by Thom Hartmann | May 12, 2014 | Conservatism
The Ugly American is back in a big way. Back in March of 2001, the Taliban blew up and destroyed the Buddhas of Bamiyan, two massive, 6th century statues of the Buddha, that were carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamwam valley of Afghanistan. The historic...
by Terrance Heath | May 9, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Hillary Clinton's all-but-inevitable presidential candidacy in 2016 and Monica Lewinsky's return to the spotlight have led to recurrence of the right's derangement disorder of the '90s. Monica Lewinsky, whose name became a verb in the late 1990s, broke her silence on...
by Terrance Heath | May 7, 2014 | Conservatism
Right-wing lawlessness continues apace at Cliven Bundy's ranch, where supporters who were itching to shoot police officers and federal agents, nearly shot each other instead. Some citizens want the "militia" out. Can this thing end without bloodshed? Standoff At The...
by Terrance Heath | May 2, 2014 | Conservatism
At what point do armed citizens consider themselves the law, based on little more than their numbers and their guns? The latest news from Bundy Ranch, raises this and many other questions. The Bureau of Land Management called an end to its gather of Cliven Bundy’s...
by Terrance Heath | May 2, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Here’s a basic rule of thumb for wingnut rhetoric. If right-wingers have returned to flogging that dead horse called Benghazi, they’re fresh out of ideas again. This week, wingnuts weren’t just beating a dead horse. They were almost making glue. Maybe they got the...
by Thom Hartmann | May 1, 2014 | Conservatism
If you want to understand the modern American right, just head on out to Bunkerville, Nevada and visit the Bundy Ranch. The mainstream media may have backed off talking about them ever since The New York Times published Cliven Bundy’s racist rant, but, believe it or...
