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Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
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The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
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When the facts aren’t on your side, when logic isn’t on your side, use slander.
Opponents of the fiscally conservative tea party movement say they plan to infiltrate and dismantle the political group by trying to make its members appear to be racist, homophobic and moronic.
Jason Levin, creator of http://www.crashtheteaparty.org, said Monday the group has 65 leaders in major cities across the country who are trying to recruit members to infiltrate tea party events for April 15—tax filing day, when tea party groups across the country are planning to gather and protest high taxes.
“Every time we have someone on camera saying that Barack Obama isn’t an American citizen, we want someone sitting next to him saying, ‘That’s right, he’s an alien from outer space!'” Levin said.
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Levin says they want to exaggerate the group’s least appealing qualities, further distance the tea party from mainstream America and damage the public’s opinion of them.
Exaggerate the unappealing qualities? Or spin them from whole cloth?
Their web site seems to call for the latter…
Whenever possible, we will act on behalf of the Tea Party in ways which exaggerate their least appealing qualities (misspelled protest signs, wild claims in TV interviews, etc.) to further distance them from mainstream America and damage the public’s opinion of them…Sound like fun? It is!! If you’d like to join us… [emphasis mine]
Funny thing is — from this guy’s web site, from his Twitter feed, you kind of pick up the impression that he’s anxious for the word to get out about this effort. Now, I haven’t completely got this figured out, I don’t think…or else he hasn’t…but it seems to me fairly obvious that his chosen method of deception depends on keeping this on the low-down. Doesn’t it?
Aw hell, let’s help him out. If ever you do see a tea party protester shouting racist bullshit in the air, or carrying around a misspelled sign, let the word go forth across the four winds that there remains more homework to be done. Or…better yet. Anyone who disagrees with Obama is supposed to be racist? I guess any tea partier who’s caught being racist, is bound to turn out to be a “party crasher” so we should all just ignore that.
I’d like to know this guy’s angle. Is he a useful-idiot? Or maybe he’s being paid for this…wouldn’t that be a gol’-dang deal. Or maybe he’s just super excited about Obama’s policies. And what motivates that, I wonder? Inquiring minds wanna know.
But I don’t suppose I’m gonna find out.
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All that needs to be done about these jerks is to challenge them on the spot. In about 20 seconds, they’ll revert to the ‘me good, you bad’ meme that you mentioned the other day.
- HoundOfDoom | 04/14/2010 @ 08:52It seems that Mr Levin has gotten himself in some trouble with his activism:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/16/teacher-sought-demolish-tea-party-placed-leave-school/
Serves him right. What the hell is this guy’s problem? It’s disgusting. Has anyone heard of conservative counter-protesters engaged in such reprehensible behavior as to impersonate leftists?
- cylarz | 04/16/2010 @ 11:29