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WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".

Tag: Clint Eastwood

Is “American Sniper” an Anti-War Movie?

Ideas and Issues January 20, 2015January 20, 2015 by digital

New Orleans   The papers are buzzing about the surprising opening weekend success of Clint Eastwood’s latest movie, “American Sniper,” starring Bradley Cooper, who was also nominated for an Academy Award for his performance.Hollywood is scratching its head as if they had found a new audience in the South and the West for war movies.  Quelle …

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Landing from the Moon into America

DC Politics National Politics September 2, 2012September 2, 2012 by digital

New Orleans   After four days with no power, which of course means no internet, erratic to infrequent newspaper delivery, and it turns out no working radio in the house and only weather and disaster news on the truck radio, it is somewhat wild to be thrust from the light of the full moon into modern day …

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Kris Kobach and Systematic Republican Vote Suppression

Ideas and Issues April 29, 2011 by wade

Missoula One of the best lines in the great movie, The Outlaw Josie Wales, occurs when Clint Eastwood as Wales turns to Sandra Locke, the young woman, also his paramour at the time, and says, “is that what they teach young girls in Kansas.”  I’ve always thought that has to be one of the more …

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