Religious right leader: 9/11 hijackers were doing the Lord’s work

Right Wing Watch:

As he traditionally does at the beginning of every radio program, Bryan Fischer dedicated the opening segment yesterday to a reading and discussion from the Bible. In this case, he was reading from Isaiah 10 in which the prophet explains that God had sent the Assyrians to invade Israel as judgment, which prompted Fischer to declare that the same thing happened to America as “the jihadists on 9/11 were the agents of God’s wrath in order to get our attention as a people.”

Fischer heads up the American Family Association and, at the moment, I’m having a little trouble telling AFA from al Qaeda. After all, both argue that 9/11 was God’s will.

No wonder the Southern Poverty Law Center lists American Family Association as a hate group.

Stories to Watch: 8/28/11

Hurricane Irene downgrades to a tropical storm. The American death toll at this moment seems to be ten. Flooding, power outages, downed trees widespread. Just because it's been downgraded, don't think you're out of the woods if you're in the path. It's still a very dangerous storm. Stay inside until authorities tell you it's safe to come out. Lots of live power lines laying around out there. Now here's [the rest of] the news...

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The most brainless headline of the day: "Do We Really Need a National Weather Service?" -- from Fox News, of course. The money shot: "It issues severe weather advisories and hijacks local radio and television stations to get the message out. It presumes that citizens do not pay attention to the weather and so it must force important, perhaps lifesaving, information upon them."

Steve Benen feels the need to clarify, "This is not, by the way, a parody."

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It's come to this; the right is now criticizing President Obama for competently handling Hurricane Irene. We also learn that Vice President Joe Biden was out golfing when he should've been stopping the hurricane. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.


Rick Perry is quickly learning how difficult it is to have things both ways.


What would Martin Luther King jr. think of Republican voter ID/disenfranchisement laws? I think we all know the answer to that. But just in case you can't guess, civil rights hero Rep. John Lewis verifies that he'd be against it -- strongly.


American Family Association's Bryan Fischer was a dumbass again.


Finally, never, ever, ever, ever visit Drudge Report. I never do and I'm able to find news stories just fine. In the latest example of worthlessness, DR puts up a headline decrying Hurricane Irene as a "phony hurricane." If you want to make yourself stupid, just drink. It's more fun.

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Stories to Watch: 5/2/11

Bin Laden's dead. So, is it safe for us to have some of our rights back or is that too much to ask? Now here's the news...


Was some of the information that brought down Osama Bin Laden obtained through torture? A lot of people are making the case that it was, but there's really no evidence to back the claim up.


Consistent right up to the end, bin Laden shuffled off this mortal coil with a final act of cowardice. He also reportedly has a posthumous "death to America" tape in the pipe.


Joe Scarborough's a dick. Rick Santorum is an assclown. Bryan Fischer's just an idiot. Eric Cantor reminds us why he's been nicknamed "manager of the asshole store."


Crap. Does this mean I have to follow Dwyane "The Rock" Johnson's twitter feed now?


Were bin Laden and the Pakistani government in cahoots? The evidence -- circumstantial though it may be at this time -- is damning. On the other hand, the Pakistani Ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani, makes a fairly sound argument to the contrary. Count Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) among the unconvinced.


Finally, Raw Story collects "The 5 craziest conspiracy theories on bin Laden’s death." Make sure to watch the video, which is completely insane.

Stories to Watch: 3/24/11

I'm stuck on how to open here. It's 32 degrees outside. Thirty-freakin'-two degrees Fahren-freakin'-heit. I'm speechless. Now here's the news...


The Obama administration is studiously avoiding calling military action in Libya "war." While most are painting this a political stance, others see it as a legal one.


One thing that no one is asking -- surprisingly, I think -- is how this whole "non-war" is going. If Juan Cole is to be believed -- and I think he is -- it's going gangbusters.


Just reminder: John Stossel is a lunatic.


Is Trump's possible presidential run a PR bluff to grab headlines (and ratings)?


The GOP's ongoing war on workers goes federal, with a bill that would cut off food stamps for families where a worker goes on strike. Want to fight for a fairer wage, better working conditions, or better benefits? Fine. Then the baby starves.


I'm tired of following every stupid, hate-filled, un-American thing the American Family Association's Bryan Fischer says on a nearly daily basis. Seriously, the guy is just an awful, awful human being. We have all the proof of that we'll ever need.


Florida Gov. Rick Scott wants to drug-test state employees. The problem is, it's already been ruled unconstitutional and drug-addled state employees haven't actually been a problem. So why would he want this? Did I mention Scott owns a string of clinics that do employee drug screenings? I probably should have.


Finally, remember when Gov. Scott Walker told a guy he thought was David Koch that he'd thought about hiring some "troublemakers" to make pro-worker protesters look bad? An Indiana prosecutor took that idea a step farther and emailed Walker to suggest he get some stooge to take a potshot at him. Seriously, stage an assassination attempt. Not surprisingly, Carlos Lam is not an Indiana prosecutor any longer, although he probably has a great career ahead of him as the next Karl Rove.