Monthly Archives: September 2011

The Ghost of Ronald Reagan on Class Warfare

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Elizabeth Warren, Our Progressive President in 2016

After she’s done beating the pants off of that sports-bar lunkhead Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) in 2012, Elizabeth Warren, if she keeps talking like this, is going to talk herself into the presidency in 2016. Jeepers, she’s like Harry Truman, … Continue reading

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Matching Prominent Republicans with Appropriate Film Titles

The story is Dan Quayle saw the 1972 Robert Redford film ‘The Candidate’ and thought it was a primer on entering politics instead of a warning about selling out one’s principles. Ronald Reagan is said to have had a regular … Continue reading

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Lightnin’ Hopkins in the Early ’60s

Texas bluesman Lightnin’ Hopkins (b. Sam John Hopkins in 1912) doesn’t get a lot of notoriety these days, but listen to the guitar licks and the rhythm on this video and you can hear the same patterns used by modern rock and blues … Continue reading

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“Rag, Mama, Rag” by Blind Boy Fuller

Blind Boy Fuller (b. Fulton Allen) was a contemporary of Robert Johnson and popular in his day, but he never received the adulation and respect Johnson has. Here he is playing “Rag, Mama, Rag” recorded in 1935.

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Class Warfare Comics

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Cartoon: Who Are The Real Job Creators?

Copyright 2011 Matt Wuerker.

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“Monday Morning Blues” by Mississippi John Hurt

Who is Mississippi John Hurt, you ask? Man, you got to be ‘learned up’ on the King of Three-Finger Delta Blues Pickin’ who influenced a whole passel of later guitar players, such as Dave Van Ronk, John Fahey, Leo Kottke … Continue reading

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Latest Hairstyles for Republican Women (and Men)

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If You Have to Have a Religion…

The chart below is probably as good a way of getting one as any other: Copyright HolyTaco.com. H/t to Bartcop.com.

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