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Speaking as an old newspaper editor, I mainly wish they would make up their minds whether it’s hyphenated or not, but either way, the right wing is making news today.
First, your tax dollars at work: Stephen Gordon has obtained a new Department of Homeland Security report provocatively entitled “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Environment Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment.”
The DHS report describes as potential terrorists those who “are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely. It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration.” This is a conspiracy so immense, one witty fellow observed, as to involve Mark Krikorian, David Boaz, Antonin Scalia, and just about everyone who didn’t vote for Obama in November.
These extremists are wealthy beyond your wildest imagination, according to Paul Krugman, who sees “the usual group of right-wing billionaires” orchestrating the nationwide Tax Day Tea Party protests Wednesday.
Echoing the “JournoList-approved Meme of the Week,” Krugman names Dick Armey and Fox News as the fiendish right-wingers bankrolling this scheme, which is kind of a surprise to me. I’m driving down to Alabama for the big Birmingham-area Tea Party at Veterans Park in Hoover, Ala., and so far that fat check from Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy HQ hasn’t arrived in my mailbox.
This apparent lack of coordination between the “right-wing billionaires” and the “Rightwing Extremists” probably explains why they can’t agree on that hyphen.
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Rightwing or Right-Wing? : Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
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‘Right-Wing Billionaires’ and ‘Rightwing Extremists’ : But As For Me links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
Crusader| 4.13.09 @ 1:14PM
Its sad. The JBTs in gubmint worry more about guys who want to keep what they earn and just be left alone and less about the muslim training camps right here on American soil.
G. Orwell| 4.13.09 @ 2:26PM
I wonder if they plan to send us conservatives to reeducation camps or re-education camps? And is the proper term thoughtpolice or thought-police?
Angel| 4.13.09 @ 2:29PM
The morons couldn't list ONE rightwing billionaire by name. It's amazing that liberals don't think they have to offer proof of their vicious accusations. On the other hand, extreme leftist billionaires such as Soros, Peter Lewis, Herb Sandler of Golden West Financial, etc. are well known. Krugman is really afraid of the millions of ordinary Americans who are outraged by the power grabs of fascist liberals like him; that's why he's trying to demonize them.
David| 4.13.09 @ 3:15PM
"The morons couldn't list ONE rightwing billionaire by name."
Richard Mellon Scaife, The Koch Family Foundations, Lynde and Harry Bradley (Harry Bradley was an active member of the John Birch Society), the John M. Olin Foundation,
The Adolph Coors Foundation, the Castle Rock Foundation, David D. Smith of the Sinclair Broadcast Group, Stephen B. Burke then Executive Vice President and now Chief Operating Officer of Comcast and of course Rupert Murdock owner of Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, Sky News, The New York Post and several other media outlets.
Angel| 4.13.09 @ 3:24PM
Then why didn't Krugman list them? Because there's no connection between them and the Tea Party movement--unlike Soros, etc. who are very aggressive in leftist democrat organizations. Tea Party is a true grass roots movement--demos, repubs and libertarians comprise it. That's real power, and that's what scares the moron, Krugman.
David| 4.13.09 @ 3:24PM
"The morons couldn't list ONE rightwing billionaire by name."
SHELDON ADELSON, CARL LINDNER, GEORGE ARGYROS, STANLEY STUB HUBBARD, PETER THIEL, RICHARD T. ‘DICK’ FARMER, ROGER MILLIKEN.
Red Phillips | 4.13.09 @ 3:31PM
Is there confirmation that this is a real US Gov document before we get carried away? Could they really be this stupid in the wake of the Missouri document and the outrage it caused?
Re. the TEA Parties, as we discussed in the thread below, the spontaneous organizers of these in the individual cities are generally not being spurred on by Armey and FOX. Many are from the "extreme" as opposed to the mainstream right. But of course facts have never stood in the way of Krugman cranking out mindless liberal talking points.
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Tea Parties, Schmea Parties? | Whatever Is Right links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
Angel| 4.13.09 @ 3:38PM
Hey, David-make the connection between the two, moron.
David| 4.13.09 @ 3:49PM
"Moron".
Yup, you win.
Have a nice day Angel... I'm off to the gym.
Angel| 4.13.09 @ 3:56PM
Another liberal clown who can't back up his lies. Don't drop a dumb bell on your head, wimp. Oh, you're a lib guy--you're most likely going to a Yoga class with the chicks, or perhaps Pilates. Work on your pencil neck, geek. Snark.
David| 4.13.09 @ 4:06PM
Angel, before I go let's recap, k?
"The morons couldn't list ONE rightwing billionaire by name. "
Richard Mellon Scaife
The Koch Family Foundations
Lynde and Harry Bradley (Harry Bradley was an active member of the John Birch Society)
The John M. Olin Foundation
The Adolph Coors Foundation
The Castle Rock Foundation
David D. Smith of the Sinclair Broadcast Group
Stephen B. Burke then Executive Vice President and now Chief Operating Officer of Comcast
Rupert Murdock owner of Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, Sky News, The New York Post and all-around teabagging astroturfer.
SHELDON ADELSON
CARL LINDNER
GEORGE ARGYROS
STANLEY STUB HUBBARD
PETER THIEL
RICHARD T. ‘DICK’ FARMER
ROGER MILLIKEN
O/T hey what about that Canadian Georges "Rush" St-Pierre, is he the man or what!
Take care sweetpea.
Angel| 4.13.09 @ 4:12PM
Ha ha ha ha!! You Lib men are always so sensitive about your masculinity. You just make it too damn easy for us Conservative girls. Like shootin' fish in a barrel, baby, and I just couldn't resist. Now go pump some iron, you big hunk, you!!
Angel| 4.13.09 @ 4:15PM
You still haven't made a connection, tool.
Ran| 4.13.09 @ 4:38PM
Murdock... is a right-wing billionaire? The guy who actively supported Hillary? And he's funding tea parties as well?
Awesome mushrooms, there Davy. Whoa. Try and stay away from windows and sharp objects, yeh?
Bosslowrider| 4.13.09 @ 4:52PM
David, Roger Milliken is about a few mil short of being a billionaire. Big Red is rich, but he ain't that rich.
I live in his hometown.
Andy| 4.13.09 @ 4:53PM
I just CAN'T WAIT for the Tea Party on Wednesday! =)
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The Liberty Papers »Blog Archive » Homeland Security document targets most conservat links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
A Hoffmann| 4.13.09 @ 5:46PM
The Tea Party Movement!
I'm glad the Republicans and conservatives are back to being "the party of ideas"!
Good grief. How lame.
Do any of you happen to recall the actual historical circumstances of the original tea party in Boston?
A little education about US History might help you all from being utter fools of yourselves.
Across this land, these tea parties have become the object of ridicule and high mirth; and rightly so.
Democrats shouldn't do talk radio; and conservatives shouldn't do grass roots demonstrations. It's just that simple.
Cookie| 4.13.09 @ 5:50PM
And Hoffman, you can kiss my sweet Conservative @ss. See you at the Tea Party!!
Leah| 4.13.09 @ 6:11PM
Conservatives have protested and boycotted plenty. I was a little girl and carried a sign that read "I'd rather stink than be pink". Conservatives will be silenced no more, and if it means being as mean and nasty as liberals, so be it. We're not taking it anymore.
Angel| 4.13.09 @ 6:38PM
I like pink--but, hey, whatever floats your boat, Leah. They can't shut us all up, right? Tea Party 4/15/09!!
Daniel | 4.13.09 @ 8:03PM
It is my opinion that this "report" is bullshit. There are a lot of things published in it that just don't pass the smell test, the least of which is that the report is so short, and the "Key Findings" are nothing more than repeats of paragraphs from the text. Show me a report that is that straightforward and I'll show you a bureaucrat that doesn't know write in legalese. And check out the emails at page 10, "for comments & questions" etc. The email address I think are completely bogus, "@hq.dhs.gov", "@dhs.sgov.gov" [sgov? what, 'secret government'? Come on] "@dhs.ic.gov"?!? The DHS email address I've seen on that agency's website are nothing more than "@dhs.gov". I'd send a message to some of those so-called DHS email address in this bullshit report, but I don't want the conspiracy nutter spam I think that will open me up to.
Troll Hunter| 4.13.09 @ 8:03PM
" The Tea Party Movement! [ ] I'm glad the Republicans and conservatives are back to being "the party of ideas"! "
You want lame,
Smythe| 4.13.09 @ 9:19PM
We got lame, Troll Hunter--we got you, libturd.
Red Phillips | 4.13.09 @ 10:35PM
The report doesn't ring true to me. Someone needs to confirm it. Could be conservatives who are trying to stir up anger or liberals who are trying to get conservatives to take the bait and later have it revealed to not be true. I suspect the latter. I guess that makes me a conspiracy theorist.
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Homeland Security Document Targets Most Conservatives and Libertarians in The Country links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
MT| 4.14.09 @ 12:38AM
Nah, Red--that makes you right. Libs are so crappy, I put nothing past the losers.
whiterb| 4.14.09 @ 5:47AM
These tea parties are a great roots expression of a free people. Seeing free Americans practicing democracy is an uplifting experience for many of us. It is so much more genuine and sincere than the stale, dull, hollow fare that the community organizers offer with their hypnotized followers going through the same old moves and riffs. Yet, our media prefers the mindless, predictable leftist claptrap every single time, always offering endearing commentary. The leftist political theater is as boring and lifeless and artificial like everything else this billion dollar media of " elites " serves up. Who needs it. Yet they still influence. I am often visiting a very sick person in the hospital these days. The hardest part of this is not witnessing the toll a disease can take on a once vital, and lovely person, but the mandatory presence of television screens blaring ths nonsense non stop. I guess this is all the sick have, as one fellow visitor stated, but surely listening to music, or a book on tape is better than the having to observe the world. the sick, perverse world inside the box with a screen in one's final days. In my living will instructions banning television from my bedside will be included. Imagine your final moment being intruded by bleating Oprah, the jerks from msnbc, dancing Ellen,or kreepy katie ? Not for me. Rather listen to chanting of some kind or a running brook with my eyes closed. Imagine a Viagra commercial blaring at you in the final minutes .
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Right Wing Nut House » ENEMIES OF THE STATE links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
NavyBrat| 4.14.09 @ 10:08AM
Well, even if we're NOT talking about conservative billionaires, how about the lumping of people who have stong feeling about the direction our country is heading as "possible candidates" for "right wing extremism". I'm so happy to know that as a proud Jewish conservative, gun owner, Navy brat, student of American history (real, not revisionist), & someone who patriotically disagrees with his government, I'm now considered to be a candidate for Klan membership. Then again, even though I've never been to Israel, & my Dad was a Vietnam & 20 year Navy vet, I've been told by the libtards that I'm a "Zio-nazi" & that I'm not "loyal" to my country. This comes from people who claim to be from the party of "inclusion". I guess that means that you're "inclued" as long as you unsewervingly agree with all of the groupthink vomit.
From the Lefty Playbook:
"We do not have time to play at "oppositions" at "conferences." We will keep our political opponents... whether open or disguised as "nonparty," in prison."...Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
This isn't too far off the mark, is it?
doubled| 4.14.09 @ 11:55AM
Watching the left deal with their projection issues never ceases to entertain me.
I guess bussing a group of hate filled morons to protest at an AIG workers HOME is perfectly fine though.
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Skowhegan| 4.14.09 @ 8:59PM
Daniel 4.13.09 @ 8:03PM wrote -> And check out the emails at page 10, "for comments & questions" etc. The email address I think are completely bogus, "@hq.dhs.gov", "@dhs.sgov.gov" [sgov? what, 'secret government'? Come on] "@dhs.ic.gov"?!? The DHS email address I've seen on that agency's website are nothing more than "@dhs.gov".
"hq.dhs.gov" is a perfectly valid host name.
"dhs.sgov.gov" & "dhs.ic.gov" are classified and highly classified/compartmented (respectively) internetworks available to the government and its agencies. All these networks would be used by the DHS.
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