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from the always outstanding UPPITYWOMAN : A town hall meeting was held Saturday in Tucson for an ABC news special. Authorities said during that meeting, one of the shooting victims, J. Eric Fuller, took exception to comments made by two speakers. Deputies said at some point, Fuller took a photo of Tucson Tea Party spokesman Trent Humphries and told him, “You’re dead.” Fuller was escorted out of the room and could be charged with disorderly conduct. Doctors were examining Fuller Saturday afternoon. Oh look! A left wing loon acting a lot like right wing loons. That never happens, does it? You can find J. Eric Fuller at Hypnothoughts.com . No kidding. You can’t make this shit up. From his profile: “Kindred spirits and an opportunity to advocate my personal agenda promoting social justice and common sense.” “I use extraordinary persuasive charisma to interest blase, apathetic, oblivious and at times hostile voters to listen to the voice of justice and consanguinity. My ex...

By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy Once again, revising history, and having their baseless meme become the theme of the week. That would be the Left, beginning with “Heckuva Job” Sheriff Dupnik, who kicked off the “report” of the shootout in Tucson as being the result of rhetoric. Oh, yes, you may not know this, but President Obama called Sheriff Dupnik to thank him. I just bet he did, since Sheriff Dupnik got the ball rolling blaming Gov. Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann, and other Conservatives, for this heinous crime. There continues to be no evidence whatsoever that rhetoric had anything to do with this – in fact, quite the opposite. Surprisingly, though, some of the bigger media outfits refuse to correct the original unsubstantiated claims against Palin, et. al. I am not kidding. People like George Stephanopoulos refuses to issue a correction . Sadly, pathetically, he is not alone. How about this one: [snip] CNN’s Piers Morgan, who takes over longtime television newsman Larry King’...

Ron Reagan recaps the year in right wing buffoonery, highlghting such buffoons as Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Michael Savage. Listen below: (AUDIO) - The Ron Reagan Show - Air America

In light of the D.C. Holocaust Museum shooting, it seemed appropriate to re-post this one: By Joe Conason If right-wing broadcasters don't want to be blamed when someone murders a person they have demonized repeatedly -- as in the case of George Tiller, the doctor shot dead in his Wichita, Kan., church last Sunday by an anti-abortion zealot -- then they ought to moderate their rhetoric. No doubt they will choose their words more carefully for a while, and they will whine piteously about anyone who calls attention to their screaming extremism. This familiar cycle of shaming and blaming, which often follows incidents like the Tiller killing, may well be pointless. By now, it should be obvious that nothing, not even a murder in a church, will mute the most aggressive and irrational voices in politics and the media, as they attract high ratings and consistent donations. Yet there is one response to this crime that might make a difference in the future. Although an overwhelming majority...

I have never liked Rush Limbaugh or any of the Right Wing Pundits. I don't like pot-stirrers but Rush is the most selfish, bloviating jerk of them all. I am a talk-radio addict, but the sound of this rhino's voices makes me cringe and hit the button on my Sirius reciever faster than Rush swallows Oxycontin. Granted, Obama and Rahm don't thrill me either but it looks like Rush really allow them to put a big steamin' pile right under him and then proceeded to step in it. You can always tell when the Right Wing gets clipped too close because of their over-the-top reaction (I call it "pathological rage"). Thank goodness Rush is a too much of a coward to do this debate for real. By the way, anyone sending any "support the troops" monies to this drug-addicted whale lately? LOL Rush Gets Played by Rahm By Jon Taplin Here is the contest the the DNC is running. You send in a slogan for a "Message to Rush" --the winner will be placed on a billb...

How long before some pathetic ultra right-winger picks this up as proof that they are "better than" others? And that being conservative makes them "better" people? While I don't consider myself a full-blown liberal, I will take reality & truth over "justification" any day. I don't find it o.k. to justify the death of our soldiers in an illegal war any more than visiting prostitutes paid for by lobbyists while preaching family values to be justifiable. The stopwatch won't tick long for the happy kool-aid drinkers. (To my conservative friends, I know most of you are smart enough to 'get' the science here compared with your willfully ignorant bethren.) Conservatives Happier Than Liberals By Jeanna Bryner Individuals with conservative ideologies are happier than liberal-leaners, and new research pinpoints the reason: Conservatives rationalize social and economic inequalities. Regardless of marital status, income or church attendance,...

JUNIOR HIGH POLITICS I have a theory, and at my half-century - it hasn't been proven wrong to me yet. The theory is this: You meet all the "types" of people you are ever going to meet by the time you leave high school. And you just keep meeting them over & over & over again. The names change, the faces change, even the gender changes - but its that same jerk. Even the personality dynamics don't change. You only have to look as far as politics to see it. Unfortunately. ~~~~ Everything I Need to Know About the Regressive Right I Learned In Junior High by David Michael Green Regressive conservatives aren't really so hard to figure out. You just need to know the key. It's junior high. Remember those delightful years of comity and enlightenment, comradeship, maturity and social inclusiveness? Yeah, me neither. For most folks, those junior high years might as well have been a Wes Craven movie, full of Freddies and Jasons and metaphorical (not to mention...

"Teachers' Religious War On Kids Is Everywhere"* Really It Is. Bill Said So...Over...And Over. By Steve Young *Everywhere: How Bill O'Reilly defines the battle when a teacher in Bismark, ND, purporting to push religion is thrown out and a teacher in Santa Ana, CA purporting to push atheism is not. You can tell when the War on Christmas is waning. O'Reilly has put out the warning. All over the country, Christian and conservative kids are being persecuted by secular progressive teachers. "SP teachers are running wild all over America, bullying conservative kids like crazy!" Bill has the tape to prove it. Dr. James Corbett, a high school history teacher in California, was caught on tape calling religion "irrational," accusing conservatives of wanting women to be "pregnant, barefoot, and in the kitchen," and calling Bill and Sean Hannity "liars." He even pronounced Roger Ailes name wrong and said that Ailes had advised President...

THE HANNITY INSANITY Even time I watch Hannity & Colmes I feel like I should take a very hot shower and scrub down with sandpaper. Only Bill O'Reilly makes me feel dirtier. Hannity is an assault on my intellect. Colmes is such a milquetoast, I want to find out if he's a eunuch or just missing an internal skeletal system. For any neocons out there who think Hannity is still sane or even operating on the same planet as the rest of us, read on... On October 31, 2007, Hannity got into a discussion with Colmes about Halloween. Hannity feels that Halloween is a "liberal holiday." Sean's reasoning for Halloween being a liberal holiday? Buckle up - this is gonna make you fall right off your chairs and take you keyboards with you! HANNITY: You know what? I totally agree. I've got two young kids, and I am the food police. And I'm constantly monitoring what they eat. GERALDO RIVERA (Fox News host): And but for your involvement, wouldn't they eat the wo...

The New Right-Wing Smear Machine by CHRISTOPHER HAYES On February 27, 2001, two members of the American Gold Star Mothers, an organization of women who've lost sons or daughters in combat, dropped by the temporary basement offices of the new junior senator from New York, Hillary Clinton. They didn't have an appointment, and the office, which had been up and running for barely a month, was a bit discombobulated. The two women wanted to talk to the senator about a bill pending in the Senate that would provide annuities for the parents of those killed, but they were told that Clinton wasn't in the office and that the relevant staff members were otherwise engaged. The organization later submitted a formal request in writing for a meeting, which Clinton granted, meeting and posing for pictures with four members of the group. But the story doesn't end there. In May of that year, the right-wing website NewsMax, a clearinghouse for innuendo and rumor, ran a short item with the ...

IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM, BE SILENTLY COMPLICIT I have a personal philosophy about people. I have shared it with others, hoping they would argue with me and tell me I was incorrect. So far history, humanity and my friends have done neither. They all tell me I am right on. What is it? : You meet the 10 basic personality types you are ever going to meet by the time you graduate high school. You just keep meeting them over & over & over & over again. Sometimes they are older, a different sex, different race or religion... but at their core - its those same 10 idiots. Ad infinitum. There are those on both sides of the aisle who sweep ALL Republicans, ALL Democrats, ALL Liberals, etc into the same basket. Pundit-punching groups with a sweep of the keyboard. Intellectual midgets at work! When will the radical right wing give up with using the MSM to flip off the rest of us? Giving liberals the Bronx cheer with "the surge is working" mantra not far behind?...