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AgingAmerican

(12,958 posts)
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 01:42 PM Apr 2013

Irate Boston man confronts idiotic Alex Jones "reporter" over ‘false flag’ claim

A reporter from Alex Jones’ Infowars.com website found himself being being verbally destroyed by a resident on the streets of Boston over claims that the recent bombings had been the result of a so-called “false flag” operation carried out by the U.S. government.

In the YouTube video posted on Friday, a man can be heard tearing into Infowars.com reporter Dan Bidondi over “right wing conspiracy theories.”

The day of the bombing, Jones had tweeted that “this thing stinks to high heaven #falseflag,” adding that “the FBI has been behind virtually every domestic terror plot in the US.”



We need more of this in this country..
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Irate Boston man confronts idiotic Alex Jones "reporter" over ‘false flag’ claim (Original Post) AgingAmerican Apr 2013 OP
Fan fucking tastic.... trumad Apr 2013 #1
Who is that annoying Hispanic woman standing up for that poor excuse of a journalist?? BlueCaliDem Apr 2013 #2
I think she's just asking the context of why they're arguing. JaneyVee Apr 2013 #5
I'm pretty sure she can follow what the angry Bostonian had been saying since she'd been standing BlueCaliDem Apr 2013 #7
She was the back up voice for the headless chicken babbling for Infowars. freshwest Apr 2013 #32
That's my suspicion, too, freshwest. eom BlueCaliDem Apr 2013 #35
Dupe post. Segami Apr 2013 #3
Its sad no one checks any more, Half the greatest page is dupes. bahrbearian Apr 2013 #6
No one checked before, either. Heywood J Apr 2013 #25
Yes the mods did help, but look at todays Greatest Threads, every 3rd one is a dupe bahrbearian Apr 2013 #26
AWESOME!!! Robyn66 Apr 2013 #4
Have I written yet today of how I love Boston? MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #8
I ENJOYED THAT!!!!! n/t GiveMeFreedom Apr 2013 #9
we've got the photos - alex jones' dweeb arely staircase Apr 2013 #10
That's pretty much how Will described these freaks coming to piss on the dead and maimed in Boston. freshwest Apr 2013 #33
That was too perfect! I hope this goes viral and that asshole Flatulo Apr 2013 #11
Damn I love a pissed off Bostonian! ohiosmith Apr 2013 #12
I would have called him a "Skinhead" too.... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #13
That's not fair.... AtheistCrusader Apr 2013 #16
This guy was going for the "Gannon Look". Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #19
I always keep the sides at least. AtheistCrusader Apr 2013 #22
....."make it so" Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #24
Solar panel for a CRK7376 Apr 2013 #37
I did call him that. The shaved head is all part of the 'uniform'. Flatulo Apr 2013 #17
One thing you have to remember... Spitfire of ATJ Apr 2013 #21
Righteous anger and quick on his feet reflection Apr 2013 #14
Wonderful!! obama2terms Apr 2013 #15
"Piss flaps". secondvariety Apr 2013 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author devilgrrl Apr 2013 #20
It would be nice to start some hilarious conspiracy rumors about Jones/InfoWars even if not. AtheistCrusader Apr 2013 #23
They've interviewed the John Birch Society spokesman, founded by the Koches. freshwest Apr 2013 #29
the founder was robert welch (welch candy fortune = sugar babies/sugar daddies/junior mints). HiPointDem Apr 2013 #31
get that man a podcast/webradio show 0rganism Apr 2013 #27
I BOW TO BOSTON. GaYellowDawg Apr 2013 #28
I felt a tremendous pride in the gentleman who confronted that asshat! DrewFlorida Apr 2013 #30
+1 freshwest Apr 2013 #34
Alex Jones olivelove Apr 2013 #36

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
2. Who is that annoying Hispanic woman standing up for that poor excuse of a journalist??
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 01:58 PM
Apr 2013

And why?

She needs to STFU and start asking that Alex {Jim} Jones "reporter" why he believes the U.S. Gov't is behind the bombing in Boston. Instead, she goes on the attack of the brave Bostonian who is actually calling the conspiracy theorists to task.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
7. I'm pretty sure she can follow what the angry Bostonian had been saying since she'd been standing
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 02:18 PM
Apr 2013

there all that time. Seriously, if she really was interested in what the two were arguing about, she could've just remained silent for a few moments and listened. It would've been crystal clear. Instead, she starts taping the Bostonian and asking stupid questions that he'd already answered.

ALL American communities should be as brave as that Bostonian. Maybe we wouldn't have pseudo-journalists popping up all over the place trying to frame every tragedy as a "government is BAD" narrative, which fits perfectly into the anti-government dickheads' propaganda that is helping to take this country down - even if they don't know it.

Heywood J

(2,515 posts)
25. No one checked before, either.
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 08:27 PM
Apr 2013

The mods just had the power to merge threads. Maybe that might be a good idea for hosts.

bahrbearian

(13,466 posts)
26. Yes the mods did help, but look at todays Greatest Threads, every 3rd one is a dupe
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 08:45 PM
Apr 2013

7 year old Corn husker , Polls plummet for Senators who voted no, Tebow was cut about 8 times today. Upon edit Some posts are 2 or 3 day old dupes.

 

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)
8. Have I written yet today of how I love Boston?
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 02:23 PM
Apr 2013

Well... I love Boston.

And the People's Republic of Cambridge. And Newton, Watertown and the rest.

Decency, common sense, and spines.

arely staircase

(12,482 posts)
10. we've got the photos - alex jones' dweeb
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 02:42 PM
Apr 2013

you've got jack shit. you've got your dick in your hand - area man.

 

Flatulo

(5,005 posts)
11. That was too perfect! I hope this goes viral and that asshole
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 03:58 PM
Apr 2013

skinhead gets pwn3ed everywhere he goes.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
13. I would have called him a "Skinhead" too....
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 04:04 PM
Apr 2013

I see a LOT of these Reich Wingers shaving their heads.

That's what some people do to "transform" before going on a rampage.

 

Flatulo

(5,005 posts)
17. I did call him that. The shaved head is all part of the 'uniform'.
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 04:35 PM
Apr 2013

Normally I try not to judge on appearance, but the shaved head really is sort of a secret handshake.

Most of them are too chickenshit to walk down the street in full Nazi regalia.

 

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)
21. One thing you have to remember...
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 05:52 PM
Apr 2013

People think the first amendment says there can't be a LAW against free speech. It's not against the LAW for this jackass to spout his crap but these idiots think it's a green light to say things that would get them a punch in the face if they said it in High School.

obama2terms

(563 posts)
15. Wonderful!!
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 04:28 PM
Apr 2013

I'm so sick of people saying these things, it's offensive and disgusting. Plus, if they think the U.S. gov't would actually even do this, or actually even be capable of doing this then why don't go to another country? Just saying...

Response to AgingAmerican (Original post)

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
23. It would be nice to start some hilarious conspiracy rumors about Jones/InfoWars even if not.
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 05:54 PM
Apr 2013

Muhahahahaaaa

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
29. They've interviewed the John Birch Society spokesman, founded by the Koches.
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 10:55 PM
Apr 2013

The end result of their game is the same, destroy democratic government and promote the same things the Koch brothers fund through ALEC. They just make it more dramatic.

 

HiPointDem

(20,729 posts)
31. the founder was robert welch (welch candy fortune = sugar babies/sugar daddies/junior mints).
Tue Apr 30, 2013, 12:02 AM
Apr 2013

Last edited Tue Apr 30, 2013, 12:43 AM - Edit history (2)

there were 11 founding *members* of which fred koch (father of today's kochs) was one.

Robert Welch asked 12 men to attend a meeting at the home of Miss Marguerite Dice of 3650 Washington Blvd in Indianapolis on Monday and Tuesday, December 8 and 9, 1958. Dice was the National Vice-Chairman of Minute Women of the U.S.A., Inc.

An example of Welch’s invitation and subsequent instructions are copied below. In this two-day meeting Welch explained his proposal for creation of the John Birch Society.

Eleven men accepted the invitation. The 11 are listed below. The asterisked names are the men who later accepted positions on the JBS National Council.



*T. Coleman Andrews (Richmond VA)

Thomas Coleman Andrews (February 19, 1899 – October 15, 1983) was an accountant and an independent candidate for President of the United States...He went on leave from his firm in 1931 to become the Auditor of Public Accounts for the Commonwealth of Virginia, a position he held until 1933. He also took leave in 1938 to serve as controller and director of finance in Richmond. Andrews served in the office of the Under-Secretary of War as a fiscal director. He joined the United States Marine Corps in 1943, working as an accountant in North Africa and in the Fourth Marine Aircraft Wing. Andrews retired from his firms in 1953 to become the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. He left the position in 1955 stating his opposition to the income tax. Andrews ran for President as the States' Rights Party candidate in 1956.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._Coleman_Andrews


*Laurence E. Bunker (Wellesley Hills MA)



*William J. Grede (Milwaukee WI)

Grede Foundries, board of national association of manufacturers, national ymca fundraiser

http://www.jbs.org/william-grede


William R. Kent (Memphis TN)

The appellants were partners in three flying schools which were engaged in training pilots under the Army Air Corps Contract Flying School Program. These schools were (1) Pine Bluff School of Aviation at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, hereinafter referred to as 'Pine Bluff School', (2) Helena Aero Tech at Helena, Arkansas, hereinafter referred to as 'Helena Aero School', and (3) Clarksdale School of Aviation at Clarksdale, Mississippi, hereinafter referred to as 'Clarksdale School'. The contracts under which the flying schools were operated were simply memorandum agreements whereby the Army Air Corps agreed to furnish the air planes and to pay a price of $17,50 per revenue hour flying time and the contractor agreed to furnish all facilities and personnel, under the supervision of an air corps detachment, necessary for the training of Cadets. The term of the contracts was for one year or from the beginning of the school until the following June 30, whichever term was shorter, and was cancellable without cause by the Army Air Corps on 30 days notice. No assurances of renewal or extension were made.

https://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/259/259.F2d.371.13360-13362_1.html

https://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/259/259.F2d.371.13360-13362_1.html


*Fred C. Koch (Wichita KS)

*W.B. McMillan (St. Louis, MO) – McMillan was the first person to become a JBS member after founder Robert Welch

can't find a lot of hard documentation about him though according to conspiracy sites he was federal reserve/cfr. you can kind of tell the milieu he comes from though. cornell grad &:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/stltoday/obituary.aspx?n=sewell-lee-avery-mcmillan&pid=147316060


*Revilo P. Oliver (Urbana IL)

U of IL prof & white supremacist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revilo_P._Oliver


*Louis Ruthenburg (Evansville IN)

Head of Servel Corp, a Rockefeller-connected manufacturer (through national city bank & chase manhattan)

http://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&hl=en&q=louis+ruthenberg+servel&btnG=


Fitzhugh Scott, Jr. (Milwaukee, WI)



*Robert W. Stoddard (Worcester, MA)

Robert Waring Stoddard (c. 1906 - 1984) was President of Wyman-Gordon, a major industrial enterprise, and one of the founders of the anti-communist John Birch Society. The Stoddard family was one of the oldest and richest in Worcester, Massachusetts.[2] Stoddard attended the Bancroft School in Worcester, then Worcester Academy graduating in 1924.[3] He went on to Yale University. The Stoddards owned Wyman-Gordon, a major company that manufactured forgings for the automotive, aerospace and gas turbine industries. Stoddard was chairman of the Worcester Telegram & Gazette for more than twenty years. Stoddard was one of the members of a Study Group organized by the National Association of Manufacturers. The group published a report in 1957 describing "the extent to which labor unions in the United States hold and exercise monopolistic powers; also the circumstances under which such anti-social powers, which in other hands would be clearly illegal, are permitted to exist."

In 1982 Stoddard was a member of the Board of Governors of the Council for National Policy (CNP). He was Chairman of the Board of Raytheon and International Paper, a member of the Board of First National Bank of Boston, member of the Board of State Mutual Life Insurance Company, director and vice-president of the National Association of Manufacturers, director and president of the YMCA and a member of the National Council of The John Birch Society.[13]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Waring_Stoddard


*Ernest W. Swigert (Portland OR)



12/23/58 = The JBS was incorporated as a non-profit business organization in Massachusetts and was assigned Charter Number 624-300. The officers were listed as Robert Welch (President) and Treasurer, Ellen M. Lovett (Clerk/Secretary). The Directors listed were Mary M. White, Robert Welch, and Ellen M. Lovett. The incorporators were listed as Robert Welch, Marian Probert Welch (wife of Robert), Ellen M. Lovett, Mary M. White, Ellen Douglas Snow aka Mrs. Stanley Carman Snow, Philip L. Jenkins, and Juliette D. Guild. The aims and purposes of the JBS were listed as promoting civic interest in national and international affairs by an educational program and the collection and dissemination of literature for educational purposes.


https://sites.google.com/site/ernie1241/

there is way more to jbs than the kochs.

0rganism

(23,930 posts)
27. get that man a podcast/webradio show
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 09:05 PM
Apr 2013

Seldom have I heard such a succinct and accurate smack-down of a right-wing ass-clown as this videographer has put forth here. This is truly a thing of beauty, and it's a pity it would be *bleeped* to incoherency by FCC-compliant broadcasters.

GaYellowDawg

(4,446 posts)
28. I BOW TO BOSTON.
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 09:07 PM
Apr 2013

Every single conservative muckraker deserves EXACTLY THIS. This ought to be a model for how they're treated. I normally hate seeing people treated poorly, but this guy absolutely deserves it.

On edit: my favorite line was "he belongs crawled up someone's ass in Alabama."

DrewFlorida

(1,096 posts)
30. I felt a tremendous pride in the gentleman who confronted that asshat!
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 11:38 PM
Apr 2013

I'm originally from Boston and have many friends and family there, some who were not far from the finish-line when the bombs went off. Listening to the likes of Alex Jones and his cohorts is maddening, the thought that they would use a tragedy like this to push lies and fabrications is a heinous act of cowardice.
I was proud of that man for confronting him and spewing adjectives which described him accurately, Alex Jones and his associates are pieces of shit, disgusting pieces of shit!

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