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Obama on The View: Playing by the New Media Rules

July 27, 2010 by DJ Lanphier

Gov. Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania has gone after President Obama for deciding to appear on the daytime talk show “The View”: I think there’s got to be a little bit of dignity to the presidency. [...] I think there are some shows. I wouldn’t put him on “Jerry Springer,” too, right? … I think the [...]

Golf During Wartime

June 22, 2010 by DJ Lanphier

President Obama is taking undeserved heat from the right for playing golf during a time of national crisis. So much so that the White House felt compelled to actually address the issue. If you’re feeling a bit struck by deja-vu on this matter, it’s because we’ve seen this divisive and silly meme before. During the presidency [...]

Be Careful With That Axe, Jim Hoft

March 4, 2010 by DJ Lanphier

Jim Hoft, the last great American Patriot in America gets all litigious on Al Gore: A seven-month old baby girl survived a shot to the chest after her parents shot themselves and their two-year-old in a global warming murder-suicide pact. [...] Someone should sue Al Gore. He played on their fears and now a whole [...]

talkin’ john birch paranoid blues

September 6, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

YouTube vid of Bob Dylan’s banned satirical song about paranoid right wing racists written in 1963 as a response to the popularity of the John Birch Society. It was dropped from The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan due to political concerns and remained unreleased until the Bootleg disc in the mid 90′s. Could have been written today. [...]

bill and bill: moyers and maher on real time

September 6, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

If you haven’t watched Bill Moyers on Real Time with Bil Maher, it’s worth watching. The point that conservatives are simply employing a scorched earth campaign to insure that Obama fails is important, and has to be confronted. And, he covers corporatism as well. Part 2 Part 3

how racism works at a healthcare town hall

August 17, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

When we think of racism our minds generally conjure up stark and frightening images – Klu Klux Klan rallies, burning crosses, and the like – but in reality, the bulk of racist activity is very short term, and deceptively simple in how it works. Racist actions are embedded into our cultural behavior and often occur [...]

webuzz: obama, racism, media and other stuff

July 24, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

Weekend reading list…. Matthew Yglesias » Bias, Racism, Being a Jerk, and Abuse of Power – Good insights… Peter Daou: White Cop, Black Professor, Bi-Racial President: An Explosive Media Combination Even more good insights… You Hate Journalism? It WAS the Hiring Practice…Stupid. – Good article on how bad media became bad… Feeling the Wrath of [...]

health care scare

July 16, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

A lot of extreme right wing blogs are at Red Alert in reaction to the health care debate. Fear is the only challenge they can offer to pretty much every issue on the boards. It’s a psyche loop they can’t remove themselves from… and it’s sad to watch. Just click on some of the reaction [...]

hate has a song

June 16, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

What is it about evil people not having an orginal creative bone in their bodies? And, couldn’t they have ripped off a better song? Via the good folks at Sadly, No! comes this oily gem from the racist homophobic evil trolls at Fred Phelps church. Please note the Richard Ramirez effect around the eyes, the [...]

webuzz: right wing disinfo watch

June 16, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

While conservatives can’t seem to govern, they know who to sling propaganda with the best of them. The current theme is twofold: right wingers are the victims, and anything bad that happens, liberals are to blame for it. A few examples plucked from the interwebs… Beck and Goldberg team up to claim that James von [...]

conservative vs conservative

June 11, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

You can’t make this stuff up…. mixed messages from the once mighty wurlitzer. Karl Rove: Maureen Dowd is “twisted, deranged“. Former White House adviser Karl Rove lashed out at New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd on Fox News Channel Wednesday, saying Dowd was a “nasty, snarky person” with a “twisted, bitter little heart.” “I think [...]

who would Jesus kill?

June 1, 2009 by DJ Lanphier

“Gandhi famously said: First, they ignore you. Then, they ridicule you. Then, they fight you. Then, you win.” Sara at Ornicus breaks down the Christianist killers killing “baby killers” issue… Real world ramfications…. Digby spells it out for us… It’s important to rmember that the person who killed Tiller is playing G-d. Literally sees himself [...]