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Mancow on Waterboarding : ‘I Would Have Said Anything to Make it Stop’
Mancow on Olbermann. Below, waterboard denier Sean Hannity. Photo by Douglas C. Pizac / AP.Mancow: Hannity called me after I was waterboarded and said, ‘It’s still not Torture’ By Satyam Khanna / May 27, 2009 With Keith Olbermann Video. Last … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservative Media, Keith Olbermann, Right Wing, Sean Hannity, Talk Radio, Torture, Waterboarding
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The Right Wing Vision of the Future
I received this unsolicited from someone identified as Linda Hunnicutt. I thought it suitable to share because it is such a fear-filled (and racist) image that the right insists on painting. Some of the statements are truly remarkable. Richard Jehn … Continue reading
Conspiracism, Right Wing Populism and Alex Jones
Art by Andy B. Clarkson / Kenny’s Sideshow The following column by John Zorabedian on the mushrooming and quite frightening growth of “conspiracism” was passed along to us by Carl Davidson. It was first published on Examiner.com on April 11, … Continue reading
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Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Populism, Racism, Right Wing, Right Wing Media, Talk Radio
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The Radical Right: Alive, Well, and Wanting to March on Washington in Protest … of Something
Ohio Militia Calls for Armed March on WashingtonBy David Holthouse / April 24, 2009 The self-identified leader of the Ohio Militia, a conspiracy-minded “Patriot” group, released a video [above] earlier this week calling for 1 million heavily armed antigovernment demonstrators … Continue reading
Fighting the Unions : Card Check, FDR, and Right-Wing History
Anti-union cartoon from the National Association of Manufacturers Collection, Hagley Museum & Library, published in Z Magazine. The anti-labor campaign is a component of the broader strategy by the Republican Party and frenetic conservative commentators to paint a picture in … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, FDR, Free Choice Act, Labor Unions, Obama Administration, Right Wing
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Dr. Stephen R. Keister : Health Care Reform, Tea Baggers and the Politics of Fear
Sign from “Tax Revolt Tea-Toss,” on April 3 in Longport, Long Island, NY. Photo from VigilantSquirrelBrigade. There were older folks, no doubt on Social Security and Medicare, carrying signs reading, ‘Send the Socialists to Europe.’ There were working folks, no … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. Stephen R. Keister, Hate Groups, Health Care Reform, Right Wing, Tax Protests, Universal Health Care
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Feds Warn Cops : Watch Out for Right Wing Hate
Klan cross burning. Could the fire next time be sooner than we think? Homeland Security has issued an alarming report — alarming, at least, to those who haven’t been paying attention — that warns of further substantial growth in already … Continue reading
Republicans’ New Line : Obama a Dangerous Polarizer
Republicans dig up Newt Gingrich playbook: Turning back the clock. Now that Obama has been in office over seventy days, the second phase of the strategy has been unveiled as Republicans across the board suggest that he is a divider … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Obama Administration, Republican Party, Right Wing
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Yowling Conservatives : Preferring to Defy Definition?
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. Stuck in a time warp of denial and obstinacy, it seems that conservatives today continue to thrash about as harsh reality bangs hard against their deep seated belief in some sort of … Continue reading
Binyamin Netanyahu: An Unfortunate Choice
Netanyahu: Train Wreck for Israel, Middle East;Looming Disaster for United StatesBy Juan Cole / February 21, 2009 The selection of rightwing expansionist Binyamin Netanyahu to form the next Israeli government is being greeted with dismay by the Egyptian government, which … Continue reading
A Hole in Their Argument? : Krispy Kreme’s Pro-Abortion Donuts
Jesus would undoubtedly want you to go out right now and buy a dozen donuts to support choice and abortion rights, so what are you waiting for? By Mariann Wizard / The Rag Blog / January 20, 2009 Just in … Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion Rights, Nutrition, Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, Right Wing
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Coulterman : Spandex Annie Eats Her Dates
Ms. Coulterman has never married and her housekeeper reportedly was kept employed mainly to sweep up the dried husks of dessicated paramours who mysteriously died after their first date with the self-promoting madwoman. By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
