Blogcritics Author: Dave Nalle

Let's All Get Naked at the Bohemian Grove!

Dave Nalle — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:42:38 EDT

It's that time of year again, when the global elite gather for some gay sex, drag shows and subjugating the proles.
It's summer and that means it's Bohemian Grove season once again. Time for the elite to get naked, have gay sex and make human sacrifices to a giant owl totem, just as they have been doing since the days of the cavemen, when the whole elitist conspiracy thing began.The Alex Jones Zombie Brigade will be there in force, with protest signs...

The Myth of American Dictatorship

Dave Nalle — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:00:14 EDT

Alex Jones is still ranting about Presidential Directive 51 and a Bush dictatorship. I wonder if he's actually read the document?
I was listening to arch-kook Alex Jones on the radio this weekend - largely by accident - when he spouted one of his classic lies and reminded me that it needs to be addressed here. He said, "On the cover of PD61 it says right there that the president is a dictator." Jones managed to get the number of the directive wrong, unless energy...

Digging Through the Netroots

Dave Nalle — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:39:06 EDT

A look at a long final day shuttling between the left and right wings of the political blogosphere.
Saturday was a monster. All day long, shuttling back and forth from the leftist mecca of Netroots Nation to the rightist haven of the Defending the American Dream Summit. It was a day of peculiar encounters and discoveries, in which I think I got a real handle on what was going on at both events.Netroots in ChaosThe morning started with a brief...

A Tale of Two Netroots

Dave Nalle — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:21:44 EDT

In which I get outed as a 'spy' and head across town to see how the other half roots in the grass.
Earlier today on DailyKos a user outed me as a 'spy' at Netroots Nation, writing:"Blogcritic's Dave Nalle files his first spy report. As he acknowledges right off the bat, he is there undercover to see what the other side is doing. He demonstrates his complete ignorance of the left blogosphere in his description of the attendees...

Netroots Nation: A Fly on the Wall

Dave Nalle — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:55:17 EDT

In which a square-peg Republican makes a visit to the beating heart of the progressive left and comes out alive.
Living just outside of the Peoples Republic of Austin I'm in a unique position to observe and study the world of the American left, while at enough of a distance to maintain some objectivity. That proximity sometimes brings with it unique opportunities. This week that means that I have a chance to attend Netroots Nation, the nationwide gathering...

The Ron Paul Revolution Marches on DC

Dave Nalle — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:28:32 EDT

The Revolution March this past weekend wound down the Ron Paul movement with a pat on the back rather than a bang.
Ron Paul's Revolution March swept into DC this past weekend, bringing the message of peace, freedom, conspiratorial craziness and Ron Paul to the home stomping grounds of "The Man". I wasn't able to attend, having lived in DC for many years and knowing better than to be there in mid-July. I discovered a desperate need to eat...

Phil Gramm - Political Criminal

Dave Nalle — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:50:21 EDT

Phil Gramm is off to the political gulag for the ultimate crime of the election season - telling the truth.
Former Senator and McCain campaign advisor Phil Gramm has obviously spent too much time out of office and in the private sector, because this week he committed the ultimate political crime. He told the truth. In an interview with the Washington Times he is being quoted as having said:"You've heard of mental depression;. this is a mental...

A Party of Extremes: The Texas GOP Platform (Part II)

Dave Nalle — Tue, 8 Jul 2008 17:45:40 EDT

What kind of serious candidate could run on a platform which advocates theocracy, isolationism and the death penalty for rape?
After taking a couple of weeks in the glorious woods of Maine to recover from the nausea caused by considering the Texas Republican Platform, I've managed to repress the trauma and take another look at the document which represents the hopes and dreams of a hundred crazy special interest groups in all their fevered glory.Educating Our...

Reinventing the United Nations

Dave Nalle — Sun, 6 Jul 2008 00:20:34 EDT

It's time for the United Nations to go. It's lost all legitimacy and should be dissolved or replaced with a more rational body.
The United Nations is in an ongoing state of crisis. It is a crisis caused by corruption and incompetence, but at a deeper level it is a crisis of legitimacy. The UN lacks the basic ethical foundation to function with legitimate authority as a world peacekeeping body. They have turned a blind eye to genocide, engaged in wholesale fraud and...

War With Iran: An Extremist Fantasy

Dave Nalle — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:54:36 EDT

Hysterical extremists seem to think we're declaring war on Iran. Are they lying or are they just unbelievably stupid?
Based on the recently submitted and very likely to pass House Resolution 362, many on the extremist fringes of both the right and the left are announcing in dire (or hysterical) tones that we're on the verge of war with Iran. They're calling the resolution the "Iran War Resolution" and yammering about how it was authored by AIPAC...