Monthly Archives: June 2010
Beating The Dead Horse Of Right-Wing Racism
I’m sure by this point that most people who are political types have already formed an opinion of the matter of tea party racism and to the larger issue: if the Republican political strategy includes pandering to racist Americans. I … Continue reading
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They’re Not Cleaning It Up, They’re Covering It Up
Kindra Arnesen is not the only one appalled at this sham of a clean-up effort and the corporate whitewash media-blackout over the level of sheer disaster currently ravaging America at the hands of BP and Transocean. Arnesen does not even … Continue reading
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Filed under Business, Environment, Government, Internet, Life, Local Issues, National Issues, News & Politics
“Write About What You Know”
“Write about what you know.“ I’m sure we have all heard this saying. Well one thing I know is that multi-tabbed browsing has forever turned my accessing of the Internet to constant self-inflicted information-overload. You have your Facebook, you know: … Continue reading
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HuffPo: ‘Cavuto Called An A**hole’
This classic Conservative-Republican bullshit: 1) Insult the speaker. 2) Ignore the issue. 3) Play the ‘moral high ground’ if anyone defends themselves from your insults. Video @ HuffingtonPost. I think Cavuto is an asshole. Most of these conservatives on the … Continue reading
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Shep Smith Cuts Loose On The BP Fanclub At Fox
Judge Andrew Napolitano joined hands with Rep. Joe Barton in a heartfelt defense of the oil industry. Specifically BP by trying to place all blame for the Deepwater Horizon disaster on the government. HuffingtonPost.com: Appearing on Smith’s “Studio B,” Napolitano … Continue reading
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Newsweek: ‘Are Tea Partiers Racist?’
The University of Washington Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race & Sexuality just completed a new survey regarding the ‘tea party.’ Newsweek.com: Ever since the Tea Party phenomenon gathered steam last spring, it has been plagued by charges of … Continue reading
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Filed under Internet, National Issues, News & Politics, Obama, Opinion
How to argue like a white racist (via Abagond)
I see every single one of these tactics used by conservatives daily while online. Here in one place is the list of the most common arguments that white racists use on this blog, listed roughly from the most common to … Continue reading
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Facebook Agrees On The Desire To “Dislike”
This week Facebook introduced a new feature that allows users to “Like” the comments of other users. My sarcastic comment that someone “Liked” was: “Now I will finally get the recognition I deserve!” But you can’t retool Facebook without running … Continue reading
ElPasoTimes: ’15-Year-Old Shot And Killed By Border Patrol’
While we hear about everything from a teen sailor lost on a boat for a few hours to a cop in Seattle punching a teenager in the face on camera there was a story only a rare bunch of news … Continue reading
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Filed under Government, International Issues, Internet, National Issues, News & Politics, Opinion
Hardball: ‘Rise of the New Right’
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Chris Matthews of MSNBC has aired his political documentary covering the trend of radical right-wing extremism taking hold in the U.S. I think it worth the watch. “Political … Continue reading
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SB1070 For Dummies & Hayward Hung By The Toes
This YouTube video from 4409 “Wake Up America” Productions is what people really need to understand about ‘that law’ that everyone is talking about when not picturing BP exec Tony Hayward in some contraption from one of the Saw movies. … Continue reading
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Arizona Protest Images & Immigration Cartoons
Protests were held in Tucson, and Phoenix, Arizona against the racial profiling law (known as “AZ SB 1070″ which is the acronym of Arizona Senate Bill 1070) that was vomited up thanks to the incompetent Governor Jan Brewer and the … Continue reading
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Eric Lightborn
