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Remembering the Bonus Army: Where Are Today's Mass Nonviolent Protests?

David Rosen, AlterNet. July 27, 2011.

On July 28, 1932, World War I veterans marched on Washington to demand their service bonus. Today, in the face of austerity, we see very little protest like that march.

Rachel Maddow: In America Today, Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower Would Be Bernie Sanders in the U.S. Senate

Rachel Maddow, AlterNet. January 28, 2011.

The huge ever rapid shift rightward makes Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon look like lefty radicals today.

Eisenhower's Forgotten Warning and the Threat of Authoritarian Currents in Our Politics

Max Blumenthal, The New York Times. September 3, 2009.

In this summer of town hall disruptions and birth-certificate controversies, it is worth recalling a now-obscure warning from President Eisenhower.

Dick Cheney Embraces "Go F*ck Yourself," Historically Low Approval Numbers

Blue Texan, Firedoglake. December 21, 2008.

Dick appears physically incapable of regret, which, in case you didn't know, is actually rather common among the Undead.

Burn these Republican words into your mind

Evan Derkacz, December 11, 2006.

Ike's farewell...

How Did Washington Get Pushed So Far Towards the Crazy Right?

Cliff Schecter, December 31, 1969.