James Lee: When Crazy Goes Wrong

One of the demands from the Discovery Channel Gunman:

Programs must be developed to find solutions to stopping ALL immigration pollution and the anchor baby filth that follows that. Find solutions to stopping it.

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This guy was definitely nuts. And although some of his causes were left-leaning, I don't think he got his encouragement to be violent from the liberal mainstream. Getting out your gun and "taking aim" at your opponent are all part of the current Conservative and Tea Bag message.

So while his craziness seems non-partisan, his violence-as-solution is very much is step with the call to arms messaging from the Right. Jusssayin'.

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Serial Iraq Misinformers Find Home At Fox

During the run-up to the Iraq war, some of the worst purveyors of misinformation about Iraq had a home at Fox News, and their ranks have swelled considerably since then. Media Matters takes a look at the track record of wrong predictions and shoddy analysis about the war in Iraq by many of Fox News' contributors and analysts.

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Karl Rove, Dick Morris, William Kristol, Newt Gingrich, Fred Barnes, Stephen F. Hayes, Charles Krauthammer, Judith Miller, and John Bolton are all willfully and pathologically distorting information to serve a premeditated storyline.

Fox has written the script, and these are the actors playing their roles.

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Squeezing the Middle Class and Getting Away With It

"So why, then, is the middle class mad at the poor rather than the rich? This is an ironic side effect of the American Dream. Poll after poll, generation after generation, has shown the same thing: most Americans imagine themselves getting rich one day, not poor. They are far more worried about protecting their potential future wealth than worrying about their declining current condition—much less about becoming poor. In addition, Americans have an innate sense that rich people earned it—they did the work, they had the ideas, they should keep the money. This is, of course, sometimes true, but vast amounts of the wealth in the US is inherited by people who did nothing to earn it. The idle rich abound, and are really, really idle."

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The Middle Class has to come to grips that the "American Dream" does not always have them becoming millionaires. The real Dream is living in a great society that allows all to pursue happiness. And for that happiness to take place, we all play our part. We don't pass the buck onto the next generations.

The Middle Class can't let identity politics divide them into groups of "us" and "them". United we stand, divided we fall.

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Apathy Is The Enemy

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Democracy is not a spectator sport.

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10.10.10 Restoring Truthiness With Stephen Colbert

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Be sure to follow @ColbertRally

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I Long For Debates Like This

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Congressman Alan Grayson confronted by a sharp Tea Party protester. No snarky sarcasm, this is a great conversation. We need more of this.

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David Cross On Conservatives

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David Cross' take on "white fright".

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Billionaires Push GOP Populism

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The rich want to dismantle the social programs for the less fortunate and cut taxes for themselves. At what point does the Tea Bagger making $40,000 realize he is not in their tax bracket and is getting shafted?

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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer Loses Her Mind

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The bar is set so low for Republicans these days. Just say Obamacare, Federal Government, a few other rambling sentences are you're in.

Her opening statement was sheer Palin-esque word salad

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Manufacturing Survey Spikes Wall Street

Manufacturing reports that showed growth in the United States and China helped propel stocks on Wednesday, providing an upbeat start to a new month.

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America is ready. Pessimism from the Right can only last so long. It's time for the Democrats and the Left to push through.

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The Republican Iraq Victory Lap Is A Joke

"The record is unambiguous. These misguided ideologues made the worst mistake imaginable, and thousands have died as a consequence of their ignorance, incompetence, and hubris. They launched a war for reasons that weren't true, and then screwed up the aftermath in ways that were hard to even imagine. This wasn't some minor misjudgment -- the Republican failures in Iraq carry the kind of human, economic, diplomatic, and security costs that are so severe, they're hard to even calculate."

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Watch this Maddow clip to refresh just how bogus everything Bush did in bringing America into war.

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Loyal Bushies like Stephen Hadley, Doug Feith, Paul Wolfowitz, John Bolton, and Ari Fleischer are all over the media trying to convince America that false intel, lies about bomb/poison gas/WMD facilities, massive civilian deaths, failed foreign policies, prisoner abuse scandals, torture usage approval and trillions wasted somehow equals a victory.

Their credibility is absolutely non-existent.

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EARTH TO REPUBLICANS

EARTH TO REPUBLICANS

nickoftime:

YOU CAN’T CLAIM CREDIT FOR VICTORY IN IRAQ TWICE!

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The Truclent And Bullying

"The word ‘appeasement’ is not popular, but appeasement has its place in all policy. Make sure you put it in the right place. Appease the weak, defy the strong.”

Churchill argued that “appeasement from strength is magnanimous and noble and might be the surest and perhaps the only path to world peace.”

And he remarked on the painful irony: “When nations or individuals get strong they are often truculent and bullying, but when they are weak they become better-mannered. But this is the reverse of what is healthy and wise."

- Winston Churchill in 1950

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Watch this clip from 2008. Intellectual dishonesty from the Right in it's pure form.

The least intellectual and least inquisitive are the easiest to radicalize. They believe the propaganda the quickest. No objectivity. No research.

Just like the host in the video clip, he makes a disparaging statement and has no understanding of its meaning. It's mental candy floss and the GOP has a massive sweet tooth for it.

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Hard To Argue With The Boob Tube

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United States Of Amnesia.

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How Does Jesus The Advocate Of The Poor And Sick Have Relevance To The Right?

"If you wish to be perfect, sell all you have, and you will have treasure in heaven, and follow me." - Jesus, Gospel of Mark

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Jesus was a massive advocate of the poor and the sick. Spent his time on Earth as Son of God telling his followers such behavior will be rewarded.

Now you have corrosive conservative leaders like Glenn Beck pushing the notion that working and advocating on behalf of the poor and sick are anti-American values, at the same time, claiming Christianity to be restored as the moral compass.

Sadly, Beck's followers see no illogic with the position. Acquire wealth, fuck the poor. Just do exactly the opposite of what Jesus said, and, in his name. Unreal.

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Compare The Lives Of King And Beck

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