Team Evil: Tea Party and the Party of Fear

After Tea Partiers have been shouting homophobic and racist slurs at Congressmen, can you picture the nightmare if these guys took office?

The GOP is thriving off of them, because Tea Partiers are ignorant enough to believe any lies they put out there, joined by conspiracy theorists like Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh. Bob Herbert explains it in his OpEd today:

For decades the G.O.P. has been the party of fear, ignorance and divisiveness. All you have to do is look around to see what it has done to the country. The greatest economic inequality since the Gilded Age was followed by a near-total collapse of the overall economy. As a country, we have a monumental mess on our hands and still the Republicans have nothing to offer in the way of a remedy except more tax cuts for the rich.

This is the party of trickle down and weapons of mass destruction, the party of birthers and death-panel lunatics. This is the party that genuflects at the altar of right-wing talk radio, with its insane, nauseating, nonstop commitment to hatred and bigotry....

The G.O.P. poisons the political atmosphere and then has the gall to complain about an absence of bipartisanship.

Nicely Worded.

Making History: YES WE CAN

The health care legislation that President Obama has been fighting to pass for over a year now has passed its final vote. Tonight is a huge victory for the President, Congress, and the country. We're taking our place among those who achieved Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. As Nancy Pelosi said, "Health care is a right, not a privilege."

A truly historic night. 

A Blatant Bias

Every time there is a major shooting or attack in the U.S., Muslims hold their breath until the name of the attacker is released. We’re all thinking, “Please don’t let this guy be a Muslim.”

Last night, a man opened fire when entering the Pentagon. If the man had been a Muslim, people would have been throwing around words like “terrorist” and “jihad” and looking for all sorts of political ties. Bedell may be a radical right-wing, anti-government extremist, but the media is quick to clarify that he's an individual, working alone. Matt Yyglesias from Think Progress writes: “It’s striking how differently the country behaves when you a non-Muslim individual attempt or succeed at killing some people based on quasi-political motivations versus when it’s a Muslim who does it.”

Take the IRS building attack as an example. The guy targeted a group of federal employees, and crashed a plane into the building. But it wasn’t classified as terrorism. These days, it’s rare to see anyone labeled a terrorist who is not a Muslim. This just goes to show how distorted the connotation of Islam has become and how it is instantly linked to terrorism. It's devastating. Violent extremists continue to enforce it, media continues to play along with it, and the public continues to believe it. 

Has Sarah Palin Ever Watched the News?

Last night, Sarah Palin appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, where she said "I think the mainstream media is quite broken and I think there needs to be the fairness, the balance in there - that’s why I joined Fox."

Saying Fox News is "fair and balanced" is like saying Goldman Sachs is a sweet and lovable. Also, since when is Fox not included in with "mainstream" media? Every time this woman goes public, she proves that she's an incompetent, blubbering idiot.