MMFA: Before, when the right-wing media made up quotations to attack progressives, they at least had some audio to misinterpret. But now, they are reduced to lip-reading. The Washington Times’ senior editorial writer for foreign affairs James Robbins and right-wing bloggers are claiming that Michelle Obama likely disparaged the American flag during a ceremony commemorating [...]

It’s always the same group of people — “kick out all immigrants,” “torture all Muslims,” “kill homosexuals & abortion providers,” “bomb every country,” “kill Obama,” ….”the KKK,” “the skinheads,” “militiamen,” “Christian extremists” ……all have a “pornographic” worldview similar to that of the Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade — the French aristocrat, best known for his erotic works, which combined philosophical discourse with pornography, depicting sexual fantasies with an emphasis on violence, criminality and blasphemy. He was a proponent of extreme unrestrained freedom

“Taliban gunmen armed with suicide bombs and heavy weaponry Tuesday launched coordinated attacks in Kabul, targeting NATO’s headquarters, the US embassy and the Afghan intelligence agency.” — AFP, Afghanistan There were no casualties among US personnel at the American embassy. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton waxed indignant saying: American will not be cowed and will [...]

In last night’s GOP debate, a jubilant GOP audience cheered enthusiastically when CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, the debate’s moderator, posed the hypothetical question to Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX): “What do you tell a guy who is sick, goes into a coma and doesn’t have health insurance? Who pays for his coverage?” “Are you saying society should [...]

Hypocrite New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is using claims of terror threats to justify her immigrant bashing calls for proof of citizenship for the issuance of licenses in her state. Just last week she slammed supporters of the Dream Act, which would allow for the children of undocumented immigrants — here by no choice of their own — to become citizens if they go to college or serve our country in the armed forces. Gov. Martinez herself has admitted that her father’s father entered the U.S. “without documents,” which allowed her to be born as a U.S. citizen.