Tag Archives: Fear-Mongering

One Way to Honor the Victims of Boston: Don’t Be Afraid

Posted on April 17, 2013 at 7:00 am by Bob Cesca

My Wednesday column: It’s a shame that Alex Jones and his jittery cuckoo’s nest of schizophrenic dittoheads are so tightly wedged up their own asses. Their paranoid self-fulfilling prophecies of nefarious “false flag” government conspiracies involving the murder of its … Continue reading →
Continue reading →
Continue reading →
Continue reading →
Continue reading →
Continue reading →
Continue reading →
Continue reading →
Continue reading →

Posted in One Nation Under Fear, Terrorism, The Daily Banter | Tagged , | Leave a comment

I Narrowly Avoided a Naked Body Scanner

Posted on November 1, 2011 at 12:34 pm by Bob Cesca

I went through an airport security line over the weekend and there were two metal detector lines — one with the usual metal detector doorway, and the other with a naked Backscatter machine as its primary security screening device. But … Continue reading →

Posted in One Nation Under Fear | Tagged , , , | 5 Comments

Real Crime Versus Fake Crime

Posted on September 19, 2011 at 10:06 am by Bob Cesca

DougJ at Balloon Juice noted this about crime rates: Violent crime in the United States continues to drop significantly despite the difficult economic environment, according to new statistics released Friday by the Justice Department. According to the Crime Victimization Survey … Continue reading →

Posted in Terrorism | Tagged , , , | 16 Comments

Doof Quote of the Day

Posted on October 21, 2010 at 12:15 pm by Bob Cesca

“I mean, look, Bill, I’m not a bigot. You know the kind of books I’ve written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people … Continue reading →

Posted in Quote | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Oh My God! We're All Doomed! Dooomed!

Posted on April 14, 2010 at 3:13 pm by Bob Cesca

The Republicans laying it on really, really thick with this one. Thicker than usual. But you know, I wish I could say it won’t work.

Posted in Healthcare | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

Fear, Greed, Racism and Stupidity

Posted on March 26, 2010 at 7:42 am by Bob Cesca

Once again, the Republican arsenal failed. Danziger illustrates: Via

Posted in Republican Party | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

Wasted

Posted on March 17, 2010 at 3:21 pm by Steven Weber

by It must be a nightmare, clinging to beliefs that are regularly refuted by empirical facts, embracing myths of a country which only exists in the febrile Right Wing imagination, cringing in fear of contrived boogie men and having the … Continue reading →

Posted in Republican Party | Tagged , | Comments Off

Republican Strategy Memo Spells It All Out

Posted on March 3, 2010 at 6:22 pm by Bob Cesca

The politics of fear spelled out in one convenient GOP memo. It’s all right here. And that book I wrote? I rest my case. Via UPDATE… From the Politico piece. Uh doy: The 72-page document was provided to POLITICO by … Continue reading →

Posted in One Nation Under Fear | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

The New McCarthy

Posted on March 2, 2010 at 5:46 pm by Bob Cesca

It could be any number of Republicans or Fox News hosts, but this ad from Liz Cheney really sounds like McCarthy.

Posted in One Nation Under Fear | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

WTF?

Posted on July 23, 2009 at 9:31 am by Bob Cesca

Michelle Malkin: Uhhhhhh, demonizing doctors doesn’t exactly seem the best way to shore up support for the ailing, failing government health care takeover. But the fear-mongerer-in-chief can’t seem to help himself. Wait — what? Fear-mongering? As Oliver Willis points out, … Continue reading →

Posted in One Nation Under Fear | Tagged , , , | Comments Off