10/09/2010

GOTea Party Fashion Statement: Brownshirts


"...Voila! We go from Hitler's eugenics to Obama's health-care plan, with an assist from poor Woodrow Wilson.

Telling the nation that Obama is leading the country into Nazism is outrageous -- and that's exactly why Beck has been so successful. He averages more than 2 million nightly viewers on his Fox show, brings in $32 million in annual revenue from his various ventures, according to Forbes magazine, and is an unofficial leader of the tea party and its mass anti-government rallies..."


Read more about Beck and his Hitler obsession at The Washington Post.

10/08/2010

It Was So Cold...

“Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.”

Martin Luther King, Jr.



“The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”

Ayn Rand

10/06/2010

Eisenhower Is A Communist!

“They’re smart. This right-wing, redneck stuff works for them. They see this as a way to get things done without getting dirty themselves.”

Rob Stein
Democratic political strategist





"...Members of the John Birch Society developed an interest in a school of Austrian economists who promoted free-market ideals. Charles and David Koch were particularly influenced by the work of Friedrich von Hayek, the author of “The Road to Serfdom” (1944), which argued that centralized government planning led, inexorably, to totalitarianism. Hayek’s belief in unfettered capitalism has proved inspirational to many conservatives, and to anti-Soviet dissidents; lately, Tea Party supporters have championed his work. In June, the talk-radio host Glenn Beck, who has supported the Tea Party rebellion, promoted “The Road to Serfdom” on his show; the paperback soon became a No. 1 best-seller on Amazon. (Beck appears to be a fan of the Kochs; in the midst of a recent on-air parody of Al Gore, Beck said, without explanation, “I want to thank Charles Koch for this information.” Beck declined to elaborate on the relationship.)..."

Read more
COVERT OPERATIONS in the New Yorker

10/05/2010

Unfair & Unbalanced

"All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach."

Adolf Hitler




"Is the president purposefully using propaganda and hyperbole to garner the American public for support?"

Sean Hannity