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babylonsister

(171,078 posts)
Thu May 1, 2014, 08:53 PM May 2014

"K"pete and DU, take a bow!




Patriot Leader Who Threatened To Rip Harry Reid’s Balls Off, Lives Off Gov Disabililty Checks
May 1, 2014
By Anomaly


Mike Vanderbeogh, leader of the militia group Three Percenters, spoke to militia members still gathered at Cliven Bundy’s ranch in Nevada last week to warn that the country is “staring a civil war in its bloody face and that Harry Reid will have his “balls ripped off.”

Democratic Underground user Kpete recalled a story in the Washington Post where it mentions Vanderboegh’s disability checks, while in the next breath, the militia leader speaks against what he perceives as President Obama’s ‘collectivism.’

more...


http://freakoutnation.com/2014/05/01/patriot-leader-who-threatened-to-rip-harry-reids-balls-off-lives-off-gov-disability-checks/

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"K"pete and DU, take a bow! (Original Post) babylonsister May 2014 OP
Keep your Socialist hands off my Social Security! Wait, whut, oh damn NightWatcher May 2014 #1
kpete is a DU jewell! herding cats May 2014 #2
. rhett o rick May 2014 #22
+1,000! freshwest May 2014 #23
Actually heard at a public hearing some time back 2naSalit May 2014 #3
Yes they do. The gubmint is that black guy AllyCat May 2014 #42
They're this guy: arcane1 May 2014 #43
My pleasure. 2naSalit May 2014 #45
Hey Kpete malaise May 2014 #4
Brava or Bravo Kpete~ sheshe2 May 2014 #5
K&R 99Forever May 2014 #6
Whoop, there it is!! Liberal_Stalwart71 May 2014 #7
Awesome!!! Omaha Steve May 2014 #8
Way to go, kpete! myrna minx May 2014 #9
Anyone else read the comment at the end of the article by someone named Billy Mullins? Scary. Tess49 May 2014 #10
No. What was scary? nt babylonsister May 2014 #11
He was writing about the civil war that is close to happening and how it will be taken Tess49 May 2014 #13
News: He typed it with one hand. arcane1 May 2014 #46
Did not see a comment by a Billy Mullins passiveporcupine May 2014 #14
It was deleted. Tess49 May 2014 #21
Thanks for posting this. russspeakeasy May 2014 #12
My hero. Phlem May 2014 #15
kpete, you rock!!!! Sarah Ibarruri May 2014 #16
K'pete does more than her share pscot May 2014 #17
KPete is OKPete, lolz. Good job. nt okaawhatever May 2014 #18
Time for that commie government to reassess Vanderbeogh's disability Warpy May 2014 #19
Kickety kick! Hekate May 2014 #20
Hypocrisy....what's that? bobGandolf May 2014 #24
Kudos to kpete, but Vanderbeogh is NOT a Patriot Leader, he's a Self-Styled Patriot Leader. Bernardo de La Paz May 2014 #25
It never ceases to amaze me how hypocritical people can be liberal N proud May 2014 #26
Great job Gothmog May 2014 #27
Much THANKS Kpete!!! K&R! hue May 2014 #28
Thank you, Kpete! gademocrat7 May 2014 #29
Kick for Kpete! panader0 May 2014 #30
This reminds me of cntrygrl May 2014 #31
recommended! H2O Man May 2014 #32
K & R L0oniX May 2014 #33
Humongous K & R !!! WillyT May 2014 #34
Woo Hoo libodem May 2014 #35
kudos to kpete! RainDog May 2014 #36
Love our kpete! She always finds good stuff. calimary May 2014 #37
You the "man", KPete. Auntie Bush May 2014 #38
the usual hypocrisy from rightwing freaks Skittles May 2014 #39
This gives me woo! underpants May 2014 #40
Adding links mahatmakanejeeves May 2014 #41
Happy to be rec #229. MerryBlooms May 2014 #44

herding cats

(19,566 posts)
2. kpete is a DU jewell!
Thu May 1, 2014, 08:58 PM
May 2014

Always vigilant in finding and posting the latest on conservatives, and keeping us all abreast of their goings on!

Take a well deserved bow, kpete, you deserve the recognition!

2naSalit

(86,693 posts)
3. Actually heard at a public hearing some time back
Thu May 1, 2014, 09:29 PM
May 2014

"...and don't you tell us that the BLM has now been taken over by the fedr'l guvvamint!"

Seriously. They haven't a clue about what the government is nor what it actually does, but somebody told them to hate it and so they do.

What happens when defunding of the education system is a goal/achievement of the 1%ers.

AllyCat

(16,199 posts)
42. Yes they do. The gubmint is that black guy
Fri May 2, 2014, 02:21 PM
May 2014

But the rest of us know they have no clue. And they are bigots. We know that too.

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
43. They're this guy:
Fri May 2, 2014, 08:47 PM
May 2014

ESCONDIDO, CA—Spurred by an administration he believes to be guilty of numerous transgressions, self-described American patriot Kyle Mortensen, 47, is a vehement defender of ideas he seems to think are enshrined in the U.S. Constitution and principles that brave men have fought and died for solely in his head.

Kyle Mortensen would gladly give his life to protect what he says is the Constitution's very clear stance against birth control.

"Our very way of life is under siege," said Mortensen, whose understanding of the Constitution derives not from a close reading of the document but from talk-show pundits, books by television personalities, and the limitless expanse of his own colorful imagination. "It's time for true Americans to stand up and protect the values that make us who we are."

According to Mortensen—an otherwise mild-mannered husband, father, and small-business owner—the most serious threat to his fanciful version of the 222-year-old Constitution is the attempt by far-left "traitors" to strip it of its religious foundation.

-snip

http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-passionate-defender-of-what-he-imagines-c,2849/




This is my all-time favorite Onion piece. Thanks for giving me the chance to post it again!

Omaha Steve

(99,678 posts)
8. Awesome!!!
Thu May 1, 2014, 09:59 PM
May 2014

For a guy with congestive heart failure, diabetes and hypertension he is doing damn well. What fork lift company do we boycott?

Tess49

(1,580 posts)
13. He was writing about the civil war that is close to happening and how it will be taken
Thu May 1, 2014, 10:49 PM
May 2014

to our neighborhoods etc. He seems to believe that the militants will be unstoppable. It seems that his post was deleted.

Phlem

(6,323 posts)
15. My hero.
Thu May 1, 2014, 11:23 PM
May 2014


you've always been one of the best, and you need "Kudos" for this MVP!!

I'm ever so fortunate to have as a friend and ally.

Luv ya kpete!

Always ready for the next kpete post.

-p

Sarah Ibarruri

(21,043 posts)
16. kpete, you rock!!!!
Thu May 1, 2014, 11:26 PM
May 2014

"Mr. Vanderwhateverthefuckhisnamis is simply an angry old white man who rages against the collectivism he lives on, while traveling to Nevada to support one of the biggest moochers we’ve witnessed in ages. He incites violence, asking others to do his bidding, while contributing nothing. He is the entitled class he rages against."


pscot

(21,024 posts)
17. K'pete does more than her share
Thu May 1, 2014, 11:28 PM
May 2014

which covers for us slackers who just show up here hoping to be entertained.

Warpy

(111,305 posts)
19. Time for that commie government to reassess Vanderbeogh's disability
Thu May 1, 2014, 11:40 PM
May 2014

It seems if he can prance around, waving a gun that he should be able to work in a gas kiosk or something.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,026 posts)
25. Kudos to kpete, but Vanderbeogh is NOT a Patriot Leader, he's a Self-Styled Patriot Leader.
Fri May 2, 2014, 06:33 AM
May 2014

The distinction is important, otherwise it is yet again another instance of Democrats blithely accepting Right Wing framing of language.

Do not accept Right Wing / Republican / Tea terminology.

Vanderbeogh is not a patriot. Maybe call him militia leader. That's a relatively neutral term; one with connotations but both sides get the connotations they want so they're happy.

cntrygrl

(356 posts)
31. This reminds me of
Fri May 2, 2014, 09:27 AM
May 2014

Michele Bachmann who is a critic of federal spending BUT accepted somewhere around $260,000 in farm subsidies between 1995 and 2007, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture. She stated "My husband and I have never gotten a penny of money from the farm." while not telling the full story which can be found here:
[link:http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/jul/01/michele-bachmann/rep-michele-bachmann-says-shes-never-received-penn/|

calimary

(81,383 posts)
37. Love our kpete! She always finds good stuff.
Fri May 2, 2014, 12:00 PM
May 2014

A real digger. The more you know, the better off WE ALL are.

Remember the other thing that Mad-Eye Moody said to Harry Potter all the time. Not only "CONSTANT VIGILANCE!!!!"

But also "You've GOT to KNOW!!!!"

They don't say "knowledge is power" for nothing!

kpete:

And you too, babylonsister! too!

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