This is important, because the charge of “socialism” is the most brain-damaged thing leveled by the right.
Mitt Romney says U.S. is “only inches away from ceasing to be a free market economy.”
The U.S. ranked ninth out of 179 nations on the list, with a score that placed it near the top of the [...]

A reminder about what Ron Paul has said about religion:
The Founding Fathers envisioned a robustly Christian yet religiously tolerant America, with churches serving as vital institutions that would eclipse the state in importance.
It’s all a big fucking mess. Two untenable ideas going at it – fundamentalist free marketers vs. fundamentalist Christians, both with corrupt interpretations [...]

This is from Forbes:
Perhaps lost in the Wisconsin shuffle is the story of what exactly is happening in Michigan. Newly elected Republican governor, Rick Snyder, is set to pass one of the most sweeping, anti-democratic pieces of legislation in the country – and almost no one is talking about it.
Snyder’s law gives the state government [...]

This video went viral last week, but the discussion on Dangerous Minds is some very great reading.

Centers around a hard-right fanatic, who turns out is a fan of Robert Anton Wilson, which is baffling to every degree.  He also decries “stealth jihadis” based on limited information but doesn’t seem to care whatsoever about fanatical Christians [...]

Jim O’Rourke (and Ivor Cutler) sang, “Women of the world take over, cause if you don’t the world will come to an end, and it won’t take long.” Yeah, well, maybe not these women:

Terrifying propaganda – beginning with Michelle Bachmann looking thoughtful and reasoned, instead of footage of her claiming people are going to [...]

It occurs to me with the post of Tea Party misfits that I’m making a similar argument that I sometimes despise about things like self-publishing or UFOs.  Argument goes: because some self-published books are piss-poor, then all self-published books are piss-poor.  With UFOs – because there’s so much ridiculous speculation and outright lying in the [...]

Such a surprise – extremism breeds extremism.  The inevitable happened:
All this controversy and vitriol are not only encouraged; they’re welcomed. Extremists and radical clerics posted a stream of “I told you so” messages: After years of telling followers that Islam was under attack by the West, the harsh reaction to a simple [...]

A man is sicked on by a mob for having dark skin and a Muslim-looking hat.  In reality, he’s a Ground Zero construction worker.  And perfectly exemplifies where the slippery slope of “mosques=bad” can go.

Though I disagree with the non-regulation of corporations of libertarianism, Ron Paul is very good on the anti-war effort.  He says,
If [...]

This is how fucked up the media is. I watched five minutes of the John King show on CNN about the poll saying 1 in 5 people think Obama’s a Muslim. John King asked, “Is this a problem for Obama?” Paul Begala answered, “This is because of right wing networks like Fox.” [...]

The Ground Zero mosque is a terrorist command center that apparently is OK to build a few blocks further north.  Also dismantles many conspiracy theories, which suggest if two people are in the same room together, they’re obviously plotting and/or think identically. The 2nd Amendment argument should make right wing heads explode.

The Daily Show [...]