AP: Fort Hood Suspect Received Poor Performance Evaluation For Hospital Work

Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who has been identified as a shooting suspect at Fort Hood, is believed to be a mental health professional.

A source tells CBS News investigative producer Len Tepper that Hasan is a licensed psychiatrist in Bethesda, Md. He is a drug and rehab specialist who got his Virginia psychiatry license July 12, 2005.

There is also word that he was about to be deployed to Iraq and was upset about it.  Officials who had access to his records say he received a poor performance evaluation while at Walter Reed.

The Virginia-born soldier was single with …

GOP Teaparty Rep. Leads Crowd in Pledge “To Drive Liberals Crazy”; Botches It

Representative Todd Akin of Missouri, pandering to a crowed of tea partiers on Capitol Hill, asserts how important it is that “God” has been in the Pledge of Allegiance since 1954.  So intent was he to proclaim “God” as key to the Pledge, that he forgot what came next.  And he failed to note that the original Pledge dates back to 1892, written by Francis Bellamy, a Christian socialist, expressing the ideas of his cousin, Edward Bellamy, to promote the concept of a socialist utopian world. Also ignored is that “under God” was added to the Pledge in reaction to…

On Thursday’s Radio Show…

• The latest on the tragic mass shooting at Fort Hood.

• Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations discusses CAIR’s efforts to prevent an anti-Muslim backlash in response to today’s events.

• Legendary singer-songwriter Carole King joins Alan to discuss her efforts to protect the land, water, and wildlife of the Northern Rockies.…

William Shatner Reads Levi Johnston’s Tweets (Updated)

UPDATE: Levi Johston’s lawyer, Rex Butler, says the Tweets are not really Levi’s, and is asking for a retraction from the Tonight Show.…

Time To Ignore The Party Of No?

Senate Democrats approved a climate bill without Republicans present, because Republicans were boycotting. Senator Barbara Boxer (right), head of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, made the bold move.

The bill would require cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent over the next decade from 2005 levels. But Republicans warned the bill would leave consumers with higher energy bills.

“This would be the largest tax increase in the history of America,” Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., one of the seven committee Republicans, told Fox News. “I can only conclude that they don’t want the public to know how …

Right Wing Jumps The Shark With Dontkillgrandma.com

Freedomworks, the Dick Armey-led group, in conjunction with South Florida Tea party, has launched the unfortunately-named dontkillgrandma.com, perpetuating the myth that Obama and Democrats want to do in our elderly loved ones. Comments on the site show a series of posts by Tenthers, anti-reformers, railers against a government takeover of health care, and other misstatements about just what is being proposed.

Is this the future of the GOP?…

After Losing NY-23, Conservatives Declare War On GOP

If anything, the election of Bill Owens at the expense of the right-wing teabaggers should be a warning sign; instead, they’re going full steam ahead and gearing up to challenge a dozen House and Senate Republicans in 2010.

Conservatives and tea party activists had already set their sights on some of the GOP’s top Senate recruits — a list that includes Gov. Charlie Crist in Florida, former Rep. Rob Simmons in Connecticut and Rep. Mark Kirk in Illinois, among others.

But their success in Tuesday’s upstate New York special election, where grass-roots efforts pushed GOP nominee Dede Scozzafava to …

TMZ: Carrie Prejean Did X-Rated Home Video

Not that there’s anything wrong with that, unless you’re traipsing around the country at so-called “values summits” promoting yourself as courageous for sticking up for the Lord.  TMZ reports that Prejean was demanding a $1 million settlement from Miss California-USA pageant officials until they confronted her with the videotape.

The video the lawyer showed Carrie is extremely graphic and has never been released publicly. We know that, because TMZ obtained the video months ago but decided not to post it because it was so racy. Let’s just say, Carrie has a promising solo career.

We’re told it took …

On Wednesday’s Radio Show…

• Scott Conroy and Shushannah Walshe, authors of the new book Sarah from Alaska, reveal how Sarah Palin caused a civil war within the 2008 McCain presidential campaign.

• With both Republicans AND Democrats claiming key victories in the 2009 elections, which party really gained the most? Alan weighs in.

• dith·er·ing: Alan provides a helpful vocabulary lesson for Congressman Joe “You Lie!” Wilson.…

Joe Wilson Knows Word “Lie”, but Not “Dithering”

South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson wasn’t sure what Dick Cheney meant when he accused President Obama of “dithering” on Afghanistan.  On a radio show, Wilson admitted he had to look it up to figure out what Cheney meant.

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The War On Christmas Has Begun!

And, much like with real wars, the War Powers Act is totally disregarded.  Catholic League President Bill Donohue has made the declaration.

(h/t RightWingWatch)

For almost three decades, there has been a Christmas parade in Amelia, Ohio, a village outside Cincinnati. But this year there will be none. That’s because one person complained, village solicitor Laura Abrams. Her complaint: the word “Christmas.” In response, the village changed the name to the “Holiday Parade,” though it did not say what holiday was being celebrated. Understandably, this dishonest scheme created a furor, the result being–just to play it safe–there …