http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0...ml?showall

Quote:FBI agents visited the offices of the conservative Weekly Standard magazine yesterday after a shooting at the Holocaust Memorial Museum and told employees they'd found the magazine's address

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-722-C...ckley-foes

Quote:Further to yesterday's post regarding James von Brunn, who murdered a security guard yesterday at DC's Holocaust Memorial Museum, new details about the killer have emerged.

While von Brunn was many things, including deeply confused, he wasn't quite the mainstream conservative and/or "rightwinger" currrently being depicted on leftwing blogs and by liberal commentators.

For example, true to his nihilistic Niechtzean philosophy, von Brunn hated Chrisitianity, which he condemned as the main source of "weakness" in Western civilization. Whether said Western civilization would be what it is without the influence of Christianity, and whether said civilization would be worth defending so ardently, aren't questions that seem to have troubled von Brunn.

Likewise, von Brunn is being linked to various groups and individuals who represent the fringe (or worse) of the conservative movement and/or the Republican Party (although most likely these folks prefer the term "remnant"...)

For example, von Brunn frequented Ron Paul discussion forums, where reasoned discourse is thin on the ground. It's true that Mr. Paul was allowed a podium at the most recent GOP Presidential debate; however, let's recall that Al Sharpton was granted a similar platform at the Democratic counterpart, within living memory.

In addition, von Brunn is now being associated with the LIberty Lobby. William F. Buckley famously purged the mainstream conservative movement of the John Birch Society, and anti-semitic groups like the Liberty Lobby, way back in the early 1960s. For his pains, the Liberty Lobby accused Buckley of being a "mouthpiece" for the Jewish Anti-Defamation League. (After 14 years, Buckley won a libel judgement against the group.)

In short, von Brunn's connection with conservative thought and action today -- be it talk radio or "tea parties" -- is tenuous. Those trying to puff up such "connections" are acting in bad faith, out of blind partisanship -- of the sort which is as corrosive to the health of the body politic as von Brunn's own batherings.

And remember: the Daily Kos & company have much wider readerships than all von Brunn's mostly unread websites combined.

Roberta, were are you??? You know where to find us, we are reading our Weekly Standard and watching Fox News waiting for those "Right Wing" neo-nazi's to kill us...err, oh wait

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-722-C...ush-McCain

Quote:For example, he unleashed his hatred of both Presidents Bush and other "neo-conservatives" in online essays. As even some "progressives" such as the influential Adbusters magazine publicly admit, "neoconservative" is often used as a derogatory code word for "Jews". As well, even a cursory glance at "white supremacist" writings reveals a hatred of, say, big corporations that is virtually indistinguishable from that of anti-globalization activists.

James von Brunn's advocacy of 9/11 conspiracy theories also gives him an additional commonality with individuals on the far-left.

None of this will surprise readers of Jonah Goldberg's bestseller Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change , which clearly demonstrates that "fascism" of the kind advocated by the British National Party (BNP) and the likes of James W. von Brunn is just as likely to reflect "leftwing" views as "rightwing" ones.

In fact, anti-semitism is something the New Left and the "Far Right" have had in common since the 1980s, which is why so many former leftists like David Horowitz defected from one side to the other during the Reagan era and beyond. It also helps explain the otherwise baffling alliance between the Left and radical Islam.

WFB is a God. That is all. **** this liberal anti-semite. May he rest in liberal pieces.

wise man, that WFB. Funny his last column was about running off the Birchers. Sadly they, and their far-left alliance are back

Roberta, come out wherever you are...

hey, I'll give you a way to spin this, its easy. Ron Paul has an "R" beside his name, hated bush, William F Buckley, Reagan, 'neo-cons', and has alot of questionable associations and past is shady and guess what he has an "R" by his name. That is your out, not a very good one but it can be done..., of course I was pretty vocal about why the Birchers still needed to stay in the fringes in the WFB tradition, because exactly something like this would happen when you cater to that crowd as he did/does and set yourself up to be run out of town if Media so wishes by your likes.

of course, his bud Dennis Kucinish has an "D" by his name and, doesn't care about a 'free market' and agrees with paul on Foreign Policy/national security and caters to the same crowd. I'm guessing Von Brunn was a fan

Sidebar: Willam F. Buckley was the speaker at my graduation.

Well, he and Mr. Rogers. What a great day (in the neighborhood).

(06-12-2009 09:43 AM)BGSUalum1987 Wrote:  Sidebar: Willam F. Buckley was the speaker at my graduation.

Well, he and Mr. Rogers. What a great day (in the neighborhood).

I saw WFB debate John Kenneth Galbraith at Rice in the mid-80s ... that was the beginning of the end of my leftward leanings (at least wrt economics).

Regarding Nietsche, Nazis are a cluster-**** of various superstitions and long-standing racial hatreds. There is a wide gulf between Nietsche and where guys like this bastard are coming from. I doubt this guy could genuinely understand Mr. Rogers, much less Nietsche.

That, and Madison was almost certainly not the religious man you make him out to be. :moon:

It's not just WFB. They are linking to Veterans and Republicans.

But they are not linking the death of the first American Solider killed on American Soil by a terrorist.

Quote:The Left Isn’t Letting This Shooting Go to Waste
Filed under: Homeland Security, Leftists Criticize Conservatives, Media Bias, Tactics of the Left, Terrorism — matthewvadum @ 12:38 am

An alleged extremist reportedly shot a security guard at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. Sadly, the guard has died.

This shooting is, of course, a terrible crime committed on sacred ground that all reasonable people should condemn.

But left-wing commentators are claiming that because the shooter was an alleged right-wing extremist, Janet Napolitano’s Department of Homeland Security was therefore correct in identifying conservatives, libertarians, and returning veterans as potential terrorists in the controversial (and recently withdrawn) directive to law enforcement officials across the country.

This is the worst kind of smear but it’s par for the course for the left.