Actor Steven Weber at HuffPo Demands 'Nuremberg-Scale Trial' for Conservatives
... and the envelope please for Most Unhinged Rant at The Huffington Post, from among the hundreds of nominees ...
Those cursed right wingers, Steven Weber complains, what with their "rhetorical gymnastics" and "outrageously unhinged attitude," among other alleged crimes and misdemeanors.
President Obama has killed bin Laden, "Qaddafi's ka-dead and the Arab Spring's been sprung," US troops are finally leaving Iraq and the American people are "aroused and assembled," Weber writes. Despite all this, "the corporate media is taking the same sought-for outcomes which have wildly eluded the Right and reconstituting them into their kooky contrivances, constructing their alternate realities at odds with what is actually happening in the streets and in the people's houses that line them."
After insulting Republican presidential candidates, Weber comes to the overwrought point of his screed. A word to the wise: avoid ingesting any beverage while reading what's to follow (emphasis added) --
The scale of Right Wing sociopolitical sabotage necessitates a Nuremberg-scale trial for all the corporate agents and treasonous capitalisto-fascist architects of our democracy's current and most pressing misery. From the blatant Republican doublespeak emanating from think-tank sponsored word doctors to the outright obstruction and lies expectorated by Republican congressional representatives and senators, the very concept of governance can only be considered once the culprits are removed. Driven to real madness by unadulterated greed they have embraced an ideology, the success of which hinges upon the very ruin of this nation.
Gee, I don't know. Wouldn't the "very ruin of this nation" be really bad for sales? Just asking.
A potential problem with the prosecutions suggested by Weber -- even by the fluid standards of previous show trials conducted by his ideological brethren, Weber's allegations are a tad lacking in specifics. Last I checked, "rhetorical gymnastics" and an "outrageously unhinged attitude" remain legal, most especially in Hollywood where Weber plies his craft, and for which he is abundantly compensated.
Boiled to its essence, Weber's complaint appears to be twofold -- that conservatives and Republicans dare to hold different opinions than Obama while not voting in favor of his legislative proposals.
For this, Weber suggests a "Nuremberg-scale trial," thereby comparing conservatives acting entirely within their rights in a free and often boisterous democracy with monsters who engaged in industrial-scale mass murder of innocents. Such a proposal is beyond ignorant, it is obscene. The irony is clearly lost on Weber -- in calling for a trial comparable to those at Nuremberg after World War II, he is acting in a manner reminiscent of the people who stood trial there.
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I could be wrong here, but I
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 1:26pm.
I could be wrong here, but I have studied some history in my meager little life, and my parents were around back during those days..........and it seems to me that the Nuremburg trials were for people and actions that were, in many ways, very similiar to what we are getting from the current REGIME.
I'm sure that this delusional 'writer' would probably like to see people like me rounded up, thrown in a train, and sent off to some kind of 're-education camps'.
In you go into a 21st century dungeon
Submitted by lrgon on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 6:31pm.
and are kept there for years without a Writ of Habeas Corpus and no prospects of clearing your name in a trial since you have no right to a trial according to Bush's Attorney General Gonzalez, it's because G.W. Bush pushed for and signed the Patriot Act and created the Department of Fatherland Security {heil Bush!}.
Can anyone blame Central planner in Chief Obama for taking the PA and the DHS a step further by targeting and murdering American citizens without the trials and the Writ that Bush threw away?
What are you rambling on about?
Submitted by CobraMan on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 6:51pm.
What are you rambling on about? No one is being "kept" for years without a trial as each and everyone of the "detainees" faced a "military tribunal," which is another name for a "trial." Now, compare that to Obama who, unilaterally, has decided that it's better to kill than to capture, even if your an American citizen.
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
I've got to admit, Cobra,
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 8:07pm.
I've got to admit, Cobra, that I couldn't follow whatever the hell he was talking about either........but he did swerve into one pretty accurate statement, by calling Obama the 'Central Planner'.............which may give us an indication of how this poster thinks. He might have been talking about Guantanamo Prison...........which the Central Planner promised to close within the first year of his coronation - but is still operating very smoothly. Hell, those poor captives down there eat better and are afforded more 'perks' and 'favors' than the soldiers guarding them!!!
Actually, given the provable criminality of guys like Soros, Holder, Barama, and countless others involved in this REGIME, I think we OUGHT to send them to Gitmo............and let those mooooooooooooooooooooooslems decide what to do with them.
Yeah, and Richard Nixon
Submitted by Kenny Bunkport on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 7:02pm.
Yeah, and Richard Nixon created the EPA.
It's unfortunate that Republicans often try to create something for good that the Democrats subsequently seize with fascist fury. The Demonazis always take something started with limited intent and then give it steroids to become a power-hungry gestapo.
I agree, Republicans should know better than to ever start an agency or create a new department, because at some point the power hungry, beauracratic Democrats will use that entity to take away individual rights and turn them over to the government.
Lets see. Patriot Act originally dealt mostly with people with international connections and of foreign descent. But OH MY GOD, it was racist and undemocratic, singling out only those most likely to commit terrorism. Obama wants to use the Patriot Act to monitor ALL of the internet, which affects just about everybody, so I guess that's democratic all right.
Likewise the TSA started out making people take their shoes off but now needs to grope the privates of six year olds and has become a pedophile magnet. Funny, Bush kept terror at bay without checking baby diapers for 7 years. But since the Muslim in Chief is afraid of offending his CAIR cohorts, we have to give the TSA ridiculous latitude.
Irgon, I know you are just a troll, but you make me sick and really pi$$ me off. Hope a lovely TSA agent gives you a full cavity search. I'm sure it'll be Bush's fault.
Sort of like how the Bible
Submitted by ant on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 11:58pm.
Sort of like how the Bible says the devil twists and perverts everything on Earth intended for good. Remember how so gosh-darned important it was to Barbara Boxer that all TSA agents be registered Democrats? They're pathetic, every one of them.
Steven Weber is a pretty good actor.
Submitted by KyWriter on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 1:35pm.
He was probably at his prime in Hamburger Hill and has good, solid credentials in both his film and television work. However, this psychotic rant offers further proof that acting is not a good field to find commentators capable of sustaining rational discourse. Get a script, Steven, and go back to entertaining for a living. You're not going to make it in an adult environment if you have to have someone hovering nearby with a compazine suppository for those indelicate times you roll off the deep end.
He's an idiot
Submitted by jon_torlin on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 1:38pm.
I've always thought this guy was an idiot. He proved it quite well.
Good job.
-Jon
Another Fading Celebrity Begging for Attention
Submitted by V the K on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 1:44pm.
Maybe Stephen Weber and Orlando Jones can put their heads together and figure out who else they want killed. Fortunately for them, it doesn't require talent to issue a death threat.
Weber echoes the mantra of the Left, namely that . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 1:50pm.
. . . Somebody (pick one: Wall St. bankers; conservatives; Republicans; Bush-43) "needs to pay (jail at a minimum; execution called by some) for the current economic situation, but they can't articulate under what laws outside of mob violence, these alleged perpetrators would be tried.
The real villain in this is the collaboration of Big Government with Big Finance. Most of it was unethical, and laws ought to exist to prevent it. But the fact remains that one cannot put someone (or something on trial) without specifying the laws that were broken.
What Weber and his ilk are really advocating is the amorphous "social justice," which relies on no written laws, but rather comes down to whose ox gets gored.
As was posted previously, in Nazi Germany or Soviet Russia, it is Hollywood that would be put on trial.
It's a rash.
Submitted by pockets64 on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 1:49pm.
Busy day on the Stupid Wagon.
First Orlando Jones jumped on, now this nut case.
Are they all so starved for attention?
Pretty strange, the
Submitted by ant on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 2:08pm.
Pretty strange, the persistent stereotype of conservatives and the compassionate demands that they be 'shut up and put down'. I'm conservative and I'm broke, so how do they explain that? Methinks we need to change our definitions concerning Dems and Repubs. Obama is really not liberal, or as David Swindle points out in a recent article at Pajamas Media, he certainly is not 'counter-culture' as some OWS's think they are, he's a Marxist, plain and simple. Emphasis on the word simple.
You're conservative AND
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 2:33pm.
You're conservative AND you're broke??? Gee...........I'm not alone!!!
There is hope though, killa,
Submitted by ant on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 2:47pm.
There is hope though, killa, just several hundred million dollars to go and any of us could run for office.
Why I can't run for President.
Submitted by IdahoJim on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 3:42pm.
I'm conservative, broke, and working for hourly wages with no benefits. (AKA Underemployed)
I can't afford to campaign, find contributors, or even the pay for gas I would need to get anywhere outside of Idaho.
Oh well, maybe 2016.
IdahoJim
http://idahoandy.net
Well, speaking for myself, I
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 3:56pm.
Well, speaking for myself, I couldn't pass the MSM anal-exam.............and moreso, I wouldn't give a rip about it -which would REALLY piss them off!!! So they'd be having their way with me - coming AND going!!! Of course, a lot of people would vote for me because of that............but probably not enough to win.
killa
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 4:09pm.
I still need to pay off several loans before I can be broke.
Yeah, you're right,
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 5:22pm.
Yeah, you're right, Tugboat.............I forgot about that!!! I like to say that I used to learn about 'negative numbers' when I was taking math in high school, but I never really understood the concept until I went out on my own..........and got a checkbook!!!
And it appears that the majority of politicians, and moreover the whole current REGIME - has never really understood the concept of 'negative numbers'.
Just posting here will doom your candidacy
Submitted by pockets64 on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 4:25pm.
You're already an extremist racist bigotted homophobe because you post here.
Oh, and I left out my favorite: "right wing-nut." That one is so original and catchy.
That's true.
Submitted by ant on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 12:02am.
And like killa has stated, I too, would never pass the MSM anal probe, but I would SOOO enjoy arguing with them.
Speaking of sins.
Submitted by IdahoJim on Thu, 11/03/2011 - 7:51pm.
Several years ago I had a priest ask me if there were any sins I cared to confess.
I said no, but I do have some favorite sins I could brag about!
IdahoJim
http://idahoandy.net
Killa
Submitted by Radical1979 on Thu, 11/03/2011 - 8:19pm.
Maybe we need someone with your attitude (God please don't strike me dead for that). We need a candidate who doesn't "give a rip" about passing the test by the MSM. Someone who says, "hey, that's in the past, I'm not even going to talk about it. let's talk about the deficit, unemployment, the stuff that matters!"
As far as winning the election killa, it depends how many dead people we can get to vote for you.
I thought this guy was, well
Submitted by poseA on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 2:09pm.
I thought this guy was, well you know, sane.
Alright
Submitted by Ashrak on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 2:16pm.
Lets have that trial, complete with perjury punishments on the table.
The progressives would lose their shorts, their lunches and their collective and projection filled threat making ability once and for all.
The time has come
Submitted by gobnait06 on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 2:36pm.
to 'Dixie Chick' the whole lot of these narcissists whose egos are so engorged that they believe we care about their opinions. Think of what we'll save in terms of money, time and brain cells by staying away from their movies en masse.
S. Weber
Submitted by Apachesam on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 2:41pm.
My only question is, "who is Steven Weber?"
This is the guy. I actually
Submitted by Seashell on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 2:49pm.
This is the guy. I actually remember him from a show back in the 90's (I think) called "Wings". I liked him in it and thought he was pretty good-looking. Well, I am afraid to say he has not aged well. I guess his brain left w/his looks.
He was the co-star of Wings, an NBC TV sitcom that aired
Submitted by lrgon on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 6:52pm.
from 1990 to '97.
Wings gave a big boost to the careers of both Charles Haden Church and Tony Shalhoub (Monk) but Steven Weber was the funnier of the two top billed actors on Wings, the main star being Tim Daly. Rebecca Schull the ticket agent was wittiest of the cast.
I know you posted in jest but wings was one of my favorite TV sitcoms before all the networks took the pledge to "gay pride" sitcoms with the fruitcake element.
I liked "Wings" too
Submitted by Jack Coleman on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 9:52pm.
My wife and I began watching the show during our honeymoon on Nantucket at a hotel across the street from the airport where "Wings" was largely set. I bumped into Weber four years ago on the island while I was covering a murder trial as a stringer for the New York Post and he was there for the annual film festival. I told him how much I liked the show and he was gracious in response.
I considered weaving this into the post but didn't see it as relevant to what Weber wrote or to my criticism.
Mr. Coleman,
Submitted by lrgon on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 5:14pm.
Who was your favorite character? Favorite episodes?
One of my favorite episodes was the the stalking of Weber's brother (Joe Hackett) Tim Daly by a psychopathic woman. Nobody believed he was being stalked.
Not that you asked me, but
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 8:18pm.
my favorite character of a great ensemble of actors had to be Lowell [Thomas Hayden-Church] who later co-starred in a sitcom, the title of which escapes me--it was the first name of his character and the first name of his female co-star-and lasted only one season but every episode was hilarious--and then had a role as one of either the Clancys or McClarys who got blown away by the Earps during the gun fight at the OK Corral [actually on Allen St. near the corral] in Tombstone.
My favorite episode of Wings was the one where Brian (Steven Weber) was supposedy repaying a loan from Joe by treating the whole group to a vacation at a luxury resort. It turned out that it was one of those time-share pitch scams where you can stay free by attending the seminars. Of course it was a disaster--monsoon storms the entire weekend, Lowell golfing in gale-force winds, sleeping on sofas, and Roy spending an inordinate amount of time before bedtime occupying the bathroom from which a loud, mysterious buzzing noise would emanate.
Jer
Jer
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 8:25pm.
It was Ned and Stacey. An odd little show, but I liked it too. Church was great in "Lonesome Trail".
I think you're mentally
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 10/27/2011 - 2:44pm.
I think you're mentally combining "Lonesome Dove" with "Broken Trail" (both had Robert Duvall but Thomas Haden Church was in "Broken Trail").
Is it just me or does it seem like a lot of celebrities and
Submitted by Lipton on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 2:59pm.
Hollywood libs are simply going nuts. Why does getting everything you want cause a person to go nuts?
Could be identity loss?
Submitted by jon_torlin on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 3:41pm.
I'm not Doc Sam, but there are some actors that get affected by playing other people besides themselves that they forget themselves or their minds fade away to nothing and liberal actors fill the empty spaces with liberalism. Of course, if that were true, a lot of actors might get that way.(saying all that woth tongue in cheek!)
-Jon
They are the product of Public education
Submitted by lrgon on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 5:32pm.
and the liberal/Marxist indoctrination they receive in college. The actors and stars of the 30's thru 50's attended school before Deweyism took hold and began to warp the minds of public school kids.
Add your name to the list, Steven
Submitted by CobraMan on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 3:27pm.
"The scale of Right Wing sociopolitical sabotage necessitates a Nuremberg-scale trial for all the corporate agents and treasonous capitalisto-fascist architects of our democracy's current and most pressing misery. "
Well, you may as well add your name to the list, Steven, as you worked for several media corporations during your career. That makes YOU a "corporate agent." You also profited quite well from those corporations, which makes YOU a "treasonous capitalisto-fascist." So, do you prefer wire or rope for your hanging?
I'm always amazed at how so many people who want to punish others for their opposing political associations like to call those others "fascists." Do these idiots even know what "fascism" means anymore?
The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States. The US Constitution
Unless you're a fetus. The US Supreme Court
Or Anwar al-Awlaki.
Just the beginning. Now that
Submitted by NC Cop on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 3:20pm.
Just the beginning. Now that the Obama re-election propaganda machine is getting churned up, look for more and more of this iditoic drivel aimed at conservatives.
These people truly are certifiable.
Weber
Submitted by Eagle101 on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 3:22pm.
Steven's career must be on the wane. This is a good way to get his communist handlers attention.
Last I checked, "rhetorical
Submitted by PeskyDane on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 3:23pm.
Last I checked, "rhetorical gymnastics" and an "outrageously unhinged attitude" remain legal...
not in his beloved Soviet Union... ah, good times, right Steve?
"sociopolitical
Submitted by Beukeboom on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 3:30pm.
"sociopolitical sabotage"?
"capitalisto-fascist"?
Made-up terms with no real meaning does not make one an intellectual.
Someone's upping the dosage of whatever is being used to spike liberals' koolaid (or other beverage of choice).
No Real Terms But They are the Dumbest of Terms
Submitted by Avitar on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 12:47am.
"sociopolitical sabotage" is the oppisite of going along to get along. Any considered judgement of the proposed plans for society is sabotage.
"capitalisto-fascist" Is an unknown since Fascist is "capitalisto-socilist" as was defined by the Italian Socialist Benito Mussolini.
This sounds like an effort to create an area to left of center but not so far liberal as a facist.
Just another D-list actor
Submitted by DaChew on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 3:31pm.
Just another D-list actor using the Garofalo method of getting subsistence level work on the Hollywood plantation.
Because nothing says "American values"
Submitted by Keef Olbermann on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 4:30pm.
like arresting political opponents.
Speaking of unhinged, No
Submitted by dscott on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 10:18pm.
Speaking of unhinged, No doubt that Weber would agree then with Obama's close friend and mentor, Bill Ayers, that Americans who don't agree with their line of thinking should be rounded up and put in concentration camps. Obama's mentor thought it was perfectly acceptable to murder up to 20 million Americans IF they didn't learn to think properly.
Yeah, we know who the monsters are and Weber is just a lower level functionary with delusions of grandeur in service to greater liberal utopia.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 6:17pm.
Who is Steven Weber?
Steven Weber
Submitted by wdvander on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 7:26pm.
I just don't remember any actor named Steven Weber, unless it was the guy who plays Ashton Kutcher type roles. You know the ones where the person is an airheaded dope smoker type with no real idea of what is going on around them. No, Weber has no idea what conservatives want, only what the media tells him.
Weber was a co-star in the TV series "Wings" with Tim Daley
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 1:04am.
about two brothers/pilots who owned a small airport near Boston. Weber was very good in the role--excellent comedic timing--but the only movie in which I know he appeared was Single White Female with Bridget Fonda and Juliet Lewis. He played Fonda's boyfriend until the emotionally disturbed Lewis picked up a six-inch high heel shoe and drove it into his eye socket.
At one time he was a fairly regular blogger at HuffPo. Very smart, good writer, and well to the left.
Jer
One minor correction, Jer. It
Submitted by ant on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 1:13am.
One minor correction, Jer. It was supposed to be on the island of Nantucket. I used to do a lot of work there, until, strangely, the bottom fell out right before Obama's election. Also due to the fact of the dereliction of duty by Bush and many others in DC allowed it to become Mexico North and many Americans couldn't compete AND afford to live.
I stand corrected, ant...
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 1:18am.
I had forgotten the locale and I started to just say New England but something made me type "near Boston".
See ya later,
Jer
No problem
Submitted by ant on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 1:31am.
I miss flying in those little prop planes to Hyannis and back. When the weather was bad it was like a $70 roller-coaster ride. I loved it.
Lieberal Deflection
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 9:18pm.
When lieberals fear they might be the subject of adverse charges, they manufacture those very same charges of wrongdoing against their opposition. It's part of their self-defense mechanism. Sometimes it is to justify something they are planning on doing themselves -- look, they do it too.
To more fully comprehend the Left, one must read “Leftism As Psychopathy” by John Ray, M.A., Ph.D. Caution, it might scare you a little bit.
http://jonjayray.tripod.com/psycho.html
Never heard of the moron but
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 12:26am.
Never heard of the moron but being an "actor" it probably took him 6-8 months to come up with that paragraph. Support OWS put wage and prices controls on hollywood and TV.
NAZIs Conducted Trials at Nuremberg Before World War II
Submitted by Avitar on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 12:32am.
Failing projects are always blamed by socialists on sociopolitical sabotage and are never bad ideas. Hitler tried Jews for it before the war when he had the time. Stalin starved Ukrainians for it in the mid-thirties. Mao buried people alive for it in the Cultural Revolution and Pol Pot executed people because their continued existence was sociopolitical sabotage. Obama's mentors from the old weather underground believed that and were planning the execution of at least 20 million Americans back during the Vietnam War.
Son of a Whore!
Submitted by billwhit1357 on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 4:50am.
The only thing I would give Obama is the smelly sweat off my crusty old testicles, smeared on his face! And I was a lifelong Democrat until 2008, and was not about to vote for some unknown who had no record or acomplishments his entire life! The Most Worthless, Sickeining, Narcisist NonLeader America has ever had has the name of B. Hussein Obama! Yes, We Can't Wait till your worthless butt is gone for good, hopefully, out of America too!
Lets Raise Cain in 2012!
Herman Cain, a True Patriotic American Black who has proved himself, no more whimpy girlymen like Obambi!
At least
Submitted by 10sfan on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 8:55am.
he uses really big scary words. Better than most of the idiot actors who spew this kind of garbage...
when are we going to wake up?
Submitted by misterbee241 on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 9:43am.
this is how Hollywood sees US. And WE are the ones putting money in hollywood's pocket. But for our money, they'd gladly see us stood against a wall and shot. Then who would pay to see their garbage?
Who, pray tell, is Steven
Submitted by Skipper50 on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 9:49am.
Who, pray tell, is Steven Weber? I thankfully have never heard of it.
just another rant
Submitted by Navy Vet '74 on Wed, 10/26/2011 - 2:08pm.
This is just another rant from the drug addled mind of another hollywierdo (his right under the constitution). These spoiled brats earn tons of money living vicariously through the characters they play. They can have anything they want, and most do. The moment they feel their lifestyle threated, they hop on board the liberal train and trash everything but the tax and spend and give away party. It has been years since I've gone to a movie and I'm paying attention to the people like Weber so I can be sure to not see anything they are involved in. The sad thing is, if people stop consuming Hollywood garbage, they will be the first on line with their hands out. This is still the USA and at least for now everyone is guaranteed the right to an opinion