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firedoglake.com » Firedoglake - Sep 21, 2008
Heaven-sent Guitar A basketball-tall and talented kid named Eric Hanke came to last week's Americana music festival in Nashville to meet some people and sing some songs. I didn't ask him his height, but he records for …
Also tagged: entertainment, art, music, barack obama, dick cheney, george bush, pop culture, freedom, revolution, americana, disaster capitalism, americana music
firedoglake.com » Firedoglake - Sep 20, 2008
Welcome to the FDL Book Salon on Robert Jones' new book, Progressive and Religious: How Christian Jewish, Muslim, and Buddhist Leaders Are Moving Beyond the Culture Wars and Transforming American Public Life . It’s a …
Also tagged: religion, fdl book salon
firedoglake.com » Firedoglake - Aug 17, 2008
"But Huck, we can't let you in the gang if you ain't respectable, you know." Some version of this betrayal is, regretfully, often performed by most Americans who would be president. Or mayor. Or chairman of the board …
Also tagged: john mccain, barack obama, 2008 election, pop culture, mark twain, race relations, huckleberry finn, tom sawyer
firedoglake.com » Firedoglake - Aug 10, 2008
James Madison noted that limits on human thinking inhibit efforts to found a just democracy. We don't fully understand how humans think or what humans are, he said, so we should be careful about the kinds of …
Also tagged: books, framing, george lakoff, fdl book salon, the political mind
firedoglake.com » Firedoglake - Jul 27, 2008
If I said that country music holds a key to progressive political success, would it sound so out of tune that you'd stand up and walk out on me? Hit the door then, or lend me your ears, because I believe that's the …
Also tagged: pop culture, country music, willie nelson, americana, progressive movement, jimmie rodgers
firedoglake.com » Firedoglake - Jul 22, 2008
They don't have to. Yeah, I know, conservatives aren't techno-savvy, they're too hierarchical, etc, etc. But here's the thing: If there were boatloads of campaign cash out there for progressive candidates, if our …
Also tagged: media, blogosphere, conservatism, blue america, yearlykos, citizen action, gop media complex, blue army
firedoglake.com » Firedoglake - Jul 19, 2008
Day Three of TraitorFest '08 starts with a visit from Nancy Pelosi. I'm sitting here waiting for the "Ask The Speaker" session to start. Exhibit Hall 4 of the Austin Convention Center is totally packed and buzzing and …
Also tagged: democrats
firedoglake.com » Firedoglake - Jul 13, 2008
Friendship by Ikhlasul Amal The week of Netroots Nation 2008 seems an odd time to ask whether friendship is passe, because the convention marks the coming together of a historically unparalleled national network of …
Also tagged: friendship, democrats, freedom, fisa, yearlykos, progressive movement, political culture
firedoglake.com » Firedoglake - Jul 4, 2008
My favorite part of the Fourth isn't the fireworks, or the hot dogs, or the grilling of various meats with the neighbors, or the watermelon. Or the parades or the patriotic movies (though HBO's John Adams is absolutely …
Also tagged: conservatism