On AlterNet: stupidity

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "stupidity"

Why Fearmongering About a White Minority in America Is Wrong, Wrong, Wrong

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. June 19, 2010.

Those obsessed with Northern European 'racial purity' will be in the minority, but they already are.

Scarborough Calls Righties' Celebration of Failed Olympic Bid "Just Plain Stupid"

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. October 2, 2009.

I honestly can't think of the last time I've seen so many high-profile Americans root so enthusiastically against their own country.

Behind the Scenes Video at 9/12 Protest Shows Fox News Producer Directing Crowd

Karl Frisch, Media Matters for America. September 19, 2009.

Fake and staged.

CNN Wonders Whether Depictions of Obama as African Witch Doctor Might Be a Tiny Bit Racist

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. September 18, 2009.

They're not exactly going out on a limb here are they?

Could the DC Press Corps Be More Vapid?

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. July 24, 2009.

They seem to have an extreme aversion to substance.

Evolutionary Biology Is Over ... it Was Fun While it Lasted

PZ Myers, Pharyngula. June 24, 2009.

Sad days for the reality-based set.

Terror Watch List: Easier to Buy a Gun than to Board a Plane

Staff, AlterNet. June 20, 2009.

The feds cleared 9 out of 10 gun purchases by those on the secretive 'watch list.' Oh, and explosives too!

Could Anti-Immigrant Bloggers Be Any More Ignorant?

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. April 27, 2009.

It's a rhetorical question.

Perez Hilton Gay Marriage Flap Leads to Most Incoherent Commentary ... Ever

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. April 22, 2009.

What the???

Jon Stewart Calls Out Sean Hannity

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. January 30, 2009.

Sean Hannity goads imbalanced viewers to call in to the Hate Hannity Hotline to make up for the show's lack of Alan Colmes.

Jon Stewart Takes on Israel's Attack on Gaza

Holly, Feministe. January 9, 2009.

He’s braver than me, that’s for sure.

The Desperate Right's Five Biggest Flops of the 2008 Election

Brad Reed, AlterNet. November 8, 2008.

How Sarah Palin, Joe the Plumber and other stupid stunts did not win the election for McCain.

Fortress America Divides Sleepy Border Town

Booman, Booman Tribune. August 25, 2008.

This is a very stupid policy.

Immigration: The 'Please Deport Me' Plan Falls Flat on First Day

Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee RightsAugust 6, 2008.

Some genius at ICE actually thought it would work.

Bush's Latest Harebrained Scheme to Combat Unauthorized Immigration

Suman Raghunathan, Feet in 2 Worlds. July 31, 2008.

Oh, sure, this'll work.

Turkey: No Timeline for Iraq Withdrawal

AlterNetFebruary 28, 2008.

Where have we heard that before?

The New Invasion of Iraq

Patrick Cockburn, The Independent UK. February 25, 2008.

Many Iraqi Kurdish leaders are convinced that a hidden aim of the Turkish attack is to undermine the Kurdish regional government.

US Qaeda Strategy Fatally Flawed; Causes More Terrorism

Michel Moutot, Middle East Online. February 20, 2008.

Analysts: US policy of mixing up Al Qaeda, other insurgencies and innocent civilians just increases terrorism.

The 'War on Terror': a New Era of Geopolitical Stupidity

Simon Jenkins, Comment Is Free. January 31, 2008.

The language loved by Bush has translated into a global disaster bringing death and misery to millions.

Bush's 'War on Terror' Doesn't Include Anti-Castro Terrorists

Charles Davis, IPS News. January 30, 2008.

The Bush administration has ignored its own rhetoric when it comes to anti-Cuban terrorists operating from Florida.

Old-Fashioned Eurofascists Provoking New Muslim Cartoon Brawl

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. January 28, 2008.

There's no "Clash of Civilizations," only a Clash of Extremist Right-wing Jackasses, with the rest of us caught in the middle.

What Darwin Could Tell Us About the "War on Drugs"

Sanho Tree, MinuteMan Media. December 27, 2007.

Although it may seem counterintuitive, the "law and order" response by our politicians only intensifies the problem.

Pentagon Orders "Bunker-Busters" for Urgent Delivery; Strike on Iran in the Works?

Jonathan Karl, ABC News. October 25, 2007.

Where would the military use a stealth bomber armed with a 30,000-pound bomb, and why the rush?

Insanity Compounded by Insanity: Bush Offers to Bomb Iraqi Kurds

The Herald SunOctober 25, 2007.

Bush, in a deep hole, just keeps digging.