Origins of the Tea Party Movement: Part V-B – Militia-ization: The Council for National Policy and the Christian Patriot Militia »

The Posse Comitatus eventually transformed into the Christian Patriot militia.  At least three organizations linked to the Council...

Origins of the Tea Party Movement: Part V-A – Posse Comitatus and the Tea Party Movement »

The militia-ization of the Tea Party movement encompasses the following processes and behaviors: the transmission of the underlying...

Origins of the Tea Party Movement: Part IV-J – The Christian Nationalists’ Agenda and the Tea Party Movement »

The Koch-planned movement has from the start been plugged into the Christian nationalist’s Council for National Policy’s Conservative...

The Death of Discourse? »

I drove past a Tea Party protest in downtown Fort Lauderdale just a few weeks prior to the...

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The simplest explanation for the start of the Tea Party movement in mid-February 2009 is that when Rick...

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One of the most prominent myths about the origins of the Tea Party movement is that it was...

WORLD VIEW Obama’s Afghanistan…Part 1

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While the initial invasion of Afghanistan went remarkably smoothly (only about 2,000 US Special Forces troops were used), this was largely because much of the actual fighting was accomplished by the Afghans themselves (of the...

February 25 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »
Opinion On The Suicide Note of Joseph Stack

Opinion On The Suicide Note of Joseph Stack »

First, my best wishes for a recovery to the injured IRS workers. Condolences, if necessary, to the family of the missing worker.My comments are not a justification or an excuse for Joseph Stack’s actions. It...

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Rachel Tabachnick has written an excellent overview article at the Talk to Action website called “Biblical Capitalism—The Sacralizing of Political and Economic Issues.” In...

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Origins of the Tea Party Movement: Part V-B – Militia-ization: The Council for National Policy and the Christian Patriot Militia »

Origins of the Tea Party Movement: Part V-B – Militia-ization: The Council for National Policy and the Christian Patriot Militia

The Posse Comitatus eventually transformed into the Christian Patriot militia.  At least three organizations linked to the Council for National Policy—the National Rifle Association, Gun Owners of America, and the Constitution Party—played instrumental roles. Posse Comitatus drew its principal support from radical anti-tax protesters, absolutist...

Apr 1 2010 / 1 comment / Read More »

Origins of the Tea Party Movement: Part V-A – Posse Comitatus and the Tea Party Movement »

Origins of the Tea Party Movement: Part V-A – Posse Comitatus and the Tea Party Movement

The militia-ization of the Tea Party movement encompasses the following processes and behaviors: the transmission of the underlying ideas of Posse Comitatus through the Patriot militia to the Tea Party movement; in this regard Ron Paul’s association with the militia movement is important; the behavioral...

Apr 1 2010 / 2 comments / Read More »

Origins of the Tea Party Movement: Part IV-J – The Christian Nationalists’ Agenda and the Tea Party Movement »

Origins of the Tea Party Movement: Part IV-J – The Christian Nationalists’ Agenda and the Tea Party Movement

The Koch-planned movement has from the start been plugged into the Christian nationalist’s Council for National Policy’s Conservative Action Project.  There is some dispute as to whether or not the Tea Party movement will include “culture war” issues in their agenda.  I will show that...

Apr 1 2010 / 3 comments / Read More »

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