These racists claim they have to air a political ad with the word ‘coon’ in it because their “hands are tied.” They must be hard up for cash at that toilet because they know and I know if they lodged a complaint themselves with the FCC they’d have a far better case than laying down and taking it with a smile and a giggle… From RBR: Missouri has a US Senate seat up for grabs this year, and Entercom’s KMBZ-AM in Kansas City is running ads from a legally-qualified candidate who is in the mix as a write-in candidate. The ads are seen racist and anti-Semetic, but the station says it is legally bound to run them. The ads have also been aired on other stations in other Missouri media markets.
The ads are coming from Glenn Miller, a man described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a white supremacist, according to an article posted at KansasCity.com.
KMBZ is running a disclaimer with Miller’s material to distance itself from it – although according to the rules it can neither support nor denounce it in this manner.
Communications attorney David Oxenford noted that the ruling that allows Miller to get on the air is necessary to make sure that politically unpopular viewpoints are allowed on the air. He noted that in this case, it may seem like a “bad outcome” but that in the big picture, the rule is necessary to encourage ‘diverse political speech.” So to the black listners to KMBZ, airing the word “coon” in the big picture “is necessary.”
Nothing says “Hi, I’m ugly” quite like a profile pic from high school. Or a profile pic of an animal, maybe one’s dog or cat. Or of a sunset or of some strange, far eastern symbol or a cartoon character. It’s true that Facebook is not the meat market MySpace is (or was) but the fact is people are there to meet other people. Naturally, there are people on Facebook not interested in “hooking up.” They may be more inventive or eclectic in terms of their profile pictures as a result. But the ones that are there looking for the warmth of human touch had best not show a face to the world that’s faceless. Sorry. A person’s favorite tree or pet donkey are no substitute for the person themself, if you’ll pardon the use of the term “donkey.” When we fail to to let people see us physically we’re screaming from the highest rooftop “I don’t like the way I look so be warned.” Does that mean 300 pounds, buck teeth, honkin’ nose? What does it mean? Might as well find the nicest picture you have of yourself and slap it up there. Trust me. It’s way better than the picture of that mouse in a sombrero that you thought was a hilarious.
Bob Green weighed in tonight on candy and it’s addictive nature when it comes to children…He prohibits selling candy to kids, will take it out of their hands and put it back and even brings his obese son to the store on Saturdays to sit on a stool with a sign around his neck reading: “Your kid will turn into this if he eats too much.” General Gaylon Shaw said Michelle Bachmann saved him fom the bottle…….but when he found out she was married he had, what they call, a slip. He poured a glass full of Knob Creek in his kitchen one night and cried himself to sleep…..but then he crawled back out of the bottle and supported Ms. Bachmann without the sexual component. He claims that Bachmann, not Sarah Palin, is the true shining light of the conservative movement and that those people that went to see Palin this weekend in Nevada are knuckleheads…….or so he says…. David G. Hall thought Phil was being a tad racist with his remarks regarding Japanese anime so he devised a system triggered the song “Sukiyaki” if Phil was getting too racial about the Japanese..
…….but when he found out she was married he had, what they call, a slip. He poured a glass full of Knob Creek in his kitchen one night and cried himself to sleep…..
Bob weighed in tonight on candy and it’s addictive nature when it comes to children…He prohibits selling candy to kids, will take it out of their hands and put it back and even brings his obese son to the store on Saturdays to sit on a stool with a sign around his neck reading: “Your kid will turn into this if he eats too much.”
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Coop is going places some dare not go. He’s calling out Scientology. His CNN feature this week on Scientology also includes an interview with heavy hitters from Scientology who at one point say he, Coop, is being rude and insulting. Coop, this is how it starts man. Don’t let them start accusing you of persecuting them. That’ll suck huge.
(CNN) — Nine people federal prosecutors say belong to a “Christian warrior” militia were accused Monday of plotting to kill a Michigan law enforcement officer and then attack other police at the funeral.
Six Michigan residents, two residents of Ohio and an Indiana resident were indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit, Michigan, on charges of seditious conspiracy, attempted use of weapons of mass destruction, teaching the use of explosive materials and possessing a firearm during a crime of violence, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade and FBI Special Agent in Charge Andrew Arena announced.
All but one of the suspects — Joshua Matthew Stone, the 21-year-old son of the militia’s leader — were in custody by Monday morning and seven of them made their initial appearances before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donald A. Scheer, prosecutors said.
Joshua Stone was captured Monday night in Michigan’s Hillsdale County, an FBI spokeswoman said.
The five-count indictment unsealed Monday charges that between August 2008 and the present, the defendants, acting as a Lenawee County, Michigan, militia group called the Hutaree, conspired to use force to oppose the authority of the U.S. government.
Attorney General Eric Holder called it “an insidious plan by anti-government extremists.”
The group says on its Web site that Hutaree means “Christian warrior” and proclaims on its home page, “Preparing for the end time battles to keep the testimony of Jesus Christ alive.”
In the “About Us” section of the Hutaree Web site, the group says, “We believe that one day, as prophecy says, there will be an Anti-Christ. All Christians must know this and prepare, just as Christ commanded.”
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit organization that monitors hate groups and other fringe organizations, lists the Hutaree as a “Patriot” group militia.
“Generally, Patriot groups define themselves as opposed to the ‘New World Order,’ engage in groundless conspiracy theorizing or advocate or adhere to extreme anti-government doctrines,” the Southern Poverty Law Center said in a report, “Rage on the Right: The Year in Hate and Extremism.”
The Law Center also defines Patriot groups as “militias and other organizations that see the federal government as part of a plot to impose ‘one-world government’ on liberty-loving Americans.”
Mention of the Hutaree comes in the Law Center’s list: “Active ‘Patriot’ Groups in the United States in 2009.”
The suspects were identified as militia leader David Brian Stone, 45; his wife, Tina Stone, 44; his son, Joshua Matthew Stone, 21, of Clayton, Michigan; another son, David Brian Stone Jr., 19, of Adrian, Michigan; Joshua Clough, 28, of Blissfield, Michigan; Michael Meeks, 40, of Manchester, Michigan; Thomas Piatek, 46, of Whiting, Indiana; Kristopher Sickles, 27, of Sandusky, Ohio; and Jacob Ward, 33, of Huron, Ohio.
A bond hearing was set for 1 p.m. Wednesday.
A court-appointed counsel will be assigned to the seven suspects who were in court Monday because none of them had lawyers.
According to the indictment, Hutaree members view local, state and federal law enforcement authorities as the enemy and have been preparing to engage them in armed conflict.
The indictment alleges that the Hutaree planned to kill an unidentified law enforcement officer in Michigan and then attack officers and others who would gather for the funeral. According to the plan, the indictment says, the Hutaree wanted to use improvised explosive devices to attack law enforcement vehicles during the funeral procession. The indictment says those explosive devices, commonly called IEDs, constitute weapons of mass destruction.
Subsequently, the indictment says, Hutaree leader David Brian Stone obtained information about IEDs over the Internet and e-mailed diagrams to a person he believed could manufacture them. He then had one of his sons, Joshua Matthew Stone, and others gather materials necessary to manufacture IEDs, the indictment alleges.
According to the indictment, David Brian Stone and David Brian Stone Jr. taught other Hutaree members in June how to make and use explosive devices.
In addition, the grand jury charged all nine defendants with carrying or possessing a firearm during a crime of violence on at least one occasion.
“Because the Hutaree had planned a covert reconnaissance operation for April which had the potential of placing an unsuspecting member of the public at risk, the safety of the public and of the law enforcement community demanded intervention at this time,” U.S. Attorney McQuade said.
