Showing posts with label political extremism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label political extremism. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Robin Scher — Chomsky Interview: ‘The U.S. Is One of the Most Fundamentalist Countries in the World’

“Today’s Democrats, Clinton-style Democrats, are pretty much what used to be called moderate Republicans. And the Republicans just went way off the spectrum. They are so dedicated to service to wealth and the corporate sector that they simply cannot get votes on their own programs.”
Alternet
Chomsky Interview: ‘The U.S. Is One of the Most Fundamentalist Countries in the World’
Robin Scher, AlterNet

Friday, December 4, 2015

Kamil Ahsan — If governments fail on climate change, extremists will step in


Western militaries have been on to this for some time.

Aeon
If governments fail on climate change, extremists will step in
Kamil Ahsan | freelance journalist and a doctoral student in Developmental Biology at the University of Chicago

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Arturo Garcia — Right-wing truckers’ group backs ‘libtard’-hating police chief

Right-wing truckers’ group backs ‘libtard’-hating police chief (via Raw Story )
Members of a group of truck drivers attempted to back away from a description of their upcoming protest involving threats of “citizens arrests” against lawmakers while also showing support for the Pennsylvania police chief who has been documented…

Thursday, October 3, 2013

AFP — Obama slams John Boehner: Take a vote, stop this farce.

“Speaker John Boehner won’t even let the bill get a yes or no vote, because he doesnt want to anger the extremists in his party,” Obama said.
“That is what his whole thing is about.”
“There’s a simple way to prove it. Send the bill to the floor, let everybody vote.”
“It will pass. Send me the bill, I will sign it. The shutdown will be over and we can get back to the business of governing and helping the American people. It could happen in the next half hour.”
The Democrats should be shouting this single message loudly. Many do not realize that an up or down vote would be an up vote. They are buffaloed into thinking that the votes aren't there.

The Raw Story
Obama slams John Boehner: Take a vote, stop this farce
Agence France-Presse

The Huffington Post

AP — Obama Pins Shutdown Blame On John Boehner

Boehner afraid that if he brings up the bill for a clean bill, he'll be voted out as speaker?

Here's a good one.
"Now that we've jumped off the cliff, lit ourselves on fire, we've entered the valley of death," said Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., who has criticized the conservatives' strategy. "So now we've got to keep running and we have to hold together."
Great thinking. Make a mistake? Double down. No wonder the country is going down the toilet,


Saturday, June 29, 2013

Redacted FBI Documents Show Plot to Kill Occupy Leaders If ‘Deemed Necessary’


Paranoid nation. Anyone wonder why "conspiracy theories" abound when evidence like this surfaces. So many questions out there about things that we know. As I tell my conspiracy theory friends, no need to make stuff up to get hot about.

Truthdig
Redacted FBI Documents Show Plot to Kill Occupy Leaders If ‘Deemed Necessary’
Alexander Reed Kelly

What if the target were right wing groups like the Tea Party? Would the FBI just brush that off like this?

See also, The Wonderful American World of Informers and Agents Provocateurs by Todd Gitlin, TomDispatch