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The Rag Blog Digest September 22, 2011 theragblog.blogspot.com ( http://e2ma.net/go/7208629033/208678377/224784921/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/ ) Richard D. Jehn, founder Thorne Webb Dreyer, editor Ivan Koop Kuper : Huey P. Meaux Was the Crazy Cajun ( http://e2ma.net/go/7208629033/208678377/224784922/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/ivan-koop-kuper-huey-p-meaux-was-crazy.html )by Ivan Koop Kuper / The Rag Blog. Ivan Kuper was a colleague of "Crazy Cajun" Huey Meaux (the self-proclaimed "producer extraordinaire")when Meaux hosted a radio show at Houston's KPFT. Ivan brings us a remarkable story about the life andlegacy of the charismatic Meaux, one of the most influential independent music producers of his (or any) time --and a highly-flawed character who twice went to prison for crimes related to drugs, child prostitution,and child pornography. Sarito Carol Neiman : The Anti-Angels of Health Care ( http://e2ma.net/go/7208629033/208678377/224784924/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/sarito-carol-neiman-anti-angels-of.html )by Sarito Carol Neiman / The Rag Blog. This is thethird installment of Sarito's very personal and engaging report on her father's West Texas medical odyssey -- and the care he received at the high tech hospital where he had a recent operation. In discussing her father's situation, Sarito looks at larger issues involving our health care system, where it fails us,and how we can work tomake it better. Don Swift : Dominionists and the 'Kingdom of God' ( http://e2ma.net/go/7208629033/208678377/224784925/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/don-swift-dominionists-and-kingdom-of.html )by Don Swift / The Rag Blog. Swift continues his cautionary tale about Dominionism, the theocratic tendency in right wing Christian thought that is influencing high profile figures like Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, and Rick Perry. Retired history prof Swift recountsDominionism's history, the theologians who molded it, the different forms it takes,and its growing political clout, Bob Feldman : White Supremacist Republic of Texas, 1836-1845 ( http://e2ma.net/go/7208629033/208678377/224784926/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/bob-feldman-white-supremacist-republic.html )by Bob Feldman / The Rag Blog. Continuing his series on the "hidden history of Texas," Bob reports on the independent Republic of Texas, founded in 1836 and run byAnglo colonists --a "white supremacist" republic where few freedoms were given to its African-American residents, including slaves and freedmen.In late 1845 the Republic was dissolved and Texas became a part of the U.S. Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Approaching 90, I Despair for my Country ( http://e2ma.net/go/7208629033/208678377/224784927/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/dr-stephen-r-keister-approaching-90-i.html )by Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The Rag Blog. As retired physician Keister prepares to enter his ninth decade, he reflects on the state of his country -- and its corrupted health care system. "Never have I seen my country so fraught with danger and despair," he confides. "Never have I seen such nihilism and cruelty expressed in public view." EVERY FRIDAY: KEEP TUNED IN WITH RAG RADIO! Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer ( http://e2ma.net/go/7208629033/208678377/224784928/32516/goto:http://www.koop.org/schedule/detail.php?ext=info&oa_id=33 ): Every Friday, 2-3 p.m. (CDT) on KOOP 91.7-FM in Austin. To stream online, go here ( http://e2ma.net/go/7208629033/208678377/224784930/32516/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 Listen to Thorne Dreyer's Sept. 16, 2011 Rag Radio interview with Houston Folksinging Legend Don Sanders ( http://e2ma.net/go/7208629033/208678377/224784931/32516/goto:http://www.archive.org/details/RagRadio2011-09-16-DonSanders ). Sept. 23, 2011: Suspense Novelist David Lindsey on the booming Private Intelligence Industry. Oct. 7, 2011: Former Yippie Jonah Raskin, Author of Marijuanaland: Dispatches From an American War. Oct. 14, 2011: Scholar, Urban Theorist, Author & Social Activist Mike Davis. Listen to earlier shows on Rag Radio. ( http://e2ma.net/go/7208629033/208678377/224784932/32516/goto:http://www.koop.org/schedule/detail.php?ext=info&oa_id=33 ) Rag Radio is rebroadcast every Sunday at 10 a.m. (Eastern) on WFTE, 90.3-FM in Mt. Cobb, PA and 105.7-FM in Scranton, PA. The Crazy Cajun : 'Producer Extraordinaire.' Rag Radio : Legendary Houston Folksinger Don Sanders ( http://e2ma.net/go/7208629033/208678377/224784933/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/rag-radio-legendary-houston-folksinger.html )Interview by Thorne Dreyer / Rag Radio.Lyle Lovett called Don Sanders "the grand old man of Houston folk music" and John Wilsonsaid in The Rag Blog thatSanders "wrote and performed a suite of songs that... provided the soundtrack for [a] tumultuous and intensely musical period of Houston's history." Don talks with Rag Radio's Dreyer and performs several of his classic songs. Listen to the podcast here. Carl Davidson : Who's Waging 'Class Warfare'? ( http://e2ma.net/go/7208629033/208678377/224784934/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/carl-davidson-whos-waging-class-warfare.html )by Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog. The Republicans are accusing the Dems of waging "class warfare," but talk about the pot calling the kettle black. "If you want to have your class consciousness raised a few notches," Carl suggests,just "listen to the Republicans in Congress offer up their shameless commentary rejecting President Obama's jobs bill." Lamar W. Hankins : Republican Health Care: 'Let Him Die' ( http://e2ma.net/go/7208629033/208678377/224784935/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/lamar-w-hankins-republican-health-care.html )by Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog. During the recent Republican debate, many in thecrowd shouted "Yeah!" when Ron Paul was asked if society should just let sick people die (which Eugene Robinson called the "low point" of the political season). The role of government in taking care of its citizens is once morea front-and-center issue, and Lamar says that "the U.S. is alone among the advanced societies in failing to assure that health care is available to all its citizens." Kate Braun : Fall Equinox is Celebration of Balance ( http://e2ma.net/go/7208629033/208678377/224784936/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/kate-braun-fall-equinox-is-celebration.html )by Kate Braun / The Rag Blog. The Fall Equinox, also known as Mabon and Harvest Home -- when the hours of daylight and darkness are equal --is a "celebration of balance." Brother Cadfael wrote that"the year proceeds not in a straight line... but in acircle that brings the world and man back to the dimness and mystery in which both began, and out of which a new seed-time and a new generation are about to begin." CARTOON / Joshua Brown : Life During Wartime: Cutting the Deal ( http://e2ma.net/go/7208629033/208678377/224784937/32516/goto:http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/cartoon-joshua-brown-life-during.html )Political cartoon by Joshua Brown / The Rag Blog. Cartoonist/historian Brown with a wry commentary on renewed threats to our "social fabric." Class warfare? : GOP at the barricades. 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