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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: Teabag Terror
Here He Comes To Do Jack Shiiiiiiiit
Underwear on the outside? You’re just lucky he remembered to do the fly up. Magic Love Hose is not a professional politician. You can trust him because of in spite of that. He has a website and a Twitter and … 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
Mark Williams Crawls Out From Under His Rock
I first became aware of Mark Williams when he performed with the Tea Party Express at Tranquility Base in Huntsville. A few weeks later, Williams disgraced himself with a racist blog post and resigned from TPE; but the rock he … Continue reading
Tim Profitt’s Lame Excuse
Tim Profitt, the man who stomped on MoveOn.org activist Lauren Valle’s head, says he didn’t mean to do it and blames his disability. Regular readers know that I have severe lumbar damage that causes me agonizing bouts of pain on … Continue reading
Morning Awful: Voter Intimidation
What actual, real, not imaginary voter intimidation looks like: RALEIGH — Republican poll observers who say they’re trying to root out fraud have aggressively approached voters and elections officials inside early voting sites, questioned established voting law and drawn at … Continue reading
Tea Party Pyramid
The relationship between right-wing politics and network marketing finally gets some attention from Mother Jones: “Herbalife has virtually no customers and is not really in the direct selling business,” explains Robert FitzPatrick, an expert in pyramid schemes who was a witness … Continue reading
Pass The Popcorn
In April of 2009, FOX News and the Republican Party both fed the flames of a new political movement. At the time, I warned: Like a mad scientist’s creation run amok, the beast that Dick Armey and his corporate sponsors … Continue reading
Dear Wingnuts: It’s On You Now
Newt Gingrich, Pamela Geller, and the rest of the Islamophobes need to get together with the Taliban and al-Qaeda and get their gang war on clash of civilizations over with. From the gray lady: Evan F. Kohlmann, who tracks militant … Continue reading
Maine Tea Party Over? Never!
The Maine Patriots, 300 strong, are revolting. So what else is new? Like most right-wing movements, this one has gone fissiparous: I was cornered in the parking lot by 10+ people and told that bad things would happen to me … Continue reading
Bob Cesca Is My Hero
for making videos like this Alice-in-Wonderland sketch of the tea party: This blog has been a visual record of the rabbit-hole.
It’s Not About Race Except When It Is
A poll from Washington State (.PDF) finds that 74% of tea party protesters agree with the following statement: While equal opportunity for blacks and minorities to succeed is important, it’s not really the government’s job to guarantee it. But it’s … Continue reading
