The Left’s Tea Party?

The Left’s Tea Party?

My point is that when folks get angry, they get stupid, and stupidity knows no party or clique. Progressives should not meet this truism so defensively. I know we want to believe the best of our comrades. And I know that loudly congratulating one’s team for its superior intellect and virtue is a critical part of keeping a bubble of enthusiasm aloft and rising. So we adults can speak in whispers, if we must. But it’s a plain fact that the fuel-mixture of potent populism includes generous helpings of stupidity and self-regard.

Yes, the Kochs fund groups out of self-interest

I think it’s hard to argue with the basic premise that the Kochs fund organizations that advocate allowing Koch Industries to continue emitting carbon without limits. Those organizations employ various people who employ various arguments – outright denial of climate science, the cost-benefit argument that the cost of limiting emissions exceeds the supposed future “cost”… Continue reading Yes, the Kochs fund groups out of self-interest

Michele Bachmann Refuses to Walk Back Gangster Government Comments

Well, I said I do believe that actions that have been taken by this White House, I don’t take back my statement on gangster government. I think that there have been– actions that have been taken by this government that I think are corrupt From Video Cafe Whenever I hear people compare government to organized… Continue reading Michele Bachmann Refuses to Walk Back Gangster Government Comments

Anyone want to bet that this video is as phony as the Acorn and other O’Keefe videos are?

The Tea Party Patriots, an umbrella group for state and local Tea Party groups around the country, is rallying its supporters against NPR in response to hidden camera footage of an NPR executive, Ron Schiller, describing the movement’s members as “seriously, seriously racist people.” The video was filmed by James O’Keefe’s group, Project Veritas, and… Continue reading Anyone want to bet that this video is as phony as the Acorn and other O’Keefe videos are?

Collective bargaining for me, but not for thee

This brings to mind the phenomenon that’s sort of the obverse of union decline—the extraordinary level of solidarity manifested by the corporate executive class in the United States of America. There are plenty of individual firms that benefit from this or that public sector spending stream, but essentially all business organizations are solidly united in… Continue reading Collective bargaining for me, but not for thee

Fox’s Carlson To Muslim Cleric: Have You Committed Acts Of Terrorism?

On Fox and Friends this morning, the co-host had a contentious interview with Anjem Choudary, the head of the controversial UK-based Islamic group Al-Muhajiroun, who is planning a March 3 protest outside the White House to call for the establishment of Sharia law in America. From TPMDC Fox actually finds its Sharia law straw-man.