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Saturday, April 21, 2007 12:00 AM

Right-wing blogs discover massive conspiracy to hide WMDs in Iraq

The embrace by leading neoconservatives and other war supporters of the most bizarre and deranged conspiracy theories speaks volumes about their credibility and judgment.

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Sunday, April 22, 2007 08:03 AM

I wouldn't pretend to have lost the public but then I'm usually to sickened by it to care.

I'm here clownsense but have been going through a vicious set of finals...that are now over, ah yes less pain more fun.

I'll try to dive in more.

Sunday, April 22, 2007 07:49 AM

RealName has NEVER been mistaken

Not once in his/her life. Not even on this very thread, when he/she couldn't even remember the name of the writer he/she was mocking. Such human perfection is very impressive!

At least RealName's disappointment is sincere -- the next disastrous Jonestown Administration misadventure can't come soon enough for some.

Sunday, April 22, 2007 07:43 AM

Turn on your TV, we're bombing Iran right now

I mean we're not but I have 100% proof that we will. Tomorrow. 8 am sharp.

Sunday, April 22, 2007 07:28 AM

Svensker:

Thanks.

When I 'see' people are missing I wonder what happened. I made an intentional 'goof' this morning in ref., to 'public lost' and Fraud Guy.

The letter I wrote was 'up' for a 'tiny bit,' then it must have been viewed too "idiot." So, I'm going through a inferiority complex or something?

My computer is acting idiotic and writing stupid stuff, as usual. Then I've got the...

.."Svensker, with all due respect; I can't recall my Solon password."

The Salon janitor found my password, swept under the bathroom rug?

I'm trying to wean myself off the Internet one-beer at a time. It's nice easy. Is there a, "Hi, I'm ____ and I'm addicted, Internet, mushroom soup, and jelly-filled-doughnuts?"

I tried to make contact you Salon people via Chris Floyd's E.B.'s site for a few days. He's 'nicer, than RWA.

I'm off to jump in a trout lake, now, if the Sunday Comics inside the WaPo try to lie. My other name is brotherbruz. Again Swensker,

Thanks.

Sunday, April 22, 2007 07:15 AM

Where to Start

Thanks for today's article, Glenn. It was eye-opening, to say the least. In Update III, you link to SANE's website, and say you don't even know where to begin to comment about this. Let me make a suggestion: not just NeoCon, but NeoNAZI! Compare some of the pseudo-intellectual National Socialist literature from the 1920's onward (Hitler, Rosenberg, Goebbels, etc.)to SANE's articles. Sometimes it almost seems word for word. I almost expected to find negative references to Freemasons and Jehovah's Witnesses.

Sunday, April 22, 2007 07:14 AM

Something far more plausible...

Somebody set up us the bomb...

How are you gentlemen?

All your base are belong to us.

You are on the way to destruction.

You have no chance to survive make your time.

HA HA HA

Sunday, April 22, 2007 07:07 AM

Hiding them is better than using them!

How ridiculous is this theory? IF Saddam had them why didn't he use them? IF this story is true then we now know that Saddam had WMD but not the kind he was willing to use against us! These kind of articles serve to perpetuate the fears of our right-wing blow-hards....and we all know how profitable that business is!

Sunday, April 22, 2007 07:01 AM

Green armbands

Turnabout would be fair play. Iran recently passed a law requiring Jews to wear distinctive clothing, although it temporarily suspended its implementation due to worldwide outrage about it. Islam, and Iran in particular, has a long and sordid history of this, long predating Nazi times. See for instance

http://www.meforum.org/article/892

However in the USA there is no need for such intrusive measures. Once we have a database, we can efficiently keep track of them by monitoring their cell phones, which have many capabilities which unfortunately aren't being fully exploited. Besides providing precise location information, they can also be used as surveillance devices. Most cell phones can be remotely activated and can be used to surreptitiously eavesdrop on illegal or subversive conversations. This capability was recently used by the FBI to gather evidence on a Mafia don:

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6140191.html

Sunday, April 22, 2007 06:36 AM

OT -- BeeBopping

Has anyone seen or heard from Clownsense/BeBop? He hasn't posted for a while.

Sunday, April 22, 2007 05:55 AM

WMD

When did Muchelle Malkin have a sex change? You referred to her as a man.

Sunday, April 22, 2007 05:53 AM

Nuts have noticed

I just now (5:52 am Pacific Time) clicked on Glenn's link to Gaubatz's web site. As of this morning, there is a little comment on the home page to the effect that Greenwald has "sent thousands" to the web page.

Rather like saying "when we lifted the log, we were able to see the little things living underneath the log."

Sunday, April 22, 2007 05:33 AM

Nabalfuzzy

As for keeping track of mosques and other subversion centers, that's a great idea. It doesn't go far enough though. One should compile a comprehensive list of all Moslems in the USA, publish it extensively on the internet and elsewhere and develop individual initiatives for combatting the malevolent influence of ethnic Islamic jihadism.

Here's a thought — how about making them wear green armbands with a little crescent and star on it, 'cause, you know, sometimes, like when they shave off their beards or take off their veils, they can look almost human. But if they wore armbands, people could cross to the other side of the street when they see them coming and the police would immediately know who to arrest when there is any trouble.

I originally thought that maybe the armbands should be yellow, but that might remind some people of something else. That wasn't a particularly good idea either

Sunday, April 22, 2007 04:37 AM

Mental Health?

As most neophyte mental health workers quickly discover, you don't argue with a patient concerning their delusions: "No, Mr Jones, your dentist didn't really plant a miniature transmitter in your tooth and is listening to your thoughts."

They will not only not listen to you but you become part of the conspiracy. The only thing that seems to work is medication.

The members of this right-wing cult, and it can't be called anything else, cannot be reasoned with, or persuaded with facts. We can't medicate them all. All we can do is monitor their behavior and, for god's sake, keep them away from positions of power.

Sunday, April 22, 2007 04:09 AM

Beating my usual dead horse before reading the rest of the letters.

From Glenn's OP:

It is not uncommon for a substantial portion of the population of any country to live in a purely mythical world, where desire -- rather than reality -- dictates beliefs. But it is most assuredly unusual for such a group to be the dominant political faction governing the world's only remaining superpower.

The fact that all but two federal level politicians in the USA support the war on cannabis is unequivocal evidence that major federal policy is driven by sheerest fantasy.

The fantasy being that cannabis is a "dangerous drug" for which it is necessary to make over three quarters of a million arrests each year.

If it weren't so sad and scary it would be amusing to note that the two federal level politicians who do not support the war on cannabis are Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul, two politicians who are about as diametrically opposed politically as it is possible to get in the USA.

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