Posted on 09/10/2010 11:34:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
When Barack Obama took the presidential oath, the world hoped it would heal the wounds of America's divided past.
But today, less than two years later, the far-right is gaining ground across the US.
This week's Koran-burning stand-off is just the symptom of a wider disease gnawing away at the world's greatest democracy.
The alarming trend is best shown by the soaring popularity of the Tea Party movement.
Named after the Boston Tea Party of 1773 when Americans dumped their British rulers' tea in the sea, it has become a rallying point for the right.
It provocatively chose the anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech for a recent march in Washington at which black politicians claimed they were abused and spat on. Their poster girl is the one woman said to have enough backing to stand against Obama for the Republicans next time around: Sarah Palin.
Yesterday, she said: "People have a constitutional right to burn a Koran, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation - much like building a mosque at Ground Zero."
Most of the current hysteria has been spawned by the proposed Ground Zero mosque. To those who oppose it, the Islamic cultural centre is a sick trophy to Osama bin Laden. For others, it is a symbol of multiculturalism and a legitimate place of worship.
Only one thing is for sure, there is no issue more divisive in America today.
Whoever wins, it will create a headache for Obama, which plays nicely into the hands of guntoting hockey mom Sarah Palin.
The article is so chock full of disinformation and outright lies, I hardly know where to start. I’m reaching the point where I’m bored with the left. It would be so easy to be a leftist journalist (is that redundant?). A few key phrases: “far right,” “Bush’s fault,” “racist,” and I would be set for life. Seriously. Why bother even posting journalistic tripe like this any more? It’s all the same.
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Why does every newspaper writer from the UK sound so freakin bitchy when discussing anyone other than an ultralib like Obama?
The left doesn’t do facts or logic.
I wonder what these two pixies have been smoking.
Lazy illiterates who have never studied the US Constitution, history or modern politics; notice the cliches, stereotypes and plagiarism.
That it took TWO morons to create this one act script - shows how devoid of knowledge they truly are.
We should stop promoting this pornography.
When you stupid f**king Brits figure a way to keep your teeth from falling out then maybe, just maybe you might be in a position to lecture us, maybe. Until then sod off! (that means “F You’’ in Brit slang).
Yeah well, I guess I’m not in too good a mood today pard. Didn’t need to see some ponchy git going on like that...Sorry.
I wouldn't be a bit surprised to learn they refer to each other by fictitious initials and have cell-meetings in their living room every week.
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