dreamdancer 0 #1 September 2, 2009 herd those flocks... QuoteWhen Glenn Beck offers an odd-looking icon for his 9-12 Project, or Sarah Palin says something about her native state that sounds a bit to off-kilter to the ears of those in the lower 48, it's tempting to think, well, they're just nuts. Perhaps they are, but that's beside the point. The point is that when Beck throws up a graphic of a segmented snake as his project's mascot, or Palin speaks of her native land as the "sovereign" state of Alaska, they're blowing a kind of dog-whistle for the armed and paranoid who make up the right-wing, neo-militia "Patriot" movement and the broader "Tea Party" coalition. The loose affiliation of right-wing groups under the Tea Party umbrella can make it difficult to discern who's truly dangerous, and who's just an angry blowhard. For instance, in its report about the resurgence of the militia movement, the Southern Poverty Law Center notes that a Minuteman militia in Southern California uses the Tea Party anthem as its call to arms. Scott Roeder, the militant anti-abortion activist who is charged with the killing of Dr. George Tiller, counts himself among the members of the patriot movement. But in Pittsburgh earlier this month, I sat among a group of disgruntled senior citizens at a conference sponsored by the astroturf group, Americans for Prosperity, who probably don't spend their weekends training for a war with the government, but nonetheless consider themselves to be part of the Tea Party coalition -- and perhaps even the patriot movement. Nonetheless, when conference speakers made reference to gun rights, they received heartfelt applause. The Tea Party coalition is mobilizing for what it promises will be a big march on Washington on Sept. 12. As the date approaches, expect to hear more disguised shout-outs to patriots and tea-partiers, as right-wing politicians seek to placate the hordes said to be on their way to the nation's capitol. Members of the far-right Tea Party and patriot movements love the iconography of the American Revolution. They fancy themselves as "patriots" in the mold of Ethan Allen and Charles Gadsden -- men who led militias against the troops of England's despotic King George III. http://www.alternet.org/politics/142333/the_wing-nut_code%3A_what_glenn_beck_and_sarah_palin_are_really_saying_to_their_followers/stay away from moving propellers - they bite blue skies from thai sky adventures good solid response-provoking keyboarding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #2 September 2, 2009 Quotehttp://www.alternet.org/politics/142333/the_wing-nut_code%3A_what_glenn_beck_and_sarah_palin_are_really_saying_to_their_followers/ Ah, another plagiarism from alternatereality.net... they let you back in to steal more of their nutjob content, did they?Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jclalor 12 #3 September 2, 2009 And then there is this Christian preacher that prays for Obama to die of brain cancer. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/31/phoenix-pastor-draws-protests-telling-church-prays-obamas-death/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #4 September 2, 2009 The irony, if you want to call it that, is that it doesn't appear that either Beck, Palin nor a sizable percentage of the people they're talking to actually know much at all about history or what the symbols mean. BTW, Christopher Gadsden is the Revolutionary War hero with the "Don't Tread On Me" snake flag (aka the Gadsden Flag). I know who he is (obviously), but who the fuck was "Charles" Gadsden?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #5 September 2, 2009 QuoteI know who he is (obviously), but who the fuck was "Charles" Gadsden? I don't know ... maybe he was related to Mark Hinckley (see transcript in body of post), since perfect historical accuracy is so important. Evidently *racial* accuracy isn't, but you know how that goes...Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,150 #6 September 2, 2009 QuoteAnd then there is this Christian preacher that prays for Obama to die of brain cancer. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/31/phoenix-pastor-draws-protests-telling-church-prays-obamas-death/ It's of no importance since prayer has been proven to be totally ineffective anyway.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #7 September 2, 2009 Notice the messianic quality of this stuff? On all sides. A messiah would proclaim knowledge of the real truth. People speaking in strange tongues that only he understands and will spread the word of the truth!!!! Can I get an amen?!?! Allelujah!!!! Praise me!!!! My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #8 September 2, 2009 QuoteNotice the messianic quality of this stuff? On all sides. A messiah would proclaim knowledge of the real truth. People speaking in strange tongues that only he understands and will spread the word of the truth!!!! Can I get an amen?!?! Allelujah!!!! Praise me!!!! Wanna weigh in on this thread?quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jgoose71 0 #9 September 2, 2009 I spent some time looking around alternet.org. That has got to be one of the most fair and balanced and credible web sites I have ever seen....NOT "There is an art, it says, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss." Life, the Universe, and Everything Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skyrider 0 #10 September 2, 2009 QuoteAnd then there is this Christian preacher that prays for Obama to die of brain cancer. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/31/phoenix-pastor-draws-protests-telling-church-prays-obamas-death/ gotta love a man of faith! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #11 September 3, 2009 Quote Wanna weigh in on this thread? No thanks, Paul. I have been to the Mountain. And I have seeeeeeeennnnn - the Promised Land. The Tom Aiello said, "This is jumpable. I shall call this launch point "Skip Thomas." And off he went... My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
