Fearmongering

Late Returns: Kentucky Primary Features A 'Proxy Showdown' Between Kentucky Senators

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.22.2012

The presidential escapade continues to draw most of the media's attention these days, but there are actually some interesting downticket primaries to ...

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'If You Vote For My Opponent, Everyone Will Die': A Historical Compendium Of Fearful Political Ads

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: 2012 Speculatron, Video, Fearmongering, 2012 Election, Campaign Ads, Elections 2012, Political Ads, Slideexpand, Campaign Adwatch, Obama-Romney-Bin-Laden-Ad, Obama Bin Laden Ad, 2012, Politics News

This week, the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death inspired the Obama campaign to release an ad, titled "One Chance," in which former President Bil...

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Republicans Can't Handle the Truth About Bin Laden

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Bill Clinton, Fearmongering, Fear Mongering, President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Republicans, Terrorism, War on Terror, Osama Bin Laden, Video, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Politics News

Regarding the campaign commercial, yes -- more like that, please. It's an important distinction that's crying out to be defined: while the Republicans might be good at coming up with scary bumper sticker slogans, the Obama team can actually do the job.

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WaPo Misleads Readers On Deficits And Entitlements

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Eat the Press, Deficit, Video, Fearmongering, Washington Post Medicare, Social Security, Robert Samuelson, Washington Post Robert Samuelson, Media Criticism, Washington Post, Washington Post Social Security, Media News

As a habitual reader of the Washington Post, I've long become inured to some of the fun editorial quirks of that paper. For instance, it is more or le...

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The Golden Rule, for Each and All

Christopher Holshek | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Islamophobia, Islam, Religion, Fearmongering, National Security, Iraq War, Civil-Military Operations, Christianity, Christians, Tolerance, Iraq, Golden Rule, Religious Tolerance, Foreign Policy, Impact News

Sitting at his right hand in front of thousands of worshipers, hearing him refer to me as "his brother in faith," it was as exhilarating as my first firefight in combat -- except much more pleasant and uplifting.

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Fear and Loathing In the Pentagon Budget

Ben Freeman | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Pentagon, Contractors, Deficit, Fearmongering, Government Contracting, Budget, Defense Contractors, Defense Budget, Pentagon Budget, Politics News

Since President Obama released his FY2013 budget request on Monday, proponents of Pentagon waste and inefficiency have been working overtime.

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Late Returns: One More Reason For Chris Christie To Stay Home In 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Candidate Pledges, 2012 Speculation, 2012 Speculatron, Fearmongering, Chris Christie, Michele Bachmann 2012, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Mitch Daniels, Wall Street Donors, Bernie Madoff, Barack Obama, Rick Perry, 2012, Video, Ed Koch, Michele Bachmann, Pledges, Wall Street, 2012 Election, Frank Gaffney, Roger Cohen, Mitt Romney 2012, Rick Perry 2012, Sharia Panic, Media Criticism, Barack Obama 2012, Politics News

There's been a lot of discussion about the many reasons why Chris Christie and the GOP primary electorate wouldn't exactly see eye-to-eye, and that's ...

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Making Peace with 9/11

Claire Amber | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Experiment, Fearmongering, Fear, Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, 911, Ego, 9/11, Lynne McTaggart, Mahatma Gandhi, Horror, Peace, Peace Intention Experiment, Intention, Mohandas Gandhi, Elephant Journal, Inner Peace, Politics News

I'm sure you remember this image vividly: the twin towers of the World Trade Center in flames, the two jets having crashed into them after being hijac...

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If Obama's Past Statements Are Any Guide, Then He Doesn't Support Urban Rioting

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Obama London Riots, Fearmongering, London Riots 2011, London Riots, London, Barack Obama, Media News

Were you wondering if President Barack Obama is secretly siding with London's opportunistic looters and arsonists? Probably not, because that sounds crazy... but not at National Review!

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Deja vu All Over Again on NYC Terror Trial

Sharon Kelly | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Fearmongering, Human Rights, Human Rights First, Terrorism, Terrorism Prosecutions, Prosecuting Terrorism, Law and Security, Fight Fear, Terrorism Trials, Fighting Fear, Video, Politics News

Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame, a Somali terrorism suspect, is headed to New York City for trial. What's that sound you're hearing from the usual suspec...

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Looks Like We're Not Yet Done With The 'Anthony Weiner Was A Secret Muslim' Rumors

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Weinergate, Islamophobia, Anthony Weiner, Fearmongering, The Washington Times, Huma Abedin, Paranoia, Media News

Just over a week ago, we brought you word of an insanely paranoid screed published in "The Communities at the Washington Times" (a distinction that bo...

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Nevada Congressional Candidate Warns Debt Ceiling Will Lead To Chinese Invasion

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Nevada 2nd District, Fearmongering, Mark Amodei, Debt Ceiling, Nevada Special Election, Campaign Ads, Campaign Adwatch, China, Dean Heller, Video, Politics News

Special election candidate Mark Amodei is betting that voters can be convinced that this time, if the debt ceiling is raised, we will be overrun by the Chinese Menace, who will turn America into the Hunan Centipede!

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Here's Your Sharia Paranoiac Take On Weinergate

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Weinergate, Islamophobia, Anthony Weiner, Fearmongering, The Washington Times, Huma Abedin, Paranoia, Media News

Times being what they are, there's no pseudo-event so "pseudo" that someone cannot dream up some utterly paranoid take on the matter. And, so this week, the Communities at Washington Times has delivered us up a hot plate of claptrap from Eliana Benador.

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Are We All Victims of Emotional Terrorism?

Judith Acosta | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: American Culture, Fearmongering, Media Fear, Fear-Mongering, Culture of Fear, The Inner Life, Fear-Based Culture, Healthy Living News

There is a slow, steady drip of terrorism in the United States. But it is not just where we think it is, ensconced somewhere in the Middle East. It is all around us, all the time.

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Remembering the Quiet, Unsung Heroes of America

William Astore | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Patriot Act, Fearmongering, Fear, Firefighters, Memorial Day, Heroes, Fdr, Parents, Cancer, Moms, Ccc, Great Depression, Politics News

I'm sick of our media and government telling us how scared we should be, whether of violent crime or violent tornadoes or bogeyman terrorists overseas. My parents recognized the hard-won wisdom of FDR: the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.

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Political Campaigns -- It's Time for a Change

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Positive Psychology, Campaigning, Fearmongering, Fear, Midterm Elections, Negative Attacks, Negative Campaigning, 2008 Campaign, Attack Ads, Politics News

We have a short breather until the run-up to the next elections in 2012. Let's demand that our politicians run on the issues.

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Why The Democrats Deserve To Lose

Lee Stranahan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics of Fear, Bill Clinton, Fearmongering, Fear, John McCain, 2010 Elections, Elections 2010, Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Politics News

It's fitting that Halloween and Election Day are only a few days apart. Both days use the iconography of fear to help gain treats and both leave a sor...

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Why Democrats Should Not Join in Economic Scapegoating

Robert Reich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics of Fear, Fearmongering, Economy, Economic Crisis, Democrats, Recession, Politics News

China bashing doesn't educate the public about what's truly at stake economically and what must be done in the years ahead. Worse: It reinforces the politics of resentment, and further legitimizes other forms of isolationism and xenophobia.

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Health Care Reform Benefits: Truth vs. Pure Politics

Rep. Jim McDermott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton, Politics of Fear, Jim McDermott, Congress, Fearmongering, Fear, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Politics News

Six months after Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, the sky is still there, grandma hasn't been euthanized, and there are no death panels. Today, just six months after becoming law, even more benefits of reform take effect.

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The Power of Words

Yehuda Berg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Change, Fearmongering, Consciousness, Spirituality and Politics, Words, Founding Fathers, Power-of-Speech, Change Your Life, Spirituality, Self-Help, Healthy Living News

Once we have the awareness that our words are what sets us apart from the animal kingdom, we might consider using them with greater consciousness and awareness.

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