Green Eagle

Here's a story from Talking Points Memo , although similar accounts can be found all over the place: " Boehner's Office Cheers On Disruption Of House Dems' Town Hall Events The release....recounts the nasty reception that Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) has gotten, and declares that "Rep. Doggett is not alone." The posting (on Boehner's official blog- G.E.) concludes: "Unless Democratic leaders agree to work with Republicans on a bipartisan plan that achieves real reform that Americans are seeking, it will be a long, hot August for Democrats in Congress." Without any prospect of a real majority in the future, step by step, Republican leaders are edging up to endorsing political violence. When it happens, of course they will be nowhere to be seen.

You can't keep a good man down. Are you familiar with Hal Turner, a nationally known talk show host who has openly promoted far right wing ideology over the years? Well, from radio station WGN in Chicago: "Hal Turner, an occasional talk show host on internet radio and blogger, was arrested today by the FBI in his New Jersey home on charges he threatened to murder three federal appeals court judges in Chicago.... According to the U.S. attorney's office, postings on Turner's web site included photos of the judges and addresses for them, with statements such as: "Let me be the first to say this plainly; These judges deserve to be killed." It never ends, does it? The only question is when the response to this sort of thing is going to morph from "lone wolf" crazies to group crazies, i.e. militias or the patriot movement. It's going to happen. Then what?