | Misinformation, The Watch
by Bill Quigley, CommonDreams.org Glenn Beck and other far right multi-millionaires are claiming that the US is hot on the path towards socialism. Part of their claim is that the US is much more generous and supportive of our working and poor people than other...
