The Year in Hate & Extremism, 2010
The sociopaths over at the $outhern Poverty Law Center have released their newest hate report. For the second year in a row, the radical right in America expanded explosively in 2010, driven by resentment over […]
Month: February 2011
Oil – Democracy’s Black Straightjacket
Göran Persson, Sweden’s prime minister from 1996 to 2006, coined the expression, “Those who are in debt are not free”. At that time he was talking about the nation’s debt levels but the expression can […]
Jamie Kelso at CPAC: Rights versus Interests
Jamie Kelso’s experience at CPAC, on video here, shows how far we are from changing the rhetoric about race and immigration. CPAC is sponsored by the American Conservative Union which claims it “represents the views of […]
A Novel Idea: Register Non-Gun Owners
Vermont State Rep. Fred Maslack has read the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as well as Vermont ‘s own Constitution very carefully, and his strict interpretation of these documents is popping some eyeballs in […]
Rachel Maddow’s Idiocy
For Maddow to tell Leno and his large television audience it is not reasonable for Wisconsin to limit its public employees’ ability to collectively bargain is totally false. States indeed do have such authority whether […]
Indiana Lawmakers Pass Immigration Curbs Like Arizona
The Indiana senate passed a sweeping immigration bill that echoes Arizona’s tougher measures on illegal immigrants and despite opposition from some of the largest employers and business groups in the state. The measure, passed on […]
Tennessee Bill Would Jail Shariah Followers
Get involved here. Urge your legislator to approve these bills and to vote Yes. A proposed Tennessee law would make following the Islamic code known as Shariah law a felony, punishable by 15 years in […]
In Defense of a Man and a Movement
Most important of all, his supporters are overwhelmingly young and their numbers are growing exponentially. If you represent the right-wing establishment, chances are the 2011 Conservative Political Action Conference was an event you would rather […]
The Media on Wisconsin? A Bad Joke
Whoever controls the media, controls the mind. The battle in Madison, Wisconsin between new Gov. Scott Walker and the public-sector union hacks offers an amazing study in journalistic double standards. The same national media that […]
Netanyahu Should View U.S. Veto at the UN as a Warning
“This is a precedent-setting admission to the whole world that the Israel Lobby controls the United States administration, and that President Obama is being forced by Israel to do things he doesn’t want to do.”–Jeff […]