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"Tea Party Comix," Howling Racism, and the Culture of Denial
Wed Aug 4, 2010 3:19 PM EDT
My wife and I enjoy Law and Order: SVU. One familiar scene features the child predator, smirking as he sits in the interrogation room while Benson and Stabler glower at him. "I didn't hurt those precious children," he says.
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Obama: Senate Will Not Vote On Health Care Before Brown Is Seated
Seeded on Wed Jan 20, 2010 11:46 PM EST (Talking Points Memo)
So Obama is pressuring the Senate not to move on the health care reform bill until Brown, the newly elected teabagger from Massachusetts, is seated.
Daily Kos: My Mom is a Democratic machine operative in Boston - here's her explanation
Seeded on Wed Jan 20, 2010 12:22 AM EST (Daily Kos)
This makes more sense to me than anything I've read about the MA election. I can't stay up and chat about it -- as a proud American liberal, I work two jobs, and the next one starts in less than 8 hours. But read it for yourself and see what you think.
Daily Kos: What a huge day! (Exposing ACORN setup)
Seeded on Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:43 PM EDT (Daily Kos)
So the gist of this is, the "pimp/prostitute" bit used to paint ACORN as a bunch of criminal-enabling socialists is a crock. ACORN was set up by a team of liars funded by a fanatical RW organization. Gee, we're all shocked.
Daily Kos: Chomsky Executes a Full Godwin; Wingnuts Flip
Seeded on Sat Oct 17, 2009 11:57 PM EDT (Daily Kos)
A distillation of every rabid, ignorant, bull-goose crazy talking point from the right, all triggered by Noam Chomsky's comparison of the US to the Weimar Republic and the teabaggers to the then-nascent Nazi Party.
Turn Off Fox?
Seeded on Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:19 PM EDT (Examiner)
Fox is a cancer on the body politic of America. So what to do about it? Try to get it heaved off the airwaves and the First Amendment be damned? Mock it into irrelevance? Treat it like a real news provider and hope it somehow changes into one?
GOPers stage 'mock shooting' of Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Seeded on Sat Oct 10, 2009 1:36 PM EDT (Daily Kos)
"On Tuesday, a group of Florida Republicans went to the shooting range -- and used pictures of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz as target practice. Among the attendees, her 2010 Republican opponent, Robert Lowry."
Health care: The fight against death
Seeded on Thu Oct 8, 2009 7:29 AM EDT (Examiner)
Olbermann reaches across the partisan divide and almost begs Americans to join together for meaningful health care reform.
The Politics of Spite - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Mon Oct 5, 2009 10:18 PM EDT (The New York Times)
The entire Republican strategy centers on the firmly held belief that only a Republican is allowed to lead this country. Any Democratic President is, by definition, illegitimate and must be vilified, undermined, and ultimately removed from office, one way or the other.
Glenn Beck's sobbing secrets revealed: A little Vicks Vaporub gets the tears flowing
Seeded on Fri Oct 2, 2009 1:57 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)
What a hypocritical, lying, two-faced douchenozzle.
The DC 9/12 Rally: A Lone Protester Stands Up for the Public Option
Seeded on Sat Sep 19, 2009 7:43 PM EDT (Examiner)
Interview with a progressive activist who went alone to protest against the health-care reform addicts at the Beck-sponsored 9/12 rally in DC. One of the surprises of the interview is the empathy he feels towards his political opponents.
Newt and the 'Pink Visual' Award: An Opportunity Lost
Seeded on Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:14 AM EDT (Examiner)
Newt offered an Entrepeneur of the Year award to a company called "Pink Visual." Imagine his surprise when he "found out" what it actually was. I think he missed a golden opportunity.
Think Progress: Boortz compares President Obama to a child molester.
Seeded on Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:51 PM EDT (Think Progress)
Boortz on Twitter: Obama on Wall Street today. That's like sending a child molester to speak to a kindergarten class. Gutter-level filth from Boortz. If his employers had any integrity, he would be fired tomorrow.
The extreme Republican Party - The Boston Globe
Seeded on Sat Sep 12, 2009 1:56 PM EDT (The Boston Globe)
Let's not mince words here: We now have an entire political party that is not only dedicated to the mediocre. It is dedicated to the nearly deranged.
Joe Wilson: Spitballing the President
Seeded on Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:07 PM EDT (Examiner)
Some progressives are demanding that the House of Representatives censure Wilson. I have to disagree. He behaved like a disruptive schoolkid, so why measure out an adult punishment? Give him the kind of consequences he'll understand.
V.I.Lenin High Schoolers Will Watch Comrade Obama's Magnificent Speech, You Betcha!
Seeded on Mon Sep 7, 2009 12:45 PM EDT (Examiner)
Here at Vladimir Lenin Revolutionary High School (home of the Fightin' Red Menace — touchdown, comrades!), we will certainly be showing President Õbámâ's revolutionary diatribe to our sheep-like masses of American schoolchildren! The children will all gather in the gymnasium …
Republicans' ODD Behavior, Part 1.5: Obama's Education Agitprop
Seeded on Mon Sep 7, 2009 1:07 AM EDT (Examiner)
The conservative opposition to Obama's upcoming speech on education to American schoolkids beggars belief and calls for a new definition of "idiotic." The article takes a mocking look at how the opposition started, on Michelle Malkin's blog.
Republicans' ODD Behavior, Part 1
Seeded on Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:36 PM EDT (Examiner)
Do Republicans suffer from oppositional-defiant disorder? Based on the behaviors from lawmakers and protesters in recent weeks, it seems so. Read the article and see for yourself, there's a relatively exhaustive list.
Acoustic Joy with Andy McKee and the Artists of CandyRat
Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:58 PM EDT
I recently discovered a coterie of amazingly talented guitarists recording for CandyRat Records (here's a link to their site). They are not classic prog-rockers by any stretch, but they are so good that I'd like to give them some recognition among the ProgVine crowd.
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Republicans: Dancing with Adolf
Seeded on Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:31 PM EDT (Examiner)
Biting whimsy about the media yawning while Republicans squeal "Nazi! Obama! Socialist! Arugula! Arrrrrggghhh!"
Smackdown on health care at Price's town hall in Raleigh
Seeded on Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:24 PM EDT (Examiner)
Having a little fun at right-wing bloggers' expense. Reporting on a recent NC town hall, they can't get anything right and make fools of themselves in the process.
Health Care Horror Story: the socialist version
Seeded on Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:58 PM EDT (Daily Kos)
This Franco-Swiss citizen writes of his son's battle with a brain tumor.
Ohio police dispatcher passes along racist image of Air Force One
Seeded on Sun Aug 16, 2009 5:02 PM EDT (Think Progress)
[A] "rogue" dispatcher from the North Canton Police ... recently sent out a racist e-mail from her work account. Dispatcher Anita Malachowski forwarded this message:
Leaked Email: CNBC Went To Tea Partiers Looking for Angry Protests
Seeded on Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:41 AM EDT (Talking Points Memo)
CNBC worked with a "tea party" organization to either find, or perhaps stage outright, a "violent" health-care protest so it could make a lurid report. One activist suggested a forum hosted by Rep.
On Private Conference Call, Tea Party Organizers Say No Reform At All Is Goal | The Plum Line
Seeded on Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:07 AM EDT (The PlumLine)
The cat is out of the bag at last. "The goal is not compromise, and ANY bill coming out this year would be a failure for us." ... "The purpose of Tea Parties is not to find a solution to the health care crisis -- it is to stop what is not the solution: Obamacare."
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I didn't bring bigotry into the conversation. My point on leadership is directed more to the agenda of the leader, his ability to go towards the common good of those who he leads without being compromised. His clarity that his number one job is to bring all of those people together to accomplish his agenda. Dividing them doesn't work.
I have put faith in his message that he would be true to it. It might only be me but he seems a bit hung where I certainly wouldn't want to be with all of the real work that is hanging in the balance.
He tends to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. A very skeptical part of this country probably could be won over by picking and coming through with a winner or two. He will need to connect with a few of the skeptics. This kind of stuff won't help him.
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