Tag Archives: violence on the extreme right

The Republican ideas that will save our nation

By Mark | February 15, 2011

All too often on this site I criticize the Republican party for being bereft of new ideas. I’m going to have to stop doing that now, though. With the infusion of new blood, via the Tea Party, the ideas are are now flowing fast and furious. Just this week alone, there are three fantastic measures [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Other, Politics | Also tagged abortion, bad ideas, child labor, drivers license, Georgia, justifiable homicide, killing abortion doctors, Missouri, potential for violence, South Dakota, Tea Partyfication | 25 Comments

Since we haven’t had a good Glenn Beck thread in a while…

By Mark | January 20, 2011

We can argue all day all day long as to whether or not Sarah Palin’s violent imagery and rhetoric contributed in any way to Jared Loughner’s decision last week to kill his Congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords. What can’t be argued, however, is that, several months ago, Palin’s fellow Fox News personality, Glenn Beck, played a pivotal [...]

Posted in Media, Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Add new tag, Byron Williams, founding fathers, FOX News, Gabrielle Giffords, Glenn Beck, irresponsible rhetoric, Jared Loughner, Karl Marx is their George Washington, Progressive Hunter, rhetoric of violent revolution, shoot them in the head, swastika, tea party, Tea Partyfication, the threat of Socialism, things that will blow your mind, threats of violence, Tides Foundation | 8 Comments

Obama on the deaths of the men and women in Tucson

By Mark | January 13, 2011

I’d already watched Sarah Palin’s recorded statement on the Arizona shootings when I’d decided to track down video of President Obama’s speech at the Tucson memorial service for those men and women who were killed or wounded on Saturday. I know that, in the past, I’ve expressed a great deal of dissatisfaction with the President, [...]

Posted in Observations, Politics | Also tagged Arizona, blood libel, Bush tax cuts, Christina Taylor Green, cynicism, Gabrielle Giffords, gun violence, irresponsible rhetoric, John Roll, Obama, potential for violence, Sarah Palin, the public option, threat of assassination, Tucson, vitriol | 10 Comments

Arizona Republicans leaving office in fear of fellow Republicans

By Mark | January 12, 2011

Saying, “I love the Republican Party but I don’t want to take a bullet for anyone,” Arizona Legislative District 20 Republican Chairman Anthony Miller tendered his resignation this weekend. The following clip comes from Think Progress: Just hours after 22-year-old gunman Jared Loughner launched a shooting spree at a Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) constituent event [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged Anthony Miller, Arizona, blood libel, Gabrielle Giffords, hypocrisy watch, J.D. Hayworth, Jared Loughner, John McCain, Keith Olbermann, McCain's boy, potential for violence, Republicans terrified by other Republicans, Sarah Palin, tea party, the collapse of the Republican party, threats of violence, tweet | 36 Comments

Don’t retreat, Instead – RELOAD…. and then be sure to cover your tracks

By Mark | January 9, 2011

In the wake of yesterday’s horrific attack against Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, the internet has exploded with activity. Everyone with an opinion is weighing in, and, as you might imagine, a lot of people who may have contributed to the heated environment in which the shooting took place, are busy covering their tracks in an [...]