Archive: Authoritarianism

as Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh a “great American?” How about Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph?
In light of his statements during a town hall on Aug. 18, it would be good to hear whether Rep. Wally Herger, a Republican representing a rural district near the California-Oregon border, agrees that these killers are “great Americans.”
At [...]

The topic of assassination has been unthinkable during the early months of Barack Obama’s presidency. But in light of the right-wing rage on display at health-care town halls this month — combined with new information that the president is receiving around 900 threats per month, a 400 percent increase over threats against George Bush — [...]

Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) Chair Jim Greer continues his meteoric rise within the ranks of Der Party by being named to the Republican National Committee’s Rules Committee, the usual quote-mark-impaired press release announced.
No less of a light than RNC Chair Michael Steele offered the gregarious Greer a carefully worded congrats:
“Through his outstanding success [...]

After the interview, Joan Walsh, who is the editor of Salon.com, filed an after-action report on her site:
I think the high or low point was when he shrieked at me, “You have blood on your hands!” At one point he also either told me to “Shut up” or “Be quiet,” I can’t remember. (If I’m [...]

Efforts by the makers of Rockstar Energy Drink to suppress the association between their company and the father of its CEO and founder, right-wing extremist radio talker Michael Savage, appear to be backfiring. Rather than stifling the company’s family connection with Savage, publicity generated by Rockstar’s aggressive legal strategy is helping to spread news that [...]

He did it again. Bush tried to scare the Senate into confirming the open-minded (when it comes to torture, anyway) Michael Mukasey to replace former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Follow me closely here — Mukasey needs to know whether we waterboard because if we do it, it’s automatically not torture.
Bush later linked the debate [...]

In case you’re just tuning in to this story, last Tuesday, Oct. 23, as the wildfires raged in Southern California, FEMA held a news conference that was broadcast by the cable newsers. Within hours, however, it was revealed that the entire news conference was fake. That’s right — good ol’ gubmint propaganda:
The Bush administration was [...]