News Roundup for 8/17/11
Just your normal teabagger
-Headline of the Day-
“Manhunt On For Ex-Marine Oathkeeper Accused Of Rape.”
You know those rightwing extremists that it’s silly to worry about? Yeah, one of them is on the run in Oklahoma, likely armed and dangerous, after not showing up to court on “one charge of possessing an unregistered grenade launcher that was registered as stolen from a military base in California, and one charge of raping a minor.”
Former Marine and current militia-type Charles Dyer is a crazy SOB and believes that the whole thing is a government conspiracy to put him away. So he plans to go out with guns blazing. “I have been pushed to the limits multiple times by law enforcement and the judicial system in an attempt to cause me to take violent action against them,” he said in an email sent to his attorney. “If I do, I know I will be the monster they depict me as.”
Yeah, we totally shouldn’t worry about guys like this. Did I mention he was a member of the Tea Party?
At least he’s not a union thug. Those are the people we have to worry about. Right? (Talking Points Memo, with video)
-Man of the people-
Mittens explains that corporations are people. 
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And it’s true. (McClatchy)
-Bonus HotD-
“Santorum: ‘Huge Moral Failings’ Are The ‘Root Cause’ Of Our Economic Problems.”
Translation: the economy sucks because gay people and abortion exist. (ThinkProgress)
