Lieutenant governor’s office weighs in on 2007 Veterans parade controversy

Remember the 11th Annual Long Beach Veterans Day Parade? So do a lot of people, especially members of the three veterans groups–Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out and Veterans For Peace–who were told they couldn’t march in the Nov. 10 parade. Organizers said [...]

Summary: a conservative underpants-gnome attacks Long Beach veterans who’ve criticized the Iraq war: The Nation has, with remarkable simultaneity, published this great story on how the right-wing smear machine actually works. Turns out it involves something called “e-mail,” a kind of electric letter, it seems.

Angry guy attacks Iraq war critics in, like, 7 comments
Steve Lowery is better at harvesting nuts than this thing. His recent post on the decision to ban Iraq War critics from Saturday’s Long Beach Veterans Parade brought anti-antiwar critic “Raoul Deming” to thedistrictweekly.com. Deming writes, “Thank God Long Beach stood up for our [...]