Thursday, August 13, 2009
Congress / Politics / Woods Crazy Turned Up Loud at Corker Town Hall: Did You Know Obama Thinks White People Are Terrorists and Wants to Abort Their Children?
Posted by Jeff Woods on Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 7:44 AM
A woman carrying a baby stood to tell the crowd about her husband and five children. The crowd cheered after she said her husband works hard to pay for his family's own health insurance. "Because he's white, because he considers the Constitution the law of the land, we are now considered terrorists in our own country. " She expressed concerns that health care reform could lead to nurses coming into homes, forcing women to have abortions. "We're considered domestic terrorists, everyone in this room, in the eyes of our own government, if someone gives the word we could all be rounded up," she concluded as the crowd cheered again. "A bill that gives the government the ability to come into people's homes ... is not a bill I will ever consider supporting," responded Senator Corker.Wow, what a courageous stand by Corker! It might have been nice if he had taken the time to explain that it's also not a bill that anyone in the White House or Congress would ever consider proposing. But hey, that's probably too much to expect from our senator, who also can't bring himself to say for certain that the president is a U.S. citizen.
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I thought the whole purpose of PITW was a "current events/newsy" blog. Am I wrong, Woods?
"Because he's white, because he considers the Constitution the law of the land, we are now considered terrorists in our own country. "
You insinuate that the woman was wrong. You seem surprised at this accusation. Do you not keep up with current events?
The current administration(in Washington) considers white, male, Constitutionalists to be potential terrorists. This is old news. The blogging thing is your real job, isn't it? You should try to keep up.
Here, I will help.
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/14/federal-agency-warns-of-radicals-on-right/
And the original documents:
http://michellemalkin.cachefly.net/michellemalkin.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/hsa-rightwing-extremism-09-04-07.pdf
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Wow. Crazies out there! Mandatory abortion?? Where is she getting that?
White people panic so easy, it's hilarious! Ammo manufacturers are loving this administration.
Uh, that report was actually commissioned by the Bush administration doofus. The date of publication is April 2009 - which means it was completed before the end of Bush II's term. And it says that there is a siginificant rise in white supremacy paramilitary groups. Extrapolating that to mean "white, male, constitutionalists" is a very broad generalization - unless of course that's how these paramilitary groups have rebranded themselves! Because let's face it, it does sound better than the Aryan Brotherhood....
You have only to read the comments on this blog to know that there is a frightening current of violence running through our society. Comments like "blood in the streets," that sort of thing.
Also in your own link from the conservative Washington Times is this line you might have overlooked.
"The White House has distanced itself from the analysis."
Unless that woman in Memphis actually is a member of a armed right-winged militia she's way out of line.
And like warning of Obama Determined to Attack in the United States, it's the job of Homeland Security (a Bush Administration creation) to look into threats of violence and warn the president about them. At least apparently Obama read the warning, unlike some we could mention.
Got a source on that mandatory abortion thingie?
These people are absolutely batshit crazy! Is it wrong that I'm entertained by the absolute meltdown of the the American right? I mean, a little scared too, but definitely entertained. It's like the republican party has been taken over by a Jerry springer audience
By accommodating these nutjobs, Corker sends the signal that he's (wink, wink) not endorsing them, but (wink, nod)... not distancing himself either.
The thing is, there are millions upon millions of intelligent, reasonable conservatives. They need to demand that their elected officials stop humoring this bullshit so the extreme right-wing of the party feels totally abandonded and splits off into their own hyperlibertarian/racist/whatever group. Then the real fun begins! The grownups get to have reasonable discussions and the kids are sent to the backyard to play. With guns.
Well, Ashley, I don't know whether it's "millions upon millions" but I do know ONE intelligent reasonable conservative Republican (who is not a public official but is politically active) who knows and says these crazies are crazy -- but he knows they are his party's base.
It's amazing and more than a little frightening to see what's happening in this country currently. Obama has been in office for about 6 months now. 6 months. He has not radically changed ANYTHING in the way Americans go about their daily lives, pay taxes, etc. and yet if you listened to these lunatics you'd think civilized society was crumbling before our very eyes. I don't understand where it comes from and how without any real facts and solid evidence that it continues and escalates.
Also I find it more than a little ironic that these same people who for 8 years of racial profiling and monitoring/infiltrating/etc. kept up a steady chatter of "if you're not doing anything wrong, you shouldn't have anything to worry about" when it came to the Bush administration listening in on private citizen's phonecalls, locking people up in Gitmo with no due process, and some increasingly frightening violations of privacy and civil rights for anyone even remotely suspected of being a "danger".
Ugh, but WHY are they the base? I so often forget that it's about power rather than principles.
Actually there was a directive that Homeland Security sent out to state and local police that said to be on the look out for people with Ron Paul, Constitution and "Dont Tread on Me" bumber stickers- and a guy was pulled over in LA for that had a dont tread on me bumper sticker. THis is probably something Mr. "knuckle Cracker" Rob Emanual implemented
This is a prime example of how the government has used the whole terrorism BS to move us into a total police state. AND both Dems and Repugs are to blame...The neocons were really suckered on this too
Jack, I might be amused, too, if it weren't for the growing sense that these people are going to erupt in deranged acts of violence, spurred on by people like Glenn Beck (the Father Coughlin of our time). These people don't hate Obama for what he's done but for what they THINK he represents and, therefore, WILL do. Facts and reason are irrelevant.
I don't spend a lot of time worrying about it, but it has occurred to me more than once that the way we'll get meaningful healthcare legislation is that one of these Glenn Beck "patriots" makes good on his dream of assassinating Obama, and then President Biden rams the legislation through Congress the way LBJ was able to do with civil rights in 1964.
It was a mistake to underestimate the power of the poisoned minds in Dallas in 1963, and it's a mistake to underestimate them now.
COME ON REPUBLICANS! FOR CHRIST SAKE YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE A BILL BUT TRRRRYYYYY TO BE LEADERS AND LEAD THESE CRAZIES OUT OF THE CRAZY HOUSE!
"LBJ was able to do with civil rights in 1964."
Actually he was able to get well ram the Vietnam War down on us" and he made a sweet proffit off it too. Civil rights were all JFK.
"It was a mistake to underestimate the power of the poisoned minds in Dallas in 1963, and it's a mistake to underestimate them now"
Do a Google search on St John Hunt. It seems he got a little confession out of his Dad on the that day in Dallas
Wow. Is that woman with the "mandatory abortion" list stupid, or crazy, or both? Someone stop her before she breeds... oh wait.
Actually there was a directive that Homeland Security sent out to state and local police that said to be on the look out for people with Ron Paul, Constitution and "Dont Tread on Me" bumber stickers- and a guy was pulled over in LA for that had a dont tread on me bumper sticker. THis is probably something Mr. "knuckle Cracker" Rob Emanual implemented
If you are going to assert this then you will need to cite a credible reference. And blaming it on Rahm is just pure speculation, and makes you sound like the crazies we're talking about. Facts, please.
Civil rights were all JFK.
Again, make your case - with actual history and references. Right now all we have is your opinion.
Civil Rights Act: 1964
Voting Rights Act: 1965
Kennedy's death: 1963
Read the damn history.
Civil Rights Act: 1964
Voting Rights Act: 1965
Kennedy's death: 1963
Yeah but by this time, civil rights were on the way and nobody could stop it. Votes actually counted for something back then. LBJ was nothing but a war mongering murderer just like Chicken Dick
"If you are going to assert this then you will need to cite a credible reference. And blaming it on Rahm is just pure speculation, and makes you sound like the crazies we're talking about. Facts, please"
Google Suspect detained over 'extremist bumper sticker or you can probably call the local paper in Ball La.
Rahm is an assertion as I said, probably. THe guy is known as a psycho. When Obama told him to quit popping his knuckles, he went over and started popping them right in his ear. You can Google that too if you didnt see it in the news.
PS Im not a Republican or neocon
Its not my job to google and confirm your assertions, its your job to back up your arguments. And I could care what a paper in Ball, LA says anymore that the Tennessean.
But as for the popping knuckles drama, it may be immature but not psycho. By your definition every rebellious child is psycho!
And when you say Rahm is known as a psycho, by whom? It's not known to me. He may be known as a hardass ballbuster - but that's just business. Rove was the same. I despised his reign but I never thought he was a known psycho, just a very smart hardass dick.
"But as for the popping knuckles drama, it may be immature but not psycho. By your definition every rebellious child is psycho!"
He's Obama's Chief of Staff. HE shouldnt be childish. And somebody that stabs a knife into a table as he talks about his political opposition, most people would say he was psycho. And as far as Rove goes, Reagsn's Treaury Secretary, Dr Paul Craig Roberts said that Chaney, Rove, Rummy were all considered to be nut cases when he was in Washington. Oberman reported that Chicken Dick wanted to stage an attack on our Navy and blame it on Iran so we could go to war with Iran. That is pretty psycho. If you look at who has been in charge, it's not to hard to see why we are in the huge mess we are in
If you know how to use Google, you will get pages and pages of articles on LA incident. I highly reccomend that people do their own research
I have a massive, massive crush on Rahm Emanuel. A super-hot salt-and-pepper Semite with just a dash of crazy. And he used to be a ballerina! Perfect.
"The crowd cheered after she said her husband works hard to pay for his family's own health insurance. "Because he's white, because he considers the Constitution the law of the land, we are now considered terrorists in our own country. " She expressed concerns"
I just hope this woman comprehends that it was Bush and the neocons that shreaded the Constitution and The Bill of Rights with the Patriot Act and Homeland Security.
When Democrats get frustrated, they complain.
When Republicans get frustrated, they blow up federal buildings.
You want to see crazy? Check out this person. There isn't enough tin foil in all the world to cover the heads of these folks.
"You want to see crazy? Check out this person. There isn't enough tin foil in all the world to cover the heads of these folks."
Well the FEMA camps were supposed to have
been set up under Bush for Terrorist and anti-war liberals. In fact it was Hannity that was making fun of these guys and the Bush knew about 911 ahead of time. yeah ha ha black helicopters and tin foil hats
Why is it that if you turn off the sound, the crowds at these funky meetings look just exactly like the crowds outside the schools that were being integrated by little black children? White, angry, scared, and in years to come, proven very very wrong. And they were in church every Sunday, and were swallowing the proverbial camel of the idea THEY should get good health care, but should not have to pay any taxes to make sure others less fortunate had the same access to good health care. We're missing it again, folks!
"They need to demand that their elected officials stop humoring this bullshit so the extreme right-wing of the party feels totally abandonded and splits off into their own hyperlibertarian/racist/whatever group"
Looks like Miss South Carolina posted something here. The Libertarians are not Republicans, racist or the extreme right wing. Most are for legalizing pot, civil rights, and against war and illegal spying and other forms of government tyranny.
Maybe if we just had more maps, such as and so on
"Why is it that if you turn off the sound, the crowds at these funky meetings look just exactly like the crowds outside the schools that were being integrated by little black children? White, angry, scared, and in years to come, proven very very wrong. And they were in church every Sunday, and were swallowing the proverbial camel of the idea"
Well another racist post. Actually the group you are refering to- "the peckerwoods" make minimum wage or close to it and probably would like a public option. Im all for healthcare reform too but Im very leary of government run system or one that big pharma would back. Have any of you Obamabots thought about what will happen when the bush crowd gets back in power. Yeah think about that a while
I'm from Tennessee. And are you telling me there aren't libertarian-leaning conservatives within the Republican party right now? You know, people who aren't giant fans of taxes and so forth as such? I wasn't lumping them in with racists, either, I was intending to differentiate the two, as such.
And most, but not all. Some people can be massive social liberals and massive fiscal conservatiaves. Money talks, and I'd be willing to bet that more lean into the Republican party than the Democratic party. Taxes seem to be the biggest tyranny they harp on.
Im from TN too. YEs I know plenty of Repubs that lean libertarian and I know plenty of Dems that lean libertarian. How many intelligent dems were up in arms over; the Patriot Act, and the invasions of privacy, attempts to block free speech, not to mention labling war protesters as terrorist or terrorist sympathizers- that hated their country. In fact most dems I personally knew and listen to didnt care for any of the big government programs that the Bush mob brought us.
Your right Libertarians are generally opposed to high taxes. And seeing how our government has just given trillions to the mega banksters that put us in this depression, it's kind of understandable.
The fact is that most democrats and republicans that I know personally are totally brainwashed and are married to either Bush or Obama and will blindly agree to anything they do. Try to telling a "base" republican neocon that Bush trippled the size of government and took a big chunk of their rights and freedoms because of some guy in a cave. THey generally reply "uh, uh but he was so better than Gore would have been, and he kept us safe." or Tell an Obamabot that the wars are still on, we still have the Patriot Act, spying is still on FIZA etc. Other than Larry Flint noone says a word. And if you disagree with Obama then you must be a racist. Just like you were labled an unpatriotic terorist or hated your country if you had any opposition with Bush regime.
"Some people can be massive social liberals and massive fiscal conservatiaves"
Actually Bill Clinton was much much more of a fiscal conservative than Bush.
It's all true. The government is rounding up white people as we speak. Me and by buddy Ted were arrested by the Capitol Police just last week. Our crime? We jumped the White House fence to protest having a Kenyan in the White House. We then streaked the White House grounds carrying "Obama is a Commie Kenyan" signs. Come on, when did this become illegal? Apparently when Obama decides he needs an excuse to round up white people, that's when. But the suckers let us out on bond and they won't ever see us again. Ha, ha, ha.
This video clip deserves national attention. This is the kind of blathering idiocy those trying overhaul health care have to deal with. You can't fight stupid and crazy conspiracy types, and this lady's outrageous crazy talk epitomizes the gutter level current GOP operates on. Somebody commented here that not much has changed in last 6 months w/ how folks live their lives, etc.. I'll tell you what's changed - a black man is in the white house now. Someone crazy enough to think that someone is coming to her house to force an abortion on her is crazy enough to act out with violence as a psycho-perceived kind of self defense. The stoking of hate by the right will lead to violence somewhere, and the Glenn Beck / Limbaugh's of the world will just wash their hands of what they are creating. We had a guy with a gun holstered on his leg and a sign about watering the tree of liberty (w/ blood) at a rally this week. How much more direct of a desire for violent action does someone have to display before something is done about this insanity? The GOP should be ashamed of what it's become - but they have no shame, and are not even worthy of being considered intelligent or organized opposition now. PATHETIC!
"Glenn Beck / Limbaugh's of the world will just wash their hands of what they are creating."
Wow do you think Jody Foster just washed her hands after Hinkley?
"a black man is in the white house now" Yeah how dare you critisize the chosen one, you must be a racist. He is our supreme leader. A lot of the republicans wanted to run Condi Rice so they could pull out the rhetoric. If fact I think Dick Moriis was working on a book/plan for it
Whew' the movie 'Idiocracy' is becoming so prophetic
"You can't fight stupid and crazy conspiracy types,"
You mean the types like when Louis Farrakan and Al Sharpton, when they were saying that Bush blew the levies to kill black people during Katrina?
Woods, you are obviously in the tank for Obama. It’s sad that you are one of those brain-washed lips who can’t research, read, or process data. Have you seen Janet Napolitano's homeland security report? I read it. But then again, I am a writer who vets the data. You are part of the journalist crowd that lacks critical thinking skills and you seemingly have your head so far up your ass that your forget that your JOB is to report the facts. No one gives 2 shits about your "progressive" anti-American, left wing opinion/agenda. I think it is GREAT that Americans are cutting off funds to the media. LOVE IT! Your voice means nothing and you have no credibility. How’s that Liberal Arts degree working for ya?
This administration has lost all credibility. The big O is a lawyer and so he conveniently leaves out TORT reform. Additionally, he is an illegal alien as well has his aunt who is feeding off of our tax dollars like the 26+ million illegals who helped banckrupt this healthcare system. The disease-ridden, Mexican-flu (aka H1N1) carrying vermin that makes adults and American kids sick in school, which in turn, ups the cost of care for employer health plans. If this president wanted to lower costs, he would cut off ALL AID to these criminals who are akin to a tunmor. You keep feeding it, the cancer spreads. You can blame them for many ills in America. Comprende LIBS?
THe lady is loony tune and so as the rest of you idiotic teabagger birther nutbaggers. Not a word from you when we ran and borrow $1.5 TRILLION dollars from the Chinese to finance a war with Iraq (find them WMDs yet, ya'll?), but you're all up in arms that poor people might have a shot at not getting turned down for health insurance. Uh, yeah, this is all about the costs, right? Okey dokey. You're liars. You're racist liars, and damn straight some of you are on the verge of domestic terrorism you Turner Diary worshiping low IQ dupes letting racism drive you nuts so that giant rich corporate insurance companies can rile you into a frenzy. Death camps? People marching into your homes forcing abortions? This is certifiable insanity and delusion, and you IDIOT actually are DEFENDING this woman who is missing half her deck? And Corker, he's such an idiot and he's scared of these people so he just cheers them on. Sad. The best part about these nut bags doing this stuff is that middle America is seeing these crazies for who they really are. Somebody is going to get hurt or killed at one of these things, but even then, that won't stop the crazies. They'll claim it was a liberal plant who did it. These people are coo-coo for cocoa puffs.
Smarter girl, maybe you missed the news while you was getting smarter, but in MO they have tort reform. The malpractice suits were drastically reduced. SO tell me "smarter girl," how much did health care costs DROP because of the tort reform in MO? Care to tell us? I mean, gee, that's the problem, right, the less than 1% of costs of health care, the malpractice tort reform you seek, right? So following YOUR logic, with tort reform, medical costs will just come right on down, right? Guess what..... they still increased in MO at twice the rate of inflation. So that's your answer? TORT REFORM? How does that get health insurance to millions of Americans who don't have it? And pray tell why are you so in favor of Americans going bankrupt over getting sick? Do you know the leading cause of bankruptcy in the USA? Do you? Guess you two guesses.....give up? Medical bills. There is nothing smarter about you, girl
Oh nice, we read a little further down and we learn that "smarter girl" is a birther. Coo-coo for Cocoa Puffs. You want to tell people the president has lost credibility and then you throw us the racist rants and the birther crapola. Wow, don't you have some white sheets to starch, or some dogs to kicks or children to beat somewhere? Maybe you should line that trailer of yours with some more tin foil to keep the gubment and them revenooers, from a gettin' all into yer mind and controllin' it so they can't find ya and visit yer house and a round ya'll all up and make ya have them abortions. Wow, what a fricking stupid person you are. Insanely, amazingly stupid, and you call yourself smarter. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
STUPIDGIRL,QUESTION FOR YA; what did you folks do, you know Cheney and Bush, that kept all them brown people you hate from crossing the borders the past eight years? Did not the illegal population explode under Cheney and Bush? Maybe you missed that part. StupidGirl is just a racist. A hateful, ugly racist. And tell me, stupdi girl, since The bill, HR 3200, specifically bars coverage for illegal immigrants, how is it that they are going to bankrupt the system they will specifically be excluded from?. Section 246, which is included in the part of the bill that sets up a health insurance exchange, forbids payments "on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States.
I know, fact are hard for your brain to process, but try, just a itty bitty bit. Since I quoted the LAW as presented in the bill, show me your proof that I'm wrong, You can't cause your stoooooopid.
STUPIDGIRL,QUESTION FOR YA; what did you folks do, you know Cheney and Bush, that kept all them brown people you hate from crossing the borders the past eight years? Did not the illegal population explode under Cheney and Bush
YES YES YES they did great point, which is another reason we should come together to stop it. and stop the whole Bush/Obama North American Union
The "conservative" arguments on here in response to me from Big D and anonymous are pretty funny. Big D - my stating that Obama is black is not a criticism - although I guess it may be where you're coming from. What I'm criticizing is the psycho, desperate, and yes, clearly racist tone we see over and over from the right. Why did the lady in the clip say Obama thinks she's a terrorist because she's white? Because she's crazy and full of it, of course - but also because she's scared and very uncomfortable with the notion of a black man in our nation's highest office. So in her warped view, he must be out to get her, right? And to anonymous - Jody Foster didn't go around calling folks Nazis on a daily basis like Limbaugh, or simulating poisoning the speaker of the house, like Beck. The right sees the country is changing, that power is gone from them, and that they are out of ideas that work for people. So what do we get? Lies, fear, race baiting, name calling - you know, stuff they're actually good at. Keep up the bad work.
Is anyone at this paper going to own up to the fact that your competitor, Southcomm, is about to announce it is buying the Scene?
That means Townes Duncan is going to own The City Paper, the Scene and Nashville Post and Chris Ferrell will be running them all.
So much for independent journalism in Nashville. Their conglomerate will be bigger locally than Gannett's. Do you think Duncan will get all the stories about him taken off this web site?
