Yorba Fea

Yorba Linda is famous as a president's birthplace. Now it's famous for the anti-Muslim rhetoric during protests against a Feb. 13 charity event at the Yorba Linda Community Center. The YouTube video has over 600,000 hits. The Washington Post's coverage is here. At "Slate," Glenn Greenwald writes:

I think what was most striking about that video is that the presence of small children didn't give these anti-Muslim protesters even momentary pause; they just continued screeching their ugly invective while staring at 4-year-olds walking with their parents. People like that are so overflowing with hatred and resentments that the place where their humanity -- their soul -- is supposed to be has been drowned.

"If The President Does It, That Means It's Legal"

Nixon? Obama.

War Killers

Glenn Greenwald reports about bloggers who think Gen. McCrystal's memo was leaked to build support for sending more troops to Afghanistan. That may be because people naturally assume that generals enjoy war, which is actually not true of most of those who have experienced it. The leak to Bob Woodward felt to me more like cautious military planners giving President Obama cover for getting out.

Just Like They Went Easy On Bush, I Guess

The vast right-wing media cover up the truth about torture.