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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.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:41 am
2 is a higher number than my preferred number of "zero," and it's still lower than 30. I think you can summarize a lot of the Obama Era in t...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/06/12 6:47 am
Who has the irrational hatred of POTUS ? Greenwald or Paul ? Which POTUS ? Bush? Obama ? Lincoln ? Madison ? Any ideas about why ? rather...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/05/12 1:30 am
Good post! I've stopped by a few times, but never commented. I think the key phrase in assessing Greenwald is "overcompensates" and he does...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 2:24 pm
I dislike the term "emoprog." It confuses musical politics with movement politics.Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 1:19 pm
For the same reason Ron Paul approved those newsletters.Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 1:18 pm
And vote. No vote, no voice and no right to criticize the government, because the sorry a-holes who don't vote enable whichever government t...
Category Archives: Rand Paul
Rand Paul, Libertarian Opthalmologist
Oh, Rand Paul, you libertarian opthalmologist, you. Taking credit for schools you never graduated, then creating your own medical board instead of becoming board-certified…the grifting comes so easy to you, doesn’t it? You’re like Leonardo DiCaprio playing pilot, you really … Continue reading
Morning Awful: Rand Paul
Rand Paul, libertarian opthalmologist:
Rand Paul, Utter Hypocrite
The White House sent Bernanke to the Hill to tell Congressional Democrats that stimulus and unemployment benefits are still necessary. Obama floated a $50 billion help package for cash-strapped states and came out with post-bipartisan aggressiveness last weekend. Nancy Pelosi … Continue reading
Rand Paul Borrows From Nixon
As Ms. Angle proves to be a pinata of goodies, the Kentucky tea party primary victor proves he can keep on gifting…and take a page from Nixon: (T)he news from the Bluegrass State (via “The Rush Limbaugh Show”) is that … Continue reading
The Morning Awful
Rand Paul, gift that keeps on giving, has something stupid to say about the Fourteenth Amendment:
The Morning Awful
Rand Paul blames the media. How dare they ask him questions!
Rand Paul, Gift That Keeps On Giving
The full depth of Rand Paul’s wackaloon belief-system has yet to be exposed in media. Revelations about his views on such milestones of liberty as the Civil Rights Act and Americans with Disabilities Act are only the tip of a … Continue reading
Rand Paul Hangs Out With Alex Jones
This is not a one-off. Rand Paul is a frequent guest on Alex Jones’s lunatic show: Question: why isn’t the “liberal” media examining the candidate’s belief system more thoroughly?
Kulturkampf And Rand Paul
Kudos to Rachel Maddow for recognizing that tea party extremism is essentially leftover reaction to the Sixties. The word she’s looking for — the noun that describes this kind of regressive politics in which history is re-fought, from Texas schoolbook … Continue reading
