Andymatic

Category: 3. Enemies and Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause

  • Cut Gas Line At Home Of Dem Rep's Brother

    “After a tea party organizer published the address of the brother of Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA) in a blog post urging anti-health reform activists to “drop by,” someone cut a propane gas line at the house, Politico is reporting. Now the FBI is investigating what happened at the home near Charlottesville, according to Politico. The development comes […]

  • Alabama Milita Aims for Night of Broken Glass

    When was the last time someone broke a lot of windows to send a message? Oh yeah. The Star also said that a former leader of the Alabama Constitutional Militia Monday claimed responsibility for the attacks. He issued a call Friday for modern “Sons of Liberty” to break the windows of Democratic Party offices nationwide in […]

  • Tea Party Protests Devolve Into Hate-Mongering

    From Metafilter: “No government handouts!”, “kill the bill!”, “impeach Obama!”, “n*gger!” and “faggot!” all mean the same thing: “Our group is big, our group is strong, our group is dominant, your group must submit.” That is the only real content of what they're saying, which is why they’re pretty much unfazed by finding out that […]

  • Beck: Sunday Health Care Vote is an Affront to God

    I keep thinking he’s going to do a Network and end it all live: “They intend to vote on the Sabbath, during Lent, to take away the liberty that we have right from God,” King said. “Faith has been perverted,” Beck responded, then repeated. “They are going to vote for this damn thing on a Sunday, […]

  • Constance McMillen Is Makes Me Hopeful

    The young gay woman that just wanted to take her girlfriend to prom (and the high school decided to cancel the prom) is back home: When it first started, I just wanted to take my girlfriend to prom, you know? I thought it might make the local news and maybe help future LGBT students at […]

  • McCain and Lieberman's Nightmarish Detention Bill

    This is fun: An individual, including a citizen of the United States, determined to be an unprivileged enemy belligerent under section 3( c)(2) in a manner which satisfies Article 5 of the Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War may be detained without criminal charges and without trial for the duration of […]

  • Muslim Bigots Came to San Francisco to Shoot Gays

    Castro tourism: They’re considering charging the suspects in 11 similar shootings… The cousins from Hayward, Calif., are accused of shooting a 27-year-old man in the cheek as he was smoking outside a bar in San Francisco’s Mission district on Feb. 26. Police allegedly found a “rifle-style” BB gun and a video camera inside the car. Investigators […]

  • Median Wealth for Single Black Women: $100, Single White Women: $41,000

    The Insight Center for Community Economic Development report: almost half of all single women of color (no inclusion go asian women) have negative or no wealth (debts exceeding assets/income): Nearly half of all single black and Hispanic women have zero or negative wealth meaning their debts exceed all of their assets.The median wealth for single […]

  • Mississippi School Wants to Ban Lesbian Student From Prom

    From The Progressive Puppy: An 18-year-old lesbian high school student is challenging a Mississippi school district policy that says no same-sex date at the senior prom.  Constance McMillen has enlisted the help of the American Civil Liberties Union after the district refused to let McMillen and her girlfriend arrive as a couple at the April […]

  • Jeffersonville 7th Grader Suspended for Saying No to Drugs

    Oh Jeffersonville, nobody does it like you: The parents of a Kentuckiana seventh grade student say their young daughter was suspended from school for doing exactly what she’s been taught to do for years – to just say no to drugs. The girl did not bring the prescription drug to her Jeffersonville, IN school, nor […]