Mark Maynard | United Nations

Tea Party derails green projects, calling them U.N. plots, and exposes NYT journalism failings in the process

By Mark | February 5, 2012

Remember how, a few weeks ago, the Public Editor of the New York Times, Arthur Brisbane, wrote a column inexplicably asking if it should be the job of journalists to be “truth vigilantes,” as though there were other legitimate options to be weighed in this highly-politicized, post-reality world in which we find ourselves today? Well, […]

Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged activism, Agenda 21, American Planning Association, American Policy Center, benito.strauss, bike lanes, carbon emissions, conspiracy theories, fair and balanced, gompa, green jobs, journalism, Maine, manipulation of the stupid, Newt Gingrich, public transportation, stupid Americans, Sustainability, tea party, Tea Partyfication, the future of journalism, the sad state of journalism, Tom DeWeese, truth vigilantes, urban planning, world order | 13 Comments

Will the Republican party survive the Tea Party?

By Mark | August 4, 2010

Mother Jones, if you haven’t seen it yet, has a great piece on Congressman Bob Inglis. Inglis, a Republican from South Carolina, recently lost his reelection bid – something which he credits in large part to the Tea Partification of the GOP. Here’s a clip: …It was the middle of a tough primary contest, and […]

Posted in Environment, Observations, Politics | Also tagged accusations of socialism, American Conservative Union, anti-intellectualism, anti-Semitic, bicycles, Bilderbergers, Bob Inglis, conspiracy theory, Dan Maes, demagoguery, Denver, Federal Reserve, Glenn Beck, GOP, humans as collateral for banks, ignorance, insanity on the right, Joe Wilson, John Hickenlooper, Mike Cox, Peter Hoekstra, racism, Sarah Palin, Social Security number, South Carolina, tea party, Tea Partyfication, that evil Socialist Barack Obama, the celebration of ignorance, Trey Gowdy | 30 Comments

Tonight, in the Conspiracy Corner: David Kelly

By Mark | January 24, 2010

In July 2003, the body of former United Nations weapons inspector Dr. David Kelly was found in the woods, near his home in Oxfordshire, England. Kelly had, shortly before this, been outed as the source of a BBC news report on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. Kelly, it would seem, disagreed with the government of […]

Posted in Other, Politics | Also tagged BBC, Chilcot Inquiry, CIA, conspiracy theories, David Kelly, Harrowdown Hill, Hutton Inquiry, Iraq war, Joe Wilson, July 2003, lies in the run-up to the Iraq war, Lord Hutton, many dark actors playing games, Oxfordshire, post mortem, suicide, The Brits, Valerie Plame, weapons inspectors, weapons of mass destruction, WMD | 17 Comments

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Tea Party derails green projects, calling them U.N. plots, and exposes NYT journalism failings in the process

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