Wingnut Sphere Angst over Glenn Back Advertising Pulls

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Thursday August 13, 2009 · 1:18 PM PDT

2009/08/13 · 13:18

So, it seems that folks on the right are in a tizzy because advertisers are responding to the tens of thousands petition signers and emails requesting that they pull advertisements from Glenn Beck's show.

But wait! Not only is a Vile Liberal Plan to take away Glenn Beck's first amendment rights, it's a Green/Communist/Black/Hollywood/Criminal conspiracy by the Obama administration:

In fact, Obama’s Green Jobs Czar, the convicted felon and self-declared communist Van Jones, has direct ties to the organization that’s trying to shut down Glenn Beck. Jones’s group has hired a big Hollywood PR firm and they are pressuring Glenn’s advertisers to stop advertising. If not, they’ll lead a boycott.

(Though, if you follow below the fold, you'll see that it is actually a Soros conspiracy.)

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Sunday July 05, 2009 · 1:35 AM PDT

2009/07/05 · 01:35

Dramatis Personae

THE GOV: The Governor of Alaska, who in no way, shape or form bears any resembelance to any real person that ever might have even been thought to live, or even be in some other work of fiction, in case her lawyer decides to sue me. Who ever 'her' or 'her lawyer' might refer to.

FIRST AGENT: An agent for the FBI.

SECOND AGENT: Another generic agent for the FBI.

THE LAWYER: The imaginary lawyer of the imaginary governor, who, because he is imaginary, won't want to sue me.

SMOKER DUDE: Some completely random guy, who represents nothing at all.

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Thursday April 16, 2009 · 11:14 AM PDT

2009/04/16 · 11:14

To the Dishonorable Governor Rick Perry:

For eight years, I witnessed unspeakable crimes committed by our nation under your party's control. My nation, under our flag, not only committed torture and engaged in an unjust war of aggression, but flaunted it. But when I spoke up, I was called a terrorist sympathizer.

For eight years, I beheld the executive branch of our government, controlled by a tightly knit neocon cartel, usurp powers not theirs under the Constitution that is the basis for the law in our nation and our society; the rules that we all agree to live together under. And when I protested this, you and your ilk asked why I hated America and called me a traitor.

For eight years, I watched my fourth amendment rights being blasted away in the name of unattainable security; my communications privacy reduced to effectively nothing; even the right of habeas corpus legally reduced to nothing. And when I raised my voice in protest, I was told that I was unpatriotic.

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Thursday March 19, 2009 · 2:25 PM PDT

2009/03/19 · 14:25

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As many of you know, Operation SpartaKos was launched yesterday to combat the risks posed by the recent discovery of our methods, including the existence of JournoList. Operation SpartaKos will remain in effect; the directives contained in this communique are in addition to the direction taken by Operation SpartaKos.

We regret the necessity of broadcasting this in the clear, but the recent discoveries of our methods and technologies (e.g., emailing between bloggers and the existence of listservs) by the RedState army has forced our hand. However, this should not be problematic in the long term, as if the following instructions are followed, it should prevent further breaches of security.

This is a Condition Mauve alert. Therefore, immediate action is required on your part. Please comply with the following instructions without delay.

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Tuesday January 27, 2009 · 10:19 AM PST

2009/01/27 · 10:19

To the Honorable Republican Members of the House:

What in the hell do you think you are doing? I mean, seriously, have you lost your minds entirely? Have you gone completely and absolutely freaking nuts? Do you have anything resembling a clue at all? No?

Allow me to help, then. Your opposition to the new stimulus legislation defies logic, reason and sanity itself. You are engaging in self destructive behavior for yourselves and for the nation.

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Friday January 23, 2009 · 7:35 AM PST

2009/01/23 · 07:35

Two days ago, Keith Olbermann had Russell Tice, former NSA analyst, on his show. Tice came forward to discuss the NSA's domestic spying program. (See here and here for the lead diaries on this by RiderOnTheStorm.)

Yesterday, I wrote a diary detailing the technical aspects of such a system, and presented some of the ramifications of such a system.

Today, I present a set questions that need be answered by our nation and society before we should even let those in power decide to proceed with this program.

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Thursday January 22, 2009 · 1:02 PM PST

2009/01/22 · 13:02

As diaried (update diary is here) by RiderOnTheStorm, Russell Tice, former NSA analyst, has come forward and blown the whistle on the NSA'd domestic spying programs. This diary attempts to put some of the technical issues into as close to layman's terms as I can get, and look at what the ramifications of the use of existing data mining and machine learning techniques are in terms of individual privacy.

Disclaimer: The following diary is based upon my professional background as a software developer with extensive experience in data mining and machine learning. The software techniques presented are fundamental to the field. However, my thoughts on how these techniques may be being applied by the government agencies responsible for the electronic surveillance are speculative; I am not nor have ever been a member of the "intelligence community". I have, however, worked on various intrusion detection and prevention systems over the years.

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Tuesday January 20, 2009 · 5:53 PM PST

2009/01/20 · 17:53

This morning, my wife and I got up early, filled with excitement. This was the day that we would see the realization of all the work that we had shared in to get President Obama elected. Oh, we were but two among so many, but we'd put our heart and soul into it; we claim, as Kos put it, that we left nothing on the road.

As the inauguration progressed, an extraordinary feeling built in both of us. I've been looking for words to describe it all day. Words like uplifting, joyous, fulfillment come to mind, but really don't do justice to what we felt. The best single word that I can come up with is freedom: freedom from fear of tyranny, freedom from hopeless fear for the future, freedom from the constant anger at what has been done to our nation.

And then I got to work, where at an all hands meeting, an across the board pay cut was announced.

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Friday December 19, 2008 · 1:25 PM PST

2008/12/19 · 13:25

Instead of bemoaning the fact that Obama must be president over all citizens of our nation, we should be celebrating the fact that Obama is the president over the entire United States.

Instead of tearing each other apart, attacking each other because some of us are people of faith and others see religion as evil, we should be celebrating the fact that people of faith and those who do not follow a faith have stood together to achieve a Democratic victory.

Instead of ripping each other to shreds over who Obama chooses to help him govern, we should be celebrating the formation of a Democratic government, and giving the man who we worked so hard to get elected a chance to actually do something before we shred the base that got him into office.

(continued)

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Wednesday December 03, 2008 · 12:48 PM PST

2008/12/03 · 12:48

As the political and social tides in our nation change, as we emerge from a period of abuses of power, of lies and deceit, of both means and ends becoming corrupted and unrecognizable, there is a great need for justice to be done. Not the justice of the secret tribunal and the back alley, not retribution and revenge against those who have committed acts that so degrade our society, but rather, true justice, in the light of day, before our own society and people and before the world.

Follow me below the fold for some thoughts on true justice, and why right now, for the good of our society, of the rule of law and of our nation, it is so critical that it be administered.

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Tuesday November 11, 2008 · 9:54 PM PST

2008/11/11 · 21:54

There has been significant and understandable angst and anger on the part of the GLBT community concerning the setbacks to gay rights; in particular, the passage of Proposition 8 in California has raised the level of of these emotions to proportions that I have not observed since growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 60's and 70's.

However, I have observed this anger spilling over into what I believe to be counter-productive approaches and efforts. Recently, there was an incident wherein a protest occurred at the Mount Hope Church in Michigan. While I do not agree with the version of Christianity that this church preaches, I feel strongly that this sort of reaction does nothing to further the cause of equal rights for all; and in particular, of those who are a part of the GLBT community. It is my belief that if this approach is adopted as standard operating procedure, or even if it is applauded and embraced by the majority of the gay community, it will wind up doing incredible harm to the cause of gay rights, and thereby, to the cause of universal equality.

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Monday November 03, 2008 · 2:58 PM PST

2008/11/03 · 14:58

It seems that the final dying spasm of the McCain/Palin supporters is an attempt to skew the exit polls.

The leading front page article on redstate.com is a plea to their readers to re-initiate "Operation Chaos" by lying to exit pollsters.

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