Conservative are all in a twitchy rage that Jared Loughner became disgruntled with Gabby Giffords back in 2007 - before Palin and before the Tea Baggers.
Well, then why didn't he take after her then?
Seriously, what has transpired in the past 3+ years that would have amplified his already apparent rage?
- The rise of people like Palin and Beck who continually stoke the fires of anti-government sentiment
- The creation of the Tea Baggers ( funded/promoted in virtually exclusive fashion by conservative, corporate interests in order to stoke the aforementioned anti-government sentiment )
- Arizona becomes hot-bed of conservative rage in reference to immigration
- Fox"News" perpetuates specious claims about Democratic officials on a daily basis
- Conservative talk radio returns to Clinton era narratives and cranks up the volume to 11.
All this BEFORE the creation of Loughner's YouTube clips on a page that was created less than four months ago.
Is anyone else not noticing this or even talking about this?
This notion that recent events within the American socio-political landscape had nothing to do with Loughner's actions don't mesh with reality in the least.
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Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Shark, You Have Been Jumped - Again
I would say that this is shocking, unheard of, or even unexpected - but it is Limbaugh we are talking about.
Talk about someone completely missing the point.
Have you heard anyone on the left call Lougher a victim, claim he should get a lesser sentence, or even say that "America" is to blame? The only person I heard those claims come from was Rush.
While highlighting Sarah Palin as the "figurehead" of all violent Right-Wing rhetoric isn't exactly productive, this tirade from Limbaugh makes that look small time and easily ignorable.
But, the damage is done, and now a majority of conservatives in America are going to go to work, school, church, Wal-Mart, or anywhere they can find someone to listen that Democrats are prepared to give Jared Loughner a lesser sentence simply because Rush Limbaugh said so.
Typical.
Talk about someone completely missing the point.
Have you heard anyone on the left call Lougher a victim, claim he should get a lesser sentence, or even say that "America" is to blame? The only person I heard those claims come from was Rush.
While highlighting Sarah Palin as the "figurehead" of all violent Right-Wing rhetoric isn't exactly productive, this tirade from Limbaugh makes that look small time and easily ignorable.
But, the damage is done, and now a majority of conservatives in America are going to go to work, school, church, Wal-Mart, or anywhere they can find someone to listen that Democrats are prepared to give Jared Loughner a lesser sentence simply because Rush Limbaugh said so.
Typical.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Predictable: Bristol Vs. Keith
In which Sarah Palin's drunk stalker - John Zeigler - has Bristol Palin on his show to take predictable and sophomoric jabs at Keith Olbermann after Bristol made the top of his WPITW segment.
Bristol's response began within the warm confines of conservative talk radio.
But Bristol's ghostwriter - the same one who does Mama Palin's posts perhaps? - took to Facebook to try and turn hypocrisy into conservative gold:
I seriously doubt that Bristol would use the word "canard" in her everyday conversational walk, but that's another point for another day.
While Zeigler and his co-host attempt to deflect from Bristol's very real and unblushing hypocrisy by claiming that Olbermann is the real hypocrite because of his private donations prior to the 2010 Midterm elections, they ultimately relied on the "people do this all the time" meme.
Here's where they are, and continue to be, on the wrong side of the issue.
Every time I see some half-cooked PSA about how you shouldn't do "insert problematic issue of the moment" from someone who has been partaking in that "issue" for years, it is nothing more than a "so as I say, not as I do" set of talking points. Personally, I think that last thing that Bristol should be doing is talking about how you shouldn't have sex before marriage - just as I still think that last thing that "recovering alcoholics" - like Glenn Beck for example - should do is talk about how no one should drink. This is hypocrisy in it's purest form. Period.
But Bristol and her ever drooling fans are going to lap up everything she says and does. And to think that people like her and her mother are actually shaping corners of American culture in their image is truly a frightening thing indeed.
Exit observation: I don't really agree with Olbermann's use of the "Bush kept us safe from 9/11" comparison, as it really doesn't do anything but provide ammunition for people like Zeigler, Palin and her ghostwriting staff, and conservatives that like to think they are just like her. Was Keith using it in an absurdist way? One can only assume, but that still doesn't make it any more palatable.
Bristol's response began within the warm confines of conservative talk radio.
But Bristol's ghostwriter - the same one who does Mama Palin's posts perhaps? - took to Facebook to try and turn hypocrisy into conservative gold:
Accusing me of hypocrisy is by now, an old canard. What Mr. Olbermann lacks in originality he makes up for with insincere incredulity. Mr. Olbermann fails to understand that in order to have credibility as a spokesperson, it sometimes takes a person who has made mistakes. Parents warn their children about the mistakes they made so they are not repeated. Former gang members travel to schools to educate teenagers about the risks of gang life. Recovered addicts lecture to others about the risks of alcohol and drug abuse. And yes, a teen mother talks about the benefits of preventing teen pregnancy.
I have never claimed to be perfect. If that makes me the "worst person in the world" to Mr. Olbermann, then I must apologize for not being absolutely faultless like he undoubtedly must be.
To Mr. Olbermann let me say this: you can attack me all you want. But you will not stop me from getting my message out about teen pregnancy prevention. And one day, if you ever have a daughter, you may change your mind about me.
I seriously doubt that Bristol would use the word "canard" in her everyday conversational walk, but that's another point for another day.
While Zeigler and his co-host attempt to deflect from Bristol's very real and unblushing hypocrisy by claiming that Olbermann is the real hypocrite because of his private donations prior to the 2010 Midterm elections, they ultimately relied on the "people do this all the time" meme.
Here's where they are, and continue to be, on the wrong side of the issue.
Every time I see some half-cooked PSA about how you shouldn't do "insert problematic issue of the moment" from someone who has been partaking in that "issue" for years, it is nothing more than a "so as I say, not as I do" set of talking points. Personally, I think that last thing that Bristol should be doing is talking about how you shouldn't have sex before marriage - just as I still think that last thing that "recovering alcoholics" - like Glenn Beck for example - should do is talk about how no one should drink. This is hypocrisy in it's purest form. Period.
But Bristol and her ever drooling fans are going to lap up everything she says and does. And to think that people like her and her mother are actually shaping corners of American culture in their image is truly a frightening thing indeed.
Exit observation: I don't really agree with Olbermann's use of the "Bush kept us safe from 9/11" comparison, as it really doesn't do anything but provide ammunition for people like Zeigler, Palin and her ghostwriting staff, and conservatives that like to think they are just like her. Was Keith using it in an absurdist way? One can only assume, but that still doesn't make it any more palatable.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Careful With That Ax, Rush
( with great apologies to Pink Floyd )
Does Rush really want to go down this road?
Seriously, Rush should realize that when you have your index finder pointed at someone that you've got three others pointed right at you.
So, what has Rush "dabbled" in?
Well, he's done more than "dabble" in drug abuse, and one has to wonder if he's "dabbled" in "sex travel". After all, he was caught with Viagra ( obtained illegally ) and his precious Oxycontin after returning from a trip to the Dominican Republic - a known destination for "sex tourism".
Does Rush really want to go down this road?
Seriously, Rush should realize that when you have your index finder pointed at someone that you've got three others pointed right at you.
So, what has Rush "dabbled" in?
Well, he's done more than "dabble" in drug abuse, and one has to wonder if he's "dabbled" in "sex travel". After all, he was caught with Viagra ( obtained illegally ) and his precious Oxycontin after returning from a trip to the Dominican Republic - a known destination for "sex tourism".
Thursday, September 9, 2010
What Rush Is Really Doing
While Media Matters highlights Limbaugh's predictable fear mongering in the tag line to the clip, there's something that they miss all together.
For starters, Limbaugh - right off the bat - calls the building of Park 51 a "trumped up story". From the conservative point of view, he's completely right, but he seems to forget that statement one moment later when he started calling it a "recruitment center".
But the oddity of Rush's statements don't end there, as he is claiming that Rev. Terry Jones' intent to burn the Koran on Sept. 11th isn't something we should worry about, as it's "silly" and "not worth the energy", even though conservative websites that continually go to bat for Limbaugh have been covering this quite literally 24/7.
And while Limbaugh claims to be "manipulated" into reporting on this story - you know, how Park51 has no money and how a blatant conservative is going to burn a Muslim holy book in order to prove some kind of point - he dives headlong into the theory that Park51 is going to be a recruiting center for terrorists.
The cognitive dissonance of this man should really be studied by modern neuro-surgeons.
For starters, Limbaugh - right off the bat - calls the building of Park 51 a "trumped up story". From the conservative point of view, he's completely right, but he seems to forget that statement one moment later when he started calling it a "recruitment center".
But the oddity of Rush's statements don't end there, as he is claiming that Rev. Terry Jones' intent to burn the Koran on Sept. 11th isn't something we should worry about, as it's "silly" and "not worth the energy", even though conservative websites that continually go to bat for Limbaugh have been covering this quite literally 24/7.
And while Limbaugh claims to be "manipulated" into reporting on this story - you know, how Park51 has no money and how a blatant conservative is going to burn a Muslim holy book in order to prove some kind of point - he dives headlong into the theory that Park51 is going to be a recruiting center for terrorists.
The cognitive dissonance of this man should really be studied by modern neuro-surgeons.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Religious Fire
Talk about false equivalencies.
I'm not entirely sure what the caller's point ( if in fact he had one to begin with ) was regarding communications between members of the American military on active duty and "media", but it came off as yet another example of "be quite unless you are going to tell me something I actually want to hear".
And comparing Petraeus' valid concerns that the actions of the ironically named The Dove World Church would hamper efforts in Afghanistan to McCrystal's nurturing of an atmosphere of insubordination towards the Obama administration have nothing in common.
UPDATE
The Hill reports that NATO Sec. Gen. Rasmussen sides with Petraeus on this one:
And while The Constitution allows for freedom of speech, assembly, and religion, there is one thing that fringe conservative zealots like Terry Jones are all to eager to ignore is that those freedoms don't come without potential consequences.
I'm not entirely sure what the caller's point ( if in fact he had one to begin with ) was regarding communications between members of the American military on active duty and "media", but it came off as yet another example of "be quite unless you are going to tell me something I actually want to hear".
And comparing Petraeus' valid concerns that the actions of the ironically named The Dove World Church would hamper efforts in Afghanistan to McCrystal's nurturing of an atmosphere of insubordination towards the Obama administration have nothing in common.
UPDATE
The Hill reports that NATO Sec. Gen. Rasmussen sides with Petraeus on this one:
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Tuesday said he “strongly” condemns the planned burning of Qurans on Sept. 11 by a small Florida church.
Rasmussen said such actions could have a “negative impact" on the security of the NATO troops fighting in Afghanistan.
Terry Jones, the pastor of the 50-member Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., has said he will burn copies of the Quran, Islam’s holy book, to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
“I think it’s a disrespectful action and in general I really urge people to respect other people’s faith and behave respectfully,” Rasmussen told reporters in Washington, ahead of a meeting with President Obama. “I think such actions are in a strong contradiction of all the values we stand for and fight for.”
And while The Constitution allows for freedom of speech, assembly, and religion, there is one thing that fringe conservative zealots like Terry Jones are all to eager to ignore is that those freedoms don't come without potential consequences.
The Pee-Wee Herman Defense : Pt. 648
Conservatives love to use the "I know you are, but what am I" approach to socio-political debate, so it's not a surprise to me to read a laughably predictable piece over at NewsBusters that insist that conservative talk radio isn't full of hate - it's liberal talk radio that's the real villain.
So places like Media Matters, Think Progress, and Crooks And Liars, or Daily Kos have no audio or video of conservatives being - well - conservatives? Apparently the fine folks at the Media Research Center don't know much about media or research.
Let's take a look at some of these 46 "hate-filled" examples.
1 - Ed Schultz
This is all too easy, as Fox"News" let one of their contributors openly and unblushingly wish that Obama be "taken out".
And while Trotta offered a pretty poor apology and clearly knew she had to offer some form of explanation in order to make it seem like Fox"News" was displeased with what she had said. It really wasn't an apology, outside the fact that she used the words "I'm sorry".
2 - Montel Williams
I'm reminded of the fact that conservatives fought tooth and nail against healthcare reform, and also the fact that they had no alternate plan that would remotely come close to what the remainder of Congressional members knew had to be done. And when you are an tasked with representing the people of America - many of whom don't have health insurance or can barely afford the coverage they do have - ignoring the issue is almost as bad as letting people die.
3 - Randi Rhodes
The continued documentation of how ill-informed and outright ignorant the Tea Baggers are is something that conservatives will deny until their last ounce of strength leaves them.
In all the examples listed at the MRC's website, you get the sense that this is more of a personal score to settle with Mike Malloy, as more than half the quotes are from him. But not only that, the MRC knew that they would ultimately have to defend the blatant racism of Rush Limbaugh, so they fall back on the tried and true "out of context" talking point. I noticed that they didn't bother to defend Micheal Savage at all.
But here's the exit question: why would conservatives, who continually espouse the preposterous notion that the higher your audience share the more factually accurate your show is, even be remotely worried about what liberal/progressive radio hosts have to say?
The so-called “news” media have spent much of the past two decades demonizing the rhetoric of conservative radio talk show hosts as mean-spirited, divisive or a menace to civil discourse. But these same journalists — who gleefully castigate Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levin and other conservatives — are silent about the vile and vicious rhetoric that spews from the Left’s leading radio talk show hosts.
Since late 2007, the Media Research Center has collected numerous examples of the outrageousness of left-wing radio hosts. And, unlike the Left — which attempted to smear Rush Limbaugh with phony quotes — readers can find an audio or video of every one of these quotes (46 in all) posted at our Web site: www.MRC.org.
So places like Media Matters, Think Progress, and Crooks And Liars, or Daily Kos have no audio or video of conservatives being - well - conservatives? Apparently the fine folks at the Media Research Center don't know much about media or research.
Let's take a look at some of these 46 "hate-filled" examples.
1 - Ed Schultz
“I really think there are conservative broadcasters in this country who would love to see Obama taken out.” – August 11, 2009.
This is all too easy, as Fox"News" let one of their contributors openly and unblushingly wish that Obama be "taken out".
And while Trotta offered a pretty poor apology and clearly knew she had to offer some form of explanation in order to make it seem like Fox"News" was displeased with what she had said. It really wasn't an apology, outside the fact that she used the words "I'm sorry".
2 - Montel Williams
“If, in fact, the GOP doesn’t like any form of health care reform, what do we do with those 40 to 60 million uninsured?...When they show up in the emergency room, just shoot ‘em! Kill them!...Do we have enough body bags? I don’t know.” – July 21, 2009.
I'm reminded of the fact that conservatives fought tooth and nail against healthcare reform, and also the fact that they had no alternate plan that would remotely come close to what the remainder of Congressional members knew had to be done. And when you are an tasked with representing the people of America - many of whom don't have health insurance or can barely afford the coverage they do have - ignoring the issue is almost as bad as letting people die.
3 - Randi Rhodes
“They just come town to town, and they stand there with their stupid signs screaming and yelling about corporations need to be protected. It’s the sickest movement I’ve ever seen in my life!”
The continued documentation of how ill-informed and outright ignorant the Tea Baggers are is something that conservatives will deny until their last ounce of strength leaves them.
In all the examples listed at the MRC's website, you get the sense that this is more of a personal score to settle with Mike Malloy, as more than half the quotes are from him. But not only that, the MRC knew that they would ultimately have to defend the blatant racism of Rush Limbaugh, so they fall back on the tried and true "out of context" talking point. I noticed that they didn't bother to defend Micheal Savage at all.
But here's the exit question: why would conservatives, who continually espouse the preposterous notion that the higher your audience share the more factually accurate your show is, even be remotely worried about what liberal/progressive radio hosts have to say?
Friday, September 3, 2010
Who's Really Afraid
Skip ahead to right around the 4:00 mark for Palin's description of how she and other conservatives feel they are treated.
I can't help but hear the average conservative responding to this had Obama said it; that's he's "whining". But the irony of Palin's statements of people being "limp" and "impotent" isn't lost on many of us, considering the fact that she almost refuses to leave the carefully orchestrated confines of Fox"News" unless she's getting paid to make some meandering speech for an exclusively conservative audience.
And isn't it reflective of what the modern conservative movement stands for that Palin would opt to use rhetoric that creates the picture that conservatives are "more of a man than you are". Seriously, the school-yard taunts from Palin and her easily lead followers has just about hit rock bottom.
As an aside, there a part of me that really wants Palin to run for President. Not because I know that Fox"News" will be there holding her hand the whole way, but to see if conservatives really are so blinded by their own ignorance to actually vote for her. It would certainly be a very interesting campaign to watch - seeing which conservatives have the "cojones" to stick with Palin all the way to the voting booth.
I can't help but hear the average conservative responding to this had Obama said it; that's he's "whining". But the irony of Palin's statements of people being "limp" and "impotent" isn't lost on many of us, considering the fact that she almost refuses to leave the carefully orchestrated confines of Fox"News" unless she's getting paid to make some meandering speech for an exclusively conservative audience.
And isn't it reflective of what the modern conservative movement stands for that Palin would opt to use rhetoric that creates the picture that conservatives are "more of a man than you are". Seriously, the school-yard taunts from Palin and her easily lead followers has just about hit rock bottom.
As an aside, there a part of me that really wants Palin to run for President. Not because I know that Fox"News" will be there holding her hand the whole way, but to see if conservatives really are so blinded by their own ignorance to actually vote for her. It would certainly be a very interesting campaign to watch - seeing which conservatives have the "cojones" to stick with Palin all the way to the voting booth.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Rating Worship At The Altar Of Beck
The sophomoric taunts and stereotypical "mine's bigger than yours" dribblings of Beck and crew have ceased to become just sad - they are just plain pathetic now.
While it would be far to easy to destroy the notion that because Beck has a larger audience that he must have all the facts, I think it's a far better approach to point out that childish nature of the conservative movement.
All too often, we hear conservatives speaking about their responsibilities, their mature approach to governance, or even that they are more "grown up" than their liberal/progressive counterparts. But when we see and hear people like Beck, Hannity, Limbaugh, and even elected conservative officials do nothing but belching out rhetoric that is sub-par when compared to "your ugly and your mother dresses you funny", one has to wonder what it is that draws so many people to them and accept what they are stating.
I've often stated that people, by nature, often want to feel like they are a part of something. It's that herd mentality that causes people to gravitate to the most popular kids in high school - to do and say and act as they do in the hopes that they will be seen as equals. For anyone to want to be seen as an equal to Glenn Beck should give anyone with higher brain functions pause.
Beck, on virtually a daily basis, is known to throw tantrums, scream and make silly noises to show his "passion" and "love" for America. And while it's sometimes fun to point and laugh at Beck's twitching machinations, there's always the response to his thesis of the moment when people like Olbermann, Maddow, or any non-conservative pundit, anchor, or commentator takes him on. The idea of debating issues on merit is sorely lacking within the conservative realm, as they prefer to act like the spoiled brat in grade school who taunts people to make up for their own inadequacies in life.
Such is the case with the clip above, as it's quite likely that Beck knows he would be on the losing end of the argument had he tried to put up a contradictory position to what Olbermann was stating. And it's funny, since this is allegedly the same position that Beck takes up on a nightly basis - how freedom of religion and honesty in reporting issues at hand should always rule the day in America.
While it would be far to easy to destroy the notion that because Beck has a larger audience that he must have all the facts, I think it's a far better approach to point out that childish nature of the conservative movement.
All too often, we hear conservatives speaking about their responsibilities, their mature approach to governance, or even that they are more "grown up" than their liberal/progressive counterparts. But when we see and hear people like Beck, Hannity, Limbaugh, and even elected conservative officials do nothing but belching out rhetoric that is sub-par when compared to "your ugly and your mother dresses you funny", one has to wonder what it is that draws so many people to them and accept what they are stating.
I've often stated that people, by nature, often want to feel like they are a part of something. It's that herd mentality that causes people to gravitate to the most popular kids in high school - to do and say and act as they do in the hopes that they will be seen as equals. For anyone to want to be seen as an equal to Glenn Beck should give anyone with higher brain functions pause.
Beck, on virtually a daily basis, is known to throw tantrums, scream and make silly noises to show his "passion" and "love" for America. And while it's sometimes fun to point and laugh at Beck's twitching machinations, there's always the response to his thesis of the moment when people like Olbermann, Maddow, or any non-conservative pundit, anchor, or commentator takes him on. The idea of debating issues on merit is sorely lacking within the conservative realm, as they prefer to act like the spoiled brat in grade school who taunts people to make up for their own inadequacies in life.
Such is the case with the clip above, as it's quite likely that Beck knows he would be on the losing end of the argument had he tried to put up a contradictory position to what Olbermann was stating. And it's funny, since this is allegedly the same position that Beck takes up on a nightly basis - how freedom of religion and honesty in reporting issues at hand should always rule the day in America.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
The Same, But Explained
Standard fare from Rush, but I think this should be examined.
Notice how Rush immediately starts his defense of how mouth-agape conservatives are reacting to Cordoba House ( not a mosque by it's strict definition. Also, the name is now Park 51 ) by creating the "what if" narrative that has nothing to do with the form, function, or name of the building. From the jump, Rush has completely contorted the issue from one of freedom of religion to retail. But more on that later.
While Rush's incessant and seemingly amphetamine fueled blatherings about Park 51 are not grounded in reality for one second, it's interesting to note that there is already a Muslim "chapel" at the Pentagon that not one conservative seems to even be remotely bothered with. And this was something that Limbaugh brayed about like a donkey with dysentery. Do these people not do any research?
But more to the point; conservatives like Rush are all too eager to run headlong into that brick wall that is labeled "what if". It's not even partially connected to the issue at hand. It's a tactic that is utilized to distract you from what is really going on. The same can even be said about the name AND the location of Park 51. It's almost 3 blocks from the most northern edge of Ground Zero as well as not even being a mosque.
Keith Olbermann had something to say about this that I think bares repeating.
Possibly the one point that Keith brings up that I think needs to be highlighted is that conservatives are so intellectually lazy when it comes to reporting on issues such as Park 51 - which shouldn't be an issue to begin with. There has been a place of Muslim worship within a comparable distance to what is now known as Grown Zero for longer than I have been alive; even almost as long as people that are up in arms against Park 51 have been alive and yet we have heard nothing from them.
Why is that?
While Rush as attempting to conflate the very real and very honest issue of a big package store pushing the "mom and pop" "small businesses" that he claims to champion out existence, I sat back and listened to this nearly 3 minutes of inane drivel and finally got it.
As much as I have said that conservatives like Rush lack the ability to exercise rational thought, reasoning, even basic query on issues like why Park 51 is going to be located where it is, I have to say that I am wrong. Conservatives do have that ability - they simply choose not to use it. Why? There is only one answer - that they can't be seen as wrong.
When a person like Rush Limbaugh has so much invested in his position, so much drool and heavy breathing put into his false premises, there's no way he's going to pass up the opportunity to make people believe something that simply isn't there. There's no way that he will deny any moment where he can say the building ( that is essentially on par with a YMCA ) is going to be a breeding ground for terrorists.
Does any conservative have the ability to be honest about this?
And this was the guy that helped George W. Bush steal the election away from Al Gore. How's that for a slice of irony?
Notice how Rush immediately starts his defense of how mouth-agape conservatives are reacting to Cordoba House ( not a mosque by it's strict definition. Also, the name is now Park 51 ) by creating the "what if" narrative that has nothing to do with the form, function, or name of the building. From the jump, Rush has completely contorted the issue from one of freedom of religion to retail. But more on that later.
While Rush's incessant and seemingly amphetamine fueled blatherings about Park 51 are not grounded in reality for one second, it's interesting to note that there is already a Muslim "chapel" at the Pentagon that not one conservative seems to even be remotely bothered with. And this was something that Limbaugh brayed about like a donkey with dysentery. Do these people not do any research?
But more to the point; conservatives like Rush are all too eager to run headlong into that brick wall that is labeled "what if". It's not even partially connected to the issue at hand. It's a tactic that is utilized to distract you from what is really going on. The same can even be said about the name AND the location of Park 51. It's almost 3 blocks from the most northern edge of Ground Zero as well as not even being a mosque.
Keith Olbermann had something to say about this that I think bares repeating.
Possibly the one point that Keith brings up that I think needs to be highlighted is that conservatives are so intellectually lazy when it comes to reporting on issues such as Park 51 - which shouldn't be an issue to begin with. There has been a place of Muslim worship within a comparable distance to what is now known as Grown Zero for longer than I have been alive; even almost as long as people that are up in arms against Park 51 have been alive and yet we have heard nothing from them.
Why is that?
While Rush as attempting to conflate the very real and very honest issue of a big package store pushing the "mom and pop" "small businesses" that he claims to champion out existence, I sat back and listened to this nearly 3 minutes of inane drivel and finally got it.
As much as I have said that conservatives like Rush lack the ability to exercise rational thought, reasoning, even basic query on issues like why Park 51 is going to be located where it is, I have to say that I am wrong. Conservatives do have that ability - they simply choose not to use it. Why? There is only one answer - that they can't be seen as wrong.
When a person like Rush Limbaugh has so much invested in his position, so much drool and heavy breathing put into his false premises, there's no way he's going to pass up the opportunity to make people believe something that simply isn't there. There's no way that he will deny any moment where he can say the building ( that is essentially on par with a YMCA ) is going to be a breeding ground for terrorists.
Does any conservative have the ability to be honest about this?
And this was the guy that helped George W. Bush steal the election away from Al Gore. How's that for a slice of irony?
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Invective At It's Worst
No racism here. Nope, none at all.
I'm going to start a pool for those that read this blog. How long is it going to be before Rush just can't hold it back any longer and drops the N-Bomb on the air? 6 months? Next week? Tomorrow?
It's this type of racial animus, this race baiting, that spills out into the far corners of America where certain cross-sections of primarily white communities feel comfortable being totally and unblushingly racist. I used to work with a group of people that saw racism as tradition, as something they shouldn't be ashamed of. And predictably so, these people were "Christians" who could just as easily quote passages from the gospel of Matthew as well as Sarah Palin's latest Facebook posting that someone had to write for her.
Rush Limbaugh has nothing but utter contempt for anyone in the black community that enjoys even a modest amount of power that they have earned because of their hard work. You'll notice that Rush will never laud the accomplishments of a black man or woman that has worked their way through life, paying their dues, earning every cent they have, if they have a voter registration card that has a D listed on it instead of an R. I'm actually of the belief that Rush just simply doesn't like anyone in the black community at all, but that he tolerates them. And there are black men that fill in for Rush when he decides to jet off to some vacation hot spot that the common man he claims to champion will never be able to afford. He let's these men sit in his "seat of power" for a few hours each year to keep up the facade that he isn't a racist. But I, and many others, know better.
This wretched shell of a man is going to slip up sooner or later. The mask is going to slip enough and the remainder of the country that has a doubt will see once and for all that Rush Limbaugh is nothing but a racist in the most purest and unvarnished form. But it likely won't matter, as any statements made by him that reveal his feeling will be chalked up to "satire", or a "clumsy moment". I would imagine that there would be a special episode of Hannity where Rush would be provided supplication and covering fire. Perhaps even a segment on Huckabee where Limbaugh could talk about the "healing power of God".
Rush Limbaugh is not human - not by a long shot.
I'm going to start a pool for those that read this blog. How long is it going to be before Rush just can't hold it back any longer and drops the N-Bomb on the air? 6 months? Next week? Tomorrow?
It's this type of racial animus, this race baiting, that spills out into the far corners of America where certain cross-sections of primarily white communities feel comfortable being totally and unblushingly racist. I used to work with a group of people that saw racism as tradition, as something they shouldn't be ashamed of. And predictably so, these people were "Christians" who could just as easily quote passages from the gospel of Matthew as well as Sarah Palin's latest Facebook posting that someone had to write for her.
Rush Limbaugh has nothing but utter contempt for anyone in the black community that enjoys even a modest amount of power that they have earned because of their hard work. You'll notice that Rush will never laud the accomplishments of a black man or woman that has worked their way through life, paying their dues, earning every cent they have, if they have a voter registration card that has a D listed on it instead of an R. I'm actually of the belief that Rush just simply doesn't like anyone in the black community at all, but that he tolerates them. And there are black men that fill in for Rush when he decides to jet off to some vacation hot spot that the common man he claims to champion will never be able to afford. He let's these men sit in his "seat of power" for a few hours each year to keep up the facade that he isn't a racist. But I, and many others, know better.
This wretched shell of a man is going to slip up sooner or later. The mask is going to slip enough and the remainder of the country that has a doubt will see once and for all that Rush Limbaugh is nothing but a racist in the most purest and unvarnished form. But it likely won't matter, as any statements made by him that reveal his feeling will be chalked up to "satire", or a "clumsy moment". I would imagine that there would be a special episode of Hannity where Rush would be provided supplication and covering fire. Perhaps even a segment on Huckabee where Limbaugh could talk about the "healing power of God".
Rush Limbaugh is not human - not by a long shot.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Irony, Literature, And Talk Radio
This clip is destined to be classic.
So the caller has "returned to the church" partly because of Beck? I'm curious as to what her denomination is. Is she a snake-handling, Holiness, tongue-speaker?
Not only that, but isn't it rather ironic that Beck and this caller are discussing a book that is about a demon writing letters about how to trick their intended audience. Am I calling Beck a demon soldier for Satan? No, but he certainly is a soldier for the modern conservative movement - a group that is out to ensure that there is not only class warfare, but that a portrait of liberals/progressives be painted that depicts a group that is out to push the country forward for everyone and not just a select few that happen to have a few extra zeros to the left of the decimal point in their checking accounts.
While it has been over 20 years since I read Lewis' book in which he uses a fictional character to espouse his own ideological ramblings, I find it rather troublesome that Beck and the caller seem to be taking this work of fiction as fact. This is one of major downfalls of conservative thought - using fictional world as the primary thesis statement of what you are trying to push off as fact.
So the caller has "returned to the church" partly because of Beck? I'm curious as to what her denomination is. Is she a snake-handling, Holiness, tongue-speaker?
Not only that, but isn't it rather ironic that Beck and this caller are discussing a book that is about a demon writing letters about how to trick their intended audience. Am I calling Beck a demon soldier for Satan? No, but he certainly is a soldier for the modern conservative movement - a group that is out to ensure that there is not only class warfare, but that a portrait of liberals/progressives be painted that depicts a group that is out to push the country forward for everyone and not just a select few that happen to have a few extra zeros to the left of the decimal point in their checking accounts.
While it has been over 20 years since I read Lewis' book in which he uses a fictional character to espouse his own ideological ramblings, I find it rather troublesome that Beck and the caller seem to be taking this work of fiction as fact. This is one of major downfalls of conservative thought - using fictional world as the primary thesis statement of what you are trying to push off as fact.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Goodbye "Big Stein"
.....and speaking of the race baiting king.
I listened to NPR's obituary of Steinbrenner this afternoon after work. It wasn't political - save the mention of how he was cited for illegally donating to Nixon's reelection campaign in '74 - but it was honest, compelling, and painted an accurate portrait of a man that was, in my opinion, a legend in baseball.
But, leave it to Rush - the disgraced ESPN sports announcer and failed NFL franchise owner - to turn that loss of a great man into a tool designed to portray blacks as rank losers unless there is a "great, white, savior" out there to help them.
I listened to NPR's obituary of Steinbrenner this afternoon after work. It wasn't political - save the mention of how he was cited for illegally donating to Nixon's reelection campaign in '74 - but it was honest, compelling, and painted an accurate portrait of a man that was, in my opinion, a legend in baseball.
But, leave it to Rush - the disgraced ESPN sports announcer and failed NFL franchise owner - to turn that loss of a great man into a tool designed to portray blacks as rank losers unless there is a "great, white, savior" out there to help them.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Ring The Alarm
And Beck comes again with the war imagery.
I'll skip addressing the amnesty bit, as I'm working on a post specific to that for later today.
Let's say that another Civil War broke out. Are we going to see Beck, Limbaugh, Bachman, and Hannity on the front lines, guns in hand, firing on fellow Americans? Limbaugh avoided Vietnam and I would fully expect Hannity, Bachman, and Beck to surrender if it came down to it.
I'll skip addressing the amnesty bit, as I'm working on a post specific to that for later today.
Let's say that another Civil War broke out. Are we going to see Beck, Limbaugh, Bachman, and Hannity on the front lines, guns in hand, firing on fellow Americans? Limbaugh avoided Vietnam and I would fully expect Hannity, Bachman, and Beck to surrender if it came down to it.
Monday, June 21, 2010
A Call To Arms
Beck is doing his best "gather your armies" schtick here.
A good example of advocating militia violence against liberals/progressives? I would have to say so.
While conservatives have continually insisted that it is those with Democratic leanings that have carried out instances of violence, with specious evidence to support their claims, one has but to look at groups like The Oath Keepers, or the "Christian" militia group known as the Hutaree, on down through a laundry list of examples that should give everyone pause - regardless of political stripe.
Beck continues to skirt the edge of sanity and acceptable rhetoric each and every day on his radio and television programs. Certainly, he has freedom of speech, but that freedom can very easily come with a hefty price-tag I'm not certain he will be able to afford.
A good example of advocating militia violence against liberals/progressives? I would have to say so.
While conservatives have continually insisted that it is those with Democratic leanings that have carried out instances of violence, with specious evidence to support their claims, one has but to look at groups like The Oath Keepers, or the "Christian" militia group known as the Hutaree, on down through a laundry list of examples that should give everyone pause - regardless of political stripe.
Beck continues to skirt the edge of sanity and acceptable rhetoric each and every day on his radio and television programs. Certainly, he has freedom of speech, but that freedom can very easily come with a hefty price-tag I'm not certain he will be able to afford.
Attacking His Side
Mark Levin is feeling a little left out, so he goes after Bill O'Reilly.
click to listen to the Nasally One
But he can't seem to bring himself to use O'Reilly's name. Interesting.
And while Levin has been known to attack people like Glenn Beck when he's angling for some internet and talk-radio "face-time", Levin dives headlong into the shallow end of the pool and acts as yet another conservative apologist and shill for BP and completely misrepresents donations to the Obama campaign.
Once again, accountability be damned when it comes to corporations.
Think Progress has more.
click to listen to the Nasally One
But he can't seem to bring himself to use O'Reilly's name. Interesting.
And while Levin has been known to attack people like Glenn Beck when he's angling for some internet and talk-radio "face-time", Levin dives headlong into the shallow end of the pool and acts as yet another conservative apologist and shill for BP and completely misrepresents donations to the Obama campaign.
Once again, accountability be damned when it comes to corporations.
Think Progress has more.
Friday, June 18, 2010
War Against The Poor
In which we find Rush Limbaugh, again, railing against the poor and less fortunate in this country.
Rush simply doesn't get it. Well, perhaps he does and is just playing the angles on this report in order to get people like me to respond. Either way, it's pathetic and shows that he really doesn't care about anyone outside of his air conditioned studio.
The reality of children going hungry in America is not something new, not something that begins or ends on the edges of Democratic control of government. And for Limbaugh to conflate Michelle Obama's work to fight childhood obesity with the horror of a child not having enough food to eat is proof positive that he can't see the way the world works - that the playing field isn't level for everyone.
Limbaugh is the quintessential conservative - thinking that everything has a simply solution and that people are just too fucking lazy to fix things. Sure, tell that kid who's parents have lost virtually everything to just go to the refrigerator and make a sandwich, that's the cure right there. Granted, the twitching mass of cholesterol and fatty-acids that is Rush Limbaugh probably never once had to live with the reality of not having enough food to eat, so this is par for the course.
I grew up in a family that struggled for some time to keep enough food on the table, but we made it through. It was that experience that taught us that there are people worse off than us and that as members of our community and our country, we should help them if we could. Limbaugh doesn't live in this world, a world where Americans help one another. He resides in that bizarro world where there is no "real" hunger issue with children, as it's a fabrication of the media, of socialist/marxist/racists that manipulate the masses.
Is there no depth that this poor excuse for a human will since to when it comes to discussing children? No, there really isn't.
Rush simply doesn't get it. Well, perhaps he does and is just playing the angles on this report in order to get people like me to respond. Either way, it's pathetic and shows that he really doesn't care about anyone outside of his air conditioned studio.
The reality of children going hungry in America is not something new, not something that begins or ends on the edges of Democratic control of government. And for Limbaugh to conflate Michelle Obama's work to fight childhood obesity with the horror of a child not having enough food to eat is proof positive that he can't see the way the world works - that the playing field isn't level for everyone.
Limbaugh is the quintessential conservative - thinking that everything has a simply solution and that people are just too fucking lazy to fix things. Sure, tell that kid who's parents have lost virtually everything to just go to the refrigerator and make a sandwich, that's the cure right there. Granted, the twitching mass of cholesterol and fatty-acids that is Rush Limbaugh probably never once had to live with the reality of not having enough food to eat, so this is par for the course.
I grew up in a family that struggled for some time to keep enough food on the table, but we made it through. It was that experience that taught us that there are people worse off than us and that as members of our community and our country, we should help them if we could. Limbaugh doesn't live in this world, a world where Americans help one another. He resides in that bizarro world where there is no "real" hunger issue with children, as it's a fabrication of the media, of socialist/marxist/racists that manipulate the masses.
Is there no depth that this poor excuse for a human will since to when it comes to discussing children? No, there really isn't.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Attacking A Child
Those of us that remember the early days of the Clinton administration also remember Limbaugh calling Chelsea a dog on numerous occasions. I'm actually surprised it took him this long to go after Obama's children.
Conservatives really do have a problem with children. Not just children of Democratic parents - though the most vile levels of hatred are reserved specifically for them - but even of children from Republican homes. They don't see children as free thinking individuals that are able to gather information and learn from it. They see children as faceless simulacrums that should conform to the canted view of the world that all conservatives see.
When I hear people like Limbaugh ( who thankfully doesn't have any children ) or Michelle Malkin and Glenn Back ( both of whom have multiple children ) I often fear for the intellectual safety of these kids. What is their home life like? What is discussed at the dinner table? Are they so sheltered and withheld from the world that they struggle through their lives as they get older?
I can recall being a Senior in high school and still being quite naive to many aspects of life. This was due to the fact that I lived in an excruciatingly sheltered conservative household. I think that gives me a pretty good idea of what these kids are going through, and it's painful to think about.
Exit question: Considering that Limbaugh has now embarked upon his 4th marriage, how long will it be before the new "Mrs. Rush" decides to end the charade and make off with 50% of the conservative leader's goods? And if it comes to that, how is Rush going to react on his program? The betting pool starts now.
Conservatives really do have a problem with children. Not just children of Democratic parents - though the most vile levels of hatred are reserved specifically for them - but even of children from Republican homes. They don't see children as free thinking individuals that are able to gather information and learn from it. They see children as faceless simulacrums that should conform to the canted view of the world that all conservatives see.
When I hear people like Limbaugh ( who thankfully doesn't have any children ) or Michelle Malkin and Glenn Back ( both of whom have multiple children ) I often fear for the intellectual safety of these kids. What is their home life like? What is discussed at the dinner table? Are they so sheltered and withheld from the world that they struggle through their lives as they get older?
I can recall being a Senior in high school and still being quite naive to many aspects of life. This was due to the fact that I lived in an excruciatingly sheltered conservative household. I think that gives me a pretty good idea of what these kids are going through, and it's painful to think about.
Exit question: Considering that Limbaugh has now embarked upon his 4th marriage, how long will it be before the new "Mrs. Rush" decides to end the charade and make off with 50% of the conservative leader's goods? And if it comes to that, how is Rush going to react on his program? The betting pool starts now.
Monday, June 7, 2010
Fear Is The Mind Killer
The concern troll that is Glenn Beck strikes again
No, Glenn, you on the Right are refusing to have a discussion with the rest of us because you refuse to come out of your little bubble and see what's really out there. But you are correct that America is being split in two - because you are one of the root causes now.
And here's a classic example of Beck doing his level best to divide the country even more - he essentially claims that the Jews are going to be hunted down in America. I wonder who he thinks is going to do it? Well, Obama, of course, considering he follows his fear-mongering with an insistence the Obama simply doesn't care about D-Day.
Say, Glenn, what did you do yesterday?
No, Glenn, you on the Right are refusing to have a discussion with the rest of us because you refuse to come out of your little bubble and see what's really out there. But you are correct that America is being split in two - because you are one of the root causes now.
And here's a classic example of Beck doing his level best to divide the country even more - he essentially claims that the Jews are going to be hunted down in America. I wonder who he thinks is going to do it? Well, Obama, of course, considering he follows his fear-mongering with an insistence the Obama simply doesn't care about D-Day.
Say, Glenn, what did you do yesterday?
Promotional Disinformation
Seems that Glenn Beck, the man who claims to know everything about Nazis, Communists, Anti-Semites, and Racists doesn't realize that he's promoting a well-known Anti-Semite and Nazi sympathizer.
As Media Matters points out Glenn Beck - the man who claims to research what he speaks about - completely missed ( or ignored ) a wealth of information chronicling Dilling's support ( both direct and indirect ) of the Nazi's.
When are we going to net a near "tear-worthy" response from Beck when the pressure mounts against him and his support of Dilling? I'm not looking for this one to happen. It will be more likely that Beck will claim those that have reported her Nazi leanings are part of a intricate cabal who's web of lies and deceit can be traced back to some hidden cult that was made up of early progressives in the mid 1800s.
When World War II began in 1939, Dilling was part of the national network of anti-Semitics, anti-Communists, and Nazi sympathizers such as Father Charles Coughlin, Reverend Gerald L. K. Smith, Reverend Gerald Winrod, and William Dudley Pelley. Material generated by Nazi organizations in Germany to inspire race hated and exploit dissatisfaction in the United States found its way into Dilling's publications. She spoke at rallies hosted by the leading U.S. Nazi organization, the German-American Bund, and had traveled to Germany, pronouncing the country as flourishing under Hitler.
Dilling called for appeasing Germany; she blamed the war on Jews and Communists and accused the Roosevelt administration of being controlled by Jewish Communists. ... After Pearl Harbor, Dilling resisted wartime rationing and denounced the Allies.
As Media Matters points out Glenn Beck - the man who claims to research what he speaks about - completely missed ( or ignored ) a wealth of information chronicling Dilling's support ( both direct and indirect ) of the Nazi's.
When are we going to net a near "tear-worthy" response from Beck when the pressure mounts against him and his support of Dilling? I'm not looking for this one to happen. It will be more likely that Beck will claim those that have reported her Nazi leanings are part of a intricate cabal who's web of lies and deceit can be traced back to some hidden cult that was made up of early progressives in the mid 1800s.
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