Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Video: F*ck Tea Movement Won't Play Nice With Tea Party

F*ck Tea Movement Won't Play Nice With Tea Party - CBS News Video

As November's mid-term election approach, Progressives have taken off the gloves with an aggressive campaign called the, "F*ck Tea Movement" aimed to stop the momentum of the Tea Party. The Agenda Project's Founder Erica Payne spoke with CBS News' Jan Crawford about their mission.

Howard Dean: "Mosque" should move - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com

Howard Dean: "Mosque" should move

- Another prominent Democrat that sells out our Constitution. And Howard Dean quite takes courageous positions. But even he can't resist the march towards intolerance. Now both parties are guilty of giving in to hate.

Poll: 1 in 5 Americans thinks Obama is a Muslim

Poll: 1 in 5 Americans thinks Obama is a Muslim

- This is sad and frightening. We can thank principally the media, especially FOXNews for the disinformation. America is being dumbed-down by a press that prefers to report every outlandish claim about Obama than reporting the facts. The politicians only try to take advantage of a misinformed nation. The problem here is ignorance. And an ignorant nation cannot be great.

 Plastic surgeon was texting in car before fatal crash 


 Plastic surgeon was texting in car before fatal crash 

- Hopefully people will learn. Also, the laws need to be tightened. And is Oprah the only media person speaking out?

 Palin goes 0-for-2 on primary night 


 TRENDING: Palin goes 0-for-2 on primary night 

Transcript: 'Countdown' with Keith Olbermann (8-17-10)

Full Transcript here. Excerpt below:

Many colonists, like those who settled in Jamestown in Virginia, traveled in search of fortune, betting that the cultivation of cash crops, such as tobacco, would allow them to realize the promise in a promised land. But others, like those who landed at Plymouth Rock, hope for a different reward, sailing to the new world on the Mayflower to escape religious persecution.

Our fifth story: put aside the ginned up faux controversy surrounding the building of an Islamist community center somewhere near Ground Zero -- the non-news that Republicans want you to talk about instead of focusing upon unemployment, the Gulf oil disaster, health care.

The real actual controversy might be this: the threat to religious freedom, a threat already being faced by other Muslim Americans nationwide, and a freedom upon which this nation was founded. Those who oppose the Islamic community center near Ground Zero, being many of the same people who love to wrap themselves in the yellow parchment of our founding documents with little to no understanding of what those documents represent.

Muslim and interfaith leaders today are expressing concern that the question of religious freedom is not contained to Lower Manhattan, calling for the protection of community centers, of mosques, of other houses of worship, of Muslim Americans, and of other worshippers around the country, their fears not unfounded. Recent weeks and months witnessing an alarming rise in incidents.

Mosques now facing zoning challenges in Tennessee, in California, in Georgia, in Kentucky, in Wisconsin and in Illinois; standing room-only in a courthouse when a proposed facility in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was discussed -- as well as only miles from Ground Zero, itself, in Midland Beach in Staten Island, and Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn.

Then there`s the unmasked hatred and violence. Last week, Christians protestors confronting worshippers outside a mosque in Bridgeport, Connecticut, before Friday evening prayer services during Ramadan just because. Screaming, among other things, "Jesus hates Muslims" and calling the children murderers.

In Jacksonville, in Florida in May, the pipe bombing of the mosque -- the FBI is investigating it as a possible domestic terrorist incident.

In the San Francisco Bay Area in California, Muslim man beaten in broad daylight by attackers who called him a terrorist.

And mother and son reported assaulted after a softball game in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Why? The Iraqi immigrant who moved her family here to escape violence tried to defend her adult son when he was called "raghead," "terrorist" and "camel jockey` by members of the opposing team. Also, the man`s jaw is broken, now wired shut. The police is saying the incident seemed to be trash talking that got out of hand.

The attackers in these cases are calling their victims terrorists. The attackers meanwhile claiming they, themselves, oppose violence, while they were assaulting others.

Greta Van Susteren: Glenn Beck 'Should Move' Rally From Martin Luther King Spot

Greta Van Susteren: Glenn Beck 'Should Move' Rally From Martin Luther King Spot

Update: Former Mobile sex crimes prosecutor arrested on child pornography, enticement charges

Former Mobile sex crimes prosecutor arrested on child pornography, enticement charges

Glenn Beck's plans for rally on a hallowed date and spot spurs countermarches

Glenn Beck's plans for rally on a hallowed date and spot spurs countermarches

Social activists and civil rights leaders, among them the Rev. Al Sharpton, are planning marches and demonstrations -- including the unveiling of a nearly four-story-tall original sculpture on the Mall -- on Aug. 28 to coincide with a rally organized by Fox News personality Glenn Beck.

Liberal Writer: Democrats Cowards for not Standing up to GOP Bigotry

The Mosque and the Democrats - The Daily Beast

Think the GOP was shameless on the "Ground Zero" mosque? The Democrats, beginning with Obama, have been utter cowards.

AP Poll: Obama at new low for handling economy

AP Poll: Obama at new low for handling economy

President Barack Obama earned his lowest marks ever on his handling of the economy in a new Associated Press-GfK poll, which also found that an overwhelming majority of Americans now describe the nation's financial outlook as poor.

In Flooded Pakistan, a Lack of Basic Supplies

In Flooded Pakistan, a Lack of Basic Supplies - NYTimes.com

With disastrous flooding threatening to spread, the United Nations acknowledged Wednesday that the shortage of the most basic supplies — shelter, food and drinking water — presented the biggest challenge for aid workers in Pakistan.

Exclusive: Mary Cheney gave $500 to anti-gay-marriage Senate hopeful

Exclusive: Mary Cheney gave $500 to anti-gay-marriage Senate hopeful

Mary Cheney, the openly gay first daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, gave hundreds of dollars in campaign contributions to a Senate candidate who opposes same-sex marriage, records show.

228 Million Eggs Recalled Following Salmonella Outbreak - Nutrition | Physical

228 Million Eggs Recalled Following Salmonella Outbreak

Finland Best Country in the World to Live In


 Best Countries in the World - Newsweek 

 China targets U.S. troops with arms buildup 


 China targets U.S. troops with arms buildup - Washington Times