Those who are watching the news closely may be noting an alarming trend.  In recent days, and in recent weeks, there have been a large number of attacks, apparently committed by right-wingers.

This can accurately be described as right-wing terrorism in the United States.

The acts include physical assaults (e.g., caning attack this weekend by GOP congressman's associates), vandalism (tire slashing of Obama supporters' cars in Fayetteville, destruction or theft of obama yard signs), and numerous other violent and destructive attacks.  Many of us may have witnessed or been victimized by such acts.  Many of us have learned that our property may be destroyed or damaged, or that we may be injured or harassed if we show our sentiments openly.

And, yes, there have been deaths (e.g., Democratic campaign organizer near Roanoke Virginia this summer, killing of a black bear cub who was shot and left with Obama signs on it in North Carolina last week).  The death, today, of a news anchor in Arkansas who had a role in the film "W" may or may not turn out to be politically-motivated, but merits investigation due to the timing of the incident.

The right-wing perpetrators, who have been stirred up during a number of campaign events and by rhetoric on right-wing radio stations and elsewhere, are clearly expressing their frustration and attempting to intimidate Obama supporters and other Democrats nationwide.

Such acts of intimidation are all-too reminiscent of the tactics used by right-wing groups in Europe, since the 1930s, and in parts of Europe (e.g., skinhead & neo-nazi attacks) through 2008.  It appears that some of the activities may be kkk-related.

Also of importance are acts of intimidation and brutality or racism by right-wingers in positions of authority/enforcement in some parts of the nation.  For example, the recent spate of attacks and abuse in Chicago by law enforcement personnel against blacks.

The time has come for right-wing terror and intimidation to be brought to the nation's consciousness.  The rest of the nation must not remain silent.  We should raise consciousness about this issue.

This would be a good topic for pullitzer-prize winning journalism, investigative reporting, best-selling books, and documentary films.

If you agree that this is an important issue, please recommend this diary and add your comments below.  Thank you.

A lot of us remember vividly how Brokaw has done his best to humiliate Democratic candidates in the past few years.  He will probably do the same against Obama.

Tom Brokaw never was a great reporter or anchorman.  Capable?  Yes, but not great.  He doesn't hold a candle to Walter Cronkite or David Brinkley (at his best), and he's piss poor compared to Jim Lehrer and Robert MacNeil.  John Chancellor, for most of his career, was head and shoulders above Brokaw at his crappy best.

Brokaw - has no one ever noticed? - has a bad speech impediment.  He mumbles, doesn't even pronounce his words clearly, and has always sounded like a heavy drinker, almost slurring his words.

Brokaw is no brainiac.  What's much worse - he is a shill for the CEO class that runs GE and NBC.  He's an obsequious semi-moron.

Did y'all notice that, in Bush's speech, he never once took responsibility for the economic crisis?

The closest he came to assigning responsibility was when he basically blamed the American people for spending too much money on houses and running up their credit cards.

Ok, Mr. Bush, the economic crisis isn't your fault - it's the American people's fault....

...in a Pig's Eye !

Check out the bonddad blog, and you'll see that our friend bonddad is pretty damn concerned.  

I'm listening to Bloomberg TV/Radio early Tuesday a.m., and Asia is down 5%, markets had to close in Korea for a little while due to the precipitous drop.  The failure of Lehman is having worldwide consequences.  There are dire predictions that many more banks will fail, that Goldman Sachs will be the only broker/dealer to survive the financial meltdown.  Bonddad suggests that we may be only halfway to the bottom of a massive bear market.

This is not over - it's not nearly over - we may be just at the beginning of an economic catastrophe that will last for years.  The chickens of wild, irresponsible investing behavior are coming home to roost.  Hold onto your cash - cash is king right now.

Bloomberg Radio has had an extraordinary, 2 hour commercial free coverage of the economic crisis unfolding today.  Lehman is going bankrupt, Merrill Lynch is up for sale, Washington Mutual is likely to go under, and AIG is going through a major reorganization.  

The most common comparisons are with the stock market crash of 1929.

Many institutions, such as the Glass-Stiegel act and the Federal Reserve were put into place in order to prevent another meltdown on the same scale, also FDIC to prevent bank runs.

Phil Gramm, McCain's top economic adviser, sponsored a bill that made the Glass-Stiegel act much less than it was, by making it possible for large brokerage firms to act like banks, without the Glass-Stiegel regulations, leading to the chaos we have today.

Have you noticed?  The economy is in deep trouble.  The signs are everywhere.  The latest news is that Lehman Brothers is going out of business (Lehman stock has lost more than 70% of its value this week, after already having lost more than 70% in the prior year).  Over the weekend, the two giant housing corporations, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were put out of business.

Next?  Washington Mutual lost 30% of its value this week, and is apparently being "shopped around" to potential buyers.  WAMU is apparently 10 times larger than the huge IndyMac, which went out of business a few weeks ago.

Now, it appears the world economy is spiraling toward global recession.  And what is OPEC doing?  Cutting back on oil production, in an attempt to boost oil prices (the high oil prices helped to get us into the mess we're in).

Methinks that McCain and Palin doth protest too much about reform.

Why?

Doth thou not have eyes to see or ears to hear?

It's obvious:

They have both become so-called "reformers" because they were, themselves, both so much in need of reform.  To use an Adlerian term, they are both "overcompensating."  They are compensating, with their reform-mindedness for a whole history of behavior that they needed to reform.

Loved ya, Bill Clinton, as President, but it's time to let go of 2008 - the American people voted, and Barack Obama won.  Look, man, you got 8 years in the White House...you had your many moments of glory, and a few self-destructive moments too.  But you were a good President, a very good President.

Now it is time for you and Hillary to show that you are more than 100% united with the party.  You're 110% united, you are totally gung ho, and you have let go of your wishes and desires to win.

And we have to forgive you, Bill and Hillary, for undermining our candidate back in April and May, when you knew or really should have known it was all over, and you had no chance at the nomination.  You should have given up gracefully, but you dragged us all through a few weeks of hellacious b*llsh*t.