Tag Archives: Xenophobia

Keeping Up With The Gohmert

Posted on April 30, 2013 at 5:30 pm by JM Ashby

Representative Louie Gohmert (R-TX) has dropped his latest nugget of wisdom: Eric Holder is a terrorist sympathizer and the Muslim Brotherhood is commanding the Obama Administration. Listen: Responding to Glenn Beck’s question of why Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was read this Miranda … Continue reading →
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Republican Outreach

Posted on January 28, 2013 at 3:30 pm by JM Ashby

It’s time for another episode of Republican Outreach which, not-coincidentally, is brought to us by Arizona. Arizona Republicans have introduced a bill which I would characterize as “Papers Please” for healthcare. Hospitals would need to check the immigration status of … Continue reading →

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“Start Shooting”

Posted on August 14, 2012 at 4:40 pm by JM Ashby

Someone should inform Joe the Not-Really-A-Plumber that there already is a fence along the southern border but, for obvious reasons, we don’t shoot people on the other side of it. Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher is not politically correct and … Continue reading →

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Thankfully No Americans Were Killed

Posted on August 7, 2012 at 5:20 pm by JM Ashby

The Onion never disappoints. WASHINGTON—In response to the shooting death of six Sikh worshippers at a temple in Oak Creek, WI yesterday, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) offered a public expression of her thankfulness that no Americans had been killed in … Continue reading →

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Real McCarthyism Leads to Real Hate Crimes

Posted on August 6, 2012 at 5:30 pm by JM Ashby

This is what real McCarthyism begets. The city of Joplin, Missouri, which was obliterated by an F5 tornado last year, has just experienced its second Mosque fire in a little over a month. A second fire in less than five … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong With Arizona?

Posted on May 3, 2012 at 4:30 pm by JM Ashby

No family in America is as dysfunctional as the Right Wing politician family of Arizona. Pinal County, Arizona sheriff candidate, neo-Nazi, and rabid xenophobe JT Ready killed 5 people including himself yesterday, and even in death he tried to blame … Continue reading →

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Voter Deportation

Posted on April 30, 2012 at 8:00 pm by JM Ashby

Artist – Chris Weyant In other news, Florida Senator Macro Rubio was fined by the FEC on Friday for receiving “prohibited, excessive and other impermissible contributions totaling $210,173.09.” Whoops?

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Quote of the Day

Posted on April 7, 2012 at 3:30 pm by JM Ashby

“His immigration policy is identical to mine” -Former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce on Mitt Romney Russell Pearce is the former president of the Arizona senate because he was recalled from office by fellow Republicans over his radical anti-immigration policy … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong With Arizona?

Posted on April 2, 2012 at 3:30 pm by JM Ashby

Arizona has already banned teaching ethnic studies in K-12 public schools, however now that superintendent John Huppenthal has identified the mastermind behind the proliferation of ethnic enlightenment, he wants to ban it there too. Arizona’s superintendent of schools, John Huppenthal, … Continue reading →

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Winning Them Over

Posted on March 14, 2012 at 6:45 pm by JM Ashby

If Santorum got his act together it’s possible he could emerge as the nominee, but as always he takes one step forward by winning a couple primaries and then takes two steps back by saying something incredibly insensitive. For some … Continue reading →

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