Today, in 1859, John Brown led his raid on the Harpers Ferry Armory

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Meet the woman who's already challenging President Obama for the 2012 Democratic Nomination.
And no, she's not Hillary!
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President
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"Name Here"
October 15, 2009
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[recipient name was inserted here],
Does anyone is this Whitehouse like the founding fathers? Anyone? Mr.
Tanner you must be so proud that another Democrat Anita Dunn worships a mass murderer of over 40 million people in ONE year, One year ….
Dose anyone want to ask how these people can get so close to the President of the United States? Does anyone care? I know she was just misquoted ….
My God people…..do you have no shame?
Sincerely,
I cannot believe everyone is not on what Glen showed last night. The communications director for OUR WHITE HOUSE Anita Dunn at a high school graduation This Year saying that her two heros in life are Mother Theresa, and CHAIRMAN MAO! She then goes on the extole the virtues of Mao.
This president is loading his administration with out and out COMMUNISTS! Just think what his cobb plan must be. Every president has one in case something terrible would happen to the senate and congress and they had to be replaced. The president designates a list of people he would insert for a government. We would instantly be communist if his list was put in. This man must be removed from office for subversive activities to our republic! I certainly hope the FBI is on this. I really cannot understand how he is getting these people past the security of the secret service and into the administration. Something is very wrong about this!
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Rick Sanchez:
i've know rush. in person,i like him. his rhetoric,however is inexcusably divisive. he's right tho. we didn't confirm quote. our bad.
Hey Rick…
We do know you were involved in a hit and run where you crippled a man for life and now he is dead becaue of his injuires… We did FACT check that !!! Loser !
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Oh yea Senior citizens, you will be safe under this administration… Good luck with that, when you have people that praise MAO… Death panels are looking pretty real now aren't they
Anita is a "Visitor"…
Rick Sanchez is a joke… i wonder if he's recently killed any more pedestrians while driving drunk?
Ahh…John Brown. The first word that comes to mind for me is treason…Wonder if there are any parallels in todays day and age we can associate with treason? We may lose the majority of our legislative body if treason were actually still a crime!
But lucky for those people, this President and his entire administration hate this country, so for now…They are safe!?
It looks like the White House may have had a hand in trashing Rush.
"
Of the four stories run on ESPN.com about Limbaugh’s bid for the Rams (October 6, October 12, October 15, and another October 15) none of them mention that NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith served as counsel to Attorney General Eric Holder and was a member of Barack Obama’s transition team. "
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/10/limba...
They would not do something like that, would they?
It looks like the White House may have had a hand in trashing Rush.
" Of the four stories run on ESPN.com about Limbaugh’s bid for the Rams (October 6, October 12, October 15, and another October 15) none of them mention that NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith served as counsel to Attorney General Eric Holder and was a member of Barack Obama’s transition team. "
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/10/limba...
They would not do something like that, would they?
John Brown is quite a controversial character, no?
I mean, what he did ultimately moved the nation closer to civil war, which was probably the only way we were going to eliminate slavery, but even Lincoln wasn't really a fan of Brown. Its quite an interesting painting at the top of the page, though. I wouldn't mind hanging it in my house.
I'm with you. Even Bill O'Reilly didn't know what Glenn's show was about yesterday. I think Glenn is on the money. Why won't anyone else touch it? What are they afraid of?
Anita Dunn's heroes, Mao and Mother Theresa…What would Mao do to Mother T if she did her work in China instead of S. Amer or whereever.?
Maybe Anita Dunn will learn something from Glen Beck and convert to Americanism. I really feel sorry for those students who were forced to listen to indirect "dissing" of American Heroes, by not mentioning any of those male and/or female biblical heroes, or our Nat'l Heroes.
Anita Dunn is not in anyone's Hero Class….not even in Mao's hero class, I'll bet. What did Anita do, before getting involved w/Obama? What a job she has. Telephone watch….with nothing to report on regarding Beck's Program.
Boy, that must a long day for her, with a phone in her hand that she can not use….I'll bet she's a drop-out from an ACORN Group.
Just fn weird and scary.
Anybody else disgusted by Anita's constant lip-smacking sounds? It must be some sort of liberal trick to distract people from her words because I began losing track of what she was saying and soon started feeling queasy from the sounds. Did her mother never teach her any manners? Yech! Someone needs to tell her to find a better hair colorist, too. Do all lib women just TRY to look as ugly as possible? Repubs might be the party of old, white men but Dems are the Party of Old-White-Men , Old-Black-Tax-Cheating-Men, and Old- Ugly-Black-n-White-Women-You-Can't-Tell-From-Men-Party. Sheesh! I never realized how heinous-looking all these women were while Hillary was in the news all the time. I thought Hillbillary was the forever winner of the Ms. Liberal Anti-American Anti-Beauty Contest winner, with Janet Reno as a close 1st Runner-Up and they would hold those titles 4EVERRRR! Looks like this new crop of ladies (Anita Dunn, Madame (probably the only time she'll be called THAT) Pelosi is up and coming on the Yeesh! scene. Sorry for the personal attack, but I can't hold this one in! I'll pray for them, how 'bout that? Dear God, please make all pics and video of these ladies blurry!
Did ya catch Hannity where he had the video of the woman who works in the Whitehouse that went on Islam TV and stated we should "in some cases" use Shira Law in the US ???? WTF ???
I missed it. I'll see if I can find it.
Stay off the coke lady !!!!
I picturing her coming to bed in her lingerie she's talking dirty to me with that lip smacking … oh yea baby!
She was asked about that and her response was…."I was just joking" What an unreal twit she is….these people are dangerous, very dangerous an have to go.
She was asked about that and her response was…."I was just joking" What an unreal twit she is….these people are dangerous, very dangerous and have to go.
She (Dunn) was asked about that and her response was…."I was just joking" What an unreal twit she is….these people are dangerous, very dangerous and have to go.
Anita Dunn just had a little case of cotton-mouth. Watching her tongue dart in and out, while she applauded Mao Tse Tung, I thought about reptiles, but I couldn't decide whether she looks more like a snake or a lizard.
You could pick up a copy of Kansas' first album … then you get the cool painting and some real good tunes
Its also painted on the side of the Kansas capital building in Topeka (but that would require you to go to Topeka which is something I recommend against).
I have ancestors that were part of Brown's group (I've been told since I was little that one of them fought at Harper's Ferry, but based on everything I've read I don't think so). I've also got ancestors that ran stops on the underground railroad.
So as far as I'm concerned, if blacks get reparations the need to share them with this lily white cracker!
You could pick up a copy of Kansas' first album … then you get the cool painting and some real good tunes
Its also painted on the side of the Kansas capital building in Topeka (but that would require you to go to Topeka which is something I recommend against).
I have ancestors that were part of Brown's group (I've been told since I was little that one of them fought at Harper's Ferry, but based on everything I've read I don't think so). I've also got ancestors that ran stops on the underground railroad.
So as far as I'm concerned, if blacks get reparations they need to share them with this lily white cracker!
Snake tongue. It would be interesting to hear what the body language expert who appears on O'Reilly would have to say about Dunn's speech.
Ever get the feeling that the lunatics are in control of the asylum?
Kinda here –
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northam...
Great question for the REAL media to ask her …. It really is … What would Mao do to Mother T ? Please someone ask her !!
That lizard licking tongue really gave me the creeps…like out of some alien horror film or exorcist satanic film. Something deep down inside of her is really very evil and leaking out through that tongue.
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Yuck! Thanks for that horrible mental image.
I know she probably couldn't help it, but it was very distracting! Does anyone remember the 1980's TV series Visitor where lizard-aliens came to Earth and took over? I couldn't get that out of my mind… she looked just like a reptile!!
Why is the media so afraid of this administration? Why … The only thing I can think of is they will be considered a RACISTS if they stand aganist it…. so they woudl rather watch thier country die then to stand up for what's right?
Treason, betraying the trust of the American people, lies and fraud to win the Presidency, subverting the Constitution…. Isn't there SOMETHING here that's impeachable??! Doesn't our Constitution protect us from enemies, both foreign and DOMESTIC?? I wish our military would sweep down on Capitol Hill and arrest Obama and ALL his Communist buddies in one huge commando raid!!
Aaah, but they would…..
Here in Central Pennsylvania there is two inches of non-fluffy wet Global Warming outside with more coming down, in the middle of October.
Look, I understand that between gun bans, socialized medicine, and draconian and increasing tobacco taxes, the liberals want to remake us into that Global Utopia known as Canada, the place so wonderful all their better actors, comedians, and newspersons permanently move to the US. But Do They Have To Give Us Their Weather As Well?
Let's test the "science" by outputting even more carbon dioxide and see what a difference it makes. To start, we should burn Al Gore at the stake. This is only fair by historical standards, as I have only to walk outdoors to know he's preaching witchcraft instead of science.
They're not afraid of this administration because THEY AGREE WITH IT!
Most of the "Mainstream" Media is made up of Obama's fellow travelers … Marxists, Maoists, Frankfurt School Marxists, Alinskyites, Fascists, Cloward-Pivenites, etc
By helping Obama destroy America they believe they are "standing up for what's right".
Not Sumter, not Bull Run or Manassas depending on your point of view, but Harpers Ferry, and John Brown’s Raid, were the first shots of the American Civil War. Slavery was an abomination whose days were numbered regardless the outcome of the Civil War. It’s a chilling fact that there are many parallels with America today, issues of states rights, and an overreaching Washington.
I'd also like to know about the high school principal who invited her to speak at the graduation… what kind of person he/she is, how well he/she knows Ms. Dunn, if he knew in advance what was in her speech, if the parents were informed ahead of time…? The parts I heard on GB were BORING and I can just envision all those seniors squirming in their seats and ready to get their diplomas so they could go party! They probably didn't know or care what she was trying to say. I found myself asking the TV "What exactly are you trying to say??!".
Special Thank You! to the person who spent the morning driving from DC to New York to hand-deliver the tapreto Glenn!!
Hey Rightside….
So I wasn't the only one who picked up on her weird facial(mouth) movements… I agree very bizarre.
It looked to me like it was in a church, I would guess that it was a Catholic school graduation. A reasonable Catholic school principal should have escorted her off the stage and booted her out the door……That being said many in administration in the Catholic Church and Schools are hell-bent left wing liberals…..Yes I am Catholic, but it's getting harder and harder to be one of the faithful with all the leftists I encounter at Church functions.
It's COB (Continuity Of Business) not cobb.
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I like it, funny!
Sometimes people with mental illness have lizard tongue issues and people who are compulsive liars have trouble with cotton mouth. Either way, it's way creepy.
I don't think that Anita can stand the taste of herself, which explains why she is always trying to spit it out with her tongue. When something tastes bad it's an automatic reaction with the tongue. Deep down guilt self-esteem issues.
She reminded me of the Joker in The Dark Knight.
I am giving you a thumbs up because the lily white cracker thing is awesome.
Didn't sound like she was joking to me.
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It is no wonder the Administration wants to euthanize senior citizens:
Here's a quote from a government employee who witnessed a recent interaction between an elderly woman and an antiwar protester in a Metro station in DC.
"There were protesters on the train platform handing out pamphlets on the evils of America . I politely declined to take one. An elderly woman was behind me getting off the escalator and a young (20-ish) female protester offered her a pamphlet, which she politely declined. The young protester put her hand on the old woman's shoulder as a gesture of friendship and in a very soft voice said, 'Lady, don't you care about the children of Iraq and Afghanistan ?'
The old woman looked up at her and said, 'Honey, my father died in France during World War II, I lost my husband in Korea , and a son in Vietnam .
All three died so you could have the right to stand here and bad mouth our country.
‘If you touch me again, I'll stick this umbrella up your ass and open it.'
~God Bless America ~
It is no wonder the Administration wants to euthanize senior citizens:
Here's a quote from a government employee who witnessed a recent interaction between an elderly woman and an antiwar protester in a Metro station in DC.
"There were protesters on the train platform handing out pamphlets on the evils of America . I politely declined to take one. An elderly woman was behind me getting off the escalator and a young (20-ish) female protester offered her a pamphlet, which she politely declined. The young protester put her hand on the old woman's shoulder as a gesture of friendship and in a very soft voice said, 'Lady, don't you care about the children of Iraq and Afghanistan ?"
The old woman looked up at her and said, 'Honey, my father died in France during World War II, I lost my husband in Korea , and a son in Vietnam .
All three died so you could have the right to stand here and bad mouth our country.
‘If you touch me again, I'll stick this umbrella up your ass and open it.'
~God Bless America ~
Do you mean "V", soon to be a "brand new series" remake at ABC?
Note the end of the commercial where she instructs the interviewer. Compare to the current administration…
Tea Partiers Greeted Obama in San Francisco on Thursday – some great pics of signs – good one of Obama with joker like red lipped face koolaid drinker.
http://thecitysquare.blogspot.com/2009/10/tea-par...
Truth be told the students probably didn't even know who Mao was, since history is no longer a priority in our schools.
Wow, John Brown…good stuff der.
I don't know what her problem was but it was making me nuts. In fact I was less interested in hearing her drivel than wondering what the bleep she was doing with her mouth. THe woman is kind of gross. Definetly an aging hippy.
The Joker in Dark Knight did the same. Correlation?
Well John Brown was a fanatic and a butcher. What he did in Kansas was disgusting however his cause was just. It was extreme people like him and on the otehr side that split the Union. There were otehr ways to get rid of slavery without Browns antics and the antics of the seccesionists. 640,000 men were slaughtered over slavery and states rights. I'd like to think their deaths were not in vain.
Right on, Grandma….
Why not. The drug boy makes a living trashing them.
Good point.. I wonder if anyone else could stand the taste of her….ahhahahahaha…
Oh yeah, John Brown was a wacko-loon of the first magnitude. The Southern side of my family sent twenty one young men to fight for the South, not slavery, three returned. I also had family in Indiana that sent soldiers to fight for the North don’t know the results. Whether or not they died in vain seems to be less than certain. The leftist have been Balkanizing America for forty plus years. The melting pot is being stirred by unthinking corrupt politicians, either learn from the past, or be doomed to repeat it.
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What was with the "lizard tongue licking" by Anita Dunn on Beck's expose about her hero Mao as she was addressing a high school student body ? Excitement ? Drug withdrawel ? Thirsty ? VERY bizarre behavior.
Now for you Marxist Senators and House Members. Ever heard of the CONSTITUTION ? Ya might wanna brush up on it before the midterms. If not ya might be brushed aside shortly thereafter ! Scratch that ! You WILL be swept from office and tossed out on your collective asses ! You arrogant, pompous and supersillious jerks !
As for president putz… How nice of you to support a Maoist in your administration. You are done as well, BUDDY !
That is a cool painting! was John Brown a prophet of freedom? could be. I like the symbolism of the painting how his body is like a cross and the book has an alpha and omega symbol, as Jesus said he was the alpha and omega, the begining and the end. FYI-As they lead John Brown to his death he bent down and kissed a black child. Also General Robert E. Lee and his famous cavalry commander Jeb Stuart were in charge of stopping John Browns insurrection at Harpers Ferry before the start of the civil war.
The first word that comes to my mind about John Brown is FREEDOM. HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE IN AN ATTMPT TO FREE ENSLAVED PEOPLE, DO YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH THAT?
Al Gore fought in Vietnam, the weird part was he actually had a body guard, aren't the political class just darlings.
As Jefferson said "the tree of Liberty needs to be refreshed with blood." Its a good quote even though it was what Tim Mcveigh had written on his shirt when he was arrested for the oklahoma city bombing
I don't have a problem with it, but it certainly seems as if you may!? I guess violence is the prefered method of liberation, says you…
P.S.
Liberty666 ia an oxymoron!
Yaeh youre right George Washington and all our founding fathers were wrong to fight for our God given freedom. They should have just asked politely to have the boot lifted off their necks. Your logic is oxyMORONIC.
John Brown was little more than a common terrorist. What is next? Mohamed Atta being lionized? He was hung like the criminal he was.
John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist, and folk hero who advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to end all slavery. He led the Pottawatomie Massacre in 1856 in Bleeding Kansas and made his name in the unsuccessful raid at Harpers Ferry in 1859.
I suppose advocating armed insurrection was nobel in those days? Heroic martyr to you…Terrorist to me. There are better ways to handle things than with violence. No one has questioned his cause, in case you have forgoten to read?
I assumed she just liked the flavor of her own words too much.
Communism: it's Mmm Mmm good.
I heard she's on her way out come the end of the year. Not soon enough imo.
It's like a nightmare I can't awaken from…suddenly communism is the new cool?
Mao is hip? Castro is wise? Spread the wealth?
Up is down? Bad is good? Freedom is slavery?
Is this bizarro world? Wonderland?
"What country can preserve it's liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?" — Thomas Jefferson
What is wrong with you, my point is- OUR COUNTRY WAS FOUNDED ON ARMED INSURRECTION…youre thick
WOW…You just don't get it do you…?
Impeach Obama!!
A communist should NEVER be president!
Kadaka, I used a piece of your comment over at BH on a Gore piece.
This passage from the Declaration of Independence says it all….
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to ABOLISH IT, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principals and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
Words to live by, my friends
Copenhagen climate treaty to be signed in Dec.? One world government? O to sign it?
Is this all true?
I would think it is all part of Mr. DeMaurice Smith's "Playbook: An Enterprise Philosophy to Maximize the Business and Political Interest of the NFLPA." which he and 15 advisers wrote as a business plan for the Player's Union.
so freedom fighters are terrorists, thats rich, i guess the reason for armed insurection is of no matter to you, a terrorist trying to usher in an islamic paradise is the same thing as George Washington, like Glen Beck said..arguing with idiots sucks
I refuse to correlate the founding of this country to pre-civil war slave times. They don't apply in the same sense that you are tyrying to justify you redundent arguement in. For you to put side by side, the founding of a country, and the rebellion of monarchal rule, to some asshat with dynamite strapped to him so he can have 50 virgins, is about the most ridiculous thing I have heard…who's the idiot here? Not me…
What John Brown "wanted" to do was great…Free slaves! But you are so lost in your redundent point that you can't see that. And what else you seem to not understand, is how he chose to go about it…That is what makes him a terrorist. He murdered for his cause, and that is wrong. Only if you are from the UK, and have a bitter taste in your mouth for getting your asses kicked out America, would you think different.
BTW- Glenn has two n's…It would be nice when you reference someone to at least get their name spelled right…And you call me the idiot…LMFAO
You said over and over that armed insurrection is always wrong. My point is that sometimes it is neccessary, such as in the founding of our country or rebellion against such a horrific institution as slavery. I tried to point out to you that the armed or violent insurrection of Islamic Jihadists would be an example of armed insurrection that is wrong. I dont know where you get lost in this argument, it seems awfully straightforward to me. Are you on medication?
BTW – you spelled "your wrong, LOL what the hell does "I refuse to correlate the founding of this country to pre-civil war slave times." mean. no dont explain I cant take anymore of your nonsense.
LMAO…My 'nonesense' is a matter of your opinion. You keep replying in an effort to support your previous dribble. When you know not what you speak of, it's best to keep your mouth shut!
John Brown – not a hero.
My great great grandfather used to lock his employees in the back room of the store, leaving the front door open so Brown and his raiders could take what they wanted and not kill or injure the employees. He was an anarchist wackjob, regardless of his cause. In other words, a perfect role model for today's adminstration and the tsars or cossacks, whatever they see themselves as. Avengers probably. I think they avoid the word crusaders, as not to offend their muslim brothers.
The Tongue, The Mao, and The Mother Theresa.
It’s explained that a sign of demonic possession is a darting tongue. Maybe another sign is idealizing a mass murderer?
Anyone notice the crucifix in the video?
Heaven and hell theme: Mother Theresa (angel) and Mao (demon).
einy…1) i told you to take a nap, you will feel better. 2) YOU MUST ALWAYS HAVE THE LAST WORD, less you will feel sad in mind……
How ironic for you to post in the Sat. open thread, then some how find this post? Maybe I should go get my big brother (I'll just make another account) and he will tell you to STFU…LMFAO. Your improper use of grammer, and the use of the Caps Lock key are frighteningly familiar to some other intellectual giant on this board…Wonder who that could be?
Look…I got the last word…Or did I?
Please respond some more…PLEASE!!! I only crave to continuously get the last word, so I'm direly counting on you to responsd!!!
Cool bit of history there. Glad to see someone who's not blathering about what a righteous dude John Brown was. Sheesh. Don't people even read history any more? Facts, people! Cherish 'em.
This puts me in mind of something I once saw when I accidentally turned on Charlie Rose one night. His guest was that heinous idiot, Quentin Tarantino, who was in the process of declaiming that the GREATEST AMERICAN WHO EVER LIVED – the one all schoolchildren should be taught to look up to and emulate – greater than Lincoln or Washington or ANYONE – was John Brown.
Well, I always knew there was a reason I've never watched one of Tarantino's movies – apart from the gratuitous violence, of course – and this just confirmed it! The man is as nutso as John Brown, who was crazy as the original bedbug, and murderous as well. And heck, if I remember correctly, the first man he got killed at Harper's Ferry was a free black man! Some hero.
Oh, wow – great story! And being a grandma myself, I'm totally down with this!
Where's my umbrella?
you got me einy you got the last word. forgive my to the point language.
I think John Browns cause was just, he wanted to free human beings who were held in bondage. isn't that American? Many people died in the founding of America, greatest country in the world. We still help people all over the world who seek freedom and people die in this struggle against tyranny. Death to tyrants!
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