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Bill Maher v. Reality

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This week on the Tonight Show Bill Maher launched into a vicious tirade against conservatives. Mixed with his sardonic and sanctimonious curse laden diatribe were the assertions that it is only the Right that incites violence, and that people on the Left do not act out violently:

Bill Maher has a problem: he is always sure, but he is rarely right. Maher belittles anyone who dares to disagree with his learned opinions as ignorant. In reality, a place Maher must have left a long time ago, the Left constantly incites violence against conservatives. Additionally, there is a long history of leftists carrying out their violent fantasies.

First, on the inciting hatred front, why not start with Bill Maher himself?

In the following clip from Maher’s television program, the host jokes about Vice president Cheney dying, than makes the serious point that he believes it would be good if the Vice President died:

Then there was Chris Matthews of MSNBC on Hardball musing about killing Rush Limbaugh:

The website The Onion made a video lamenting that Glenn Beck has not died a painful death:

The website the Daily Caller made a four minute video, compiling tweets urging the assassination of Sarah Palin:

Palin Death Wish Tweets Re Tucson Shooting from Legal Insurrection on Vimeo.

Rep. Paul Kanjorski, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, had the following to say about Florida Governor Rick Scott, a Republican:

“instead of running for governor of Florida, they ought to have him and shoot him. Put him against the wall and shoot him.”

That is just a sample of the vitriol and hate that regularly comes from the Left. Throughout the Bush Presidency the Left regularly wrote books, made movies, and otherwise advocated the assassination of George W. Bush. Maher’s claim that the Left does not incite violence is the type of absurd claim that could only be made by an ignoramus or a willful deceiver.

Maher’s second claim, that only conservatives carry out acts of violence because they are armed and insane, is equally fallacious.

In 1901 President William McKinley was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, who killed the president “because he was the enemy of the good people – the good working people. I am not sorry for my crime.”

Lee Harvey Oswald, the man who assassinated President Kennedy (save your comments Oliver Stone fans), was a Communist defector, who returned to the United States in order to assist Fidel Castro.

The Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, sent 16 bombs out, killed three people and injured 23. He too was an anarchist, and a devotee of Al Gore’s.

Just last year James Lee, who was inspired by Al Gore, took hostages at the the Discovery Channel‘s headquarters because they were not doing enough to combat global warming in his estimation.

On top of all these examples there are terrorist organizations, like the Earth Liberation Front, that proudly use “economic sabotage and guerrilla warfare to stop the exploitation and destruction of the environment.”

All this is not to say that Al Gore and his cohorts on the Left are to blame for the actions of terrorists. There are bad people in the world, and their interpretations of notable works does not implicate the authors.

What all these examples do prove is that once again Bill Maher, who represents the thinking of many on the Left, has given voice to a hateful position that is at odds with reality. Maher’s despicable lies about the Right are old hat for the smear merchant. Maher would be well served if he bothered to do even minimal research before opening his mouth.

Leftwing Politician Advocates Assassinating Opponents

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Not a minute after Jared Loughner opened fire on a crowd in Arizona, members of the media began frothing at the mouth, dreaming of blaming the shooting on Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sarah Plain et al.

It turns out that Loughner is a leftwing, atheist/occult, pothead, and most importantly, mentally disturbed. However, seeing a political opportunity to attack the Right, the media did not let the facts get in the way of a convenient narrative.

One of the most sickening assertions has been that Sarah Palin is somehow responsible for the shooting, because she targeted Rep. Giffords’ district.

If Palin is responsible for the shooting of Giffords, you would expect politicians to remove similarly ‘inflammatory’ rhetoric from their websites, right? After all, with the knowledge that targeting a district inspires violence, as the media is telling us nonstop, only the most irresponsible of people would continue to incite hatred.

How about Canada’s own communist party, the NDP:

“Taking aim,” bull’s-eyes, “send Harper packing”. One can only presume that the NDP is planning on shooting targeted Conservatives, and sending them packing in body bags, right?

Of course, making such an assertion is patently absurd. Taking aim, bulls-eyes, and sending people packing are all political metaphors. If someone read that map and took it as a call to arms, they would have to be mentally unwell.

Even if a Tea Party conservative opened fire on innocent civilians, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, or any other liberal Emmanuel Goldstein would not be responsible. Some people are deranged. It is not possible to ascribe a logical reason to an illogical act. The Left’s attempt to pin the Arizona shooting on anyone but the lunatic involved is both libelous and malicious.

Strictly Right Radio episode 76

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On this Strictly Right, Ari analyzes the the media and the Left’s reaction to the Arizona shooting, the hypocrisy of the Left on profiling, the success of Canada’s corporate tax cuts, the targeting of Sarah Palin by the left and more.

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The Mainstream Media Displays Their Bigotry in Arizona

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This weekend’s shooting in Arizona was a tragedy. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.

From what is know about the shooter, Jared Loughner, it is safe to conclude that he is mentally unstable.

Seemingly minutes after the shooting was first reported, the media  jumped on the ‘Tea Party militia’ explanation. It was automatically assumed that Loughner was a registered Republican, and probably a Plain supporter. In reality, a case can be made that Loughner is a Leftist. Loughner listed the Communist Manifesto as one of his favorite books, was described as “left-wing” in 2007, and was a critic of President Bush.

Never letting the facts get in the way of a story, The New York Times, led by Paul Krugman, laid blame for the shooting at the feet of Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and other conservatives. Members of Congress, and their amen corner in the media, have determined that Sarah Palin is to blame for the shooting. Arizona Sheriff, and well documented political hack, Clarence Dupnik, targeted rhetoric from talk radio and cable news:

The Left has developed a cottage industry decrying the evils of ‘profiling.’ Every security measure implemented at, say, the airport, is applied equally to all travelers, from young Muslim men, to old Norwegian grandmothers, all because we are so averse to profiling.

The Left has demonstrated their aversion to profiling in the past. When Nidal Malik Hasan shot up Ft. Hood, yelling “Allah Akbar!” we were told to wait for the facts and not jump to any conclusions.

However, when there is a chance that the suspect may be a conservative, it is safe to run wall to wall coverage of pure speculation, and assert conclusions based on that speculation as fact.

When a terrorist tried to bomb Time Square last year Mayor Michael Bloomberg immediately asserted that the terrorist was a “homegrown maybe a mentally deranged person or someone with a political agenda that doesn’t like the health care bill or something.” Turns out the Time Square bomber was… a Muslim terrorist.

But this weekend in Arizona a Democratic Congresswoman was shot and the media immediately assumed the shooter was a Tea Party member, inspired by Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck. How did the media reach such a conclusion before the facts came in? They profiled.

The Left sees every conservative as a Timothy McVeigh waiting to happen. Isn’t that the very type of profiling the Left professes to abhor? If the shooting in Arizona had been politically motivated, would it not seem pertinent to the case that the judge who was shot and killed was a Bush appointee? And lets not forget that if anything, Jared Loughner is a man of the Left, not the Right.

The Left has created yet another double standard. When it comes to terrorists flying planes into buildings, it is ‘wrong’ to profile Muslims. We are almost asked to believe that the fact that all 19 of the 9/11 hijackers were Muslim was incidental. However, when a lone nut, who happens to be white, opens fire on crowd, it must be the Tea Party. What is on display is the Left and the media’s bigotry, their bigotry against all those ideologically at odds with them.

By the way, when President Obama said “if they [Republicans] bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun,” that was okay, right? Only ‘right-wing extremists’ can incite violence, right?

Glenn Beck: Honor Restored

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47 years ago, Martin Luther King delivered his famous “I have a dream” speech at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. Today, on August 28th, Glenn Beck took the stage for a similar reason, to deliver a message to Americans that the country needs to go back to the basics, go back to understanding unity, liberty, and individuality. The event was not political in the least. Despite addresses by prominent conservative figures such as Gov. Sarah Palin, the focus of 828: Restoring Honor was more along the lines of paying tribute to the brave men and women who have fallen in the line of duty, defending freedom. Despite the media’s accusations leading up to and during the event, Beck never once compared himself to Martin Luther King, Jr., with the exception of acknowledging his inferiority to the late civil rights movement leader.

400,000-500,000 people came out to celebrate with Beck. Not far away, Rev. Al Sharpton decided to hold his own rally. Attendance? 3,000. The event kicked off at around 10am this morning and went until 2pm. However, every word said was something that you must hear. Whether you’re Canadian, American, Australian, or Indian, the message of faith, hope, and charity is one that transcends ideological boundaries, and most certainly geographical ones. You can view the full event on the C-SPAN website. It’s worth the investment of time.

POLL: Should domestic terrorists get Miranda rights?

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Glenn Beck thinks so, and I actually have to agree with him in this case.


Constitutional rights apply to all American citizens. This includes terrorists, just as it includes murderers, car thieves, and any other type of Democrat. Napolitano called it correctly when he stated in this video that any information obtained pre-Mirandizing wouldn’t even be admissible in court. In any case, I’m curious what you guys think on this one. Ari and I will probably bring it up on tomorrow’s Strictly Right Radio as well!

Check out the poll in the side-bar and weigh in on the discussion here!

"These Are My People – Americans"

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America’s arbiter of decency has weighed-in on the Tea Partyers. The former President, of blue dress fame, Bill Clinton, recently told the New York Times that he sees parallels between today’s anti-government attitude, and the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City Bombing. In the article Bubba goes through the usual litany of offenses the left so causally paints their entire opposition with. He warns that Republicans are inciting violence with their rhetoric that “animates people who do things you would never do.” I didn’t catch him saying that when Nancy Pelosi called opponents of Obamacare Nazis. To put this in perspective, Clinton also tried to blame Rush Limbaugh for the 1995 bombing.

Next, the latest edition of Newsweek has an article entitled “Hate; Antigovernment extremists are on the rise – and on the march.” In the article Evan Thomas, who has actually compared Obama to God, and Eva Conant pull out all the stops to demonize regular Americans. Their case can be boiled down to this: if you oppose Obama you are an “addled war veteran,” and most likely a militiaman conspiracy kook waiting to be the next Timothy McVeigh. And guess who’s to blame for firing up these “addled veterans?”

It is hard to know how much such grim fantasies are stirred by the steady stream of conspiracy theories pushed by talk-radio hosts. Rush Limbaugh talks about the Democrats planning to “kill you” with health-care reform and suggests (agreeing with black Muslim minister Louis Farrakhan, of all people) that it “seems perfectly within the realm of reality” that the H1N1 vaccine was “developed to kill people.” Like many talk-show hosts, he uses martial language to rouse the faithful: “The enemy camp is the White House right now,” he says. Former Alaska governor turned media star Sarah Palin posted on her Facebook page a list of House Democrats who voted for health-care reform with crosshairs aimed at their home districts, while tweeting to her followers, “Don’t Retreat, Instead—RELOAD!” She strongly denied any intent to incite violence. Other conservative talkers insist their foes are preparing violent attacks on them. Glenn Beck of Fox News is the master purveyor of this particular brand of sly paranoia. He suggests that he will be the victim of violence. “I’d better start wearing a [bulletproof] vest” to guard against White House attacks, he says, and warns that the Democrats will sic goons on him to break his kneecaps.

That’s right – conservative talk radio is to blame for all of societies ills. Nothing like taking a bunch of quotes out of context and pasting them together to prove your point. Whenever regular Americans oppose socialism, the liberal media tries to paint the opposition as a bunch hateful Nazis. Isn’t time they makeup a new narrative? Also, isn’t it interesting that when 19 Arab Muslims men fly airplanes into buildings and kill 3,000 Americans on 9/11 we’re told not to stereotype or profile, yet the same people who say that are so ready to paint every patriotic American that believes in the Constitution as some sort of Timothy McVeigh wannabe nut? The left are the real haters – they hate the Constitution, they hate religious people and they despise the notion of American exceptionalism. As for who the Tea Partyers are, Norah O’Donnell found out yesterday: