But... but... I thought the DHS "Right Wing Extremeists" report was all just a political ploy by the Obama administration. Surely this was a ruse to paint the Republican party as a fractured version of their former selves.

You mean these people really exist?! Holy crap.

SUCK IT, HANNITY!

"After I am killed on the Capitol Steps, like a REAL man, the rest of you will REMEMBER ME!!!," he added five minutes later. Then: "Send the cops around. I will cut their heads off the heads and throw the[m] on the State Capitol steps."

So, let me get this straight, he wants to die first. THEN chops off the heads of cops. Somebody needs to tell Colonel Blasphemer here only Jesus has Zombie Action powers. And he calls himself a Right Wing Extremist. Pfft!

Malkin was right, extremists ARE just like them.

CitizenQuasar? Citizen Quasi-Stellar Radio Source? I always love it when people use terms they have no idea what they mean because the sound cool.

Citizen QuasiWit is not the problem. Glenn Beck, Sean Insanity, BillO the Clown, and Lush Rimjob are the problem.

A nutbag extremist wanting to die and become a martyr? Hmmm, I've heard that somewhere before ....

and honest? wasn't it the same Oklahoma City where we heard that? What is in the water there?

It's pretty amazing how similar the motives of the hard right are so in line with the motives of radical islam.

Beelzebud my friend, when you've seen one religious fundamentalist fanatic you've seen them all. Doesn't matter which God they pray to, when God tells them to kill, nothing gets in their way.

Why do they think that their God tells them to kill?

That is the question.

Because they are infidels Git. I will be the first to admit I don't know a lot of religious stuff, I have blocked a lot, but is there any mention of killing people for having different beliefs? Isn't the main tenet of all religion supposed to be love for others?

How does it get so far away from that? Hence, my trouble with organized religion. They never seem to practice what they are supposed to hold dear.

Vera - It gets away from that because there is always so much focus on one way being the right way, and ontop of that people are tought to believe unquestionably without doubt. Throw ignorance and lack of education into that mix.

My long ago ex-girlfriend was a born again southern baptist, the epidome of jesus freak. She was brainwashed sence birth by her parents, so I tried not to hold it against her. But just mentioning the mear possability to her that her beliefs may not be 100% correct wass highly offense. It doesn't take a very large stretch of the imagination to see what this kind of delusion can lead to.

I grew up in an independent baptist church in central NC. As I got older and started asking questions, the answer was always that I had to have faith - logic be damned. I was essentially asked to stop coming there as I was a trouble-maker. Just as well as I was pretty much done with religion - and boot camp was staring me in the face in a couple of months.

I made a point of not mentioning the jesus-freak angle in my first note as there is no mention of that in the story; but I'd be very surprised if he isn't. I'd almost bet he's a vet, too :P

Gee! Wonder how the Hannitys, Rushes, Malkins, Becks, and the rest of the bat sh*t crazy, right wing nuts are gonna' sweep this one under their "I'll-spin-it-until-it's-Obama's-fault" hypocritcal, head-in-the-sand rug!!!

Really scary stuff.

My only child is a police officer in a large metropolitan city.

"on the steps of the Oklahoma City Capitol building"

What is it with that place and nutcases?

"I grew up in an independent baptist church in central NC. As I got older and started asking questions, the answer was always that I had to have faith - logic be damned."

NC is considered one of the more "progressive southern states," but outside of the triangle (and even in rural parts of the triangle) it's a terrifying place, man.

"I'd almost bet he's a vet, too :P"
Posted by: brutlyhonest at April 26, 2009 3:28 PM

I would bet every cent in the bank.

as a person who has lived in NC for most of the last 30 years, I can say it has been my experience that the Raleigh/Durham area is the most progressive part of the state.

I live near Charlotte and while there are more transplants coming here (banking and NFL) it is still very conservative.

McCain won my county 60-40. That number would never had happened 15 years ago, so we are making progress. However, there is still a church on every corner, usually a baptist one. Just FYI, I live in front of one. It owns the property all around my house.

NC is considered one of the more "progressive southern states," but outside of the triangle (and even in rural parts of the triangle) it's a terrifying place, man.

Yeah, it's all those imported yankees ruining the triangle are with their colleges and stuff. There's a reason I turned down academic scholarships and enlisted to get far, far away.

"I'd almost bet he's a vet, too :P" Posted by: brutlyhonest at April 26, 2009 3:28 PM

I would bet every cent in the bank.

I'd actually prefer to be wrong. There are plenty of wingnuts in the military (and former military), but there will always be some of us who think for ourselves.

veralynn posted as I was replying and since we can't edit, here's another bit o wit fro me :P

Kidding aside, at least some of my family that lives in rural NC (about equidistant from Raleigh, Greensboro, and Charlotte) voted for Obama. My father is a died-in-the-wool bigot, so he didn't. In fact, I haven't spoken to him since he freaked over my Veterans for Obama sticker back around Thanksgiving. So yes, progress.

On the other hand, I now live in one of the few populated areas of Virginia that wet for McCain - Virginia Beach. Not really surprising because the entire area exists due to federal spending on the defense industry. But we did manage to unload our rubber-stamp republican house member finally for a young man with State Department experience in the parts of the world we've been screwing up.

brutlyhonest said

>>>I'd actually prefer to be wrong. There are plenty of wingnuts in the military (and former military), but there will always be some of us who think for ourselves.

This made me realize my father, retired USAF, doesn't usually talk about politics. His leanings have always seemed to be democratic, but this explains why he doesn't talk about it. He was in for 30 years.

"Barack Obama's covert use of television hypnosis"

So THAT's why I voted for Barack. I see now - it was all an evil plot!!! Should have never spent so much time watching him on tv!! And should have worn my tin foil hat!

(sigh) Someone should really be checking to be sure these folks are taking their meds.

Two words: Daniel Andreas

If one lone wack job represents all of the values of the right, then by logic, one lone wack job represents all of the values of the left.

Cognitive bias.

Logic.

Education.

Get some.

...and wipe the spittle off your mouth. The right doesn't like it when I do the same thing to them.

Nothing better than someone who fancies himself an intellectual, eh? Context, grasp it.

Born and raised in (baptist) NC and yet somehow I'm progressive and so are my two sisters and now we're raising our kids that way ... the arc of history, bending toward justice.