Congresswoman Giffords shooting: More reason than ever to stop Glenn Beck and his fear monger cronies!

As the nation reels from the shocking news that the Congresswoman from Arizona, Blue Dog Democrat Gabrielle Giffords and others were shot (5 killed, one a small child) outside a grocery store in Tucson, Ariz., while holding a public event, internet rabble is already casting the blame on our nations notorious fear-mongers. Giffords had been targeted before during the Health Care vote and had a brick thrown through here window. As we all remember, fear mongering was at an all time high then, with Sarah Palin accusing Obama of wanting to kill grandma with 'ObamaCare's alleged death panels. A blatant lie which should be criminal, but ironically actually has materialized by the hands of the Wicked Witch of Arizona, Gov. Jan Brewer who stubbornly lets patients die rather than pay for their transplants. With Brewer's odious law to harass brown people and after today's shooting, Arizona is now Hate ground zero. But the witch can only take credit her little death panel (and fostering racial hatred and FEAR in Arizona). But Brewer did actually give a heart-felt press conference for her friend Gabrielle, which made me realize that she is, surprisingly, a warm blooded creature like the rest of us. I only wish she felt as deeply for poor Arizona residents who only needed her signature for life-saving transplants. Sarah Palin had Giffords on her infamous "hit list" which ominously placed the offending democrats in crosshairs, while she adviced her followers to "reload". This is not to blame Palin for the actions of a nut, per se. Are others on her list being stalked by her unhinged fanbase? The connection must be made and discussed.

Mike Huckabee, gearing up for a second ill-fated run for President has been demonizing the Health Care bill and following fellow republicans working for repeal. But its the hyperbolic language he uses, claiming Americans were "kicking and screaming" that they didn't want it, but Congress jammed it through anyway. This is a lie because only the easily misled Tea Party morons didn't want a better health care system - the rest of us did, and still do. And as Rachel Maddow pointed out just last night, the republican repeal effort is an embarassment and political suicide. So long Huckabee, you would have lost anyway. But the rage and paranoia that Huckabee fosters with images of back-room deals harming Americans is also a dog-whistle to the unhinged among us, most packing guns and bibles.

Glenn Beck, formerly everyone's favorite crying clown before our new Speaker Boehner took the crown. But Beck has made a fortune selling fear to the limited intellect of his viewers on FOX 'News' - a Rupert Murdoch faux-news cudgel whose sole purpose is the smash progressive progress in America. Wake up, America. We can no longer allow the Palin's and Beck's and Huckabee's of our country to subvert our democracy by stirring up the toothless and brainless masses, while giving the finger to science, all to further the interests of corporate plutocrats who don't give a rat's ass about the forward progress of America. They don't care about climate change. They don't care about children with cancer. They only care about themselves, money, and power. Keeping Americans afraid and stupid is how they maintain control. Glenn Beck must be removed from the airwaves - go to StopBeck.com and join the fight to end his career now before more people die. Sarah Palin must not be allowed to escape from the reality-TV box she's climbed into. And Mike Huckabee must be made as politically viable a Presidential candidate as Haley (long live the confederacy) Barbour. ~