On Selling Paranoia, Or, Conservative Emails, Examined

by: fake consultant

Fri Mar 19, 2010 at 20:11:32 PM EDT

Ann Coulter coming to NMU; several student groups protesting

by: nmudem21

Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 11:28:05 AM EDT

Wow.  For those of you not keeping track of the few of us up in the in middle of the beautiful Upper Peninsula, I figured I would drop an entry about some interesting things going on at Northern Michigan University's campus.

As the title would suggest, conservative hate-monger Ann Coulter has been paid just over $23,000 from student funds to speak at NMU 0n April 14th at 7:00pm.  The presentation is sponsered by the NMU College Republicans.  Tickets are $5 for students and $15 for the public.

Several good and bad things have come out of this little fiasco:

Gannett, LSJ, Livingston Daily bow down to Ann Coulter

by: SonicT

Tue Oct 02, 2007 at 17:09:12 PM EDT

In a fine piece of objective journalism, the Gannett Co.-owned Livingston Daily Press Press & Argus featured wall-to-wall coverage of hate-monger Ann Coulter's Monday appearance at Cleary University. There's even a photo gallery, if you've ever had the urge to view jpegs of the Devil herself!

"Reporter" Dan Meisler delivers a lede that is sure to win him some distinguished awards:

Ann Coulter delivered a sharp-witted and droll attack on liberals and Democrats on Monday at Cleary University, to the delight of about 500 audience members.

 The fun continues...

Coulter Quote of the Week: Dedicated to the organizers of the Counter Coulter event

by: kjbas58

Wed Sep 12, 2007 at 17:58:03 PM EDT

Jonathan Cohn, a senior editor at The New Republic magazine, will appear at the Howell Opera House at 7 p.m. Oct. 1 to lead a discussion on the state of health care in the country. The price of admission is a donation. Cohn is appearing free instead of charging $30,000 plus expenses like Ann Coulter. The proceeds will go to The Livingston County Free Dental Clinic for Children. Coulter's process will go to fuel more hate.

Cohn is also a media fellow at the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and a senior fellow at Demos a non-partisan public policy center. Cohn writes about domestic politics and policy with a primary focus on health care. In April he published his first book "Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis --- and the People Who Pay for it." Cohn has also written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone and Slate. A graduate of Harvard University, he now lives in Ann Arbor with his wife and two children.

Without further ado, here are a few recent gems of hate from the queen of all hate commenting on the Iraq report. I have no idea why they would ask her to comment on that either, but they did.

"They want us to lose. They hate the troops. They think the troops are a bunch of illiterate, toothless rapists. ... They've been against this war from the beginning. The same people who say the surge isn't working didn't want us to go in. ... They want America to lose. They are rooting for al Qaeda." ---Fox News 9/10/07

"I don't know that Americans are so against the war. ... We keep having votes from our representatives [to keep funding the war] while I hear about these mysterious polls showing that the nation is ablaze with anti-war fervor. ... I don't think I'd count on MoveOn.org having much influence with authentic Americans. This is just, you know, a well-funded group of people without jobs. ... They want anarchy. ... They hate the United States of America." ---Fox News 9/10/07

Ohio students successfully Counter Coulter

by: kjbas58

Sat Sep 01, 2007 at 23:02:52 PM EDT

The majority of students, at least the reasonable ones, were outraged, so instead of fighting a losing battle and giving her even more publicity, they started a blog with the most excellent name of "Counter Coulter" and began a much better alternative than listing to hate speech for an hour. The price of admission to hear Coulter rant for an hour is $5 for non-students, so a coalition of student and progressive groups that stand for fairness and tolerance and are the targets of Coulter's hateful attacks figured out if every student at the university gave $5 it would equal her fee, and they used her as a fundraiser. The coalition included Equality Ohio, Progress Ohio, People for the American Way, The Human Rights Campaign, National Organization for Women - Cincinnati, Equality Cincinnati and Democracy for Cincinnati.

The coalition waged a "Thank Ann Coulter" campaign to raise money, and they more than raised her speaking fee, reaching their goal of $25,000. Now, they are going for $30,000. While Coulter is spreading her hate to the faithful Young Republicans, a celebratory rally will be held on the other side of the Xavier where the group will present checks to student groups like Xavier Alliance, the Xavier Women's Center, the Black Student Association and others. These are groups Coulter regularly attacks.

For the first time in her life Ann Coulter is doing some good. Although there appears little we can do to counter Coulter's appearance here in Michigan, we can still help our neighbors to the south and still donate to Counter Coulter.

Congratulations to the students and their supporters at Xavier University.

Coulter Quote of the Week: Law and order that only benefits the GOP

by: kjbas58

Wed Aug 29, 2007 at 12:23:34 PM EDT

The GOP should no longer be called the Grand Old Party. It can be called the Gay Old Perverts. But this week's quote is dedicated to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. He proved that the party of law and order is only the party of law and order if it benefits Republicans and not the country. It also proves the U.S. Constitution is something that can be ignored and abused to get what you want.

Without further ado, we can expect a few of these gems at Cleary University's Economic Club Speakers Luncheon Series in October. These are examples of raising the political discourse and enriching the community? I don't think so either.

"If they have the one innocent person who has ever to be put to death this century out of over 7,000, you probably will get a good movie deal out of it."---MSNBC 7/27/97

"The only beef Enron employees have with top management is that management did not inform employees of the collapse in time to allow them to get in on the swindle. If Enron executives had shouted, "Head for the hills!" the employees might have had time to sucker other Americans into buying wildly over-inflated Enron stock. Just because your boss is a criminal doesn't make you a hero."  (January 24, 2002 article, "The New York Times.")

Coulter Quote of the Week: If she's a Christian then I'm a conservative Republican

by: kjbas58

Wed Aug 15, 2007 at 22:51:16 PM EDT

This proves the queen of hate will go anywhere, appear with anyone to sell her trashy books to make a buck. I got an email prompt that she had appeared on this Christian radio show called "The Way of the Master Radio." I don't know much about it, but the guy who played the annoying teen on the 80's sitcom "Growing Pains" is behind it. Coulter was there pushing the paperback version of her last book, and she claimed she was a Christian. I almost fell out of my chair.

Her behavior is nothing like I remember from the many years I went to Sunday school. From the time I was three-years-old in Mrs. Agnes Massengail's Sunday School class to the time I left home and joined the Navy I went to Sunday School and church at the Monroe Church of God because my grandmother made sure of that, but I never remember any Bible stories that condoned the crap coming out of Coulter's mouth.

She not only claimed she was a Christian, but she claimed she was a born-again Christian. The host, who sounded like the classic DJ that I grew up listening to on CKLW that has almost become a parody, asked her when she was born again. She, of course, could not remember when, but she guessed it may have been when the "adulterer and liar was in the White House." I'm assuming she was referring to President Clinton, based on her pure hatred of one of the best presidents in history. More likely it was when she realized she could make some more bucks by adapting to the audience she was appearing before.

There are only six more quotes of the week left before the queen of hate collects her $30,000 - how many pieces of silver is that? - and speaks for 90 minutes at Cleary University's Economic Club Speakers Luncheon Series and further tarnishes Livingston County's reputation and labels us as a community that welcomes racists of all ilks. But here are a few whoppers from the show"

"I'm quite sure I could not do what I do for a living and not be a Christian."  The Way of the Master Radio, 8/6/07.

"They (liberals) really are like some primitive religion. Someday we will look back at this global warning nonsense, and they will think those people were mad."  The Way of the Master Radio, 8/6/07.

If Ann Coulter is a Christian I'm a conservative Republican.

CU increases tuition and can pony up $30 Gs for racist hatemonger

by: kjbas58

Thu Aug 09, 2007 at 20:20:58 PM EDT

According to a press release, Cleary is increasing tuition by just 3.51 percent while graduate tuition will rise by 4.71 percent. The press release makes a point of telling you that the average tuition for state universities rose 11.3 percent, but if failed to mention that Cleary is a private school that does not receive public funding.

According to a recent article in the subscription only Gongwer, since 2001 the state has reduced higher education spending dollars to universities more than any other state in the country, a drop of nearly 20 percent in the past six years. With the new budget expected to have a shortfall of $1.8 billon, university governing boards know they will see more cuts in funding, but they have no idea how much. It was with that uncertainty that they had to draft their budgets, and that has led to the increase in tuition.

Cleary is a great alternative for working adults, but you have to wonder how this business school can pay hatemonger and racist Ann Coulter $30,000 plus expenses to speak for just some 90 minutes at their Economic Club Speakers Luncheon Series and still raise tuition. It seems to me if it can throw that kind of change around to sully the reputation of Livingston County, perhaps they can hold the line on tuition. I am not aware of any cuts in funding to Cleary. It seems like a huge waste of money when you have to hike tuition.

Recently a question also occurred to me that I think I know the answer to, but I have not actually heard it answered. With one of their two main campuses located in Ann Arbor, why choose to have Coulter speak in Livingston County that already has a reputation as a community that welcomes racists of all ilks?

Coulter Quote of the Week: Coulter supporters condone censorship

by: kjbas58

Thu Aug 09, 2007 at 14:12:10 PM EDT

As you know, last week Bishop ordered "Blogging for Michigan" blocked from being accessed from Senate computers, using the false claim that the blog was "created by a Senate employee using Senate equipment" and staffers were wasting time reading and posting comments on it. After an outcry from both the left and right, Bishop relented, but he said he would be back.

It was nice to see even rightwing blogs realize how heavy-handed and illegal this was and joined in calling Bishop out on it, but it didn't take long for rightwing bloggers to somehow compare what Bishop did to me trying to stop Coulter from getting paid $30,000 to appearance at Cleary University and their Economic Club Speakers Luncheon Series and further reinforce the false claim that my hometown, Livingston County, is a safe haven for racists and bigots of all ilks, like Coulter.

Even subscription only Gongwer had this snaky comment on the story it ran on Bishop backing off of his censorship attempt.

"Though ironically, on the blog, Ms. Barry has encouraged Cleary College in Livingston County to not invite conservative columnist Ann Coulter to speak at a college fundraiser."

I have no problem if she comes down to Howell and speaks on the steps of the historic Livingston County Courthouse for free.

So these mundane, run-of-the-mill nuggets from the queen of hate are dedicated to the people who do not understand the most basic American right that protects all others.

"Anorexics never have boyfriends. ... That's one way to know you don't have anorexia, if you have a boyfriend."---Politically Incorrect 7/21/97

"We're now at the point that it's beyond whether or not this guy is a horny hick. I really think it's a question of his mental stability. He really could be a lunatic. I think it is a rational question for Americans to ask whether their president is insane."---Equal Time

Coulter Quote of the Week: Some more classics from AC for CU

by: kjbas58

Wed Jul 18, 2007 at 23:27:14 PM EDT

The real news is how U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers tried to reward CU for their rightwing loyalty to the tune of $2.15 million in pork and earmarks. I guess it was hoped with pork like that those $30,000 payouts to right-wingers would not be a problem. But, without further ado, here is a few examples of the gems AC will give the Republican Party faithful at Cleary University's Economic Club Speakers Luncheon Series in Howell this fall.

"Women like Pamela Harriman and Patricia Duff are basically Anna Nicole Smith from the waist down. Let's just call it for what it is. They're whores."---Salon.com 11/16/00

"Clinton is in love with the erect penis."---This Evening with Judith Regan, Fox News Channel 2/6/00

That's your Ann: She's all class.

Coulter Quote of the Week: `Bill of Rights, we don't need no stinking Bill of Rights'

by: kjbas58

Wed Jul 04, 2007 at 19:15:17 PM EDT

As we celebrate our unique from of government that gives U.S. Citizens the greatest freedoms ever known to mankind we get a few examples of Coulter's warped views of freedom. This is a Bill of Rights that gives people the right to be free in their persons houses, papers and effects against unreasonable search and seizure; due process of law; the presumption of innocence; and protection against cruel and unusual punishment. These are, apparently, values Coulter does not share.

If not for the 1st Amendment she would not be pulling down $30,000 for speaking for Cleary University and spreading her hateful and racist views.

Here are the weekly pearls of wisdom from the queen of hate:

"I have to say I'm all for public flogging. One type of criminal that a public humiliation might work particularly well with are the juvenile delinquents, a lot of whom consider it a badge of honor to be sent to juvenile detention. And it might not be such a cool thing in the 'hood to be flogged publicly."---MSNBC 3/22/97

"The presumption of innocence only means you don't go right to jail."---Hannity & Colmes 8/24/01

Coulter Quote of the Week: Speaking for the GOP, more than half of U.S. citizens hate their country

by: kjbas58

Thu May 31, 2007 at 08:30:04 AM EDT

It further illustrates how she speaks for Republicans, no matter how hard publicly the GOP tries to distance themselves from her.

Tuesday saw a perfect example how groups like Cleary are furthering and enforcing the false image of Howell and Livingston County as a racist, intolerant community that throws down the red carpet and money at bigots of all shapes and sizes, and how others are trying to do away with that image.

From the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus, students from mostly white Howell High School and a predominantly black high school near Flint have begun an exchange program with the first meeting to discuss the controversial book "The Freedom Writers Diary." Students from Cathy Capy's 10th-grade accelerated English class met with students from Hamady High School this month, and the hope is to develop a permanent relationship between the schools.

"The students want to change the image that we're a racist community and that we're intolerant," said Capy, whose assignment of "The Freedom Writers Diary" started a dispute over the sexual content of the book earlier in the school year. "They said we can't change unless we know what we need to change. They're stepping out of their comfort zone."

Here are the weekly gems of poison:
"If you don't hate Clinton and the people who labored to keep him in office, you don't love your country."---George, 7/99

"I am emboldened by my looks to say things Republican men wouldn't."---TV Guide 8/97

Coulter Quote of the Week: says peoples who hire her for speeches embrace her hate speech

by: kjbas58

Wed May 23, 2007 at 11:56:41 AM EDT

In light of the firing of people like Don Imus for saying far less than Coulter does every single day and every week, Coulter says people must love because groups and people like those Cleary keep throwing money at her for saying them.

I just threw in the other quote to show her great logic, and how she - to quote the LEC mission - "enriches the Livingston County community by hosting speakers who can share a broad spectrum of social, political, intellectual, and cultural experiences."

How is calling people who disagree with you "fat, implacable welfare recipients" pass as "critical analysis and public debate," Mr. Sullivan? How does that pass as "thought-provoking," Mr. Sullivan? How does that raise the level of political discourse, Mr. Sullivan?

"The only people who can fire me are the American people. And, by the way, by not buying my books they're not hiring me for speeches."  The Jon Caldara Show, May 17, 2007.

"The "backbone of the Democratic Party" is a "typical fat, implacable welfare recipient"---syndicated column 10/29/99

Falwell and Coulter say U.S. deserved the 9/11 terrorist attacks

by: kjbas58

Thu May 17, 2007 at 16:50:32 PM EDT

His repugnant views on gays puts him in league with the likes of Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church. Quotes like this were his stock-in-trade, and his "moral majority" was far from it. In fact, you could change Falwell's name for Phelps and no one would be the wiser.

"AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals"

His take on 9/11 was just as ugly:
"AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals" I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen.'"

It's funny; Falwell blames the U.S. for 9/11, saying we caused it, but we hear nothing from the rightwing who goes off the deep end and calls people traitors, the "hate America first crowd" or cowards if anyone suggests the U.S. policy abroad is also to blame for the hatred of the U.S. But in the Republican Presidential debate earlier this week, Texas Republican Congressman Ron Paul dared suggest that the U.S. policies over the past 50 years contributed to 9/11, and he was immediately blasted.

Republican Party Chair Saul Anuzis is calling for his exclusion from future debates and starting a petition among Republican National Committee members to expel him.
"I think Congressman Ron Paul was way off base and doesn't represent any of the Republican party base...let alone activists," Anuzis said on his "blog."  "I don't have a problem with his libertarian views, but blaming 9-11 on us (U.S.) was over the top."

Why not let the voters decide that, Saul? But the real whitewash comes from the biggest hatemonger ever, Ann Coulter in her weekly column. It amazes me that Coulter and Falwell can call themselves Christians, especially Coulter.

No man in the last century better illustrated Jesus' warning that "All men will hate you because of me" than the Rev. Jerry Falwell, who left this world on Tuesday. Separately, no man better illustrates my warning that it doesn't pay to be nice to liberals.
Falwell was a perfected Christian. He exuded Christian love for all men, hating sin while loving sinners. This is as opposed to liberals, who just love sinners. Like Christ ministering to prostitutes, Falwell regularly left the safe confines of his church to show up in such benighted venues as CNN.

How she could write that crap with a straight face tells you a lot abut this woman. "He exuded Christian love for all men" except those he disagreed with.

Coulter agrees with Falwell that the U.S. was to blame for the 9/11 attack, so why isn't Anuzis denouncing her, too?

"First of all, I disagreed with that statement because Falwell neglected to specifically include Teddy Kennedy and "the Reverend" Barry Lynn."

The rest of the article is just more gay bashing, but the interesting thing is she wants to go back to the `50s. "There have always been gay people - even in the prelapsarian '50s that Jerry Falwell and I would like to return to, when God protected America from everything but ourselves."

When it was OK to beat up, call them "fags" and discriminate against gays? I'll bet African-Americans in the south who were not allowed to vote, drink from the same water fountain, go the same schools or expect police protection want to go back to that time, but Coulter's past quotes have illustrated she wants to go back to Jim Crow.

Community leaders are finally stepping up to the plate to speak out on hate speech and discriminati

by: kjbas58

Sun May 13, 2007 at 18:32:03 PM EDT

The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus is reporting the Livingston 2001 Diversity Council and Dr. Doug Edema, chief operating officer of Saint Joseph Mercy Livingston Hospital, are formally protesting Cleary University's misguided decision to invite and pay rightwing hatemonger Ann Coulter $30,000 to speak at the school's Economic Club Speakers Luncheon Series in October. Edema said the speech by Coulter could undo the work of the community in trying to shed its reputation for racism. That's exactly what I, and many others, have been saying, and the acceptance of Coulter just adds ammo to the argument and undeserved reputation that we are racists, and it reinforces the general perception that Livingston County is a safe haven for racists and bigots of all ilks, like Coulter.

"My perspective is this isn't going to help," Edema said. "It's going to hurt. It's going to reinforce the image that we support intolerant points of view."

Livingston 2001 Diversity Council has also approved a letter to Cleary University President Tom Sullivan protesting her appearance, which will be sent within days and signed by council President Steve Manor, who is also mayor pro tem on the Howell City Council, said diversity council vice president Candye Hinton.

Of course, Sullivan's response to this and all the many others emails, letters and phone calls protesting Coulter's appearance has been Coulter's appearance will go on as planned. No matter what, he's looking at the bottom line and ticket sales.

"From my perspective, the decision was reviewed by our advisory council. We have no plans to change that invitation," he said.
He has defended the speech as promoting healthy dialogue in the community.

There is no way possible Sullivan can defend what Coulter says and does as "healthy dialogue in the community." That's just irresponsible, and I hope Sullivan doesn't really mean that.

Sullivan doesn't anticipate revoking Coulter's invitation.
"Barring some circumstances I can't even envision, the decision has been made," Sullivan said.

Apparently, The only "circumstances" that will deter Sullivan and is slow ticket sales.

Since Cleary made the awful decision to pay $30,000 for hate speech, a lot of things have been said about Coulter. GOP leaders, like the husband of the person who booked Coulter, say they condemn what she says, but can someone please explain to me what the hell that means if you refuse to speak out against her. Pay her a huge sum of money and cheer and clap for her when she says those things?

I have also heard the ridiculous argument that we are trying to take away Coulter's 1st Amendment right of free speech. I, or Cleary, are not the government, and the 1st amendment says, "Congress shall make no law?abridging the freedom of speech." We are not doing that. Also, the Constitution does not protect hate speech or discrimination.

By paying Coulter a substantial fee to appear, Cleary University and the other sponsors are partners in the spreading of her liturgy of hate. While we fully endorse the concept that the University should be a marketplace of ideas, we maintain that racism and bigotry are not products worthy of barter in that marketplace.

A have also heard the argument that the Diversity Council only supports diversity for things it agrees with, and it is intolerant of differing views. I say we should not tolerate hate speech, prejudice and discrimination, and I am proud to say I am intolerant of intolerance.

I have also heard the absolutely ridiculous argument that I don't have to choose to buy a ticket if I don't like what she says. The same argument can also be made if the Klan was scheduled to speak, but no one in his right mind would give them such a platform. I see no difference between Ann Coulter and the Klan.

Quote of the week: Coulter says swing voters, independents, moderates and liberals are idiots

by: kjbas58

Wed May 02, 2007 at 10:50:35 AM EDT

Maybe enough examples of her hate speech will convince the people at Cleary University's Economic Club Speakers Luncheon Series that her form of political debate only enriches Coulter and not the political discourse, and they will stop embracing her hate speech.

"I think our motto should be post-9-11, `raghead talks tough, raghead faces consequences,'"Ann Coulter at CPAC 2006.

"The swing voters---I like to refer to them as the idiot voters because they don't have set philosophical principles. You're either a liberal or you're a conservative if you have an IQ above a toaster. "---Beyond the News, Fox News Channel, 6/4/00

Doing my part to erase Livingston County's racist reputation

by: kjbas58

Fri Apr 27, 2007 at 18:19:30 PM EDT

The title of the column is "What are we going to do about it?" I'm doing my part to do away with the undeserved reputation our community has for being a have for racists by trying to stop racists and hatemonger Ann Coulter from speaking in Livingston County.

Coulter's appearance at Cleary University's Economic Club Speakers Luncheon Series reinforces the general perception that Livingston County is a safe haven for racists and bigots of all ilks. The column reinforces what I have been saying for months, that the actions of a small minority are position the majority of the great, accepting people who live here as racists.

Those who live and work here know that the streets of Livingston County are not running rampant with racist rabble-rousers in robes. But those of us paying attention also know a strain of intolerance remains.
For example, in the last few years, a Puerto Rican woman's home and a black man's home were defaced with racist graffiti. A black man's van was vandalized. A crowd at a high school basketball team chanted "U.S.A." at a minority player. A man outside a restaurant yelled racial slurs at an Arabic delivery driver. "White power" was written in a sand trap at a local golf course. A black Michigan State Police Trooper was assaulted at a Brighton bar, and his assailant was convicted of a hate crime.
Not to mention the auction of Ku Klux Klan robes that, to one participant, evolved from an auction of Klan material to a "Klan auction." Meaning that dozens of racists from who knows where converged in Howell to what they perceived as a safe place.

Some of the incidents Dan mentioned I had not heard of, such as the slurs yelled at an Arabic delivery driver and "White Power" written in a sand trap.

But he also forgot to mention the intolerance and discrimination by the anti-gay hate group known the "Love Pac" that first created a far-reaching controversy by labeling a diversity flag as a gay pride flag. It they attracted embarrassing nationwide attention to the county with its book-banning quest. The Ann Coulter flap is just one more building block that reinforces the area's undeserved reputation as a small-minded, racist community.

Part of a newspaper's job is to shed light on bad things in its community, hopefully resulting in some kind of improvement. We can't address our problems without admitting we have them.
Any doubt that we have a problem should have been erased when kids from Howell were taunted recently at an event in Walled Lake for being racist. There's no excuse for those children's rude and nasty remarks - but they didn't come up with the idea that Howell=racist from whole cloth, either. So the questions become: What can we do about Livingston County's reputation, and what are we going to do about it?

I agree with Dan on what a newspaper's job is. I admit that at times I take issue with them for things like overworking some stories just to create buzz and the rightwing bent of the editorial page, but for he most part the P & A does an excellent job of being the community watchdog and reporting what the community is talking about.

With apologies to Mark Twain, I wish we, as a county, would stop complaining about our reputation, and start doing something about it.

I agree, Dan, and that's why I will continue to pull the welcome mat out from under racists like Ann Coulter.

Just one more example of Coulter's discrimination

by: kjbas58

Fri Apr 27, 2007 at 12:37:16 PM EDT

Her latest piece of trash is called "Nuts in the crosshairs," and I can only hope no one really takes this bile seriously. Believe it or not, she's talking about the tragedy at Virginia Tech University, and its pretty much the standard fare: more then half the U.S. population, Democrats, are evil and more than half the world population, followers of Islam, are also evil.

"Democrats are promoting a mental health exception to the right to bear arms."

As you know, in December 2005 the district court in Montgomery County, Va. ruled that the Virginia Tech shooter presented "an imminent danger to self or others." The ruling, more than a year before Monday's mass shootings, was the necessary criterion for a detention order, after he had been accused of stalking by two female schoolmates. So Coulter is saying people who are insane or are judged to be a danger to themselves and others should not be denied the right to buy a firearm? I have to disagree. Whether the 2nd Amendment allows individuals to buy any kind of firearm with no sane restrictions or whether it's a collective right is also up for debate.

As lovely as it would be, we cannot identify mass murderers before they have broken any law, and mass murder is often the first serious crime they commit. No one can be locked up permanently for being potentially dangerous.

It's a little scary, but I agree with Coulter in this one. But I don't think we should allow the mentally ill unfettered access to any kind of firearm they want.

So on one hand, the mental health exception is a feel-good measure that would be largely pointless. But on the other hand, it's no skin off my back. Liberals go to therapy. Conservatives go to church. And I think we'd all sleep better knowing that David Brock could not buy a gun.

Again, those judged by a court to be a danger to themselves and others should be allowed a weapon? I disagree. "Conservatives go to church?" There is no one who listens or reads Coulter's hate speech can believe this woman is a Christian. It just seems to me that the values of social justice and care for the less fortunate that liberals embrace are much more in line with Christian values. I don't get the shot at David Brock, other than people like Bill O'Reily and Rush Windbag are on a mission to destroy him because as the head of Media Maters he is exposing their lies and misinformation.

It's funny, Brock - the author of the rightwing attack book "The real Anita Hill," and recently the confessional "Blinded by the Right" - was once one of the rightwing conservative attack writers that were in engaged in the GOP character assassination strategy in the 1990s. Now he is a target of the people he once served for doing the right thing. He was a writer for the rightwing magazine American Spectator where he was part of the infamous "Arkansas Project" that was financed by Richard Mellon Scaife to dig up dirt on the Clintons. Brock's crime now? He is posting entire transcripts, video and audio of the hate monger's shtick, and apparently O'Reily, Limpbag and the other right wing attack dogs are misquoting themselves and taking themselves out of context.

And it would end the public lunacy of Jim Wallis, the Democrats' Christian. Wallis' first remark on the massacre at Virginia Tech last week was to hail the remarkable "diversity" of the victims. True, Cho murdered 32 people in cold blood. But at least he achieved diversity!

Wow. Apparently, Rev. Wallis is not a Christian and Coulter is. Wallis is an independent, but because he embraces the values of social justice and care for the less fortunate that Jesus Christ preached he must be a liberal. Wallis is a graduate of Michigan State University and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Illinois and the author of "God's Politics." Wallis was taken completely out of context from a column reflecting on the tragedy of the massacre, and like he said, "This is not a time to seek easy answers or to assign blame." Tell that to Coulter. Read it for your self.

If the Koreans can do it, why can't the Muslims? What explains the lack of a Muslim guilt impulse - so normal, as seen in the case of the saddened Koreans - after dozens of terrorist attacks on Americans?
How about a Muslim exception to the Second Amendment? That would have prevented the Virginia snipers from killing 10 people within three weeks in 2002. But most important: It would help us achieve "diversity" in our gun law prohibitions.

If you need any more proof of Coulter's discrimination here it is. It's like the ridiculous notion of holding every Christian accountable for the Salem Witch killings. I hope Coulter is aware a Muslim is simply a follower of Islam.

Wednesday Coffee Talk/Open Thread

by: BZP

Wed Apr 25, 2007 at 07:04:58 AM EDT

• WOOD TV: Legislators dither while state runs on fumes. Tick-Tick-Tick.
• LSJ (AP): State setting stage for possible layoff of non-union workers. This is where we're headed if we don't fix the budget.
• DFP: Dems: Business tax deal in sight. "Dillon said the Democratic plan would raise the same revenue as the SBT -- about $1.9 billion a year -- but would give tax cuts to companies based in Michigan or with significant employment and facilities there."
• DNews: Raise gas tax by $1 to reduce oil appetite. Here we go again... "Simply making vehicles more fuel efficient has not been effective in reducing gasoline use."
• Lessenberry: Essay: Primary Focus. Lessenberry takes a look at Michigan's long, strange history with presidential primaries. You can listen to Jack's interview with MDP Chair Mark Brewer here.
• WalbergWatch: MDP Petition for Walberg. Boy, it's nice to see that the MDP is already hitting Walberg this hard. Keep it up!
• Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood: Mr. Rogers' Senior Staffer Charged with Domestic Assault. LiberalLucy: "Everyone's innocent until proven guilty, and let's just hope that Mr. Rogers can show some real leadership in the handling of this situation."
• WOOD TV: Stupak-led panel shines spotlight on food safety. Rep. Stupack has been getting a lot of ink this week... good for him.
• Stone Soup Musings: Conyers' plan to cover the uninsured. Kathy has the scoop on Rep. Conyers' Congressional Forum on Universal Health Care with Single Payer Financing from yesterday.
• Stone Soup Musings: Add your name to Sen. Levin's letter to the President. If you want to send a message to the president about his opposition to stem cell research, you can do so here.
• Conservative Media: Howell fights discrimination: Cleary promotes discrimination. The Guru contrasts the productive work of the Howell Education Foundation with Cleary University's decision to pay the hatemonger Ann Coulter $30,000 for two hours worth of work.
• Colorado Springs Gazette: Affirmative action may be bound for ballots. After helping shove Prop 2 down our throats last year, Ward Connerly is hoping to push another ballot initiative through Colorado next year.

The intent of the "gauntlet has been thrown".

by: leftfielder

Tue Apr 24, 2007 at 03:27:41 AM EDT

The intent of " The gauntlet has been thrown" was indeed to react to the "initial response to Ms. Coulter's appearance was positive and fairly evenly balanced" AS REPORTED BY A SPONSOR OF THE EVENT!! I thought that if more people were made aware of this then the true gauge of the public sentiment would be received by Cleary University.
More below the fold!