Sociopath or Neo-Con?

. . . We Report, You Decide

This website summarizes some of the common features of descriptions of the behavior of the fright wing.

• Glibness and Superficial Charm
  
• Manipulative and Conning
  They never recognize the rights of others and see their self-serving behaviors as permissible. They appear to be charming, yet are covertly hostile and domineering, seeing their victim as merely an instrument to be used. They may dominate and humiliate their victims.
  
• Grandiose Sense of Self
  Feels entitled to certain things as "their right."
  
• Pathological Lying
  Has no problem lying coolly and easily and it is almost impossible for them to be truthful on a consistent basis. Can create, and get caught up in, a complex belief about their own powers and abilities. Extremely convincing and even able to pass lie detector tests.
  
• Lack of Remorse, Shame or Guilt
  A deep seated rage, which is split off and repressed, is at their core. Does not see others around them as people, but only as targets and opportunities. Instead of friends, they have victims and accomplices who end up as victims. The end always justifies the means and they let nothing stand in their way.
  
• Shallow Emotions
  When they show what seems to be warmth, joy, love and compassion it is more feigned than experienced and serves an ulterior motive. Outraged by insignificant matters, yet remaining unmoved and cold by what would upset a normal person. Since they are not genuine, neither are their promises.
  
• Incapacity for Love
  
• Need for Stimulation
  Living on the edge. Verbal outbursts and physical punishments are normal. Promiscuity and gambling are common.
  
• Callousness/Lack of Empathy
  Unable to empathize with the pain of their victims, having only contempt for others' feelings of distress and readily taking advantage of them.
  
• Poor Behavioral Controls/Impulsive Nature
  Rage and abuse, alternating with small expressions of love and approval produce an addictive cycle for abuser and abused, as well as creating hopelessness in the victim. Believe they are all-powerful, all-knowing, entitled to every wish, no sense of personal boundaries, no concern for their impact on others.
  
• Early Behavior Problems/Juvenile Delinquency
  Usually has a history of behavioral and academic difficulties, yet "gets by" by conning others. Problems in making and keeping friends; aberrant behaviors such as cruelty to people or animals, stealing, etc.
  
• Irresponsibility/Unreliability
  Not concerned about wrecking others' lives and dreams. Oblivious or indifferent to the devastation they cause. Does not accept blame themselves, but blames others, even for acts they obviously committed.
  
• Promiscuous Sexual Behavior/Infidelity
  Promiscuity, child sexual abuse, rape and sexual acting out of all sorts.
  
• Lack of Realistic Life Plan/Parasitic Lifestyle
  Tends to move around a lot or makes all encompassing promises for the future, poor work ethic but exploits others effectively.
  
• Criminal or Entrepreneurial Versatility
  Changes their image as needed to avoid prosecution. Changes life story readily. [Thus the Tea-bigots.]

Coburn's Racist Comments

 
Senator Tom Coburn made some vile and racist remarks about President Obama at a town hall meeting. Obama's "intent is not to destroy, his intent is to create dependency because it worked so well for him,” he told a man who asked if Obama’s goal was to “destroy America.”

Coburn added that, “As an African-American male,” Obama received “tremendous advantage from a lot of these programs.”

AMNESIA

Right wingers seem to think that demonizing government and Pres.elect Obama will solve all their problems. They think maintaining a strident sense of victim hood is good for our country. Man up and quit your whining boys! Obama is not yet sworn in.

'The last 7 1/2 years have been a failure', says Newt Gingrich. Garbage spewers such as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity seem to think we went straight from the Clinton/Gore recession to the Obama depression.

Where for art thou Sen. Alan K. Simpson?
Your party needs you desperately.

Congresman Baby Killer

The loud-mouthed clown who cried "Baby Killer" during Rep. Bart Stupak's March 21 floor speech in favor of health care reform was not some drunken moron in the visitor's gallery. The "Baby Killer" heckler has been identified as Republican Randy Neugebauer, a third-term representative of the proud people of Texas.

Politico reports that "Neugebauer was a co-sponsor to a March 2009 House resolution that would've required presidential candidates to provide a copy of their birth certificate."

While Neugebauer admits he lost any sense of decorum, dignity or basic self-control, he contends he was calling the bill a "baby killer" -- not Bart Stupak. Well, to quote one of Randy's birther buddies, "You lie!"

Speaking of baby killers, an estimated 45,000 Americans die every year due merely to a lack of health care insurance. Regardless of the federal deficit George Bush ran up, this nation is too wealthy to allow scores of innocent men, women and children to needlessly die.

It's Randy Neugebauer and the GOP who've fought like the devil to maintain the status quo death sentence on millions of Americans.

President Obama and the Democratic congress -- without a single vote from the Bible-thumpin' Republicans -- have at last put an end to America's deadly neglect of its own citizen's constitutionally protected right to life.

Do Who I Say - Not Who I Do

Anti-gay GOP California state Senator Roy Ashburn was arrested for DUI yesterday after leaving Faces, a popular Sacramento gay bar, with an unidentified male passenger.
Ashburn has been a loud opponent of LGBT rights and has organized and hosted anti-gay marriage rallies for the Traditional Values Coalition. He also has a 100% rating from the anti-gay Capitol Resource Family Impact group for voting against every LGBT rights bill during his tenure.

Sarah's Little Secret

Excerpt of 10/09 Vanity Fair article by Levi Johnston:

• Sarah told me she had a great idea: we would keep it a secret—nobody would know that Bristol was pregnant. She told me that once Bristol had the baby she and Todd would adopt him. That way, she said, Bristol and I didn’t have to worry about anything. Sarah kept mentioning this plan. She was nagging—she wouldn’t give up. She would say, "So, are you gonna let me adopt him?" We both kept telling her we were definitely not going to let her adopt the baby. I think Sarah wanted to make Bristol look good, and she didn’t want people to know that her 17-year-old daughter was going to have a kid.

• Sarah was sad for a while. She walked around the house pouting. I had assumed she was going to go back to her job as governor, but a week or two after she got back she started talking about how nice it would be to quit and write a book or do a show and make "triple the money." It was, to her, "not as hard." She would blatantly say, "I want to just take this money and quit being governor." She started to say it frequently, but she didn’t know how to do it. When she came home from work, it seemed like she was more and more stressed out.

Republi-Cancer

Wondering who's behind all these "spontaneous" town hall brawls? Curious about the coast-to-coast uprising of outraged old White folks vehemently opposed to changing our dysfunctional health care system . . ?

Welcome to ResistNet.

"the online community for patriotic citizens
who are opposing the Obama-led socialist agenda"

RESISTNET is owned and operated by GRASSFIRE.ORG. ("Grassfire will RUSH you, our exclusive Tea Party Super-Pak!")

President, Steve Elliott asserts, "Grassfire.org is not formally affiliated with any religious or political organization." But he admits Grassfire "often works with partner organizations" when they "share concern on an issue."

So who's behind the partner organizations -- namely FreedomWorks, TeaPartyExpress and The Bradley Foundation? Mr. Elliott insists it's "Citizens like you!"

However, Adele M. Stan at AlterNet has found some far more frightening answers.

Race to Judgment

Already marginalized to the point of irrelevancy, 31 Republican senators just said "NO" to Sonia Sotomayor becoming the first Hispanic U.S. Supreme Court justice. Only 9 of them could muster up enough courage to break ranks and join the 59 Democrats in voting to confirm President Obama's history-making nominee.

(How do you say "permanent minority party" in Spanish?)

Despite the obvious party split, both parties agree Ms. Sotomayor's credentials for the court are impeccable.

But Republicans say the "wise Latina" is just playing dumb. They suspect she's actually a racist in disguise -- who'll finally be unable and unwilling to remain impartial. They're convinced this impeccable jurist will take the bench and then . . . the Latina who wise-cracked about old White men (one time, at one speech) will emerge from hiding and wreak havoc.

Republican senators voted "NO" because they're certain Judge Sotomayor will reject reality and ignore facts -- choosing instead to make irrational decisions based on prejudice, paranoia and petty politics.

GOP Bullies

Republicans have found their voice! Now they won't shut the fuck up!

When was I young and walked home from school, I used to be bullied. I was forced to give this sycophant a piggy back ride up a steep hill. This all stopped when I CHANGED my route home.

To listen to these tax-cut-ophants is sheer insanity.

Nobody likes paying taxes. But when you continually cut taxes for the upper 2% and put the burden on the struggling middle class, guess what? Bridges collapse, pot-holes grow bigger, basic services disappear.

All of a sudden the "right" thinks they found their voice again . . . now that Obama is in charge. Where were they when they had complete control of our government?

We just borrowed another 250 billion dollars this quarter to cover Bush's budget. Bush has jumped ship seconds before we hit the iceberg. Our sworn enemy, China, now owns us.

Thank you so much for that.

CHANGE is needed NOW! Where is the proof, in your pudding, that tax cuts for the rich creates jobs? I think I'll trust President Obama over the GOP's sour-graped drivel.

Blue Velvet

70% of the American people think President Barack Obama is doing a good job and that he's off to a good start. Unfortunately I must live in one of those dark pools of negativity that think they dwell in a pocket of the "real America." What a laugh!

White picket fences and manicured lawns cannot disguise your hatred and bigotry for our new president.

You have thrown every thing you can at him . . . Muslim! Terrorist! Not a citizen!, False Messiah! Flubbed the oath! Didn't swear on a Bible!

Have you no shame? Don't we need this man to succeed? Don't we as a country need him to NOT fail?

The mongrels want to shred him to pieces -- already nipping at every perceived misstep. Take a deep breath, count to 10, and ask yourself: "Do I really want this President to fail?"

Era of Coincidence

Just after 9/11 . . . anyone who was against the war was branded unpatriotic, an America hater, and a traitor. I can only remember 2 people who were adamantly opposed to the war. One was the late great Paul Wellstone and the other was the somewhat crazily portrayed Cynthia McKinnie, Rep. from Georgia.

The media handily took care of McKinnie, while Wellstone paid the ultimate price: A highly experienced pilot very familiar with his flight path suddenly makes the worst decision in his life during the most important campaign of Wellstone's. His opponent was hand picked by none other than the GOP darling DICK cheney.

Just another coincidence in the longest streak of coincidences in American history.

Very few politicians of this era had the fortitude and integrity to stand up for what is right. bush and his regime manipulated and took full advantage of 9/11. It probably seemed like a smart move on their part at the time -- but they overreached. They over-played their hand and got greedy. THEY BLEW IT! They destroyed the Republican party. It will take years before we can take the G.O.P. seriously again. This is NOT a good thing. We need balance.

. . . I sure miss Senator Alan Simpson of Wyoming.

Just say no to the far right

The far right has abused their influence to monger fear, militancy, divisiveness, and jingoism. They have lost all power and their credibility. They are deflated, so they are trying to pump it up with hot air. Attacking Iran is just another example of why this mind think has to be swept into the ash bin of history. Look where they have gotten us. We spend 10 billion a week in Iraq (an illegal, immoral, unjustified war), but can't find the money to borrow the auto industry. True conservatism has been hoodwinked. 41 days left and counting. How's that beer taste?

What about that last gasp concerning Obama's birth certificate?.....crickets chirping.

Joe The Traitor

Top Ten

Top 10 reasons NOT to vote for the Republican ticket . . .

McCain cant remember how many homes he owns.
McCain says the fundamentals of our economy are strong.
McCain talks about imaginary Iraq-Pakistan border.
McCain calls crowd my fellow prisoners
McCain sets the bar for rich at $5 million.
McCain doesn't know the difference between a Shia and Suni.
McCain picked Sarah Palin as his V.P. choice
McCain is a war monger, says ''You know that old Beach Boys song, Bomb Iran? Bomb bomb bomb,bomb bomb Iran.'' a country by the way, who's people love America.
McCain picked Sarah Palin as his V.P. choice
and finally......McCain picked Sarah Palin as his V.P. choice "