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Category Archives: Crazies

Rightward drift

Thursday, February 10, 2011

The essential difference between Democrats and Republicans, and the reason why this country drifts ever rightward, no matter who is in nominal control of the government: Steve Benen wonders who is in charge of the Republican caucus, as the (comparative) grownups, the supposed leaders (Boehner, Cantor and their ilk) have been unable to corral the […]

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Our amnesiac society

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Digby takes rightful exception to the tendency of the media to portray right wing hate inspired violence as a theoretical construct at best, liberal paranoia at worst. This meme can only be spread because of widespread amnesia, whether real or pretend, by the media, both mainstream and lunatic fringe (I’m looking at you, Fox). In […]

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Great minds

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

I believe it was Emerson who said that “a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds”. The operative word is “foolish”, but that is often ignored. Among American conservatives, there are apparently no little minds, as they are comfortably inconsistent, whether foolishly or not. They have of late been proving their minds are not […]

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Let the false equivalencies begin!

Sunday, January 9, 2011

It seems fairly clear that, whatever his mental state, the guy who killed six people and shot a Congresswoman in Arizona was heavily influenced by right wing crazy talk. He is not the first person to have killed under the influence of Beck, Limbaugh, et. al, and he will most likely not be the last. […]

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A delusional nation

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

A friend of mine forwarded an email he received from a right wing acquaintance about Obama. I won’t quote from the email, but I think it’s fair to say that any reality based person reading it would wonder what planet the person lived on. Among other things, the writer claimed that Obama has spent all […]

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Truly Sick

Friday, June 4, 2010

A school in Arizona orders the faces of real HIspanic and black kids on a mural painted white. We appear to be heading into an era when racism is once again considered respectable; or, perhaps even worse, where offending racists is considered unacceptable behavior.

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Intelligence test

Friday, June 4, 2010

This post at firedoglake pretty much sums it up. Apparently 22% of the American people have warm and fuzzy feelings for BP. Whoever could these folks be? There shouldn’t be that many delusional people in the country, should there? Well, surprise, it’s the usual suspects. Those most likely to view BP favorably are, respectively: Republicans, […]

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So many liars, so little time

Saturday, April 10, 2010

A few minutes ago one of my wife’s friends forwarded an email to her filled with what appeared to be ludicrous claims about the cap and trade bill. Among the obvious whoppers: Beginning one year after enactment of the Cap and Trade Act, you won’t be able to sell your home unless you retrofit it […]

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