Tag Archives: scapegoats

“Let him die!”

A few days ago, we had a post here on the site about the aggressive strain of conservative bloodlust that was starting to rise to the surface in the Republican Presidential debates. Well, tonight’s Tea Party-sponsored debate was no different. Watch the following clip featuring Ron Paul being asked by Wolf Blitzer what should happen […]

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Documentary evidence of fat cat teachers living large while suckling on the public teat

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Comparing teachers to the Wall Street dickwads who almost brought our country down

As someone mentioned yesterday in the comments section, Jon Stewart had a great piece the other night on the hypocrisy of the right wing pundits who, just a month ago were talking about how families making over $250,000 a year were just barely scraping by, and now claim that teachers, who make a fraction of […]

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On Tiller, O’Reilly and the cult of scapegoats

On Sunday, when it became known that Kansas abortion doctor George Tiller had been murdered, I suggested that some of the blame might belong at the feet of FOX News host Bill O’Reilly, who had demonized Tiller for several years, likening him to a Nazi and suggesting that those who stood by and did nothing […]

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