Consider this, Chase:

Just think what it would be like if Holocaust Deniers were elected to office as frequently as Republicans and major media outlets considered their opinions "respectable" and gave them airtime.

If China, North Korea or Russia wanted the "terrorists" or terrorist sponsoring states in the Middle East to have nuclear, biological or chemical weapons, all they'd have to do is sell them to them. If they wanted to be really "tricky", they would spend a little time and money masking the origin of the weapons.

Russia, China or North Korea would not have to be involved in some wild scheme to transport, hide and relocate any unused old weapons that the good ole' USA sold to Saddam prior to the first Gulf War that may or may not still even be viable.

Via Armagednoutahere:

From: Shalom Midbar

Date: Wed, April 18, 2007, 11:56 AM

Subject: "law abiding" Muslims

Truly astounding, but hardly a new tactic. Indeed, the talking points follow with remarkable correlation a letter written in 1937 and published in 1940 by Hanns Oberlindober under the heading The "Decent" Jew (http://www.calvin.edu/academic/cas/gpa/oberlindober1.htm). Simply replace "Jew" in the Nazi propaganda with "Muslim" and you have essentially the same screed.

As L.W.M. has already noted, Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

National Existence is political order experienced by men of the nation as a Rise to Being. Its opposite is a replacement of political order experienced by men, women, children and slaves as a Fall from Being. This Redirection in the experience of the Terms of Being (Self, Society, G-d and World) results in the collapse of Self into Society and all into World. The goal, wittingly or otherwise: a World State.

One of the key bits of evidence used to support the transfer of WMD to Syria meme is-- wait for it-- pictures of covered trucks crossing the Syrian border just before the war began.

Which leads one to wonder: what was in all those covered trucks that proceeded every other well telegraphed war and occupation in the twentieth century?

If you knew a gang of thieves were about to move into your neighborhood, I suspect that you'd be on the phone to Ryder in a heartbeat.

Iraq Confidential;

http://tinyurl.com/25jhxy

Why all this BS disinformation now?

One blogger thinks we are being set up for a False Flag terror attack;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyyOWBBvKj8

These goofy nuts would be laughable except that thousands of people have died proving them wrong.......as Bush sinks into the muck of Karl Rove's reality,these poor fools have to say something!.....they are proof that in American societ the exception gets the attention and in the process can often seem to be the rule....they only good thing is that as they become more and more delusional even "ordinary folks" catch on and reject this nonsense even as the media stars embrace it.If you keep up this scrutiny ,maybe people will start to think rationally again.

Oh, I took enormous comfort from my total inability to understand that intro at Gaubatz's SANE site. Had it made sense to me, it would certainly be time to conclude that in addition to some of my other issues, I must add psychosis to the list.

Be glad for your confusion; embrace it. You are healthy.

xititjur99 said: "the majority (if not the vast majority) of wingnuts do not believe in global warming for one reason and one reason only: Because Al Gore does."

True. But it is merely a single, tho paradigmatic, instance of a more general problem: that right-wing types believe all aspects of politics reduce to a matter of opinion, as opposed to grounded in fact. Many of my Republican friends are aware of how the current administration has let them down, but they still accept all the rhetoric, primarily, it seems, because DENYING the rhetoric implies AGREEING with the Democrats. Take any issue: if a Democrat gets out front and speaks the truth, Republicans (even the non-venomous ones) will ultimately reject that view, presumably because of a political identification.

The problem, it seems to me, is the tendency of average people to be seduced by the meta-rhetorical point hammered home by Neocons, Nixonians, GOPers all the way back: there are no facts, only beliefs. And the flip side as well: facts can always be disputed, but beliefs are unshakable.

One other point: the difference between the left and the right is no longer found in the opposing political philosophies each side embraces. Rather, the characteristic which increasingly characterizes 'the left' is merely expressing what would otherwise be obvious and inarguable statements of fact.

I didn't read the 14 pages of letters on the right wing conspiracy about WMDs, so someone may well have already pointed out what is so obvious, but come on, how could the incompetent Bush Administration pull off such an incredible conspiracy? Is it because they have also involved the always competent democrats?

Prior to gaining power, the modus operandi of the conservative movement was the conspiracy theory. The enemy within. The 5th column. Socialists/communists trying to take over. Black helicopters. The New World Order. The list goes on and on.

While conservatives held power the babbling about such things subsided. It's hard to say that you're fighting to stop the evil core of the evil government when you ARE the government. But it just shows how ingrained this meme is with the right wing that it returns now, when they've lost some (but by no means all) of their power. It's paranoia, pure and simple, and it's so powerful within their mindset that it's triggered the moment they don't have absolute control. (Or at least the perception of absolute control.)

It's this fundamental insecurity that makes them authoritarians, so it doesn't surprise me at all that this "enemy within" meme has sprung back up. I expected it to be back when/if democrats took back the white house, but I guess this means it'll just be extra strong once that happens.