absolutely correct

There is definately a double standard when it comes to "homegrown terrorism," and it's standard fascist practice to allow it.  The police state tools that have quietly infiltrated society along with the hate-mongering for select groups aid to paint a very ugly picture of tyranny.  

My thanks go to Mr Cormier for telling it like it is. 

In truth, many of our current leaders are the real betrayors of our country.  They have committed treason and descimated the very prinicipals upon which the US was founded.  

by Angela Zayak (5 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 31 comments) on Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 9:43:11 AM
 

Violence is clumsy and stupid.

Every Republican should be treated with snears and disrespect.  When the Democrats get elected, they should abolish the Republican party for subversion and treason.

by John Hanks (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1029 comments) on Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 4:20:46 PM
 

Should Democrats, Liberals & Progressives Start A Violent...

Absolutely not, since that would play right into the hands of the Warrior Caste who have (currently) seized control of the national agenda. That would provide them with the excuse they are eagerly looking for to employ the ONLY mechanism their limited imaginations can conceive... the only thing they have EVER been able to think of and do: smash things and kill people. Their only solution to every problem is kill it and bury it. Their solution to everything is enshrined in their creedo of "full spectrum dominance" and a brief survery of the current landscape shows how successful THAT approach has been.

They seized control of the entire government and economic structure and EVERYTHING they touched now lies in ruins and rubble. They seem to posses the anti-Midas touch: everything they touch turns to total shit. Their agenda in the Middle East blew up right in their faces. They broke the economy. Their future is bleak. No one trusts them. Their friends and allies shun them.

Democrats, Liberals and Progressives are the folks who possess the imagination and creativity to think outside the box and we must use those natural talents and skills to outsmart the warrior caste. There can be no doubt that we will in time do just that.

Imagination always outsmarts brutality. The very fact that brutality can only conceive of ONE juvenile solution for every problem is evidence of that. "Smash it! Smash it!" is the only response they have.

They EXPECT us to "fight back" using the same methods they use... (For a clear example look at how they freaked out and totally lost control when their current "enemy" outsmarted them. They began screaming hysterically about "non-state" actors, "illegal" combatants, and "asymetrical" warfare. "No fair, not fair!" they howled. They were unprepared because an enemy had used imagination to outsmart their multi-BILLION dollar defense systems. In their hysterical response they proceeded to negate every treaty made over the past century - & now they have no legal framework to rely on the next time they need it to protect their own.

Eventually the innate creativity of the other castes will create solutions which perform multiple end runs around the slow moving brute strength of the warrior caste. Count on it. That's how the universe works. It's probably a fundamental law like gravity and electromagnetics.

by mrk * (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 296 comments) on Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 10:32:16 PM
 

I wassn't suggesting that we do.

In fact, the first paragraph was not satire, but was cynicism aimed at the people who do promote violence to support their cause(s). As I'm hoping that everyone noticed, I specifically stated that "most of us in the Liberal/Progressive community do not support such tactics and believe that we should keep our protests and disgust within established social norms and the rule of law."

The article was intended to draw attention to the right-wing Neo-cons who do condone violence and are allowed to do so without even a hint of backlash from the government or those who publish and air their remarks. The double-standard we face is disgusting and I am dumbfounded that Rush Limbaugh can suggest that the GOP make sure that there are riots in Denver to prevent a Democrat from ascending to the Presidency. 

To anyone that believes that this article was meant to suggest that we participate in violent actions to take back America has misunderstood the intent of the piece. I have always condoned non-violent methods of returning the US to our constitutional values and the rule of law.

William Cormier 

by William Cormier (116 articles, 5 quicklinks, 16 diaries, 289 comments) on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 12:19:33 AM
 

I Understood You...

and like you I am astounded by the hipocracy on the "right" - the fact that no one stepped forward to castigate Rush for those comments shows the complete moral bankruptcy among their ranks (and rank they are!)

McCain who has the bully pulpit has been stunningly silent on the matter. THAT does not provide a very encouraging sampling of (ahem) leadership skills? for someone running to be president of the "most moral nation in history."( nudge wink )

The very fact that the most creative thing Rush can concoct is a riot, simply exposes a desperate lack of imagination on the right.  As I pointed out in my original comments... brute force appears to be their "solution" to every problem. Kill it and bury it.

The conservatives are notoriously thin skinned when their own tactics are turned on them. Exhibit "A" - how they howled when the left coined "Betrayus" as nickname for the notorious ass kisser. The left should do it more often. 

I knew yours was a rhetorical question, since I read your contributions regularly, I think I have some idea of your level of discourse.

by mrk * (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 296 comments) on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 10:35:46 AM
 

Rush stuttered

and stammered, and I really believe he was stoned out of his gourd. But that is no excuse when a poor ethnic kid is on trial. If anybody is injured at the upcoming convention, or God forbid should be killed, Mr. Limberger will be in a lot of trouble. I know if an arab had made his statements they would already be in Gitmo. This may be the last we hear of Rush, thank God for small favors.

by john riggs (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 376 comments) on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 1:51:34 PM
 

Rush is Rolling Scared

I would have said running but I do not think he can run. Last month he encouraged voter fraud and this month violence is his solution, the man is running our  of ideas. .After November Rush maybe looking for a job so he is really scared. I am sure his sponsors are beginning to get a lot of negative feed back. I do not get his broadcast on my radio for which I am grateful , but I do not know who they are. It just goes to show how small minds work. This will not work again. Rush should take a few mind numbing drugs so he can get thru the next  few years.

by cluelessfl (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 184 comments) on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at 11:23:22 PM
 

Luckily...

...America isn't full of idiots running around with Uzi's ready to take the words of an old, loud-mouthed, recovering addict too seriously.

As much as I love the right of free speech, this jerk just needs to shut it.

by Deborah Wells (0 articles, 1 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 34 comments) on Monday, April 28, 2008 at 2:42:06 AM