Category Archives: Politics

Kudos to Mark Levin and Bill Bennett

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Thanos

Kudos are due Mark Levin for calling out the Bircher Co-Sponsorship at CPAC, and refusing to speak there because of it. Mark and I probably don’t see eye to eye on some things (Discovery Institute issues likely) but you have … Continue reading →

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Obama on Investing in Nuclear Energy

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Thanos

“We can’t keep on being mired in the same old stale arguments between the left and the right.” This is all too true – we have to have cheap clean safe energy in plenty if we are to cope with … Continue reading →

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The Last Hurrah of the Holy Horde

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Thanos

and this is why you saw Glen Beck skate along the edge of the New World Order conspiracy theory chasm at several points during his speech. The fundamentalist right loves that stuff. When you look at Beck you have to say “There but for the grace of a bigger microphone and a bit of polish goes Alex Jones…” Continue reading →

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Miserable Mewling Puke of the Month: Ryan Sorba

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Thanos

MMPOTM for February is Ryan Sorba, I’ll let the bigotted YAfF’er* speak for himself: *YAfF = Young Americans for Freedom YAF=Young America Foundation

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Politicians Who Suck for Signing up to Speak at a Bircher Sponsored Convention

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Thanos

Here’s the list from CPAC, where the John Birch Society and Oathkeepers are Cosponsors. All of the people below are listed as confirmed speakers at the CPAC website.  I’m a lifelong Republican, and I will not donate a dime to … Continue reading →

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The Party is Over; Time to Take Out the Trash

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Thanos

While Tea Party groups fight for ownership of the fractured and fissured political franchise their popularity continues to plummet, and without a positive vision and direction they are not going to sway the masses. Continue reading →

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Boondock Stooges

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Thanos

James O’Keefe & Co. have reached the nadir of their fifteen minutes, and from here it is downhill. You can read about his arrest, etc here, here, here, and in this video: Many are characterizing him as a self-styled James … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Hyberbole

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Thanos

President Obama decried the new Supreme Court ruling on corporate money in politics stating: The Supreme Court has given a green light to a new stampede of special-interest money in our politics … It is a major victory for big … Continue reading →

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Nativists, Nazis, Tea, and Sarah

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Thanos

Where does Sarah Palin come into the picture? Well recently she opted not to speak at CPAC since one of the sponsors is the John Birch Society. Instead she has decided to be the headliner at the Tea Party National Convention in Nashville. Since Nashville is a hotbed of activity for Council of Conservative Citizens, she’s basically jumped from frying pan into fire. Continue reading →

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Eugene Robinson Gets it Wrong on Cuba

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Thanos

Eugene makes the same mistake that much of the loony right does: he seems to think that all terror originates with Islamic radicals when all terrorism is not Islamic in origin. Cuba still harbors terror suspects from ETA, FARC, ELN, and up until 2004 they had harbored members of the IRA who were training FARC in use of explosives. Continue reading →

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