In the months and years following 9/11, there were many claims that the Bush administration was lying about various things. Some were valid (torture, weapons of mass destruction in Iraq) and others that were out-right crazy (the "truther" movement, for one.) Thousands of so-called "patriots" from the Tea Party movement and other disgruntled protesters descended on Washington D.C. Many, I'm sure, have legitimate gripes. They don't like the cap & trade plan, for example. But from the TV coverage (of which I watched A LOT today) and the pictures I saw from the event, it seems to me that there was a huge contingent of ridiculously uninformed, dangerous and out-right hateful people out there. Today I watched Glenn Beck carry on for 20 minutes about how the government is corrupt. All the while, pictures from the today’s rally on the Mall flashed behind him. There were images of speakers of protestors, some showing people with pictures of Obama dressed as Hitler and signs calling the health care reform bills eugenics. Now I know what you’re thinking, was Glenn Beck cleverly using these pictures to illustrate some of the corruption he was ranting about? Of course not. The images were from a grassroots* rally opposed to ...