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Obama Gave INTERPOL … Nope, Just Another Half-Baked, Right-Wing Nontroversy

By Bryan Packman | Published: January 2, 2010
One of the completely hyperbolic and inaccurate memes/conspiracy theories floating around the conservative blogosphere these days is that President Obama has transferred American sovereignty over to INTERPOL (the International Criminal Police Organization, not the band). Here are some of the page titles appearing on the first page of results from a google search for obama+interpol: [...]
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If Denying Funding and Support for Defense Is Treason …

By Bryan Packman | Published: December 21, 2009
Last week, Glenn Beck jumped on a rumor, supplied by Michael Goldbarb, and subsequently denied by all involved parties, that alleged “the White House threatened to put Nebraska’s Offutt Air Force Base on the BRAC list if Nelson doesn’t fall into line”. Beck claimed that “if it is true”, which it isn’t, then it is [...]
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My Sister Is A Teabagger

By Bryan Packman | Published: November 19, 2009
And I don’t mean that she likes to have testicles lowered onto her face. Actually, I’d prefer that my sister regularly enjoyed a pair of testicles dangling on, in, or around her facial features. Instead, she prefers to do something completely disgusting and ridiculous. Yes, she is “a person who protests President Obama’s tax policies [...]
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A Personal Reminder of Where I Stand on Net Neutrality

By Bryan Packman | Published: October 29, 2009
In the spring of 2008, I made my first attempt at blogging. The blog only lasted about 10 posts until I eventually lost interest. The site’s no longer up, but I have the wordpress database backed up, and I may decide to republish these early posts at some point. This morning, I decided to read [...]
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Obama's Not Stupid Enough to Secretly Kill You With a Vaccine

By Bryan Packman | Published: October 16, 2009
Look, I think there are some scientific arguments against vaccination. It’s possible that vaccines early in life can weaken a child’s immune system by not allowing the child to create anti-bodies naturally, without the aid of an inoculation. Some think that childhood vaccines could cause autism, although that may have been debunked. But do you [...]
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Obama Derangement Syndrome

By Bryan Packman | Published: October 10, 2009
Does he deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? I don’t know. But “by any reasonable measure, all Americans should be proud”. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
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The Indoctrination Claim that Broke the Camel's Back

By Bryan Packman | Published: September 4, 2009
I hope that people in the center are realizing what we’ve known for a while – that the right is fucking crazy! If you have any rational cell in your body, you know that there’s nothing wrong with telling children stay in school and work hard. Do we really want people like Glenn Beck leading [...]
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The Times They Are A-Changin’

By Bryan Packman | Published: September 4, 2009
For a while, I was concerned about the effect that the talk radio assholes would have on the direction of domestic policy, specifically in regards to health care reform. Rational people on the left, like myself, had been quiet for far too long, allowing the fringe right to make all the noise. But I think [...]
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