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The Rag Blog Digest July 28, 2011 theragblog.blogspot.com ( http://e2ma.net/go/7146991427/208627676/224027475/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/ ) Richard D. Jehn, founder Thorne Webb Dreyer, editor Roger Baker : The Texas Road Lobby Meets Peak Oil ( http://e2ma.net/go/7146991427/208627676/224027476/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/roger-baker-texas-road-lobby-meets-peak.html ) by Roger Baker / The Rag Blog. This is the final installment of Roger's series on peak oil and peak driving. Molly Ivins called the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)the "Pentagon of Texas."The Texasroad lobbyhas unrivaled power, and in this state, roads are seen as a form of "publicly funded entitlement" -- "welfare to subsidize suburban sprawl development." But, with road traffic having leveled due to peak oil and an increasingly tough economy, things have changed -- though the politicos remain in denial. Ed Felien : Breivik's Norwegian 'Putsch' Has Historical Echoes ( http://e2ma.net/go/7146991427/208627676/224027477/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/ed-felien-breiviks-norwegian-putsch-has.html ) by Ed Felien / The Rag Blog. How isolated were Anders Breivik's acts of terror in Norway? Felien sees historical parallels in Hitler's 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, and in Timothy McVeigh's Oklahoma City bombing. But he also says that today,"there are organizations that support the ideas of McVeigh and Breivik, and there is a culture that supports murder and violence as legitimate means to realize those ends." Sarito Carol Neiman : Shredding the Envelope ( http://e2ma.net/go/7146991427/208627676/224027478/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/sarito-carol-neiman-shredding-envelope.html ) by Sarito Carol Neiman / The Rag Blog. Sarito's "ruminations on news, taboos, and space beyond time" initiate a new Rag Blogfeature. Author, editor, and actressNeiman -- who will be Thorne Dreyer's guest on Rag Radio this Friday, 2-3 p.m. (CST)on KOOP 91-7FM (see streaming info below) -- tells us why she's calling the column "Shredding the Envelope."And shethrowsin afascinating dash ofhistoryabout the paper shredder, which was originally styled after a kitchen pasta maker! Robert Jensen : Will Potter and 'Green is the New Red' ( http://e2ma.net/go/7146991427/208627676/224027479/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/robert-jensen-will-potter-and-green-is.html ) by Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog. Professor Jensen interviews Will Potter, author of Green is the New Red: An Insider's Account of a Social Movement Under Siege. Jensen and Potter tell us how corporations, politicians, and law enforcement increasinglysee environmental activism as a threat (especially to profits that depend on degrading the ecosphere) and have responded with repressive laws and tacticsreminiscent ofthe Red Scare that targetedleftists in the 20th century. Bash and Blowout : Please Join Us Friday in Austin! ( http://e2ma.net/go/7146991427/208627676/224027480/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/bash-and-blowout-please-join-us-this.html ) Rag Blog editor and Rag Radio hostThorne Dreyer is turning 66 and we won't let him forget it! If you're in Austin, join usthis Friday, July 29, 6-9 p.m., atMaria'son South Lamar --for a Dreyer Birthday Bash and Rag Blog Blowout. (His real birthday is Aug. 1, butDreyer has ADD and won't even notice.)It's a chance for friends and followers of The Rag Blog to get to know each other and to have some fun (at Dreyer's expense)! Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Sick of Being Spoon-Fed the News ( http://e2ma.net/go/7146991427/208627676/224027481/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/dr-stephen-r-keister-sick-of-being.html ) by Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog. Retired physician and health care reform activist Keister wants to know what happened to our independent press. "When I consider the lack of valid, intelligent information available[in today's media] he tells us,"it would seem that the dirt is being replaced in the hole much more rapidly than the honest, dedicated journalist can dig it out." EVERY FRIDAY: KEEP TUNED IN WITH RAG RADIO! Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer ( http://e2ma.net/go/7146991427/208627676/224027482/32516/goto:http://www.koop.org/schedule/detail.php?ext=info&oa_id=33 ): Every Friday, 2-3 p.m. (CST) on KOOP 91.7-FM in Austin. To stream online, go here ( http://e2ma.net/go/7146991427/208627676/224027483/32516/goto:http://www.koop.org/pages.item.86/stream-koop-listen-online.html ). Rag Radio features hour-long in-depth interviews and discussion about issues of progressive politics, culture, and history. Our guests include newsmakers, artists, leading thinkers, and public figures July 29, 2011: Original Rag "Funnella" Sarito Carol Neiman on Politics and Spirituality. August 5, 2011: Anarchist Community Organizer and Writer Scott Crow. August 19, 2011: The Nation's Christian Parenti, Author of Tropic of Chaos. Listen to Thorne Dreyer's June 22 interview with ( http://e2ma.net/go/7146991427/208627676/224027484/32516/goto:http://www.archive.org/details/RagRadio2011-07-22-ScottPittman )Sustainability Activist ( http://e2ma.net/go/7146991427/208627676/224027485/32516/goto:http://www.archive.org/details/RagRadio2011-07-22-ScottPittman )Scott Pittman ( http://e2ma.net/go/7146991427/208627676/224027486/32516/goto:http://www.archive.org/details/RagRadio2011-07-22-ScottPittman ) , founder of the Permaculture Institute. Listen to earlier shows on Rag Radio ( http://e2ma.net/go/7146991427/208627676/224027487/32516/goto:http://www.koop.org/schedule/detail.php?ext=info&oa_id=33 ). Rag Radio is rebroadcast every Sunday at 10 a.m. on WTFE, 90.3-FM in Mt. Cobb, PA and 105.7-FM in Scranton, PA. Roger sees red: Texas road lobby in denial. Steve Max : The Snare and Deception of 'Family Economics' ( http://e2ma.net/go/7146991427/208627676/224027488/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/steve-max-snare-and-deception-of-family.html ) by Steve Max / Progressive America Rising. Veteran activist Maxwarns thatthe federal economyisnothinglikea small business --or your family budget -- as the Republicans would have us believe. Max alsoadvises that Obama and Congressional Demshave fallenintothe trap of acting and talking as if, in their reaction to the current debt ceiling crisis, Republicans "are normal and that this is a rational situation." BOOKS / Thomas McKelvey Cleaver : Goodbye to the Joys of Browsing ( http://e2ma.net/go/7146991427/208627676/224027489/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/books-thomas-mckelvey-cleaver-goodbye.html ) by Thomas McKelvey Cleaver / The Rag Blog. Noting the closing of Borders bookstores, Tom laments the passing of a grand tradition: the fine art of book browsing (searching for one book, pulling out another at random, and becoming interested enough to get it). He remembers going to the library in Denver when he was 10and -- tired of what passed for "young adult" books -- stepping around the corner and, much to his delight, discoveringRay Bradbury and Isaac Asimov. SPORT / Dave Zirin : NFL Players are Bruised, Battered Victors ( http://e2ma.net/go/7146991427/208627676/224027490/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/sport-dave-zirin-nfl-players-are.html ) by Dave Zirin / The Rag Blog. Against all odds -- and early expectations -- everyone came out a winner in the settlement of the NFL lockout. The deal, in the end, is a "victory for players, their families, their health, and their long-term financial solvency." It is also an example for workers across the country: "There is power in labor and there is power in solidarity." Billy Wharton : Our National 'Promissory Note' ( http://e2ma.net/go/7146991427/208627676/224027491/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/billy-wharton-our-national-promissory.html ) by Billy Wharton / The Rag Blog. In his much-heralded 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used the metaphor of a "promissory note" to describe the civil rights that had long been "promised in theory, but denied in practice." Today, in the negotiations over raising the debt ceiling, America faces a promissory note that is muchmore thana metaphor. And, though doing nothingherecannot be an option, the American people "should say with one loud voice that we will not be made to suffer for the debts accumulated by the elites." Lamar W. Hankins : Gov. Perry Promotes Religion for Political Purposes ( http://e2ma.net/go/7146991427/208627676/224027492/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/lamar-w-hankins-gov-perry-promotes.html ) by Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog. As Texas Gov. Perry's"long-running political show" is picking up steam, he'sloudlypromoting evangelical Christianity through hisAugust 6 prayer event at Reliant Stadium in Houston. According to Hankins, "Rick Perry should be free to pray and fast every day of his life.. and do those things with whomever he wishes..." But he "has no business using his elected office to promote, organize, and sponsor such religious practices..." Kate Braun : A Hot Time for the Lammas Fire Festival ( http://e2ma.net/go/7146991427/208627676/224027493/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/kate-braun-hot-time-for-lammas-fire.html ) by Kate Braun / The Rag Blog. Kate tells us that July 31 is a good day to celebrate the First Harvest, also known as Lammas. But, with temperatures soaring into triple digits in Austin and much of the country, this fire festival may seem especially fiery -- so burn bans should be respected and fires closely monitored. Meanwhile, Kate offers cool advice about how to best observe this festive occasion. Rick Perry: Praying for reign? The Rag Blog is a non-profit internet newsmagazine produced by activist journalists committed to progressive social change. The Rag Blog is published by the New Journalism Project, inc., a Texas non-profit corporation that has been granted tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. This status is retroactive to Oct. 9, 2008. 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