Category Archives: The Teabag Terror

Morning Awful: Authoritarian Libertarianism

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Authoritarian Libertarianism”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail In a long, but excellent essay at Salon.com, former Republican Mike Lofgren opens up about the GOP’s deep capture to belief systems and immunity to facts. The whole thing is worth reading, but … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Allen West’s SSI Sermon

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Allen West’s SSI Sermon”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailNow that Thaddeus McCotter is no longer in Congress, Allen West (FL) is in a race with Joe Walsh (IL) to claim the mantle of looniest teapublican. He went on FOX Noise … Continue reading →

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Racial Politics

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Emilia1956

Share the post “Racial Politics”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBecause that’s really what this is all about.

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Wingnut Wind Power Wankery is Not About Free Markets

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Wingnut Wind Power Wankery is Not About Free Markets”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Last week at the Guardian, Suzanne Goldenberg reported on an emerging right wing effort to attack the wind energy sector. ALEC, Americans For Prosperity, and a newer outfit … Continue reading →

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Arizona Drinks Fluoride-Free Kool-Aid

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Arizona Drinks Fluoride-Free Kool-Aid”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail A radical fringe conspiracy theory has become Arizona state law: “Agenda 21″ is the new FEMA death camps. Tinfoil hat, Glenn Beck-addled Republicans are in charge of an American state legislature; before they’re … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilization, John Birch Society, Kulturkampf, nontroversy, Republican tinfoil hattery, The Paranoid Universe, The Teabag Terror, Transportation | 2 Comments

Morning Awful: Teabagging Asshat is Totally Not Racist

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Teabagging Asshat is Totally Not Racist”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailPresented without commentary. Via Winningateverything

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The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail “Conservatism is alive and well in Missouri and Minnesota,” Santorum crowed, at a rally in St. Charles, Mo. “Tonight was a victory for the voices of our party, … Continue reading →

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Juan Williams Wakes the Hell Up

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Juan Williams Wakes the Hell Up”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Commentator Juan Williams was serving two masters: FOX Noise, which has no standards, and NPR, which has high standards. He couldn’t serve both masters to the full satisfaction of either. Now … Continue reading →

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Morning Awful: Allen West Says I’m Next

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Allen West Says I’m Next”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailCongressman 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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Authoritarianism, Morning Awful, The Teabag Terror | Tagged allen west | 2 Comments

This Is What We’re Up Against

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Emilia1956

Share the post “This Is What We’re Up Against”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBy Emilia 1956 Watch, listen and learn:- This woman will vote, peeps. She will vote for the Republican Party. She’s a Teabagger, but, you know, if Mitt Romney – the man whom … Continue reading →

Posted in Kulturkampf, Obama Derangement Syndrome, The Teabag Terror | Tagged 2012 Elections | 2 Comments

Morning Awful: Bombing the Occupation

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Bombing the Occupation”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Remember the guns at tea parties? Remember all variety of treasonous birther nonsense? Ancient history, I know, but I’ve been trying and failing to remember a time when tea parties had to … Continue reading →

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