John Benson

John Benson

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John Benson
Hometown: Bothell, WA
Interests: An Economy for All
Honors: 5

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  • Shared Tyranny on Display at the Republican Convention (Progressive Opinion)
    September 8, 2008 - 11:27am

    Chris Hedges talks about some of the suppression techniques used in MSP for the GOP convention. Of particular interest to me is the shift from surveillance of “external terrorists” to suppression of internal opposition. Graph 7 contains a question I keep asking myself.

  • Shared The Resentment Strategy (Progressive Opinion)
    September 5, 2008 - 3:29pm

    Mr. Krugman makes the Nixon comparison and cites Nixonland.

  • Shared John Kerry works the road bicycling addled crowd. (Progressive Opinion)
    September 4, 2008 - 11:42am

    OK. I admit this is my niche, and I liked Kerry already. But this posting gave John Kerry actual credibility with roadies. Shaved legs! No way! Some of the insider talk may elude you but to put things into perspective Vaughter’s is saying that Kerry was descending at 55MPH. I don’t like that on straight roads.

  • Published Richard Dubin and I disagree (Blog entry)
    July 3, 2008 - 11:42am

    Not fundamentally, but on what I view as a technical point, is it appropriate to treat all conservatives and members of the GOP as if they were Rush Limbaugh or John Hagee. Richard’s position is principled and fair minded, and I admit to some misgivings about my position.

  • Shared Isn't this how Comrade Stalin operated? (News Headline)
    June 24, 2008 - 11:15pm

    Highlighting the "selective" process used by the Bush Administrations DOJ to fill honors programs positions. When you consider that Stalin's rise and strangle hold on power was derived from his ability to control who got positions in the government, you see how dangerous this can be. Coupled with new surveillance rules have to wonder.

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