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7 bizarre conspiracy theories that the GOP takes seriously
Salon ^
| May 10, 2013
| Mark Howard, Alternet
Posted on 05/10/2013 10:26:10 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Fear peddlers want elected representatives to initiate investigations and draft bills to address fake threats.
Once upon a time, the most outlandish fantasies of fringe political fabulists were confined to a narrow spectrum on the AM radio dial. They concocted delusional narratives that ranged from murderous first ladies to galactic alliances with Martians. It was an entertaining world of fiction and a guilty pleasure for some, even as the true believers were convinced of the frightening fate that was unfolding.
Today, however, the boundaries between rational political discourse and raving madness have been erased. The extremist peddlers of nightmare scenarios who were once thought to be charmingly eccentric at 1am are now advising elected representatives of the people to initiate investigations and draft bills addressing these non-existent threats. Here are just a few of the urban legends that are circulating in the halls of state and federal legislative bodies courtesy of the whack job broadcasting set.
1. The UN Arms Treaty and US Sovereignty The United Nations recently passed an initiative to address the proliferation of “illegal” arms trading amongst terrorists and rogue nations. As expected, the right-wing Chicken Little Brigade immediately began protesting that this was another attempt to dilute national sovereignty and bring about a one-world government. Of course, there is nothing in the proposal that would infringe on the rights of any nation to set their own standards for gun ownership. The actual resolution explicitly states that countries will “exclusively” maintain the right within their borders to, “regulate internal transfers of arms and national ownership, including through national constitutional protections on private ownerships.“
This perfectly reasonable attempt to disarm criminals and tyrants was opposed initially by Alex Jones and similar fringe broadcasters.....
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I won’t go to Salon.com and give them the hits.
So just from the excerpt, I see that Salon is giving Alex Jones the role as a representative of the GOP. ‘Nuff said.
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posted on
05/10/2013 10:31:38 AM PDT
by
kidd
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I love these people, they think we are crazy and in fact they support a system that will shut them down if successful and have them killed. STUPID
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posted on
05/10/2013 10:32:39 AM PDT
by
crosslink
(Moderates should play in the middle of a busy street)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Mixed bag. Some are obvious problems (commies, muslims, Benghazi) to anyone with a brain, and some I’m not so sure about (UN arms treaty, the Saudi “student”, govt buying ammo).
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posted on
05/10/2013 10:32:53 AM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Salon, of course. Garbage.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
4. Benghazi The king of right-wing talk radio, Rush Limbaugh got the ball rolling with this one. He alleged on his program that Obama was deliberately blocking the investigation into the attack on the US facility in Libya. Limbaugh could not come up with an explanation for why Obama would want to stymie the inquiry, so the implication left hanging was that he had some connection to the attack that he wanted to cover up.I guess this pinhead didn't watch C-SPAN3 the other day. What a tool.
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posted on
05/10/2013 10:33:54 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: PghBaldy
That’s the trick. Mix in the bona fide scandals with the dubious ones as a way to impugn those pushing investigation of the bona fide scandals.
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posted on
05/10/2013 10:34:47 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Nothing to see here, move along, nothing but conspiracy theories.
Oh, and ignore that man behind the curtain.......
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posted on
05/10/2013 10:35:36 AM PDT
by
Lakeshark
(!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I guess when you live on Pluto as those on the left do, Earth seems pretty far out there.
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posted on
05/10/2013 10:35:38 AM PDT
by
Maceman
(Just say "NO" to tyranny.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I can never remember: Is it Salon or Slate which is published form inside a mental hospital?
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posted on
05/10/2013 10:35:46 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Salon is a liberal site dedicated to the propaganda of Liberalism; first they deny the lies of a Clinton or an Obama. Then, when science or evidence proves the truth and that Clinton or Obama are lying, they say the lie doesn’t matter. They’re like the communist in the 1930s who flipped to whatever position Stalin told them to take. Situational partisan ethics guide them. It’s all about power.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Mark Howard is an accomplished artist and the founder of the media analysis web site News Corpse. He is also the author of Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Community's Assault On Truth." 
Posted on: May 8, 2013, Source: AlterNet
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Posted on: Feb 18, 2013, Source: AlterNet
The allegedly powerful network is actually a thin-skinned schoolyard bully.
Posted on: Dec 31, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Fox was clearly operating at the top of its capacity to distort and deceive.
Posted on: Dec 3, 2012, Source: News Corpse
What may come as a surprise to some is that approximately four-in-ten Americans view socialism positively.
Posted on: Nov 27, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Fox Nation is a website integral to the Fox news family. And their abuse of reality and truth is truly breathtaking.
Posted on: Nov 20, 2012, Source: News Corpse
The ratings tell an interesting story post-election.
Posted on: Oct 10, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Republican Rep. Jon Hubbard has deemed slavery a blessing. His position is not as uncommon as you'd think.
Posted on: Oct 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet
The frequency and outlandishness of their conspiratorial imaginations grows in sync with their desperation. With Obama ahead in the polls, let's take a look at the absurdities hatched by our conservative fearmongers.
Posted on: Sep 7, 2012, Source: AlterNet
The hyper-hypocrisy of today’s GOP has spread through the party’s bloodstream.
Posted on: Aug 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Fox spinners disseminate brazenly dishonest propaganda without shame or fear of reprisal.
Posted on: Jul 19, 2012, Source: AlterNet
How do they maintain their editorial animosity toward immigrants without alienating an increasingly important voter group?
Posted on: May 22, 2012, Source: AlterNet
A new study finds that Congress speaks at almost a full grade level lower than it did seven years ago. Meet the 10 conservatives dragging down their collective intelligence.
Posted on: Apr 25, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Romney's policies, if enacted, will punish a broad spectrum of Americans from almost every possible constituent group.
Posted on: Feb 23, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Media Matters' new book has been met by shameless propaganda by Fox news.
Posted on: Feb 15, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Hostility and rabid right-wing advocacy are the hallmarks of Fox’s business model.
Posted on: Dec 3, 2011, Source: AlterNet
For decades, Frank Luntz has been fooling low-information voters into supporting unpopular policies. He's scared of OWS because the movement exposes his lies.
Posted on: Oct 27, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Another day, another Fox News attempt to smear the Occupy Wall Street movement. This time they've resurrected their favorite bogeyman, ACORN.
Posted on: Oct 15, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Breitbart's latest attention grab illustrates just how afraid the right is of the 99% of Americans who are waking up to the injustice and corruption of the 1%.
Posted on: Oct 12, 2011, Source: AlterNet
If there's one thing that American media doesn't need, it's another Fox News. The first one is already doing a stellar job of advancing the GOP agenda.
Posted on: Aug 22, 2011, Source: AlterNet
High-profile members of the right-wing like to claim that "half the country doesn't pay taxes." It's a straight-up lie.
Posted on: Jul 25, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The right-wing media has engaged in brazen finger-pointing and insensitivity toward the victims and other innocent parties.
Posted on: Jul 8, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The Fox News pack is on the warpath against media watchdog group Media Matters.
Posted on: Jun 7, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Just because Breitbart lucked into being correct about Weiner doesn’t mean his long-established pattern of deception should be dismissed.
Posted on: May 23, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Fox is bad for journalism and Democracy. It is bad for America. But is it also bad for the GOP?
Posted on: May 12, 2011, Source: News Corpse
Alright, not really. But imagine the outcry if lawmakers did to gun laws what they've done to a woman's right to control her own body?
Posted on: May 10, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Andrew Breitbart serves up thin gruel in his clownish memoir-manifesto, "Righteous Indignation."
Posted on: May 10, 2011, Source: News Corpse
Posted on: Apr 21, 2011, Source: News Corpse
The reviews of "Atlas Shrugged" have been merciless. And despite a major push by Tea Party networks, Ayn Rand's paean to ego-centrism has not drawn audiences.
Posted on: Apr 10, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Fox earned its nefarious reputation long before Beck arrived and there is every indication it will remain long after he’s gone.
Posted on: Mar 21, 2011, Source: News Corpse
When giant, prosperous, multinational corporations get out of their tax obligations, ordinary citizens are the ones who are forced to make up the shortfall.
Posted on: Mar 20, 2011, Source: AlterNet
America's right-wingers have orchestrated an aggressive assault on those they consider to be their enemies. Well, we don't have to lay down and take it.
Posted on: Mar 14, 2011, Source: News Corpse
NPR, and other groups and individuals who've reacted to James O'Keefe's pranks and lies, are helping to empower a dangerous cabal of right-wingers.
Posted on: Feb 18, 2011, Source: News Corpse
Beck has a Google conspiracy theory. What he doesn't tell you is that his boss, Rupert Murdoch, has it in for the search-engine giant.
Posted on: Jan 18, 2011, Source: News Corpse
When a survivor of the Tucson shooting told a Tea Party leader, "You're dead," he was arrested and committed. Why is Glenn Beck any different?
Posted on: Dec 24, 2010, Source: News Corpse
Rupert Murdoch sent a memo to all employees wishing them a happy 'holiday.' Why does he hate Jesus?
Posted on: Dec 21, 2010, Source: News Corpse
CNN, the once dominant and comparatively respectable cable news network, seems determined to destroy whatever shreds are left of its credibility.
Posted on: Dec 14, 2010, Source: News Corpse
A new survey of American voters shows that Fox News viewers are significantly more misinformed than consumers of news from other sources.
I rest my case.
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posted on
05/10/2013 10:40:44 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(You are either with us or you are with the RINOs.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The GOP is complicit in parts of that list.
But more importantly, the GOP is vastly different than 'conservatism', which has its on branches of difference.
The example of linking Rush, Glenn Beck and Alex Jones as if they are the same. They are different and have their own form of 'right'.
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posted on
05/10/2013 10:42:20 AM PDT
by
Theoria
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Just part of the ongoing campaign to sully our brand so that others will be afraid to join the Tea Party because they think we’re all a bunch of kooks, nutballs, and potentially dangerous terrorists.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Why do you give them click throughs?
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posted on
05/10/2013 10:44:06 AM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Salon forgot anout #8) Anthropogenic Global Warming is fraudulent and meant to destroy the economy and put total control in the hands of the EPA
and #9)Bears relieve themselves in sylvan settings.
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posted on
05/10/2013 10:44:31 AM PDT
by
arthurus
(Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE www.fee.org/library/books/economics-in-one-lesson)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I have a God given right to spread the doctrines of the Bill of Rights however I want and no gol-darned funny foreign guys should be allowed to get in my way.
That particular treaty denies us those rights!
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posted on
05/10/2013 10:45:46 AM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: dirtboy
Totally.
There’s also reason to be concerned about George Soros puppets.
There’s a whole lot of reason to be concerned about Agenda 21.
Voluntary, my ass.
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posted on
05/10/2013 10:46:42 AM PDT
by
sauropod
(Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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