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 [...]
Caught this last night on Maddow and it’s pretty striking. The gist – the Arizona immigration law was lobbied by the Arizona for-profit prison industry who stand to profit from the influx of new prisoners.
This is amazing for many reasons – one of which how singularly awful Governor Jan Brewer is. Mostly it shows what [...]
September 26, 2001:
It’s my honor to welcome to the White House my fellow Americans, Arab Americans, Americans who are Muslim by faith, to discuss about the current issues that took place, the aftermath of the incident, and what our country is going to do to make sure that everybody who is an [...]
The id of the Republican base at work:
Meanwhile:
“Jesus hates Muslims,” they screamed at worshippers arriving at the Masjid An-Noor mosque to prepare for the holy week of Ramadan. One protester shoved a placard at a group of young children leaving the mosque. “Murderers,” he shouted.
More – this mosque issue really is a good [...]
Three stories which outline why the political climate is totally fucked.
Glenn Beck’s Incendiary Angst Is Dangerously Close to Having a Body Count
On his Monday radio show, Glenn Beck highlighted claims that before he started targeting a little-known, left-leaning organization called the Tides Foundation on his Fox News TV show, “nobody knew” what the [...]
Why gay rights is one of the most important issues going right now. It’s not just a fight for equality, it’s a fight against fascism:
No different than the many stories like this – Pakistani couple face death by stoning threat after conviction for adultery – or American lynchings.
Yet when you see a video of the [...]