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I was having a conversation with a friend of mine yesterday about the health insurance reform legislation vote tomorrow in the House of Representatives and he was concerned there would be violence if it passes. I said that I thought a lot of it was just the barking madness of a few ignorant people. After today’s random acts of violence and protests, I may have to admit that I was a bit shortsighted. This sign doesn’t ease those concerns at all.

From Think Progress:

Tea Party activists have gathered on Capitol Hill today for a “Code Red” rally against health care reform. Speakers at the event included Republican Reps. Steve King (IA), Michele Bachmann (MN), and Mike Pence (IN). The gathering was organized by Tea Party Profiteer organizations like FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity. ThinkProgress attended today’s rally and spotted a sign threatening violence if health care passes. The sign reads: “Warning: If Brown can’t stop it, a Browning can,” referring to Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) and a Browning firearm:

from the week ending March 14, 2010

• Meet the hypocrites: Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers.

• Media Matters: Right-wing media eagerly spread absurd claim that Obama plans to “ban sport fishing”.

• Wonk Room: Girl Suing High School Over Canceled Prom: School Is Saying ‘You Can Be Gay, Just Don’t Be Openly Gay’.

• Alan Colmes: Neal Horsley Arrested For Terrorist Threat Against Elton John.

• The Family Policy Network is attacking VA Gov. Bob McDonnell and warning that he has “made an enemy of the grassroots” by being insufficiently committed to discriminating against gays.

• Prop 8 Backers Seek to Take Control Of California Courts.

• Meet The New Texas Social Studies Requirements.

• The Archbishop of Denver tries to explain why a student with two mommies cannot attend their pre-school.

• Why are gay couples being excluded from Iowa’s domestic abuse bill?

• Rather than allow a lesbian student to attend prom with her girlfriend, a Mississippi school has decided to cancel the prom entirely.  Pathetic.

• Apparently, Chief Justice John Roberts thinks it is “very troubling“ for the President to criticize his rulings. Boo hoo.

• Rod Parsley, host of the conference called “Collide 2010″ declares that The End Times are coming that we are the “Rapture Generation”.

• Porter: Our Goal is “To Take Dominion in Every Area” and “Occupy Until Jesus Comes“.

• Ken Hutcherson blasts Focus on the Family for supposedly forcing James Dobson out and for not hiring him to take over, even though he wouldn’t have taken the job anyway.

• It’s amazing how quickly people go from “I don’t care who you are, this is funny” to “I deeply apologize” when they get caught for sending out racist emails.

• Conservatives hit back at Liz Cheney and company over their attacks on Justice Department lawyers.

• David Weigel: Palin: Growing Up, I ‘Hustled Over the Border’ For Health Care.

• Steve Benen: Anti-Reason Forces Unite.

• EmptyWheel: Clarence Thomas’ Revenge

As always, the majority of these items come from Right Wing Watch and Hatewatch.

For the week ending March 7, 2010

• Ken Hutcherson wants you to know that he is free of prejudice.

• Finally, did you hear the rumor going around yesterday that Chief Justice John Roberts was going to step down?  The story of how it got started is pretty hilarious.

• I had no idea that incompetence could be so lucrative.

• This just might be one of the most poorly written ads I have ever seen.

• This Is What It Looks Like When Right-Wing Activists Run For Public Office.

• This Is What Happens When The Religious Right Takes Over Your State.

• Think Progress: Indiana’s ‘sovereign citizens’ renounce their U.S. citizenship, claim to secede from the Union.<——My personal favorite this week.

• TPM: Louisiana sheriff forming a citizen militia to defend the parish in the event of a terrorist attack.

• Media Matters: Glenn Beck repeatedly likens himself to historical figures of note, including Socrates, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Benjamin Franklin.

• The Arizona Republic looks at the behind-the-scenes influence the right-wing Center for Arizona Policy has in shaping public policy in the state.

• Dammit Victoria, when did you go completely insane? If this was satire, it would be absolutely brilliant.  It is not satire.

• Andy Birkey: Twenty of Bachmann’s 47 missed votes coincide with media appearances.

• Amarillo’s Army of God takes on the biggest threat to Texas: Swingers.

• SPLC report finds that right-wing extremist groups have grown 244% in the past year.

• Sarah Posner: Religious Activism Behind Anti-Abortion Movement Outreach to Blacks.

As always, most of these items came from Right Wing Watch and Hatewatch.

There seems to be some confusion in all the rants you’ve been giving since your dad left public office. Please allow me to explain things in a way in which I hope you will understand.

This man:

is not this man:

We have been assuming that you would have figured this out by now. I mean it’s been almost 10 years, but sadly, with all your pronouncements in TV that terrorists are some sort of super criminal that normal courts and jails were unable to contain, I thought some clarification was in order.

Your welcome,

mardod

for the week ending February 28, 2010

• The New York Times finally notices the right-wing effort to turn abortion into a racial issue.

• The conservative effort to purge itself of “extremist elements” is going to be led by… Erick Erickson?

• Baptist Press glowingly reports on the church’s efforts to convent Mormons in Utah and free them from their “spiritual darkness” so that they can “get real with God.”

• Microchip Implantation Feared as Sign of End Times

• Is Ralph Reed considering a run for office…again?

• Just when you start to think the Right can’t get any more ridiculous, they prove you wrong.

• The city of Beverly Hills wants to make it abundantly clear that anti-gay beauty queen Lauren Ashley has no ties to the city and “does not represent Beverly Hills in any capacity.”

• Marco Rubio seems to have a history of charging personal expenses to the Florida GOP.

• Also, if you missed the right-wing anti-DADT repeal press conference at CPAC, Good As You has all the video.

• Speaking of DADT, Media Matters examines all the myths and falsehoods conservative media figures have pushed in their efforts to prevent repeal.

• Allow me to quote Steve Benen: ”So, let me get this straight. Prominent conservative voices don’t mind [Glenn] Beck’s deranged conspiracy theories, his humiliating ignorance, and his hatred for those who don’t think as he does. But these conservative voices mind a great deal if Beck notes that Republicans have an embarrassing record when it comes to deficit reduction, the national debt, government spending, and increasing the size and scope of the federal government’s powers — an observation that happens to be true. What an odd movement.”

• Mike Huckabee pleads for civility after right-wing bloggers savage him for interviewing First Lady Michelle Obama, saying “it seemed [they] wanted me to bring her on my show only if I yelled at her. Or it seemed they wanted me to hit her.”

• Apparently, Ken Blackwell got a book deal.  The title of his tome? ”THE BLUEPRINT: Barack Obama’s Secret Plan for an Imperial Presidency and a Permanent Liberal Government.”

• Prosecutors are worried they will be unable to find jurors who don’t have an opinion about murdered anti-abortion activist James Pouillon as they make their case against Harlan Drake because Pouillon’s protests and antics had made him notoriously unpopular.

• Kincaid: Gay Conservatives Will Use The Military To Overthrow “Homophobic Regimes”

• Predictably, VA state Rep. Bob Marshall says he was taken out of context for his statement that disabled children are punishment for women who’ve had an abortion.  You can listen to the statement here and judge for yourself.

• Ron Paul won the CPAC Straw Poll? Eh, No Big Deal.

• Utah state Sen. Mark Madsen wants to combine Martin Luther King Day with “John M. Browning State Holiday” to honor the gun manufacturer.

• The insanity of Orly Taitz knows no bounds.

• Quote of the Day from Gary Bauer: “Here is the dirty secret the Left doesn’t want you to know. Joseph Stack’s ‘philosophy,’ to the extent he had one, was closer to the left-wing drivel at Daily Kos and moveon.org than it is to the patriots who are in the Tea Party movement. Joseph Stack printed his manifesto on his business web page yesterday as he took off to try to kill IRS employees. In it he rails at the wealthy, GM executives, drug companies and insurance companies. His rhetoric sounded like Obama style populism – heavy on class warfare … No, Joe Stack wasn’t any conservative – he was a left-wing populist!

as always, the majority of these items originated from Right Wing Watch and Hatewatch