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Re: Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
02/09/12 9:35 pm
I can't remember if I tweeted you this link but it's to an article by a Professor of Moral Theology at the Jesuit Marquette University. I h...Re: Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
02/09/12 8:26 pm
The six Republican Senators who sponsored the contraception mandate consist of two women who now have Stockholm Syndrome, a man who was driv...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 11:14 am
The essence of culture war is a marching-backwards. Glenn Beck made "Leave it to Beaver" noises because his target audience is cognitively s...Re: Morning Awful: Catholic Birth Control Contention
02/08/12 10:51 am
Notice how a lot of so-called liberal Catholic MEN, like E J Dionne and Chris Matthews, are making this all about religious freedom. Bullpuc...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 10:46 am
I was six years old and in parochial school when John Kennedy ran for President. I remember my parents and family being pleased when he won,...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/08/12 2:15 am
You've seen them before at the 2009 G-20 meeting and the Battle of Seattle in 1999.Re: Morning Awful: Regressive South Carolina
02/07/12 3:17 pm
It takes an advanced degree in cognitive dissonance to deny these laws have any object other than making it harder for minorities & the ...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/07/12 7:07 am
I checked out on OWS months ago so I never heard of Black Bloc. Wow. Good to know.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:43 am
Applause for a simply-stated version of my own mind.
Category Archives: Authoritarianism
Morning Awful: Allen West Says I’m Next
Congressman Allen West isn’t to be satisfied by my service in the US Army, where I learned to avoid commanding officers like him: I’m simply not as “American” as him, so I don’t get the privilege of the First Amendment. … Continue reading
“Self-Deportation” is Code for “Ethnic Cleansing, Phase 1″
They didn’t have papers either: “(This bill)…attacks every aspect of an illegal alien’s life…is designed to make it difficult for them to live here so they will deport themselves.” Mitt Romney last night? Nope, that’s Alabama House Majority Leader Mickey … Continue reading
With Newt, You Get Armageddon
By Emilia 1956 So Newt Gingrich is the current GOP front-runner. A lot of people on the Right and some on the Left laud him as an intellectual. He’s not, really. A Doctor of Philosophy degree doesn’t make you an … Continue reading
Better Dredd Than Dead!
This quote from Karl Urban, actor currently in post-production as the title character in a new cinematic version of Judge Dredd, my favorite comic book, is music to my fanboy ears: If anyone is familiar with Dredd, over the years there are … Continue reading
Morning Awful: Thomas Ryan
Note: derp and Hitler ‘stache added for clarity of characterization. I’m trying to remember the time that progressive organizers hacked into tea party accounts and gave information in them to the FBI and various politicos targeted by tea. Can you … Continue reading
Michele Bachmann Destroys the World
If you haven’t read Tim Murphy’s article about her over at MoJo, do it now. Then come back. Seriously, I’ll wait. The depth of insanity behind her crusade against efficient light bulbs isn’t just silly entertainment, but the head of … Continue reading
Biblical Errancy is Intentional
Rachel Tabachnick has been tracking culture warriors for a long time, and provides a badly-needed window on the “education” that movement conservatism seeks to install everywhere. Darwin is stripped from the “Christian” classroom — with the sole exception of economics: … Continue reading
Tea Party Sees Working Americans As Oppressors, Government As The Solution
I’ve written dozens of posts over the last two years about authoritarianism in the tea party movement. The crisis in Wisconsin is drawing this element out into the open. Governor Walker’s threat to use the National Guard against tens of … Continue reading
Saturday Afternoon TV: Shadow Company
The truth is outsourced: this documentary on mercenaries in Iraq should be required viewing for Congress. Blackwater/Xe, ArmorGroup, and the rest of these unaccountable outfits are the clearest manifestations of conservative ungovernance in our time. Their continued role in America’s … Continue reading
Gary Mitchell Bachmann
Godlike powers and godlike reverence. Two characters with eyes shiny enough to project their minds on the rest of us. One is destined to be reborn on the big screen, the other is obsessed with the unborn on the small … Continue reading
A Tea Party Is Not A Protest
At WaPo, Amy Gardner gets the tea party exactly wrong in one word: Two years ago, (Gena) Bell was a floral arranger in Cincinnati with plenty of time on her hands (she used to trim five Christmas trees in her … Continue reading
