Wingnut Alert

[bryant]

If you read right-wing blogs, you may be aware of the claim that a bunch of states have declared sovereignty as a reaction to the stimulus package. This has about the same weight as states that declare their opposition to the Iraq war, of course. But still! Ooooh, rebellion!

Of course, if you read the article carefully, you'll note that the states cited are just introducing bills. Which is a long way from passing them. But still!

Of course, if you go look at the Missouri legislature bill tracking page, and search on "Freedom of Choice Act" for 2009 bills, you will not find "House Concurrent Resolution 0004." (There is a House Concurrent Resolution 4, but it has nothing to do with the federal government.) You will find this bill. You will also find this reference, which I suspect is what the crack researchers at Family Security Matters had in mind. However, it's been replaced. Isn't relevant any more. Missouri's fine legislature decided that declaring sovereignty was the wrong thing to do.

The Oklahoma bill referenced is in fact sitting in the Oklahoma Senate right now.

The play at home game: do the fact checking on the rest of the bills mentioned. Note any which were introduced during the Bush Administration in particular. Oh, wait, according to the original article, the Oklahoma bill was one of those.

Comments

[mcurry.livejournal.com]

And here I thought that the real indicator of the upcoming revolution was actually Glenn Beck war gaming the right-wing uprising right there on FOX News.

It'd all be pathetic if it was less scary.

do the fact checking on the rest of the bills mentioned

[chaoticmoth.livejournal.com]

Facts? What do those have to do with anything?!

[head58.livejournal.com]

But...Alan Keyes said a civil war is inevitable! He said it on the internet, so it must be true!

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

That Family Security Matters link is satire in the mold of Landover Baptist Church, right?

Right?