The Record of Right-Wing Crazy

[ZeaLitY]

Michelle Bachman, insane Congresswoman wingnut: "Don't trust the census-takers" from anti-government sentiment.

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/michelle-bachmann-cesus-data-used-put-japanese

Recently, a census worker was hanged with "FED" written on his torso:

http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/9ngdc/census_worker_hanged_with_fed_on_body/

Obviously, this isn't necessarily a direct causal link; we don't know if the man who killed the census-taker was motivated by her words. But she is fanning the flames that produce this kind of behavior, just as other right-wing idiots are encouraging violence and racism.

Perhaps we should just not conduct the census in these hostile districts. Just count them as having 0 population. They'll get no tax dollars, and their votes won't count, and they can live in the Dark Ages without government and die at the age of 40 from natural causes, like a true Dark Age serf.

[Uboa]

Stephen Colbert once again agilely surveys sensitive issues and gifts us all with forceful and insightful comedy:

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/250386/september-24-2009/the-word---blackwashing

I felt this belonged here, because it highlights a lot of right-wing crazy.

[Lord J Esq]

Jeez...

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-september-28-2009/america--target-america

It's not that conservatives were born insane, but, when their chosen authority figures continuously feed them the most hysterical lies imaginable, it's no surprise that the net result is pandemic radicalism and mental illness throughout the conservative movement.

[Lord J Esq]

If the after-the-fact confession of one of Bush's speechwriters can be trusted, the famed author J.K. Rowling missed out on receiving the Medal of Freedom during the Bush years because fundamentalist Christian members of the Bush regime thought that Rowling had used her books to promote sorcery.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8282356.stm

There's no word yet on whether the Obama administration plans to award her the newly created Medal of Marxism. Probably not, since the Gryffindor adventure capitalists were routinely shown in a more favorable light than the Slytherin democratic socialists.

On a personal note, I for one think Rowling deserved the honor--not because of the quality of her books, but because she single-handedly got millions of people interested in reading, either for the first time in their lives or after years of decline.

[GenesisOne]

Apparently, we've nailed down the definition of a Republican:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=republican

If this doesn't scream closer to home, I don't know what does.  If it does, please post it here.  We need all the calorie-burning laughter we can get.  

In other news, that same website provided this nifty little fictional dialogue between two reps in a debate format:

Democrat: Apparently, people who aren't allowed to back up their point of view with evidence.

Republican: It's obvious the Bush tax cuts helped the poor more than the rich.
Democrat: Actually, statistically, the rich recieved almost-
Republican: Your numbers mean nothing.
Democrat: This entire issue is about numbers!
Republican: No, this is about the people! This is about Joe Everyman!
Democrat: What the hell are you talking about?
Republican: I'm talking about how you radicals use numbers to mislead everyone into thinking the Bush tax cuts were bad, and that we have massive debt.
Democrat: ...We DO have massive debt, and the average person got around $300 back, whereas the rich got-
Republican: Are you telling these people America is BAD? Are you saying that America isn't the best damn country ever?
Democrat: No, I just-wait, what? This isn't about me! This is about the issues!
Republican: Not responding to my questions. Typical.
Democrat: ...
Republican: See, clearly I have silenced you with my powerful, factual argument.
Democrat: I had sex with your wife, Bill.
Republican: What?!?
Democrat: She said she wanted a man who didn't tell her she belonged in the kitchen.
Republican: ...  

[Uboa]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEuAVgmWt0U

Let's celebrate each other's freedom, and die for each other's freedom if we must... Just not kill each other...

[GenesisOne]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqVARNh0Pyo&feature=fvw

A two-for-one deal if I ever saw one.  Penn rocks!

[Lord J Esq]

Conservapedia has an initiative called the "Conservative Bible Project":

http://conservapedia.com/Conservative_Bible_Project

Read and gape. It's hard to imagine that they're actually serious about this, given how poor their examples of "liberal bias" are, but with these dead-enders I am sadly not surprised.

They don't want a clearer translation of the Bible. They want a more conservative translation of it. But they don't recognize that "clearer" and "more conservative" are not the same thing. They complain about bias even as they plan to introduce bias of their own...and they have no clue of it.

From my various childhood experiences with religious Judaism, I can understand that English loses something of the original. Many of the various annotations to the Torah describe a much different picture of the original than does the actual literal English translation of the text itself. So there is always the possibility of merit in a complaint about translation quality. But these Conservapedia folks are about as farcical an agency of enlightenment as can be fathomed by the human mind.

[Uboa]

Perhaps we should start a "Record of Left-Wing Crazy" to remain on-balance? I heard an NPR report today about a dude who shouted something like "Republicans want you to DIE...they want to make money off your corpses!" This was in reference to anti-public option stance. It was kind of like Glenn Beck's mirror image speaking or something.

Yeah, the dude's reasoning was slightly off.  Insurance companies want you to die so that they don't have to pay for your treatment.  Well, perhaps it would be more fair to insurance companies to say they would prefer having their customers die to having to pay for their treatment.

And, keeping with the theme of this thread, I googled "right wing crazy" and found this article:
5 Crazy Right-Wing Freak-Outs in Just One Glorious Week

[Lord J Esq]

Cletus from Oklahoma has a plan to overthrow the government and reinstitute slavery. The next caller starts crying because her own mom feels the same way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEt1rgugulM

Make no mistake: It's the Fox News and talk radio people who are fanning these flames.

[Truthordeal]

That's like saying that the "WTF?! Check this link out" thread should be pruned since people usually leave a short commentary after every link that is posted.

Not only that, J, but I happened to agree with you this time. I'm not doubting that "Civil War Cletus" and his band of merry men are talking about "sessh" again, I just have a reasonable suspicion to believe this was staged on some level.

After all, its not the first time a talk radio host has staged something to garner ratings.

[Lord J Esq]

Just for the record, this thread has been pruned. Future posts should stay on-topic: If you've got something to add to the record of right-wing crazy, then this is the place to put it! You're welcome to post a bit of commentary along with your links, but mostly the links should stand on their own. Definitely I do not want this thread to get derailed again by people opening up debates on other people's posts. If you want to have a debate...make another thread.

[MsBlack]

Dropped to the second page of the forum already? Sheeeit. Get busy, liberals!

I'm not sure how old this new is, and I couldn't find a good independent link in my few seconds of Googling, but there's this story about opposition to Al Franken's amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations Bill that can be pretty much summed up as 'Republicans try to prevent Al Franken's anti-gang-rape amendment'. Thirty Republicans voted against a measure that would ensure greater protection against sexual assault and discrimination for defence contractor employees 'because it's a political attack against Haliburton.'

I must admit, I'm torn as to whether to file this under PRR ('Pure Republican Reactionism™') or 'Rapethugliegoons being Rapethugliegoons™'. Maybe both. I could've just as easily put this in the Fuck Sexism thread too, as a matter of fact.

[ZeaLitY]

Dropped to the second page of the forum already? Sheeeit. Get busy, liberals!

I'm not sure how old this new is, and I couldn't find a good independent link in my few seconds of Googling, but there's this story about opposition to Al Franken's amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations Bill that can be pretty much summed up as 'Republicans try to prevent Al Franken's anti-gang-rape amendment'. Thirty Republicans voted against a measure that would ensure greater protection against sexual assault and discrimination for defence contractor employees 'because it's a political attack against Haliburton.'

I must admit, I'm torn as to whether to file this under PRR ('Pure Republican Reactionism™') or 'Rapethugliegoons being Rapethugliegoons™'. Maybe both. I could've just as easily put this in the Fuck Sexism thread too, as a matter of fact.

http://www.care2.com/causes/womens-rights/blog/republicans-for-rape/

[Uboa]

I bring to the attention of the Compendium a site which requires no introduction:

http://lookatthisfuckingteabagger.com/