Some time ago I mentioned that there would be an OpEd piece in the New York Times in a couple of days relating recent astroturfing and teabagging activities to a broader, more historical context. Well, the OpEd is out, and as expected, it is quite good.
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Florida Governor Successfully Fends Off Hurricanes with Prayer.
There is a good argument here for closing down government programs for monitoring weather. And volcanoes. And stuff. Lou has all the wonderful amazing details here.
Republican Party Leader Used Pistol to Intimidate Old Man
Teabagger and GOP party chairman Charles McAffee pulled out his piece to intimidate a man who’s home he was photographing. McAffee was photographing the man’s house on behalf of Wells Fargo bank because of a mortgage related problem. When the man came out to find out what was going on it is said that McAffee pointed his magnum at him.
Wells Fargo needs to explain why it has contractors using guns on its customers.
Mr. McAffee has to explain why he felt the need to stick his hand-held cannon in this poor old guy’s face.
The Republican Party needs to explain … oh n ever mind, we know that already….
Hat Tip: Melissa.
The Raw Story has … the story. Raw.
Hannity and Bachmann on Barny Frank
Frank talked down to the audience!!! The previously posted video showing frank slapping down the wackaloon is here.
Note the use of the term “ideology” here. You are also seeing it more and more often in comments on this blog.
Rachel goes over the top cute. About something really bad
You think I was over the top in my comments on Health Care Reform?
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3 Points, Rachel!!!!
Republicans … they’re the ones who are really over the top. In fact, listen to me for a second. If YOU have considered yourself to be a Republican over recent years, it is time for you to step away from the cookie jar. Republicans can no longer be my friends. If you want to remain my friend, step away from the cookie jar. Now.
Ridge Faked Terror Alert To Get Bush Re-Elected
Let me tell you what I think about this:
Ridge was never invited to sit in on National Security Council meetings; was “blindsided” by the FBI in morning Oval Office meetings because the agency withheld critical information from him; found his urgings to block Michael Brown from being named head of the emergency agency blamed for the Hurricane Katrina disaster ignored; and was pushed to raise the security alert on the eve of President Bush’s re-election, something he saw as politically motivated and worth resigning over.
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Health care: Against God’s Plan
The religious right is ramping up its campaign against health care reform, even joining with the “tea party” movement to encourage conservative Christians to swamp town hall meetings. Minnesota’s religious right leaders say that the health care reform package is against God’s plan for health care and that Christians should go to community forums and “read them the riot act.”
Jan Markell of Maple Grove-based Olive Tree Ministries called on her radio listeners to attend congressional town hall meetings in August. “Here’s what you can do, your congressmen and senators are coming home for much of August,” she said on last week’s program. “They are going to have town hall meetings all over the place. You need to go there and give them an earful. The ideal tfhing to do is to go to their town hall and read them the riot act — in Christian love — but read them the riot act on this issue of health care.”
But she implied Rep. Michele Bachmann should be spared…
Uffda. Story here an Minn Indy
Bachmann/Taitz 2012!!!!
Unfortuntaely, Taitz was not born in the US… seriously. I’m not making that up.
Protest guns as symbols of right wing violence
The gun toting at the Obama Talk were organized by a crazy right wing radio talk host. Also, there are links to a major terrorist group.
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I Heart Barney Frank
Barny Frank Schools a Teabagger. Ouch ouch ouch ouch. Ahhhhhh…..
Growing Right Wing/Republican/Libertarian Threats against Obama
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Fueled by Rush Linbaugh, Glen Beck’s babbling, (the voices of the Republican Party), and lobbyists … There really is a measurable increase in the threat of mainly racist violence against Obama. See also this link from ABC news . .. hat tip Doug.
Michele Bachmann will hold “Health Care Town Hall”
I’m calling all my friends, we’re going to get on a bus, we’re going to go to Michele Bachmann’s health care town hall and SCREAM AT HER FOR AN HOUR and make sure no one else can talk. Because THAT’S HOW DEMOCRACY WORKS, BITCHES!!!!
Oh, no, wait, forget it. I read the head line at DMB wrong. It looks like Michele Bachmann is going to have one of those highly controlled events that allow in only her stepford-zombie Bachmann-symps with prepared softball questions. She doesn’t really do the Town Hall thing. Why should she? She’s a Republican. It’s the Democrats that are into Democracy. The Republicans, like those after whom they name themselves, would be happy with a fiddle plaing Caesar.
Michele Bachmann Understands the Economy
NOT!
Obama Town Hall on Health Care
I just watched the last twenty minutes or so of the Obama Town Hall on Health Care. It is verified by the press that the vast majority of people at this town hall were randomly selected. So, if the Teabaggers are for real, some of them should have been at this town hall mouthing off and disrupting the event. But there was no one doing that. The questions being asked were respectfully, though too soft-ball for Obama’s taste. He kept requesting harder questions but they were hard to come by.
There was a Libertarian with a 9mm strapped to his leg sauntering around outside making a total ass of himself. Do people still call themselves libertarians anymore? Or is it just too embarrassing….
Meanwhile Senator Claire McCaskill is trying to hold a town hall meeting right now and the teabaggers are closing in, disrupting the meeting, and making general asses of themselves.
Health Care Protests: Obama Responds
It probably helps that Sarah Palin came out with an over the top statement on her facebook page.
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