Wingnut Figure Caught With Gun in Airport

Joseph "Freaky" Farah, founder of the conspiracy-minded, extreme right-wing birther website "World Net Daily" -- better known as World Nut Daily -- was charged this past weekend for carrying a loaded .38 handgun into Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, VA.  He was charged with a misdemeanor (a misdemeanor?) for carrying a loaded weapon in his carry-on bag into an airport.  Perhaps Freaky, who is of Lebanese-Syrian descent, was profiled by TSA officials;  let's hope so in this case.

Freaky, who should also be charged with sporting a prominent 1970s porn 'stache, continues to be a notorious birther.  He pledged to donate $15,000 to the hospital where the President was born if he would produce his long-form birth certificate.  When it was produced in April, 2011, Freaky, of course, reneged and called the document forged.  Another deadbeat winger whose mouth is bigger than his checking account.

Quote of the Day

"This is not about the politics of populism. It's about the politics of the jackboot. It's not about an opposition that has every right to free expression. It's about an angry minority engaging in intimidation backed by the threat of violence." -- E. J. Dionne in this morning's WaPo, writing about the gun-toters at President Obama's public appearances. Read his whole article.

How long will it take for the mainstream media to pick up on this reality? After someone is shot?

We Rest Our Case

As if to prove Frank Rich's point, and the long-running meme of incoherent wingnut fury, we have this cautionary tale of a fevered Glenn "Boo-Hoo" Beck fan named Nancy Genovese who was busted for... oh hell, read the story.

Let this be a warning to the Boo-Hoo fans who take his and other crackpot blowhards' black-helicopter-paranoid-DT visions seriously. (P.S., she's not the only one who should get a psychiatric examination!)

Wingnut Chickens Coming Home To Roost

The ambush in Pittsburgh that resulted in the killing of 3 Pittsburgh police officers has an ominous twist. The 23 year old killer, Richard Poplawski, believed that President Obama was going to confiscate guns, according to a longtime friend of his.

Wingnuts everywhere -- from the unstable Glenn "Hanky" Beck to right wing bloggers, from Rep. Michelle "I See Commies Everywhere" Bachmann to the NRA -- have been hinting or claiming outright that the Government was going to strip gun owners of their guns (to which they are apparently clinging bitterly). Nutjobs like Hanky and washed up actor/exercise equipment guru Chuckles Norris are talking about "taking America back" (from who, the majority?). Al Qaeda isn't the only terrorist group gunning for the Government and people of America -- remember Timothy McVeigh and the militias? They're still out there, being egged on by hate radio and the unhinged Rethug politicians who are close to being accessories to the murder of 3 Pittsburgh police officers.