“(Truthers vs. Birthers should be some sort of reality show)”
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Well, it’s not as though Truthers have ever been front and center in the main stream media’s crosshairs as Birthers have, now is it…

And now that there is yet another “friend” of the president’s who believes his government didn’t hesitate to kill its own citizens, when are you going to start talking about this phenomenon?

When is there going to be an examination of the paranoia that is prevalent in the African-American community?

There’s NO (let me PERFECTLY clear– none, zilch, nada) doubt that beyond slavery, there are many modern day examples (such as the Tuskegee experiments) that certainly give credence to the notion that government is NOT to be trusted by people of color, but isn’t the leap from that to the stuff of Truthers (a belief that you’ll find to be VERY COMMON within the African-American community) a worthy topic for examination? Instead of focusing on right-wing paranoia and linking town-hall protesters to militia groups, why not delve into this aspect of American life?

Why not do a poll among the minority communities, that is formulated to see how many of them do believe that 9//11 was an inside job. See how many people of color believe that HIV and crack were formulated by the FBI in order to diminish their population. And MOST importantly, look into how politicians (locally and nationally) and afrocentric clergy people have exploited this suspicion of govt to their own benefit and how it is in their interests to keep people alienated. Delve into the phenomenon that the more educated people of color are, the more suspicious of their govt they become.

Wouldn’t THAT be a nice change of subject from Glenn Beck and Sara Palin? Wouldn’t a delve into that madness help to broaden your own perspective to the possibility of a sort of backroom mirror-image “southern strategy” that has been exploited for the benefit of certain people (of all races) for quite a long time?

Oh, I know the faces would change and it wouldn’t be about “the Right” in this instance and you guys couldn’t congratulate yourselves for ….well…being yourselves… but don’t your predictable stories bore even you?

Why not take a real risk that probably won’t involve a nomination for a Profile In Courage Award for being so brave and intrepid as to criticize southern white guys.

Yes, it is a risk and it might garner you a few pejorative names more often thrown at FNC or talk radio, but Sara Palin and Glenn Beck are likely to still be there for you, when you get back to your comfortable home.

@Cecelia, I agree completely and I think that was Beck’s point. However, they did have some reservations when, as Beck pointed out, the more blatantly obvious example of these “romantic notions,” Diego Rivera’s “Man at the Crossroads” was removed from Rockefeller Center in NYC because it contained a seemingly “admiring” portrait of Vladimir Lenin.

It is sad that Beck needs to resort to clown antics to get his point across because it makes him lose some level of respect, however, on the other hand it also gives him the luxury of saying more controversial things than if he had presented them in a more reserved manner.

The Obama supporters are constantly trying to make a connection between people that disagree with Obama and racism, they use it as a means of distraction from the fact that Obama is incompetent. That seems to be their only defense.

Unfortunately, Mediaite seems to be turning into just another arm of the Obama publicity machine.

Glynnis expresses absolutely NO concern that a 9/11 truther is a key advisor to Obama and holds the keys to $30B of stimulus money!

LOL.

Glynnis is only concerned that Beck exposed Van Jones.

Honestly Glynnis, you should be screaming for Obama to fire Van Jones…..but I guess in your world, having a 9/11 truther as a key advisor to Obama is SOP!

The arrogance of Obama and his Czars is staggering. As Glenn Beck has pointed out, they made their points loud and clear and no one was listening. They want to “fundamentally change America.” That may okay with Glynnis MacNicol, but it’s not okay with me. We were warned in “1984″ (we were actually warned in Richard III) of methods used by tyrants to “fundamentally change society.” Van Jones wants to use Cap and Trade legislation to redistribute wealth, create green jobs at the expense of oil, gas, and nuclear energy jobs (probably a net less of thousands of jobs), and he will be given $30B of stimulus money to achieve his goals. Wow! Thank God that Glenn Beck is determined to stop them all.

libra blue and TfT, the difference is in the appetite imbalance (although there IS interest in Van Jones in the sense that this news could effect the president)

The rapaciousness for “bad stories” about ‘paranoiac’ town-hall protesters is much more acute than is the appetite for the story that a WH appointee thinks that his govt intentionally allowed the murder of thousands of its citizens.

And the rapaciousness for Glenn Beck is off the charts…

“Color of Change” wanted a fight and now they have one. Jones is gonna be out on his ass before the weekend it up. Next week, we’ll get started on the science czar.

If that happens Chris, I’ll eagerly await Glynnis’s retraction of this statement:

“Is Beck capable of bringing down a government official? Doubtful, but nevertheless, beware the chalkboard!”

Amazing that Glynnis has no concerns about a self-admitted communist and 9/11 truther sitting inside the WH as a key advisor to Obama.

It doesn’t get much further left than that!

Obama has tried stashing all sorts of caustic and incendiary people inside his administration…calling them ‘czars’ and ‘special advisors’ is the exact sort of ‘misdirection’ that a community organizer excels in. Thankfully, Beck is doing the investigative work that the rest of the media–for obvious reasons–cares not to touch. I hope he continues.

Well, I think part of it that upon hearing the word “communism”, their eyes glaze over (after they’ve stopped rolling them).

It’s not like the influence of communism on a person’s political ideology is something REALLY real ….such as the more widely discussed and pernicious “isms” of religious fundamentalism…social conservatism…neoconservatism….right-wing extremism…anti-communism…

There’s no record of any bad outcomes from the influence of communist ideology…

After all, it’s never really worked, because no one has ever REALLY tried it…

“There’s no record of any bad outcomes from the influence of communist ideology…”

Mao: 40 Million Killed
Stalin: 20 Million Killed

Only a moron would claim “there’s no record of any bad outcomes from the influence of communist ideology…”

“Only a moron would claim “there’s no record of any bad outcomes from the influence of communist ideology…”’

Or someone being facetious.

van jones has been exposed as a raycist … his tenure is over. he can go back to the fringe where he belongs.

Van Jones just resigned. Thank you Glenn Beck! Keith Olbermann is turning over in his grave (or where ever he sleeps).

At least the White House waited until everybody at Mediaite was asleep before they announced it. Surely by exercising timing like that, this story will quickly disappear without notice!

JimW, Now CNN will be forced to talk about Jones, but since they have been avoiding this topic in favor of Michael Jackson’s death, funeral, and burial they are going to be forced to go back and explain to their viewers what this is all about and why they haven’t been reporting on Jones.

Olbermann will throw a tantrum that is for sure. The MSM is acting like it was all about the 911 petition and his comments blaming the government about the 911 attacks, but they never mention that he is a self avowed communist. On MTP David Gregory asked Axelrod if he was offended by Jones’ remarks and he refused to answer the question saying that he has not “read them all.”

Also, organizations like CNN and MSNBC are all bent out of shape about the protests over Obama’s speech on education to the children, but they don’t seem to find anything wrong with Jones’ claim that whites are poisoning black communities. Now that is crazy!

@Cecelia, This is a big win for Beck! Although the WH will deny that Beck’s scrutiny of Jones’ past had anything to do with his resignation, I think people will be even more curious about Beck now. I think it is safe to predict that it will garner him an even larger audience than he already has, if that is possible!