Those were the days, my friend...the 50s.

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Then next time you hear a Tea Bigot or Republican or Media Newsreader claim that both sides (right and left) are equally responsible for the domestic terror committed so-called deranged people, tell them about these incidents, ask them to show you similar incidents performed by liberals then tell them to go to hell.

Since all those isolated incidents involving terroristic violence directed at "liberals" and the "government" keep adding up into a serious trend, we've decided it's time to start keeping systematic track of the problem -- especially because mainstream media seem intent on refusing to recognize the trend.

Here's the text.

-- July 2008: A gunman named Jim David Adkisson, agitated at how "liberals" are "destroying America," walks into a Unitarian Church and opens fire, killing two churchgoers and wounding four others.

-- October 2008: Two neo-Nazis are arrested in Tennessee in a plot to murder dozens of African-Americans, culminating in the assassination of President Obama.

-- December 2008: A pair of "Patriot" movement radicals -- the father-son team of Bruce and Joshua Turnidge, who wanted "to attack the political infrastructure" -- threaten a bank in Woodburn, Oregon, with a bomb in the hopes of extorting money that would end their financial difficulties, for which they blamed the government. Instead, the bomb goes off and kills two police officers. The men eventually are convicted and sentenced to death for the crime.

-- December 2008: In Belfast, Maine, police discover the makings of a nuclear "dirty bomb" in the basement of a white supremacist shot dead by his wife. The man, who was independently wealthy, reportedly was agitated about the election of President Obama and was crafting a plan to set off the bomb.

-- January 2009: A white supremacist named Keith Luke embarks on a killing rampage in Brockton, Mass., raping and wounding a black woman and killing her sister, then killing a homeless man before being captured by police as he is en route to a Jewish community center.

-- February 2009: A Marine named Kody Brittingham is arrested and charged with plotting to assassinate President Obama. Brittingham also collected white-supremacist material.

-- April 2009: A white supremacist named Richard Poplawski opens fire on three Pittsburgh police officers who come to his house on a domestic-violence call and kills all three, because he believed President Obama intended to take away the guns of white citizens like himself. Poplawski is currently awaiting trial.

-- April 2009: Another gunman in Okaloosa County, Florida, similarly fearful of Obama's purported gun-grabbing plans, kills two deputies when they come to arrest him in a domestic-violence matter, then is killed himself in a shootout with police.

-- May 2009: A "sovereign citizen" named Scott Roeder walks into a church in Wichita, Kansas, and assassinates abortion provider Dr. George Tiller.

-- June 2009: A Holocaust denier and right-wing tax protester named James Von Brunn opens fire at the Holocaust Museum, killing a security guard.

-- February 2010: An angry tax protester named Joseph Ray Stack flies an airplane into the building housing IRS offices in Austin, Texas. (Media are reluctant to label this one "domestic terrorism" too.)

-- March 2010: Seven militiamen from the Hutaree Militia in Michigan and Ohio are arrested and charged with plotting to assassinate local police officers with the intent of sparking a new civil war.

-- March 2010: An anti-government extremist named John Patrick Bedell walks into the Pentagon and opens fire, wounding two officers before he is himself shot dead.

-- May 2010: A "sovereign citizen" from Georgia is arrested in Tennessee and charged with plotting the violent takeover of a local county courthouse.

-- May 2010: A still-unidentified white man walks into a Jacksonville, Fla., mosque and sets it afire, simultaneously setting off a pipe bomb.

-- May 2010: Two "sovereign citizens" named Jerry and Joe Kane gun down two police officers who pull them over for a traffic violation, and then wound two more officers in a shootout in which both of them are eventually killed.

-- July 2010: An agitated right-winger and convict named Byron Williams loads up on weapons and drives to the Bay Area intent on attacking the offices of the Tides Foundation and the ACLU, but is intercepted by state patrolmen and engages them in a shootout and armed standoff in which two officers and Williams are wounded.

-- September 2010: A Concord, N.C., man is arrested and charged with plotting to blow up a North Carolina abortion clinic. The man, 26-year--old Justin Carl Moose, referred to himself as the "Christian counterpart to (Osama) bin Laden” in a taped undercover meeting with a federal informant.

-- January 2011: A 22-year-old gunman named Jared Lee Loughner with a long grudge against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and a paranoid hatred of the government walks into a public Giffords event and shoots her in the head, then keeps firing, killing six people and wounding 14 more. Gifford miraculously survives.

-- January 2011: A backpack bomb with the potential of killing or injuring dozens of people is found along the route of a Martin Luther King Day “unity march” in downtown Spokane.

We'll update as the incidents occur. Also, readers should feel free to contribute potential additions. Remember, these incidents involve more than simple threats or assaults but rather constitute incidents of actual domestic terrorism.

Local Politican takes money to cast favorable vote for a Comcast takeover of NBC.

If any of you out there is interested in getting any kind of legislation passed, we now know how to go about it. It may cost a little bit but it could be worth it. It seems to be worth it to ComCast. You see, they "contributed between $1000 and $25,000 to Congressmen to "buy" their votes to allow Comcast to merge or rather buy controlling interest in NBC, CNBC and MSNBC so they can decide what programming YOU can watch and what views only they want you to hear and see.
And guess who we all know locally is the beneficiary of a greased palm? Yep! You betcha! None other than our esteemed supporter of Big Business, Jason Altmire.

So it looks as though all anyone needs to do to get Altmire to vote a certain way is to give him some cash. But it needs to be at least $1000. It's amazing how he and 83 other members of Congress have prostituted themselves for cash over the desires of their constituents.

You can look at this in a really political way and just assume that Altmire was accepting a campaign contribution. Yet he signed a letter promising to support ComCast's buy out of NBC...and then he got money from Comcast. 1+1= a bought vote no matter how you cut it or how he tries to spin it.
Makes you wonder how much he got from the health care industry for voting against the healthcare bill (remember, Jason worked for UPMC and MAY still have ties to it!), you know, the one that helps out so many people...or rather so many big businesses.
Call him up and ask him why he supports the buyout when Comcast is owned and operated by an Ultra Right Wingnut Republican who wishes to have just Right Wing Propaganda broadcast...with no dissenting opinion - just like FOX. NBC is the only media network that presents opposing views to the Republican Party. If that goes away, we'll have a Right Wing State run news organization just like Germany of the 1930s.
And Altmire claims to be a Democrat. Sorry folks. He's a Blue Dog Democrat in case you didn't know. And they are worse than Republicans. Jason and they will lie to you about being moderate Democrats but vote with the Republicans the majority of the time against the wishes of their and his constituents. Of course I shouldn't say all his constituents. He votes the way the wealthy 3% of this district demands and claims the rest didn't come to his meetings to tell him how they feel. Of course, when they did show up and voiced opinions against his, he ignored them.

Hey jason, why don't you just do the right thing and "man-up" as your buddy Sharon Angel says and grow a set and become a member of the Republican Party you spend so much time emulating and defending?

There's another word for politicians like Altmire. Actually, there are many words to describe politicians like Altmire.