In the Soviet Union, opponents of the regime were often declared insane and locked up. The American media, perhaps frightened by political demonstrations they don't understand, resort to the same despicable tactic. Rather than analyze, they sneer and fabricate lies.Marc Cooper, "director of Annenberg Digital News at the Annenberg School for Communication at USC" writes in the LA Times that "tea parties are steeped in insanity." Not a psychiatrist or psychologist, Cooper's diagnosis is based in nothing but his own sneering. He writes:But are common folks actually going to dump Earl Grey into Santa Monica Bay because they are outraged, simply infuriated, by the marginal tax rate rising 3% for millionaires?Claiming that the only tax increase is a 3% marginal hike on "millionaires" (a combined joint income of $250k apparently means millionaire to Cooper) is downright deceptive. The reduction in deductibility of charitable donations and adjustment to other...(Read Full Post)