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“What am I supposed to do?”

by Dr. Conspiracy on 11. Aug, 2010 in Birth Certificate, Tea Party

That’s a comment from GOP Senate nominee Ken Buck, caught on tape in an unguarded moment at a Tea Party event in Crowley, CO June 11.

[laughing] What am I supposed to do?

The question followed his oft quoted remark: “”will you tell those dumba—s at the Tea Party to stop asking questions about birth certificates while I’m on the camera?”

It shows the extent that this conservative politician is playing both sides of the birth certificate issue and how Republicans are intimidated by the extreme right.

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Constitutional fundamentalism

by Dr. Conspiracy on 14. Jul, 2010 in Lounge, Tea Party

I was listening to a piece on NPR this afternoon, Tea Party: It’s Not Just Taxes, It’s The Constitution, talking about the enthusiasm that Tea Party members have for the US Constitution and I was struck by their comment that many Tea Party members carry a copy of the Constitution around with them.

Karen Cole says she carries a copy in her purse. “The Democrats are eviscerating our Constitution,” she says. Her friend Betty Anne Olsen agrees. “This current administration is trashing our Constitution; they couldn’t care less about the values. They’re breaking the laws.”

It reminded me of my college days when some Christian students (they called them “Jesus freaks” back then) carried leather-bound copies of the Bible around with them. Now there’s nothing wrong with carrying a Bible or the Constitution; I have a copy  of both on my iPhone, but there other parallels that are troublesome and I list some of them here:

  1. Attributing to the Constitution absolute moral authority and attributing infallibility to the Framers. They idealize the past.
  2. An attempt to reclaim the past by going back to the Constitution, devoid of the historical baggage of interpretation.
  3. Using the Constitution as a bastion against any kind of change.
  4. Reading the Constitution literally, devoid of historical/political/legal context, denying the possibility of any difference in interpretation.
  5. Reading individual words and short phrases out of the larger context of the document.
  6. The Constitution is used as a rallying point against perceived enemies.
  7. They justify their prejudices by the Constitution even if they don’t really know what the Constitution actually says (or doesn’t say) on the subject.  (The birther claim that the Constitution clearly states that the President must have 2 citizen parents, is a great example.)
  8. They deny that the Constitution is a “living document” that has the possibility of adapting to changing conditions through novel application by the courts.
  9. They believe that the Constitution excludes viewpoints held by others, even to the point of calling those with other views “traitors” (“heretics” is the analogous religious term).
  10. They use the Constitution as a talisman, carrying conspicuously copies, either booklet or facsimile.

NPR said:

Tea Party members are often vague about exactly how their constitutional rights are being denied. But they all believe the federal government has expanded far beyond what the Constitution intended.

In that regard, I think Christian fundamentalists have a much better handle on exactly what they believe is wrong.

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Gulf oil spill: Obama scheme gone bad?

by Dr. Conspiracy on 24. Jun, 2010 in Misc. Conspiracies, Tea Party

Obama Conspiracy Theories is the gift that just keeps on giving, and this one is as fresh and nutty as anything in the store.

Obama wanted Gulf oil spill!

Bill Randall, Tea Party backed GOP congressional candidate from North Carolina’s 13th district (which looks like it covers a good bit of Raleigh, the state capitol), just has a feeling, not facts, but a feeling that maybe, just maybe Obama wanted a little oil in the Gulf of Mexico, but it got out of hand and now the “cover-up” is in full swing. When pressed Randall couldn’t give any reason that Obama would have wanted to collude with BP to spill some oil, but he still thinks it needs to be investigated. To read more of Bill Randall’s remarkable story, visit the Huffington Post.

Maybe it’s the Disney in me, but when I hear the phrase “Tea Party” I think of this:

Visit the real thing at Walt Disney World

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Orly Taitz featured in new MSNBC Documentary

by Dr. Conspiracy on 17. Jun, 2010 in Birther Politics, Birthers, Media, Tea Party, Videos

Chris Matthews, of the MSNBC Hardball show hosted a documentary titled, “The rise of the new right,” featuring Taitz to Tea Party. The program aired June 16.

“Their common cause, a raging hostility towards the American government“

View the video: (more…)

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California Representative wants to deport US Citizens

by Dr. Conspiracy on 29. Apr, 2010 in Immigration, Tea Party, Videos

U. S. Representative Duncan Hunter (R – CA) said at a recent Tea Party rally that he was in favor of deporting natural born US Citizens who were the children of illegal aliens (start at 2:05 in the video below). There’s no chance that he misheard the question because he repeated it before answering the question. His justification for such extreme measures: “California’s going under.” This is not a misfire, because Hunter later confirmed his position to North County Times newspaper.

Hunter also drew applause from the crowd when he mentioned the new Arizona law to stop and verify citizens.

Hunter is quoted as saying: ‘being American wasn’t just about walking across the border. He said it’s something ‘in our souls.’” Hmmm. Do you get your soul from place or parentage?

Press coverage:

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Taitz demands retraction

by Dr. Conspiracy on 17. Apr, 2010 in Birther Politics, Orly Taitz, Tea Party

Orly Taitz

I wish it were from me (I could use the publicity), but it is from the LA Times according an email announcement from Orly today.

Says Tea Party snub not about birtherism

In a letter to the LA Times, Orly objects to an article titled “Activist who challenges Obama’s citizenship is booted from Tax Day Tea Party”. The Times article gives the definite impression that Republican candidates were calling “like crazy” asking that Taitz not be allowed to speak because of her role as a major proponent of birtherism.

Taitz, in her letter to the Times, says that the birther issue was not the reason, but rather her attacks on her opponent, Damon Dunn, as reported here on Obama Conspiracy Theories.

In a shocking disclosure, Taitz gives a hint that there may be some truth that she pulls her legal theories out of her rear, saying that she is “seeking disclosure of all the orifinal vital records of Mr. Obama.” Come on woman, you composed this in Microsoft Word; use the freaking spell checker!

Taitz threatens a RICO lawsuit

California statutes §18203 and §18500 provide for up to 3 years in state prison for elections fraud. If you do not issue a correction and apology, you and Los Angeles Times will be guilty of aiding and abetting elections fraud and being part of a conspiracy to commit elections fraud under RICO, as well as all the damages stemming from it.

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ACORN falls from tree and Supreme spouse holds tea party while hubby decides on health care.

by Dr. Conspiracy on 22. Mar, 2010 in Lounge, Supreme Court, Tea Party

A few peripherally related news items…

The community organizing and educational organization, ACORN,  is ceasing operations. ACORN the subject of wild conspiracy stories during the 2008 campaign, a hidden camera sting operation and allegations of pervasive mismanagement, announced today that it would cease operations as of April 1.

In another story, Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, has started a political organization aligned with the Tea Party movement.

“I am an ordinary citizen from Omaha, Neb., who just may have the chance to preserve liberty along with you and other people like you,” she said at a recent panel discussion with tea party leaders in Washington. Thomas went on to count herself among those energized into action by President Obama’s “hard-left agenda.”

(Some sexual innuendo is trying to sneak into this article, but will not be tolerated.)

I noticed a targeted ad at the bottom of the LA Times story linked above. It said: “Gresham Barrett, He stood against Obama more than any other Congressman but one.” Barrett used to be my Congressman before I moved. Now he’s running for governor of South Carolina. We could do worse, for example SC Attorney General Henry McMaster, who announced today that he was joining the attorney general of Florida (also running for governor of his state) and 9 other states in suing to undo the health care bill passed yesterday. So will Clarence Thomas recuse himself from the challenge to the health care bill if his wife is lobbying for the challenge?

“The health care legislation Congress passed tonight is an assault against the Constitution,” said South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster. “A legal challenge by the states appears to be the only hope of protecting the American people from this unprecedented attack on our system of government,” he said in a statement.

You always have to be careful when you talk about states’ rights and South Carolina. Remember what they did back in 1860.

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