tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58012293404368193832024-03-05T08:55:34.642-08:00St. Louis Pushes BackPushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-43749746666509961502010-06-16T08:01:00.000-07:002010-06-16T08:31:29.794-07:00Burns is Back and As Hilarious as EverJohn Burns, the brilliant strategist hailed as the next William F. Buckley by St. Louis Tea Party leader Bill Hennessy, who managed to only be able to get 37% of the St. Louis County population to <span style="font-style:italic;">vote against a tax increase</span>, is <a href="http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/06/tea-party-2-0-the-block-captain-revolution-part-i/">back</a> sharing his cutting political insights. Apparently, leading a campaign that manages to change a population from beating an identical initiative to only getting 37% qualifies John Burns to explain exactly how future historians are going to talk about the tea party movement. And, according to him, the tea party will be remembered as having two phases: the Stand Around and Yell Phase, and the new Creep Out Your Neighbors Phase, pioneered by him. <br /><br />And he's off to a fantastic start to his new movement, explaining to the readers of Hoft's blog how they can get involved on "Titter":<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFPmQAo3qmdxZ5uXwVKV-KTcwXQGP1Wti66nws9EGfI5wE1w0mNTqxMTgQRRN_nD0xbY2tg4iAvPdlCbhhRAdW4v3AEDrnUaEaX8Pbc8UXl3GUcH9K4md0LVQQzPIRUtw3_seYv3F6n0L/s1600/JBurnsTitter.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 98px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFPmQAo3qmdxZ5uXwVKV-KTcwXQGP1Wti66nws9EGfI5wE1w0mNTqxMTgQRRN_nD0xbY2tg4iAvPdlCbhhRAdW4v3AEDrnUaEaX8Pbc8UXl3GUcH9K4md0LVQQzPIRUtw3_seYv3F6n0L/s400/JBurnsTitter.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483391402662616610" /></a><br /><br />Let's hope Burn's endeavor is exactly as successful as his last one. It certainly looks like he's headed in that direction.PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-73474547932357572672010-06-02T21:59:00.000-07:002010-06-02T22:26:05.885-07:00Dana Loesch Links to Birther YouTube Channel that Repeatedly Refers to "Obama Animals"Dana Loesch <a href="http://thedanashow.wordpress.com/2010/06/03/my-thoughts-on-chris-matthews-documentary/">thought she was very clever</a> for typing captions on screenshots of a recent preview for an MSNBC special. But, as you might guess from the title of the video she used, she got her information from a very strange place:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMtOnwYTn4QKJgxqvGBnBlY1ANCPFXbbUedLPt8c6b7od-iCbYRV6J1tIlqz9igzPSNjCG7eWTIzsGzm_jI6zi3NWSqT9giDrRkxBQZEeXM6mHZjZu6vgRyUd-Ro2afSL9jcfsML2Hl89/s1600/One.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMtOnwYTn4QKJgxqvGBnBlY1ANCPFXbbUedLPt8c6b7od-iCbYRV6J1tIlqz9igzPSNjCG7eWTIzsGzm_jI6zi3NWSqT9giDrRkxBQZEeXM6mHZjZu6vgRyUd-Ro2afSL9jcfsML2Hl89/s400/One.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478410682590403250" /></a><br />The title refers to "Obama-animals." A quick glance at the youtube user, AmericasNewsTodayDotCom shows that the person uses the expression "Obama-animals" quite often:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXw-p676FIWOfJw6A76WVw2SEQQC6SNqk_twtnwg-QfTGQghAHSdENS762OBIDZNj9Qq6kzL4wb-ypr8LS-CzWDWXfDB2XQALsVKtf2gKt2CIq_SpObHNuD8Bu24wZozGiqgNiJqVg5Q3e/s1600/One2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 53px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXw-p676FIWOfJw6A76WVw2SEQQC6SNqk_twtnwg-QfTGQghAHSdENS762OBIDZNj9Qq6kzL4wb-ypr8LS-CzWDWXfDB2XQALsVKtf2gKt2CIq_SpObHNuD8Bu24wZozGiqgNiJqVg5Q3e/s400/One2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478410696400626722" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_eSXEZHfB-hrHm7aqsXNxmFHPvLA2IgRLL3LHhKumC1-6gVnhbJ7iwKKE-ZQTHXSeMeLslbsCvmTXw98fF-EJPNz9jEgy4g2CIlRhWLQK3W8gm07pqzk5nridtvgoKrwbQnR_VWkM0LVp/s1600/One1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 44px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_eSXEZHfB-hrHm7aqsXNxmFHPvLA2IgRLL3LHhKumC1-6gVnhbJ7iwKKE-ZQTHXSeMeLslbsCvmTXw98fF-EJPNz9jEgy4g2CIlRhWLQK3W8gm07pqzk5nridtvgoKrwbQnR_VWkM0LVp/s400/One1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478410688619674690" /></a><br />And a further glance at the America News Today Twitter feed reveals that the person is also a committed birther:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPC2YCaBa-fWPr2aNnsmQOQflXqRL9IIy6vlGpd3SoFwaH80zumgALOD4tgFREnd5tazT4oImWtMZBTnZVVz0TPK7tZJV_h0fHCHKOAWauSr3O9Hh0Eggg2ceYYvHp_rfzl2DP4816iYzF/s1600/One3.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPC2YCaBa-fWPr2aNnsmQOQflXqRL9IIy6vlGpd3SoFwaH80zumgALOD4tgFREnd5tazT4oImWtMZBTnZVVz0TPK7tZJV_h0fHCHKOAWauSr3O9Hh0Eggg2ceYYvHp_rfzl2DP4816iYzF/s400/One3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478410702159223586" /></a><br />Hmm, she sure knows how to show how rational those tea partiers are. But there was another thing about Loesch's post that seemed bizarre: check out the text she added to this photo:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheKG44QN4pQWHHdTO9hSf748b4V2a6XmFON0NJrDZRatMoCotFjstGbe3aZQ2DSjEZSj0PqQBZe6duY7_rXWWIbvigKnD2pBPemFpFgwQbTkmWVlDRjmubFTi0x5rulW3kDwdqHmF4Waoc/s1600/loeschweird.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheKG44QN4pQWHHdTO9hSf748b4V2a6XmFON0NJrDZRatMoCotFjstGbe3aZQ2DSjEZSj0PqQBZe6duY7_rXWWIbvigKnD2pBPemFpFgwQbTkmWVlDRjmubFTi0x5rulW3kDwdqHmF4Waoc/s400/loeschweird.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478412505617707122" /></a><br />Whaa? Did Dana Loesch just totally invent a black person at a tea party rally? Because that sure looks just like a middle aged white lady to me.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNlMMyPN9ZZzAIbnfTrNvrjIIKHugEQmpdXzdRv7Etdm7tpAMDRKyZxhxhwh-Lu-Pt0rMz6s11XUCg8WKjMOes_dwUkLTyqic3hyphenhyphenIlU1S2Te-kiKqitXCY_2jqxoGFviVBRK8VT6Z_b7M/s1600/One5.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBNlMMyPN9ZZzAIbnfTrNvrjIIKHugEQmpdXzdRv7Etdm7tpAMDRKyZxhxhwh-Lu-Pt0rMz6s11XUCg8WKjMOes_dwUkLTyqic3hyphenhyphenIlU1S2Te-kiKqitXCY_2jqxoGFviVBRK8VT6Z_b7M/s400/One5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478413054918709794" /></a><br />It does explain one thing though. This must be why Dana Loesch is so convinced that the tea party is really diverse.PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-61261908605332050312010-05-23T12:21:00.001-07:002010-05-23T12:33:14.440-07:00Great Moments in Durrr<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihOczomTF06yaW3ws7-Mo8B-fOzAGqvoki39SsPMzkZU9E_5tLiKp6c95emzSeWlw3GkbmLyVuGZw1wG7nfd6PzDhKxwtquJK4T7GNGqLK_IwgZTNhlnl3m80EFNs9yM_BGhQhqZZjwOun/s1600/DLDurrr.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihOczomTF06yaW3ws7-Mo8B-fOzAGqvoki39SsPMzkZU9E_5tLiKp6c95emzSeWlw3GkbmLyVuGZw1wG7nfd6PzDhKxwtquJK4T7GNGqLK_IwgZTNhlnl3m80EFNs9yM_BGhQhqZZjwOun/s400/DLDurrr.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474550697669221426" /></a><br />Actually, Scott Brown is in the Senate, and doesn't have a vote for "House Speaker."PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-65193724110971955672010-04-07T18:41:00.000-07:002010-04-07T18:51:11.441-07:00Gateway Pundit Uses Death Threat Against Pelosi as Argument Against Health Care ReformJim Hoft, fresh off whining about how the mean old "liberal media" interpreted the tea party burning a photo of Carnahan and bringing a coffin to his house as a threat,<a href="http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/04/pelosi-receives-death-threats-over-thrilling-health-care-bill/"> today </a>cited a death threat against Pelosi as evidence that the health care reform bill is bad. Hoft refers to Pelosi saying that people are "thrilled" about the healthcare bill, then quotes an article reporting on a death threat against Pelosi. Concludes Hoft: <blockquote>It’s a thrilling piece of legislation.</blockquote>I wonder how those durn libruls will interpret this<span style="font-style:italic;"> not-in-any-way-completely-creepy</span> statement.PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-33836743303785850592010-03-23T07:37:00.000-07:002010-03-23T07:46:56.055-07:00Gateway Pundit Misrepresents Poll NumbersGateway Pundit <a href="http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/03/americans-dont-like-obamacare-pelosi-reid-and-obama/">claimed yesterday </a>that a CNN poll showed that 59% of Americans opposed the health care bill and only 39% supported it. However, as Media Matters <a href="http://mediamattersaction.org/blog/201003220006">pointed out</a>, 13% of the people thought that the bill was "not liberal enough," which means that a majority of Americans either support the bill or wish it was more liberal.<br /><br />Gateway Pundit also claimed that Pelosi's favorable rating was only 11% and Reid's was only 8%. But again, this was a completely misleading representation, since the polls offered a number of options. Pelosi's unfavorable rating was only 37% and Reid's was only 27%, far below any serious danger areas.PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-10615193693346095832010-03-19T07:48:00.000-07:002010-03-19T08:28:50.144-07:00Loesch Burns the Phone Lines10 seconds left. The Tyrannical Union Hippies are leading the Great American Patriots by a single point in the Ultimate Battle for Liberty of ALL TIME. Dana Loesch gets the ball. She's been practicing her whole life for this moment. She stuns one defender by making a loud shrieking noise. Adam Sharp trips another defender, giving Loesch a wide open path to the basket. She drives the lane, goes up for the shot and....CLUNK!<br /><br />Aww, too bad. In the moment of America's Greatest Peril, Loesch directed her followers to "melt the phone lines" of the wrong person. Yesterday, Loesch told her followers to scream and yell at Representative Jo Ann Emerson:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFi9ssZCxUFNzheNJarXeJ-2qItvqHRTVp-bWsqwGl9RtpfBaZOb6LNsIgdTrAG4wuDxs8wzDkbwEMwlIIiLgaNSZy_rNV4QV3m_xc6Ifqzrx2lDL6V5JmQ-rECphsytZ_zgQvnAl1TLCl/s1600-h/Picture+504.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 54px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFi9ssZCxUFNzheNJarXeJ-2qItvqHRTVp-bWsqwGl9RtpfBaZOb6LNsIgdTrAG4wuDxs8wzDkbwEMwlIIiLgaNSZy_rNV4QV3m_xc6Ifqzrx2lDL6V5JmQ-rECphsytZ_zgQvnAl1TLCl/s400/Picture+504.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450362582824674754" /></a> Hmmm, that sure sounds strange for anyone who's been paying attention to the Missouri delegation. Ryan Witt asked her where she heard that:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBCRBpnMz5F1VJoq6kDhsgsM7L-2Tnf9ZdW-qQaUI118UwTSE1KP8cbyBSVqIGcGNc6ATSmOsBvtKNFuXRlfEwU9MID3oAP5EecyZ3aTQKlxLItSUE7l4zDhflsfvHB6uTy9Fx4Z-Ibxu/s1600-h/Picture+503.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 53px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYBCRBpnMz5F1VJoq6kDhsgsM7L-2Tnf9ZdW-qQaUI118UwTSE1KP8cbyBSVqIGcGNc6ATSmOsBvtKNFuXRlfEwU9MID3oAP5EecyZ3aTQKlxLItSUE7l4zDhflsfvHB6uTy9Fx4Z-Ibxu/s400/Picture+503.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450362592593655218" /></a> Not to worry! Dana heard it from a TOTALLY reliable source: a Dana listener: <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_EQLPZiuIgrRUU7d8qmCx9EA586kL-fvCipYEzDaBNUOD47GcUDuEzcK8Si8s98of2s8deitAycOK6gc0gSJ0U8uEVBxePVi2QDh0-Av1PY9xN2lqEWAaxmp3buv17WELGEndOje9XjD/s1600-h/Picture+482.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 54px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_EQLPZiuIgrRUU7d8qmCx9EA586kL-fvCipYEzDaBNUOD47GcUDuEzcK8Si8s98of2s8deitAycOK6gc0gSJ0U8uEVBxePVi2QDh0-Av1PY9xN2lqEWAaxmp3buv17WELGEndOje9XjD/s400/Picture+482.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450361023738962034" /></a>Except, after telling all of her people to "burn Emerson's phone lines," it turns out that Loesch hadn't even bothered to call Emerson's office. And, of course, she was completely wrong:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1VULqFUv4S_OHi57lvOlvnseG0kwxa1rLHrhd0NEJpfmi4l75mUlpkm5lJmWK-yHyIILyKVxvWwZ23GJRz3KLXa8T-PqNqLn7Xf6rrCZCl8nFt4D0yOxHvDZm4lOSCRuD4OfEmca9r9tz/s1600-h/Picture+502.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 50px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1VULqFUv4S_OHi57lvOlvnseG0kwxa1rLHrhd0NEJpfmi4l75mUlpkm5lJmWK-yHyIILyKVxvWwZ23GJRz3KLXa8T-PqNqLn7Xf6rrCZCl8nFt4D0yOxHvDZm4lOSCRuD4OfEmca9r9tz/s400/Picture+502.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450362598462597570" /></a> Well, that about seals it. In a couple months, union stormtroopers will be in the streets enforcing the new mandatory marijuana-smoking laws. If only they had melted the phone lines of the right person..PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-10449706073669619212010-03-11T10:15:00.000-08:002010-03-11T10:21:19.635-08:00Worst "Citizen Journalism" Evah!The St. Louis Tea Party loves to talk about how they're "the future of journalism." If they're right, we will all be reduced to drooling vegetables a couple decades from now. Check out this amazingly lame "journalism" from Loesch:<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xQfhk69Vahc&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xQfhk69Vahc&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Let's see, we have an inaudible tape of a guy that we don't know allegedly saying something that's not really that big of a deal... followed by a dramatic zoom in on an Obama button! Ooooh, so tech savvy! And to top it all off, Loesch co-opts Pink Floyd for her video. Yeah, I'm pretty sure The Wall was all about how awesome mindless patriotism and war-mongering are!PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-73506562637160166582010-03-11T08:50:00.000-08:002010-03-11T09:10:10.346-08:00The Ultimate HipstersHey kids, do you want be the coolest dudes on the scene?<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUd05lG79sIGOe2tSlEOR3A6UGP2rjFQRpIgyz8Lw9SX610GWWZAdmvNrLB58oJ1MVczA3hY9MeG9o-knIO2tKp45IXIaBxSgYOufWVGD-Tqv1DworHtx_IdeTBdluv0NU7v78dy5Mnb54/s1600-h/Picture+444.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUd05lG79sIGOe2tSlEOR3A6UGP2rjFQRpIgyz8Lw9SX610GWWZAdmvNrLB58oJ1MVczA3hY9MeG9o-knIO2tKp45IXIaBxSgYOufWVGD-Tqv1DworHtx_IdeTBdluv0NU7v78dy5Mnb54/s400/Picture+444.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447420297111595634" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY36DzU6xsHcHnwMIfiFfNCd6BUGZF-jut3FlUEYTwiEiPhxNwKCTeTDY4VWf1HUDlgl5lH0IIWdihDO4IRIF4SpjvGLUuFlApj7-UO_UrfG1rCyCTXYcHhndelHQROWLn5Oq-ggXr9oZ5/s1600-h/Picture+448.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY36DzU6xsHcHnwMIfiFfNCd6BUGZF-jut3FlUEYTwiEiPhxNwKCTeTDY4VWf1HUDlgl5lH0IIWdihDO4IRIF4SpjvGLUuFlApj7-UO_UrfG1rCyCTXYcHhndelHQROWLn5Oq-ggXr9oZ5/s400/Picture+448.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447421894035937234" /></a><br />(photo from <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RebootCongress/~3/7K7t-r6SaFs/once-more-into-breach.html">Darin Morley</a>)<br /><br />You can be in it for the money, <span style="font-style:italic;">but still be legit</span>!<br />You can work to oppress poor people, <span style="font-style:italic;">and still be punk</span>!<br />You can dress up in costumes from 1776 <span style="font-style:italic;">while wearing tatoos</span>!<br />You can even talk about Reagan...<span style="font-style:italic;">with a piercing</span>!<br /><br />Fight back against the people who oppress the oppressors. Join the Tea Party today.PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-87633365697444487032010-03-08T15:59:00.000-08:002010-03-08T16:18:19.610-08:00Adam Sharp says to "Keep your eyes on those moonbat neighbors of yours"Recently crowned <a href="http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2010/03/ass_clown_of_the_week_adam_sharp.php">ass clown of the week</a> Adam Sharp (who, by the way, won by the greatest margin in the award's history) is <a href="http://sharpelbowsstl.blogspot.com/2010/03/violence-from-left-is-anyone-else.html">warning fellow conservatives </a>to keep an eye on their "moonbat neighbors." Sharp amazingly claims that Joseph Stack, the man who crashed his plane into an IRS building, and John Bidell, the man who opened fire on the Pentagon, were "lefty nutjobs."<br /><br />Apparently Sharp doesn't recognize the irony of claiming that two government-hating conspiracy theorists who attacked government institutions are "lefties" while simultaneously suggesting that the problem with the country is that the Left "owns the government."PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-19557432719897334072010-03-08T15:46:00.000-08:002010-03-08T15:58:09.249-08:00CBT: YOU'RE HELP MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE!!!The <a href="http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010/03/who-is-cbts-john-burns.html">tea-party spawned</a> astroturf group that calls itself Citizens for Better Transit is apparently neither for Better Transit nor for Better Spelling. Here's an exciting message from them on Facebook:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrEh_QWu31O_7XCuKvpybzcDqJWMAbKZyrFDRA3Yaa8ykV6PkiD7cEVV471wAM_BB2XvJjvrAn9uqdiHtZEjfu6cZ4tCmItejOHaJ1WTc8-joGlTXAQL8MKEt8eC0YyfU_NBAAK56LFxA/s1600-h/Picture+416.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrEh_QWu31O_7XCuKvpybzcDqJWMAbKZyrFDRA3Yaa8ykV6PkiD7cEVV471wAM_BB2XvJjvrAn9uqdiHtZEjfu6cZ4tCmItejOHaJ1WTc8-joGlTXAQL8MKEt8eC0YyfU_NBAAK56LFxA/s400/Picture+416.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446414795020623826" /></a><br />The Loudons <a href="http://stlouispushesback.blogspot.com/2010/02/loudons-role-in-anti-transit-campaign.html">sure know</a> how to pick em!PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-3792721862442397352010-02-28T08:31:00.000-08:002010-02-28T08:52:27.905-08:00MOPNS now reduced to sad little pranksMOPNS, which calls itself a "news service" has been reduced to <a href="http://mopns.com/2010/02/15/bizarre-calloways-website-still-offering-free-porn-clips-for-all/">publicizing childish pranks</a> and potty humor. Someone hacked into MO Senate Candidate Don Calloway's old campaign website and put "free porn clips for all," on the header of the site. MOPNS, showing itself to be a completely non-credible source of information, posted several stories ridiculously implying that Calloway himself was responsible for the message. MOPNS claims that they heard about this through their "tip line." Funny how no other news outlets published a story this dumb from their tiplines.<br /><br />What's next for MOPNS? Video footage of someone putting a whoopee cushion underneath Jay Nixon's chair?PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-77873838245815192132010-02-27T07:23:00.000-08:002010-02-27T07:53:40.647-08:00Is Ed Martin Trying to Commit Political Suicide?Ed Martin is positioning himself at the front of the line for local extremists trying to destroy public transportation in the St. Louis region. Martin was one of the first people to follow the anti-transit group on Twitter, and yesterday he retweeted the following from Jim Durbin:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqB2rCqx45FXrQfXS40FoLj0TNQfn7sJp08lZ03o6BUSWAxXu_BYGfaQ46lMChQ8wRmiQTWj5_D6KHGL-qMN6kW2ZMKh2oswHWfNBzvk32_PIJ3JugNDtH8ghPenO5Gc3vwpbEUUaKX-T1/s1600-h/Picture+389.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 62px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqB2rCqx45FXrQfXS40FoLj0TNQfn7sJp08lZ03o6BUSWAxXu_BYGfaQ46lMChQ8wRmiQTWj5_D6KHGL-qMN6kW2ZMKh2oswHWfNBzvk32_PIJ3JugNDtH8ghPenO5Gc3vwpbEUUaKX-T1/s400/Picture+389.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442945415500553266" /></a><br />Durbin's post, unsurprisingly, is completely misinformed. Durbin claims that the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aR9rzybjuU">public transportation ad </a>is a "lie" because it says, "Some of us use it, all of us need it." He suggests that the money raised if Proposition A passes will only be used for expansion, and that Citizens for Better Transit is "lying" by suggesting that it's needed for Metro.<br /><br />First of all, perhaps Durbin didn't notice, but the commercial run by CBT does not even mention the Proposition A campaign. So his suggestion that they're "lying" about the campaign is incoherent. But more importantly, Durbin does not even have the most basic understanding of what the stakes are for Proposition A. Metro had to cut funding last year after Proposition M did not pass. They were bailed out by the state and able to restore some (but not all) services, but they can't keep these services running unless their revenue is increased. The reality is that if Proposition A does not pass, Metro will have to make significant cuts in services, including light rail schedules, bus service, and call-a-ride. So I could perhaps say that Durbin is lying, but that would assume that he actually had some idea what he was talking about.<br /><br />Back to Ed Martin. Why in the world would a candidate for office in the St. Louis region get behind a campaign that would cripple any future hope for quality public transportation in the city? I'm hopeful that Proposition A will pass, but who knows, maybe Martin, Durbin and other extremists will successfully misinform voters enough to beat the campaign. If so, any hope Martin had of running a competitive campaign will be completely ruined.<br /><br />Why do I say this? Because just like last time, if funding is cut for public transportation, thousands of people will be left without ways to get to work. The elderly and disabled who rely on call-a-ride will be seriously inconvenienced. It will be a disaster, just like it was last year. And everyone will know that Ed Martin, as a local political personality with a big microphone, is one of the reasons the campaign failed. Does he seriously think anyone in St. Louis would vote for him after he tries to take out a crucial part of St. Louis infrastructure?PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-10351422359486906082010-02-24T16:43:00.000-08:002010-02-24T17:17:29.856-08:00Gateway Pundit Extremely Concerned About Sex Lives of Local UndergraduatesChampion of Virginal Purity and All Things Good in the World Jim Hoft, aka Gateway Pundit, was forced to write a <a href="http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/02/wash-u-student-paper-how-to-give-a-textbook-blw-job/">post</a> today going into detail about a Washington University undergraduate's sex column in the independent student newspaper Student Life. Hoft, with only pure and good intentions, was so intent on warning his readers about this den of sin that he even decided to post three full paragraphs from the column on "how to give a textbook blowjob." Hoft's fellow middle aged male commenters then took turns alternately wagging their wrinkled old fingers at the downfall of society and calling Wash U undergraduates "sluts."<br /><br />I'm sure undergraduates around the world will sleep much better knowing that Jim Hoft is keeping a watchful eye on their sex lives.PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-64570609467079707702010-02-24T08:52:00.001-08:002010-02-24T09:00:58.246-08:00Gateway Pundit Thinks Yoo Deserves Medal for Saying President Can Massacre CiviliansJim Hoft, aka Gateway Pundit, <a href="http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/02/john-yoo-jay-bybee-deserve-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom-not-presidential-disdain/">today claims </a>that John Yoo, designer of the "enhanced interrogation techniques" of the Bush era, deserves "the Presidential Medal of Freedom, not Presidential Disdain." Yoo's legal philosophy, of course, is based on the absurd idea that the President can basically do whatever he wants, and a recently released legal document showed just how debased this philosophy is. <a href="http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/02/yoo_sure_the_president_could_order_a_village_of_ci.php">When asked </a>if the President can legally order the massacre of a civilians "massacred," Yoo replied "sure." <br /><br />Apparently, Hoft is trying to compete with Glenn Beck for the Presidential Medal of Ridiculousness.PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-42576108152153996352010-02-22T08:25:00.000-08:002010-02-22T08:47:30.144-08:00Adam Sharp Doesn't Understand MultiplicationAdam Sharp today <a href="http://sharpelbowsstl.blogspot.com/2010/02/more-teabagger-attacks-and-tax.html">said the following</a>: <br /><blockquote>Maher is pretty good at spreading Barry's propaganda. But if you take a closer look at that "taxcut for 95% of Americans," it's not a tax cut at all. Those 95% of people who's taxes went down saw an average of $20 extra dollars per week in their paycheck. </blockquote>Now, finally, I'm starting to realize why Sharp spends so much time <a href="http://stlouispushesback.blogspot.com/2009/11/brave-teabaggers-take-on-socialist.html">arguing with 8-year olds</a>: they have acquired a skill set that allows them to think in ways that Sharp can't imagine. For example, using the mathmatical operation known as mul-ti-pli-ca-tion, 8-year olds would be able to determine that $20 a week multiplied by 52 weeks works out to over $1000 dollars. <br />A thousand dollars is actually quite a good sum of money for anyone who's actually struggling to make ends meet. Sharp apparently wouldn't understand this since he is able to spend his abundant amount of leisure time traveling around St. Louis harassing everyone he doesn't like (i.e. everyone who doesn't think Obama is a socialist). Come to think of it: maybe Sharp's upset because Bill Maher so perfectly nailed the fact that people like Sharp are willing to <a href="http://stlouispushesback.blogspot.com/2010/01/adam-sharp-blames-obama-for-all-of-his.html">blame Obama</a> for all of their problems. <br /><br /><object width="305" height="284"><param name="movie" value="http://www.thedailybeast.com/swf/TheDailyBeastVideoPlayer.swf"></param><param name="quality" value="high"></param><param name="menu" value="false"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><param name="flashvars" value="video=http://www.tdbimg.com/files/2010/02/20/vid-bill-maher-compares-tea-party-to-cult_172455655891.flv&still=http://www.tdbimg.com/files/2010/02/20/img-100219-maher-tea-baggers-480_172320495208.jpg&title=MAHER%3A%20TEA%20PARTY%20IS%20A%20CULT"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.thedailybeast.com/swf/TheDailyBeastVideoPlayer.swf" id="tdbvideo" name="tdbvideo" bgcolor="#ffffff" quality="high" menu="false" wmode="transparent" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="305" height="284" flashvars="video=http://www.tdbimg.com/files/2010/02/20/vid-bill-maher-compares-tea-party-to-cult_172455655891.flv&still=http://www.tdbimg.com/files/2010/02/20/img-100219-maher-tea-baggers-480_172320495208.jpg&title=MAHER%3A%20TEA%20PARTY%20IS%20A%20CULT"></embed></object>PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-70344181525804837672010-02-18T20:29:00.000-08:002010-02-18T20:44:32.328-08:00Is Conservatives of America Website a Birther Haven?Dana Loesch and Jamie Allman's site Conservatives of America <a href="http://stlouispushesback.blogspot.com/2010/01/conservatives-of-american-continues-to.html">isn't growing very fast</a>, but it does seem to be attracting some interesting people. Marketing Guy, who is regularly the featured post on the site, <a href="http://conservativesofamerica.com/PostDetail.aspx?Post=811">posted</a> a video questioning whether Obama was born in Hawaii:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-igOTTN341SkQwI4uBojdfSbHpNmnUUxXyJ2W2HXUj9zoksoUwQSLyYVyjL8hx6s-pIXt3EwbuNbtZsGyT5l2XXiNHmtA1k2pyq4-SFav1330pmK0d5EbIpntpnEndcxSci6_vT29m3xm/s1600-h/loeschbirther1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-igOTTN341SkQwI4uBojdfSbHpNmnUUxXyJ2W2HXUj9zoksoUwQSLyYVyjL8hx6s-pIXt3EwbuNbtZsGyT5l2XXiNHmtA1k2pyq4-SFav1330pmK0d5EbIpntpnEndcxSci6_vT29m3xm/s400/loeschbirther1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439807979634388834" /></a><br />The video also suggested that Barack Obama might not be his real name:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrwz4baNGrYFQ4fCv0i7QasND4esiUabMtDoq6rtUIIszakpg95IglyCe8WllrNxvuqMlPowcIxI2FhbR639DragpZwekRKBywezdVj70usW-Ewpi9yqRd5oThB8Zzp5_TnG6Kky32ZpTq/s1600-h/loeschbirther2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrwz4baNGrYFQ4fCv0i7QasND4esiUabMtDoq6rtUIIszakpg95IglyCe8WllrNxvuqMlPowcIxI2FhbR639DragpZwekRKBywezdVj70usW-Ewpi9yqRd5oThB8Zzp5_TnG6Kky32ZpTq/s400/loeschbirther2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439807983602477762" /></a><br />The entire video is crazy: if you've got the stomach, you can watch the whole think <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FlEbBZLzo0&feature=player_embedded">here</a>.<br />The post was also featured on the Conservatives of America facebook page, meaning that it definitely had official approval:<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcobnQBnrpveHP4qhQ3RpiY5bhmc0k1fKqpnGyNjfiESWuYIKUkN6G_gih9InCtTiuZslMb1FMk4d-F5jwAXQwY5YO-LESiTGWsCvlOmivzb4ONFlKO1XX1Wl3hOU2UUIlVHVVCFfFfWFe/s1600-h/coafb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 157px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcobnQBnrpveHP4qhQ3RpiY5bhmc0k1fKqpnGyNjfiESWuYIKUkN6G_gih9InCtTiuZslMb1FMk4d-F5jwAXQwY5YO-LESiTGWsCvlOmivzb4ONFlKO1XX1Wl3hOU2UUIlVHVVCFfFfWFe/s400/coafb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439808996543359714" /></a><br />So why did Dana Loesch and Jamie Allman go out of their way to start up a birther website? And could this be the reason that the site is doing so poorly? And what in the world are they doing with all the money they're raising?PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-66926496013334551392010-02-17T18:42:00.000-08:002010-02-17T19:02:12.155-08:00KTRS "Analyst" Proudly Displays 2nd Revolution FlagEarlier, I <a href="http://stlouispushesback.blogspot.com/2010/02/political-analyst-gina-loudon-thinks.html">mentioned </a>that KTRS's political "analyst" Gina Loudon thought Joseph Basel was a hero for tampering with phone lines in a New Orleans office. In that <a href="http://drginaloudon.com/general/inside-the-tea-party/">same pos</a>t, Loudon also posted a picture of the "2nd Revolution Flag":<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_N7Fhi-dEBdj99ov82laDi7uZTaQZTrPjUBry-Ks5TeiLjSUpZCalVNhuL17qkvblmXMGEsegoy23uWviXYo6pMKvSGRvidZYfooxsnVvTUkrbJ8RmNY4BZMo-BClsjUZ_2OrgNH5Ded/s1600-h/Picture+382.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 374px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_N7Fhi-dEBdj99ov82laDi7uZTaQZTrPjUBry-Ks5TeiLjSUpZCalVNhuL17qkvblmXMGEsegoy23uWviXYo6pMKvSGRvidZYfooxsnVvTUkrbJ8RmNY4BZMo-BClsjUZ_2OrgNH5Ded/s400/Picture+382.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439409956933348098" /></a><br />(picture from teh analyst's <a href="http://drginaloudon.com/general/inside-the-tea-party/">blog</a>)<br />Think Progress had <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/20/brown-second-revolution/">previously reported</a> on 2nd Revolution flags being at a Scott Brown Rally. Of course, in that case, the right could just say that Brown is not responsible for the flags at his rally. But Loudon proudly posted a picture on her blog.<br />So what's the flag about? Think Progress quotes the creator of the flag, Jeff McQueen, as saying that it could either of two meanings: the 2nd American Revolution or the 2nd Amendment. McQueen <a href="http://teapartypatriots.ning.com/profiles/blogs/does-american-need-a-good">further calls</a> for spitting the country in half (via <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2010/01/20/brown-second-revolution/">Think Progress</a>):<br /><blockquote>We are now as divided as America was in the 1860s. When two people find they can no longer communicate, while living under the same roof, they often split apart and go there seperate ways. So what if . . . we took the United States and just split it in half . . . 24 states become The United States of the Democrats and 24 states become The United States of the Republicans (including Ron Paul supporters and Libertarians etc . . .). California and New York can be split in half and go the the side they choose.</blockquote><br />Apparently, the first step in Gina Loudon's march towards a new revolution is<a href="http://stlouispushesback.blogspot.com/2010/02/loudons-role-in-anti-transit-campaign.html"> to attempt to destroy </a>public transportation in St. Louis.<br /><br />PS For wingers keeping track at home, this post is covered under the fair use doctrine.PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-18009622318537179312010-02-16T11:59:00.000-08:002010-02-16T12:15:58.682-08:00As first misreported...Jim Durbin, the right wing blogger who <a href="http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010/01/its-official-st-louis-tea-party-now.html">thought</a> that the Animal Control Department was involved in a Massive Government Conspiracy and seems to think that editing LinkedIn profiles is a <a href="http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010/01/massive-government-conspiracy-might-not.html">clear indication</a> of membership in the Illuminati, has now taken to starting his blog posts with "As first reported on 24th State..." Durbin apparently fancies himself as the Last True Journalist and regularly taunts the Post-Dispatch for not reporting his conspiracy theories, and he wants to make sure that he's given his due credit.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the new tag has not changed anything about Durbin's reporting style: he still takes a tiny sliver of truth and then stretches it to fit an absurd right-wing narrative that turns out to be completely false. Last week Durbin <a href="http://interact.stltoday.com/blogzone/political-fix/political-fix/2010/02/obama-returning-to-st-louis-to-raise-funds-for-mccaskill/">scored</a> a media scoop by reporting that Obama was going to be in St. Louis. Unfortunately, however, he managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory by claiming that Obama was only coming for McCaskill and that this was a clear sign that Robin Carnahan was trying to distance herself from the President. But, as Jake Wagman <a href="http://twitter.com/JakeWagman/status/9193560202">reported today,</a> Obama is actually coming to raise money for<span style="font-style:italic;"> both</span> McCaskill <span style="font-style:italic;">and </span>Carnahan. <br /><br />Maybe this is just my own bias speaking, but it seems to me that if you're going to hype up the fact that you "first reported" something, you might want to actually get your story right.PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-85362842224022014622010-02-16T07:23:00.000-08:002010-02-16T07:26:16.037-08:00Member of Original St. Louis Tea Party says Group has been "Co-opted by Neocons"Interesting quote from Steven S. Hoffman on a StudLife article titled "<a href="http://www.studlife.com/forum/2010/02/10/why-tea-and-politics-shouldn’t-mix/">Why tea and politics shouldn't mix</a>":<br /><br /><blockquote>As one who was present at the very beginning of the modern Tea Party movement, which was hatched in 2006-2007 by libertarians (who were trying to elect Ron Paul) as a protest against the BUSH ADMINISTRATION, and who has watched the movement be polluted and co-opted by Neocons, I feel fairly ambivalent about Tea Partiers (or if you prefer the vulgar Tea Baggers).</blockquote>PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-16590650460508634302010-02-16T06:20:00.000-08:002010-02-16T06:40:48.114-08:00Anti-Transit Group Pwns Itself (with help from St. Louis Urban Workshop)The <a href="http://stlouispushesback.blogspot.com/2010/02/loudons-role-in-anti-transit-campaign.html">astroturf,</a> <a href="http://stlouispushesback.blogspot.com/2010/02/why-do-tea-partiers-hate-st-louis.html">anti-St. Louis City</a> group CBT (Crazypeople for Bulldozing Transit) continues to embarrass itself. Yesterday, they posted on their blog that pro-transit group Citizens for Modern Transit was "lying" because it claimed that the Metrolink delivered 20% of fans to the Cardinals games. The <a href="http://www.stoptheprop.com/wordpress/2010/02/another-day-another-lie/">web site </a>stated, "fortunately they allow reader comments," implying that the reader comments proved their assertion.<br /><br />However, if you look at the <a href="http://interact.stltoday.com/blogzone/the-platform/uncategorized/2010/02/whos-for-transit-contd/">comments</a>, you'll see that <a href="http://www.stlurbanworkshop.com/">St. Louis Urban Workshop</a> actually completely dismantled the talking points of the astroturfers. Here's the relevant quote:<br /><br /><blockquote>Nick – perhaps you should include your math when making an assertion that someone is lying. I did – and I welcome anyone to correct what I’ve figured:<br />2009 average attendance = 41,000<br />20% of 41,000 = 8,200<br />MetroLink 2-car train capacity = 356 x 2 (for one train in each direction) = 712 (and there are likely quite a few more than that, but this is official stated capacity)<br />8,200 passengers / 712 passengers per train = 11.5 trains needed<br />2 trains every 15min = 86.25 minutes to transport 8,200 passengers.<br />Again, I’m sure that there are more people on those trains than the stated capacity. Even so, I calculate 1hr 26min. And this would be 57.5 minutes with the old 10min schedule. With fans leaving the stadium across a time period of 30 minutes or more, depending on the score/weather/etc. it’s seems easy enough to transport that many passengers. Plus, quite a few go downtown early to eat, or stay downtown afterward, further spreading out demand.</blockquote><br />So CBT throws out the ridiculous assertion that Citizens for Modern Transit is lying, and then links to a site that disproves their own argument. Nice!PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-10620203927424449262010-02-13T08:13:00.000-08:002010-02-13T08:41:07.865-08:00Dana Loesch Attacked a Women Who Recently Died of Breast Cancer Last WeekSeveral days ago, right-wing radio host Dana Loesch tweeted the following:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQtMmX3lomjBIPJZ4-VIM2Q0QReqzG2Lw6IRNVoKiccsUt-R9cCi4-SLI1yvLdKfLAGUJ9r-syK9QCUnYGNWLkgLGSq7xT31G3CfYAhTimAQnNKtoNPwHIC5v2TkrnCv6lKV9SzgEKpWc/s1600-h/Picture+361.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 76px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWQtMmX3lomjBIPJZ4-VIM2Q0QReqzG2Lw6IRNVoKiccsUt-R9cCi4-SLI1yvLdKfLAGUJ9r-syK9QCUnYGNWLkgLGSq7xT31G3CfYAhTimAQnNKtoNPwHIC5v2TkrnCv6lKV9SzgEKpWc/s400/Picture+361.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437762390017217106" /></a><br />The link takes you to a <a href="http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/02/obama-st-louis-campaign-supporter-died-of-breast-cancer-says-she-couldnt-afford-exam-but-breast-exams-are-free-to-poor-in-st-louis-video/">post</a> by Gateway Pundit titled "Obama: St. Louis Campaign Supporter Died of Breast Cancer - Says She Couldn't Afford Exam - But Breast Exams are Free to Poor in St. Louis." As detailed on the <a href="http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010/02/disgraceful-gateway-pundit-attacks.html">St. Louis Activist Hub Blog</a>, the post is a typical right-wing blame-the-victim screed directed at a women they know nothing about without bothering do any basic research. <br />You can hear more of Melanie Shouse's story here:<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IFMO3cPojfY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IFMO3cPojfY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />So the next time you hear Dana Loesch whine about how she is being "personally attacked" when people point out how she is factually wrong or hypocritical, keep in mind that she is willing to viciously attack a women who just died of breast cancer without knowing the smallest detail about her life, and she does so simply because the woman asked to be buried in an Obama shirt.PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-78511257057807202372010-02-12T14:31:00.001-08:002010-02-12T14:37:58.197-08:00Ed Martin Links to Fanboy Blog to Claim he "Got Some Press"Ed Martin claimed today on facebook and twitter that he got some press on his recent campaign video:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNANOpL7ibnLKigMIfbg1vGqxvtnobkhziqnQqsMJZj619TakXefDRGppCklsO-uMHEp1-d9gxNOMdFQIphUZft1sCiDpd4KZlp-KjLqmUwkuyGbgd9eEEEsdoHsnTAST7LNvt_DQffVDh/s1600-h/Picture+356.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 168px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNANOpL7ibnLKigMIfbg1vGqxvtnobkhziqnQqsMJZj619TakXefDRGppCklsO-uMHEp1-d9gxNOMdFQIphUZft1sCiDpd4KZlp-KjLqmUwkuyGbgd9eEEEsdoHsnTAST7LNvt_DQffVDh/s400/Picture+356.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437488516236078338" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRwU9VgX0e_Z0mabYQQvwKa_bwqRdnRpjpLjYDDj3rJU0jSd4CXuq3F4IeyiqL723fqIAscYsPv1YgcDOKjc3BoWkEtZ6w5fEGfRPNNfui6egSjBOtOzLdVLH8_w2l7Ou6CWt5p2y1x-U/s1600-h/Picture+357.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivRwU9VgX0e_Z0mabYQQvwKa_bwqRdnRpjpLjYDDj3rJU0jSd4CXuq3F4IeyiqL723fqIAscYsPv1YgcDOKjc3BoWkEtZ6w5fEGfRPNNfui6egSjBOtOzLdVLH8_w2l7Ou6CWt5p2y1x-U/s400/Picture+357.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437488511272769394" /></a><br />The Globe-Democrat is a right-wing online "newspaper," so the statement sounds believable. But what Martin linked to wasn't press at all, but rather a user-generated blog on the website from someone called "the Unablogger." In other words, anyone can log on the newspaper and write anything they want. Kinda like this post:<a href="http://www.globe-democrat.com/weblogs/a-blog/2010/feb/12/ed-martin-abuses-st-louisans-trust/"> Ed Martin Abuses St. Louisans Trust.</a>PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-76969256219771469652010-02-12T08:10:00.000-08:002010-02-12T08:58:57.039-08:00The Loudons' Role in the Anti-Transit CampaignThe Post-Dispatch ran a <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/AAE1B7987FD4132A862576C8000FEE2A?OpenDocument">story</a> today about the new<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aR9rzybjuU"> I Love Transit</a> advertisement featuring a wide range of leaders from the St. Louis region speaking out in favor of public transit. The story included criticism of Proposition A from John Loudon, but said that Loudon, "isn't involved in the formal campaign to defeat it." I'd like to examine this claim in more detail, especially given that yesterday, I suggested that it was pretty clear that well-known right-wing politicians John and Gina Loudon are behind the campaign to gut funding for public transit in the St. Louis region. <br /><br />First of all, as I posted yesterday, there were only three people following the anti-public transit (and anti-St. Louis) Twitter page (misleadingly named "better transit" despite the fact that they don't actually propose any "better transit"): John Loudon, Gina Loudon, and Save Our Secret Ballots, which is an account created by John Loudon:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEOTXdAAVfR05jGb_w7qxmMgSc0MPTrx1aIyRquWr_Hmc8sILSrCBI62bWo8c4oWx7N8nLFmw5EAxPQuMXqPSEz5mmNcaHp7Lpi9MUgT1Cok77u8Q-xJV4AM3ePC2SH_mDNCvJ3H15pCo4/s1600-h/loudonsbehindtransitattack.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEOTXdAAVfR05jGb_w7qxmMgSc0MPTrx1aIyRquWr_Hmc8sILSrCBI62bWo8c4oWx7N8nLFmw5EAxPQuMXqPSEz5mmNcaHp7Lpi9MUgT1Cok77u8Q-xJV4AM3ePC2SH_mDNCvJ3H15pCo4/s400/loudonsbehindtransitattack.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437391150752154786" /></a><br />Hmmm, kinda funny that John and Gina Loudon had heard of the campaign before everyone else, if they weren't involved in it. But there's a lot more evidence than that, much of which was kindly provided by the tea party.<br />First, in Gina Loudon's <a href="http://drginaloudon.com/general/inside-the-tea-party/">post </a>on her blog, she featured a picture of the anti-transit campaign "spokesperson" John Burns at the recent tea party convention:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WBrMWr67Mx-5HrSq7vUjs9fV3O0b2gO1wOFj9LfM4UPB3lo0nLjQegalC5h8tebtbV2bYOR3CU6VzyAxYTzh1uHsomqR5pbQTSaVChoVeqbtG9RVmwDq0d2o3Ygkmq3Z-SEfMKkgBhXH/s1600-h/jburnteabugger.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WBrMWr67Mx-5HrSq7vUjs9fV3O0b2gO1wOFj9LfM4UPB3lo0nLjQegalC5h8tebtbV2bYOR3CU6VzyAxYTzh1uHsomqR5pbQTSaVChoVeqbtG9RVmwDq0d2o3Ygkmq3Z-SEfMKkgBhXH/s400/jburnteabugger.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437394361740922162" /></a><br />She listed John Burns as one of her "heros" in the post. Furthermore, she described an incident where "her group" confronted some "liberal protesters" at the convention. From one of Bill Hennessy's <a href="http://bit.ly/agIS7j">posts</a>, we can see who was in the group with her:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNJNByn2u5RshsCulj_SLwwq_DJSFvxdltCmEaaK1V9iciE6YoOizzTK2w7vMq4ZFZW__v1wQt5sxF4P11pN8FZnWLRMwMA1u89SPaLc3s2115-IDnC-Dpit1s0VOG7nCDmdgHh-61lZZ/s1600-h/whennessyteabugger.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNJNByn2u5RshsCulj_SLwwq_DJSFvxdltCmEaaK1V9iciE6YoOizzTK2w7vMq4ZFZW__v1wQt5sxF4P11pN8FZnWLRMwMA1u89SPaLc3s2115-IDnC-Dpit1s0VOG7nCDmdgHh-61lZZ/s400/whennessyteabugger.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437396567920563650" /></a><br />The guys in suits: John Burns, Bill Hennessy, and Joseph Basel, one of the teabuggers charged with tampering with phonelines in New Orleans. <br />This is what Gina Loudon wrote about the incident:<br /><blockquote>Then there were the “protesters.” They make for great sport, too! Our group was having lunch when we got word that the “Protestors” were in the convention hall. We dropped our forks and moved straight out to give them some fun. The only problem was, they met their match in protestors.</blockquote><br />In other words, Burns was clearly in Hennessy and Loudon's "group." Loudon also goes on to describe how every night at the convention her core group would "retire to watering holes" and discuss strategy. Gee, I wonder what the Loudons and Hennessy would be discussing with Burns every night? Perhaps the anti-transit campaign which started the Thursday of the next week which was promoted only by Bill Hennessy? John Loudon was already <a href="http://interact.stltoday.com/blogzone/political-fix/political-fix/2010/01/long-time-transit-tax-critic-wants-metro-to-commit-to-expand-service-to-far-edges-of-st-louis-county/">on record</a> criticizing public transit in the Post-Dispatch as recently as January 12.<br />Not only that, but Gina <a href="http://drginaloudon.com/general/inside-the-tea-party/">also described</a> strategizing the weekend <span style="font-style:italic;">before</span> last in Dallas, TX, and included this picture of her St. Louis group, again with John Burns in the picture (in the back, to the right of Bill Hennessy)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYxTWfxUogQGqEsbsKxH-brDq3MlTNeNnynQ8yuxIEgnuFW1R7aMYSfDoL80ziho0wLK8Y19q4GAo3DdUCK3aWUshSwYAtancC4qI6q7wSOU49cldcxc5IPU0PNKV6jPOuYpqZdN1a0T3/s1600-h/burnsDallas.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 166px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjYxTWfxUogQGqEsbsKxH-brDq3MlTNeNnynQ8yuxIEgnuFW1R7aMYSfDoL80ziho0wLK8Y19q4GAo3DdUCK3aWUshSwYAtancC4qI6q7wSOU49cldcxc5IPU0PNKV6jPOuYpqZdN1a0T3/s400/burnsDallas.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437399510462818402" /></a><br />Wouldn't it be a pretty remarkable coincidence if John Burns just happened to be strategizing with John Loudon at conservative conferences two weekends in a row, and then miraculously decides to start a new group on Loudon's pet issue the week after? Yes, it sure would. Which means its pretty obvious that John Loudon and tea party leader Bill Hennessy are behind this campaign. The only question is, why are they trying to hide Loudon's invovlement?PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-39413588425595033262010-02-11T19:16:00.000-08:002010-02-11T19:53:12.039-08:00"Political Analyst" Gina Loudon Thinks Basel is Hero for TeabuggingKTRS's resident "<a href="http://stlouispushesback.blogspot.com/2010/01/meet-ktrss-latest-political-analyst.html">political analyst</a>" (i.e. promoter of right-wing propaganda) Gina Loudon <a href="http://drginaloudon.com/general/inside-the-tea-party/">wrote recently</a> that <a href="http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010/01/fake-wash-u-student-arrested-in-new.html">Joseph Basel</a> was a "hero":<br /><blockquote>The weekend was filled with heroes, and none of them were politicians or party bosses. They were people like Joe Basel, who was arrested with James O’Keefe for his phone prank on Senator Mary Landrieu when she refused to speak with constituents who PAY for those phones, and the office she uses every day!</blockquote><br />Huh? Basel's a hero for trying to tamper with a congressperson's phone line? I could understand why some right-wing conspiracy theorist would think that James O'Keefe was a hero, since he successfully damaged ACORN's reputation with his highly-edited videos, but Basel doesn't have any similar claim to fame. Loudon thinks Basel's a hero simply for apparently committing a crime.<br /><br />Or maybe Loudon was referring to Basel's previous history, detailed in the beautifully-titled piece <a href="http://blogs.citypages.com/blotter/2010/01/joe_basel_portr.php">Portrait of a Con Artist as a Young Douche</a>. Apparently Basel, while he was at the University of Minnesota, posted fliers that said "End Racism Now: Kill All the White Males" and managed to offend people enough to get the entire black student union to walk out from a presentation he was forced to give.<br /><br />Quite a "hero," no? And that makes Loudon quite the "political analyst."PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5801229340436819383.post-66492283245828412902010-02-11T18:13:00.000-08:002010-02-11T19:12:35.405-08:00Tea Party's Anti-St. Louis Rally was a huge failureThe St. Louis Tea Party, who have <a href="http://stlouispushesback.blogspot.com/2010/02/why-do-tea-partiers-hate-st-louis.html">apparently decided</a> that they hate jobs, the Cardinals, and the St. Louis region in general, held a rally today to protest a ballot initiative that would prevent the Metro from cutting services and pave the way for future public-transit expansion. <br /><br />The good news is that the rally was a huge failure. Only a handful of people showed up, and no legitimate media outlets covered the event (although the right-wing propaganda outlet Globe-Democrat cut-and-pasted the press release without bothering to check any of the facts). You can see how sad the "rally" was from the Globe-Democrat <a href="http://www.globe-democrat.com/photos/2010/feb/11/2291/">picture</a>.<br /><br />Other interesting facts: the spokesperson for the group, John Burns, is the same person who organized multiple St. Louis actions with <a href="http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2009/11/guy-who-built-campus-gulag-attempts-to.html">two </a>of the four teabuggers <a href="http://stlactivisthub.blogspot.com/2010/01/fake-wash-u-student-arrested-in-new.html">who were charged</a> with tampering with Senator Landrieu's phone lines. Burns' behavior at those events would be quite damaging to any campaign, and I will be all-too-happy to go into in more detail in future posts. <br /><br />Also, there appears to be good evidence that familiar right-wing extremists <a href="http://www.firedupmissouri.com/category/topics/gina-loudon">Gina</a> and <a href="http://www.firedupmissouri.com/category/topics/john-loudon">John </a>Loudon are behind the group:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSkVnfhF0WdZOeWaZim_CoFwHmZp63w9VW_-NvsrSdZfAEKDqriJ4zHQuz5vQLNeL7UFVWh-TGIkSYK3-aurYBgO68-ZcAia_uQ-mVHnAWVdcKmjpLhmkV3Gf6EBtblW82ctaW8BH-xUU/s1600-h/loudonsbehindtransitattack.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSkVnfhF0WdZOeWaZim_CoFwHmZp63w9VW_-NvsrSdZfAEKDqriJ4zHQuz5vQLNeL7UFVWh-TGIkSYK3-aurYBgO68-ZcAia_uQ-mVHnAWVdcKmjpLhmkV3Gf6EBtblW82ctaW8BH-xUU/s400/loudonsbehindtransitattack.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437185863944637074" /></a>PushBackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03825480637498857870noreply@blogger.com0