tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post8716419832723250805..comments2024-03-28T15:17:43.056-04:00Comments on Stayin' Alive: The United States of IdiocyCervanteshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-86710453015300297282010-09-12T16:10:53.413-04:002010-09-12T16:10:53.413-04:00This is also an interesting explanation of the sud...<a href="http://www.salon.com/news/politics/republican_party/index.html?story=/opinion/conason/2010/09/12/islamo" rel="nofollow">This</a> is also an interesting explanation of the sudden vehement anti-Islamic outrage coming from the right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-17297273356235939142010-09-12T10:38:34.195-04:002010-09-12T10:38:34.195-04:00Hmm. David, I think I know where you're going ...Hmm. David, I think I know where you're going with that, but right-wing evangelicals who see the Israel-Arab thing as being at the heart of the imminent Armageddon are more where this finger points. Sadly, the Israeli right has happily accepted their "support."<br /><br />Agreed, the "special relationship" distorts our view of the Islamic world but be careful about overextending that point, I say. The "defense" lobby and demagogues in general who rely on fear mongering are just as much in the mix.Cervanteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11302076828795198187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-30243833178253810502010-09-11T17:56:40.747-04:002010-09-11T17:56:40.747-04:00Follow the money... What state or organisation st...Follow the money... What state or organisation stands to benefit most from an increasingly irrational American hysteria against all things Islamic??David Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14209650744211293886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9263167.post-72080020595097045092010-09-11T11:07:48.929-04:002010-09-11T11:07:48.929-04:00Someone likes our country all riled up and on edge...Someone likes our country all riled up and on edge about everything that is seriously unimportant. The important stuff is so boring and requires actual journalism and questions and stuff. <br /><br />I've been thinking though about what I could do to hijack the news for a week. It's something to ponder.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com