Friday, March 05, 2010
Two items in the news today: one about someone with no standards, and one with just a little bit more...
First, NY Times editorial from Paul Krugman: Senator Bunning's Universe. We won't quote from it, but rather quote, in full, James Taranto's retort in his Best of the Web column:
You'd think a smart guy like Krugman would expect someone to find this and thus add a bit of nuance to his column. (Just like you'd expect someone with character and integrity to not even consider doing something like this).
And the second news event from today - From the Washington Post, The Fix:
Pics are from the linked sources above.
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First, NY Times editorial from Paul Krugman: Senator Bunning's Universe. We won't quote from it, but rather quote, in full, James Taranto's retort in his Best of the Web column:
Former Enron adviser Paul Krugman takes note in his New York Times column of what the calls "the incredible gap that has opened up between the parties":
Today, Democrats and Republicans live in different universes, both intellectually and morally.
"What Democrats believe," he says "is what textbook economics says":
But that's not how Republicans see it. Here's what Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, had to say when defending Mr. Bunning's position (although not joining his blockade): unemployment relief "doesn't create new jobs. In fact, if anything, continuing to pay people unemployment compensation is a disincentive for them to seek new work."
Krugman scoffs: "To me, that's a bizarre point of view--but then, I don't live in Mr. Kyl's universe."
What does textbook economics have to say about this question? Here is a passage from a textbook called "Macroeconomics":
Public policy designed to help workers who lose their jobs can lead to structural unemployment as an unintended side effect. . . . In other countries, particularly in Europe, benefits are more generous and last longer. The drawback to this generosity is that it reduces a worker's incentive to quickly find a new job. Generous unemployment benefits in some European countries are widely believed to be one of the main causes of "Eurosclerosis," the persistent high unemployment that affects a number of European countries.
So it turns out that what Krugman calls Sen. Kyl's "bizarre point of view" is, in fact, textbook economics. The authors of that textbook are Paul Krugman and Robin Wells. Miss Wells is also known as Mrs. Paul Krugman.
It seems Krugman himself lives in two different universes--the universe of the academic economist and the universe of the bitter partisan columnist. Or maybe this is like that episode of "Star Trek" in which crewmen from the Enterprise switched places with their counterparts from a universe in which everyone was the same, only evil.
Like Spock, the evil Krugman is the one with the beard.
Today, Democrats and Republicans live in different universes, both intellectually and morally.
"What Democrats believe," he says "is what textbook economics says":
But that's not how Republicans see it. Here's what Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, had to say when defending Mr. Bunning's position (although not joining his blockade): unemployment relief "doesn't create new jobs. In fact, if anything, continuing to pay people unemployment compensation is a disincentive for them to seek new work."
Krugman scoffs: "To me, that's a bizarre point of view--but then, I don't live in Mr. Kyl's universe."
What does textbook economics have to say about this question? Here is a passage from a textbook called "Macroeconomics":
Public policy designed to help workers who lose their jobs can lead to structural unemployment as an unintended side effect. . . . In other countries, particularly in Europe, benefits are more generous and last longer. The drawback to this generosity is that it reduces a worker's incentive to quickly find a new job. Generous unemployment benefits in some European countries are widely believed to be one of the main causes of "Eurosclerosis," the persistent high unemployment that affects a number of European countries.
So it turns out that what Krugman calls Sen. Kyl's "bizarre point of view" is, in fact, textbook economics. The authors of that textbook are Paul Krugman and Robin Wells. Miss Wells is also known as Mrs. Paul Krugman.
It seems Krugman himself lives in two different universes--the universe of the academic economist and the universe of the bitter partisan columnist. Or maybe this is like that episode of "Star Trek" in which crewmen from the Enterprise switched places with their counterparts from a universe in which everyone was the same, only evil.
Like Spock, the evil Krugman is the one with the beard.
You'd think a smart guy like Krugman would expect someone to find this and thus add a bit of nuance to his column. (Just like you'd expect someone with character and integrity to not even consider doing something like this).
And the second news event from today - From the Washington Post, The Fix:
New York Rep. Eric Massa [D-NY] will resign his House seat on Monday at 5 pm, he said in a statement Friday, a move that comes just days after he announced his plans to retire at the end of the year.
"A member of my staff believed I had made statements that made him feel 'uncomfortable," Massa said in the statement, posted on his House web site. He added, "There is no doubt in my mind I did use language ... that ... might make a Chief Petty Officer feel uncomfortable."
"It's not that I can fight or beat these allegations, I'm guilty." Massa said in a separate statement, to to his Washington and campaign staff, which was reported by his hometown newspaper, the Corning (N.Y.) Leader.
"A member of my staff believed I had made statements that made him feel 'uncomfortable," Massa said in the statement, posted on his House web site. He added, "There is no doubt in my mind I did use language ... that ... might make a Chief Petty Officer feel uncomfortable."
"It's not that I can fight or beat these allegations, I'm guilty." Massa said in a separate statement, to to his Washington and campaign staff, which was reported by his hometown newspaper, the Corning (N.Y.) Leader.
Pics are from the linked sources above.
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Monday, December 14, 2009
Remember when the US media asked tough questions?
Neither do we.
Here is a 10-minute tutorial for our MSM, in case they wish to reverse their viewership/circulation rates...
One more question: Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist Party? Hmmm???
U/T: iOwnTheWorld
UPDATE: 12.15
More of the fine English gentlemen, this time outnumbered by the modern version of "Hitler Youth". Its still not a fair fight...
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Neither do we.
Here is a 10-minute tutorial for our MSM, in case they wish to reverse their viewership/circulation rates...
One more question: Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist Party? Hmmm???
U/T: iOwnTheWorld
UPDATE: 12.15
More of the fine English gentlemen, this time outnumbered by the modern version of "Hitler Youth". Its still not a fair fight...
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Friday, October 23, 2009
Oodles of reading for this weekend! The big story this week, FOX Sucks!
From ContraObama:
Krauthammer, Fox Wars, Townhall:
Ann Coulter, The Grating Communicator, Townhall:
Kim Strassel of the WSJ writes of the Obama team's tactics in her opinion piece, The Chicago Way: The Chamber of Commerce is only the latest target of the Chicago Gang in the White House.
James Taranto, Gelt Trip, WSJ:
Speaking of The War on Terror:
Taranto again - Karn Evil, lead paragraph:
American Thinker author Andrew Thomas explores the hatred of the left in his article, The End Game of the Left. A great write-up that (purposely?) leaves out the words "envy" and "communism". Despite these omissions, you may detect a pattern...
And in a related American Thinker article, Joseph Ashby exposes the "permanency of decline" in When Tyranny Calls.
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From ContraObama:
Krauthammer, Fox Wars, Townhall:
Fox News is no monopoly. It is a singular minority in a sea of liberal media. ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, NPR, CNN, MSNBC vs. Fox. The lineup is so unbalanced as to be comical -- and that doesn't even include the other commanding heights of the culture that are firmly, flagrantly liberal: Hollywood, the foundations, the universities, the elite newspapers.
Fox and its viewers (numbering more than CNN's and MSNBC's combined) need no defense. Defend Fox compared to whom? To CNN -- which recently unleashed its fact-checkers on a "Saturday Night Live" skit mildly critical of President Obama, but did no checking of a grotesquely racist remark CNN falsely attributed to Rush Limbaugh?
Fox and its viewers (numbering more than CNN's and MSNBC's combined) need no defense. Defend Fox compared to whom? To CNN -- which recently unleashed its fact-checkers on a "Saturday Night Live" skit mildly critical of President Obama, but did no checking of a grotesquely racist remark CNN falsely attributed to Rush Limbaugh?
Ann Coulter, The Grating Communicator, Townhall:
The strangest thing about all the invective against Fox is that it is happening in a world that contains MSNBC. At least Fox News primetime hosts, and many of their guests, know something about politics. MSNBC's primetime lineup presents an array of people who sound like earnest college kids who just walked up to a Common Cause table, and the sum-total of what they know about politics is what they read in the brochures.
Kim Strassel of the WSJ writes of the Obama team's tactics in her opinion piece, The Chicago Way: The Chamber of Commerce is only the latest target of the Chicago Gang in the White House.
Fox, like MSNBC, has its share of commentators. But according to Obama Communications Director Anita Dunn, the entire network is "opinion journalism masquerading as news." Many previous White House press officers, when faced with criticism, try this thing called outreach. The Chicago crowd has boycotted Fox altogether.
What makes these efforts notable is that they are not the lashing out of a frustrated political operation. They are calculated campaigns, designed to create bogeymen, to divide the opposition, to frighten players into compliance. The White House sees a once-in-a-generation opportunity on health care and climate. It is obsessed with winning these near-term battles, and will take no prisoners. It knows that CEOs are easily intimidated and (Fox News ratings aside) it is getting some of its way. Besides, roughing up conservatives gives the liberal blogosphere something to write about besides Guantanamo.
What makes these efforts notable is that they are not the lashing out of a frustrated political operation. They are calculated campaigns, designed to create bogeymen, to divide the opposition, to frighten players into compliance. The White House sees a once-in-a-generation opportunity on health care and climate. It is obsessed with winning these near-term battles, and will take no prisoners. It knows that CEOs are easily intimidated and (Fox News ratings aside) it is getting some of its way. Besides, roughing up conservatives gives the liberal blogosphere something to write about besides Guantanamo.
James Taranto, Gelt Trip, WSJ:
Of course it delights us to see the president and his most unsavory supporters promote Fox as the only TV news network that isn't in the tank for the administration. Although this isn't entirely fair to the other networks--in particular, ABC News's Jake Tapper has shown a strong independent streak--it is well-deserved recognition for the work Fox has done in bringing to the fore such stories as the Van Jones and Acorn scandals, which many other news organizations ignored for as long as they could.
On the other hand, we are an American, and Barack Obama is our president too. It cracks us up when MoveOn.org cheers on the president for "fighting back" by "not appearing" and "staying off." "Yes, brave Sir Robin turned about, and gallantly he chickened out."
But it scares the hell out of us to think that this also seems to be Obama's approach to dealing with America's enemies.
On the other hand, we are an American, and Barack Obama is our president too. It cracks us up when MoveOn.org cheers on the president for "fighting back" by "not appearing" and "staying off." "Yes, brave Sir Robin turned about, and gallantly he chickened out."
But it scares the hell out of us to think that this also seems to be Obama's approach to dealing with America's enemies.
Speaking of The War on Terror:
Taranto again - Karn Evil, lead paragraph:
President Obama's promise to empty the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay has run into a little obstacle: It turns out the place is full of terrorists! Like everything else, this is not Obama's fault. The terrorists are there because George W. Bush put them there, leaving poor Obama once again stuck cleaning up someone else's mess.
American Thinker author Andrew Thomas explores the hatred of the left in his article, The End Game of the Left. A great write-up that (purposely?) leaves out the words "envy" and "communism". Despite these omissions, you may detect a pattern...
In the leftist utopia of social justice, wealth is no longer created. The capitalist goose that laid the golden eggs is spread like pâté. Income and property are confiscated, housing and employment are assigned, as in Cuba and Venezuela. Scientific advancement and medical breakthroughs are ground to a halt, as in the old Soviet Union where technology was frozen in the 1950s. Entrepreneurship, personal advancement, and wealth creation are violently quashed, as in the Chinese Cultural Revolution under Mao Tse Tung. Hunger, disease, and death become familiar houseguests, as in all repressive regimes.
The end game of the leftist poweratti is to rule the nation and eventually the world by bringing us down to the lowest social common denominator through the manipulation of those who obsessively despise wealth.
The end game of the leftist poweratti is to rule the nation and eventually the world by bringing us down to the lowest social common denominator through the manipulation of those who obsessively despise wealth.
And in a related American Thinker article, Joseph Ashby exposes the "permanency of decline" in When Tyranny Calls.
It's not that socialism is in decline in Europe; it's that socialism no longer has any opposition.
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The catalyst to this permanent leftist political climate is health care.
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If health care passes, it will not represent the beginning of the end -- the beginning took place long ago. But it may signal the end of the beginning, the end of the period in which liberty has its chance to beat back statism.
American freedom has been bent, and bent, and bent for nearly 100 hundred years. Like post World War II socialization of England, health care may prove to be America's breaking point.
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The catalyst to this permanent leftist political climate is health care.
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If health care passes, it will not represent the beginning of the end -- the beginning took place long ago. But it may signal the end of the beginning, the end of the period in which liberty has its chance to beat back statism.
American freedom has been bent, and bent, and bent for nearly 100 hundred years. Like post World War II socialization of England, health care may prove to be America's breaking point.
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Monday, October 19, 2009
So spoken by Charles Krauthammer in his response to the state-controlled media's disgust with Fox News.
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Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Rahm is losing control of his state controlled media.
Here are two conflicting headlines in the past two days:
CNN, John King, King: Obama Team to Hash Out Afghanistan Strategy.
AP, Anne Gearan, White House: Obama Will Make Up Own Mind on Afghan.
No rush, Dear Leader. We're still at about 50 US soldiers that have died since Gen. McChrystal's request for more troops. But who's counting?
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Here are two conflicting headlines in the past two days:
CNN, John King, King: Obama Team to Hash Out Afghanistan Strategy.
AP, Anne Gearan, White House: Obama Will Make Up Own Mind on Afghan.
No rush, Dear Leader. We're still at about 50 US soldiers that have died since Gen. McChrystal's request for more troops. But who's counting?
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Friday, October 02, 2009
Will Israel attack Iran's nuclear facilities? If they do, what risks do they, and others face? If they will attack, when? These and other considerations are discussed in a great 4-page interview with Kenneth Levin at Frontpage Magazine, When Israel Strikes by Jamie Glazov.
Krauthammer chimes in on the recent comments by Sarkozy, and Obama's modus operandi in his Townhall article, Obama's French Lesson.
But hey, this isn't criticism. Obama is in a long line of US presidents that have been called naive by their French equal...
A pattern is developing in themain stream fringe media. Some rather important stories of late haven't been given their due attention. James Taranto comments on this phenomenon regarding the NEA, ACORN and Van Jones non-stories in two of his recent Best of the Web posts.
Sept. 25:
Sept. 28:
Take a guess who Thomas Sowell is talking about in his Townhall article, The Brainy Bunch:
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Israel confronts the likelihood of being able to inflict at most only limited damage on Iran’s nuclear program, having to do so in the face of strong opposition from its main ally, almost certainly incurring fierce military and terror reprisals, and likewise having to deal with intense negative diplomatic fallout. Yet, with all the challenges and dangers, Israel does have options for an attack on Iran’s nuclear program and, given the certainty of the existential threat presented by a nuclear Iran, it will almost certainly act to set back the Iranian program whatever the risks and dangers.
Krauthammer chimes in on the recent comments by Sarkozy, and Obama's modus operandi in his Townhall article, Obama's French Lesson.
When France chides you for appeasement, you know you're scraping bottom.
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Confusing ends and means, the Obama administration strives mightily for shows of allied unity, good feeling and pious concern about Iran's nuclear program -- whereas the real objective is stopping that program. This feel-good posturing is worse than useless, because all the time spent achieving gestures is precious time granted Iran to finish its race to acquire the bomb.
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Confusing ends and means, the Obama administration strives mightily for shows of allied unity, good feeling and pious concern about Iran's nuclear program -- whereas the real objective is stopping that program. This feel-good posturing is worse than useless, because all the time spent achieving gestures is precious time granted Iran to finish its race to acquire the bomb.
But hey, this isn't criticism. Obama is in a long line of US presidents that have been called naive by their French equal...
A pattern is developing in the
Sept. 25:
This is the first time the paper has mentioned the [NEA] scandal, first reported 29 days earlier on Andrew Breitbart's Big Hollywood and 22 days earlier by Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck.
This follows the same pattern as the Times's coverage of the Van Jones and Acorn scandals, both of which the paper did not mention at all until the Obama administration had taken some remedial action, and then reported only in brief stories on inside pages (though in fairness, a full-length front-page story about Jones's hypovehiculation appeared on the second day).
Trying to find information about the Obama scandals in the Times can be a fun challenge, just like the "Where's Waldo?" books. But if your taste in puzzles runs more to crosswords or sudoku and you want the news delivered straight, there are plenty of better sources.
This follows the same pattern as the Times's coverage of the Van Jones and Acorn scandals, both of which the paper did not mention at all until the Obama administration had taken some remedial action, and then reported only in brief stories on inside pages (though in fairness, a full-length front-page story about Jones's hypovehiculation appeared on the second day).
Trying to find information about the Obama scandals in the Times can be a fun challenge, just like the "Where's Waldo?" books. But if your taste in puzzles runs more to crosswords or sudoku and you want the news delivered straight, there are plenty of better sources.
Sept. 28:
The Obama administration, as we noted Wednesday, was supposed to usher in a new era of transparency in government. Instead we find ourselves in a new era of opacity, not only in government but in the media.
Take a guess who Thomas Sowell is talking about in his Townhall article, The Brainy Bunch:
There is usually only a limited amount of damage that can be done by dull or stupid people. For creating a truly monumental disaster, you need people with high IQs.
Such people have been told all their lives how brilliant they are, until finally they feel forced to admit it, with all due modesty. But they not only tend to over-estimate their own brilliance, more fundamentally they tend to over-estimate how important brilliance itself is when dealing with real world problems.
Such people have been told all their lives how brilliant they are, until finally they feel forced to admit it, with all due modesty. But they not only tend to over-estimate their own brilliance, more fundamentally they tend to over-estimate how important brilliance itself is when dealing with real world problems.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Unbelievable.
Jon Stewart scoops CNN, MSNBC and NYT with... The Audacity of Hos
U/T: Instapundit
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Jon Stewart scoops CNN, MSNBC and NYT with... The Audacity of Hos
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Monday, September 14, 2009
Prior to becoming our Dear Leader, Obama worked for ACORN as an attorney and trainer.
It is to his credit that we can get the same advice regardless of which ACORN office we walk into.
As Mikhail says, "Obama is ACORN".
Today, a third video emerges. This time, an ACORN office in New York City:
Link to FoxNews Story. No stories at CNN or MSNBC, again. Why are some news outlets ignoring a criminal organization that will soon get over $4 billion in taxpayer money? Didn't the media used to do stings like this?
A big Ushanka Tip to James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles.
UPDATE - 10 minutes later...
We continued searching for more MSM outlets that are covering this story. A Google News search shows that FoxNews is the primary for the top three ACORN-related news stories.
We did notice the San Francisco Chronicle link in the top news story. Here is a link to their article, and an excerpt from the objective news organization:
The link that SD Chronicle offers to the CNN article does not mention any case where the police were called.
Well. Now the major paper in San Francisco (offering online only now) can say they covered the story.
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It is to his credit that we can get the same advice regardless of which ACORN office we walk into.
As Mikhail says, "Obama is ACORN".
Today, a third video emerges. This time, an ACORN office in New York City:
Link to FoxNews Story. No stories at CNN or MSNBC, again. Why are some news outlets ignoring a criminal organization that will soon get over $4 billion in taxpayer money? Didn't the media used to do stings like this?
A big Ushanka Tip to James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles.
UPDATE - 10 minutes later...
We continued searching for more MSM outlets that are covering this story. A Google News search shows that FoxNews is the primary for the top three ACORN-related news stories.
We did notice the San Francisco Chronicle link in the top news story. Here is a link to their article, and an excerpt from the objective news organization:
What they reportedly did was go around America on a tour of different ACORN offices posing as pimp and prostitute. According to CNN, most ACORN offices called the police on them with the exception of the Washington and Baltimore offices.
The link that SD Chronicle offers to the CNN article does not mention any case where the police were called.
...the ACORN workers were wrong of course. Do you think I'm going to defend someone giving tax evasion tips to a pimp and his, well, you know. (I can't help but wonder if O'Keefe and Giles were sleeping together during their tour posing as people who were in the sex business. I mean all that talk and travel had to make them horny at some point, right?)
Well. Now the major paper in San Francisco (offering online only now) can say they covered the story.
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Friday, August 21, 2009
We're doing something different this week. Our first three below aren't article recommendations per se, but instead quotes that stand alone as both entertaining and destructive.
On healthcare reform, WSJ's James Taranto provides three gems from his Best of the Web column:
Rules for Republicans, Too:
Spammer in Chief:
and Unilateral Invasion, in regards to the go-it-alone attitude of the congressional Democrats
THAT would lower the political discourse and stifle debate!
Also in the WSJ, Daniel Henninger writes about the core issue coming out of the healthcare 'debate', the tea parties and the general mood of Americans toward their government - trust. In Government We Trust?
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On healthcare reform, WSJ's James Taranto provides three gems from his Best of the Web column:
Rules for Republicans, Too:
Our Fearless Independent Media
"Obama Takes On Health Care Critics"--headline, NPR.org, Aug. 11
"Obama Takes On Health Care Reform Critics"--headline, Voice of America Web site, Aug. 11
"Obama Takes On Health Care Critics"--headline, Associated Press, Aug. 12
"Obama Takes On Health Care Critics"--headline, USA Today, Aug. 12
"Obama Takes On Critics at Town Hall Forum"--headline, Chicago Tribune, Aug. 12
"Obama Takes On Health Care Critics"--headline, Slate.com, Aug. 12
"Obama to Take On Health-Care Critics"--headline, Washington Post, Aug. 14
"Obama Takes On Health Care Critics"--headline, NPR.org, Aug. 11
"Obama Takes On Health Care Reform Critics"--headline, Voice of America Web site, Aug. 11
"Obama Takes On Health Care Critics"--headline, Associated Press, Aug. 12
"Obama Takes On Health Care Critics"--headline, USA Today, Aug. 12
"Obama Takes On Critics at Town Hall Forum"--headline, Chicago Tribune, Aug. 12
"Obama Takes On Health Care Critics"--headline, Slate.com, Aug. 12
"Obama to Take On Health-Care Critics"--headline, Washington Post, Aug. 14
Spammer in Chief:
Al Gore might have taken the initiative in creating the Internet, but no one seems to have bothered to teach basic netiquette to Barack Obama and his White House staff. As they have grown more desperate in their attempts to remake America's medical system in the image of the post office, they have resorted to increasingly obnoxious email tactics.
First was flag@whitehouse.gov, the address for reporting "fishy" speech. After being pilloried endlessly for what critics thought was an effort to compile an enemies list, the White House deactivated the address--and blamed its critics.
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We are far from convinced that the White House takes online privacy very seriously, although we will concede that the White House takes the perception that the White House doesn't seem to take online privacy very seriously, seriously.
First was flag@whitehouse.gov, the address for reporting "fishy" speech. After being pilloried endlessly for what critics thought was an effort to compile an enemies list, the White House deactivated the address--and blamed its critics.
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We are far from convinced that the White House takes online privacy very seriously, although we will concede that the White House takes the perception that the White House doesn't seem to take online privacy very seriously, seriously.
and Unilateral Invasion, in regards to the go-it-alone attitude of the congressional Democrats
So let's see if we have this straight: Democrats sought to go to war with one-sixth of the U.S. economy. They didn't have a plan, and now they have no allies, so they've decided to go it alone.
Of course, if we really wanted to be cruel, we'd point out that the Republicans are acting like the French.
Of course, if we really wanted to be cruel, we'd point out that the Republicans are acting like the French.
THAT would lower the political discourse and stifle debate!
Also in the WSJ, Daniel Henninger writes about the core issue coming out of the healthcare 'debate', the tea parties and the general mood of Americans toward their government - trust. In Government We Trust?
I believe Madoff's massive and destructive breach of trust had an effect on the public mind that carried beyond the tragedy of its immediate victims. After Madoff, John Q. Public set the bar really high for anyone seeking a big commitment of trust with money. But that's exactly what the ambitious Obama health plan did.
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...people seem to think that if a popular president can just find the right way to describe this entitlement, the American people will take his word for it. Maybe there was a time when a strong presidential personality could sell big things. Those days are gone. The government frittered them away.
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...people seem to think that if a popular president can just find the right way to describe this entitlement, the American people will take his word for it. Maybe there was a time when a strong presidential personality could sell big things. Those days are gone. The government frittered them away.
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Saturday, July 04, 2009
Three good pieces came across our desk this week. We wouldn't normally comment, but these three, taken together, justify a post.
Doug Ross continues to raise the bar for the rest of us bloggers (Damn him!) with his recent post: Jennifer Loven of the AP: Barack Obama's Personal Publicist. A LONG list of headlines with the unmistakable liberal bias.
Poetic.
James Taranto, of WSJ Best of the Web fame, also detects a shift in AP reporting:
And forwarded to us by Ushanka.us's field operative "Dale", Cliff Kincaid at Accuracy in Media writes earlier this month about the effort to fund media with tax dollars rather than have them compete in a commercial environment where they must deliver value or die... The Plan for Government-Funded Socialist Media.
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Doug Ross continues to raise the bar for the rest of us bloggers (Damn him!) with his recent post: Jennifer Loven of the AP: Barack Obama's Personal Publicist. A LONG list of headlines with the unmistakable liberal bias.
I'd call Jennifer Loven of the AP a useless sycophant and a slavish mistress of the Obama administration, but that would understate her remarkable lack of journalistic ethics. She is, to be sure, a publicist disguised as an objective reporter.
Poetic.
James Taranto, of WSJ Best of the Web fame, also detects a shift in AP reporting:
Have you noticed a change in the economic news over the past year or so? It's a deliberately ambiguous question: The actual news has gotten worse, but the coverage of it has changed in tone. Today, reporters are eagerly looking for the light at the end of the tunnel. A year ago, and for a long time before that, they couldn't wait to get into the tunnel.
What changed? Yeah, like you need to ask. It has been fascinating, though, to observe the way reporters have tried to make bad news look like good. We noted a prime example last month: a dispatch by Jeannine Aversa of the Associated Press titled "US Loses Just 345,000 Jobs in May, Raising Hopes".
What changed? Yeah, like you need to ask. It has been fascinating, though, to observe the way reporters have tried to make bad news look like good. We noted a prime example last month: a dispatch by Jeannine Aversa of the Associated Press titled "US Loses Just 345,000 Jobs in May, Raising Hopes".
And forwarded to us by Ushanka.us's field operative "Dale", Cliff Kincaid at Accuracy in Media writes earlier this month about the effort to fund media with tax dollars rather than have them compete in a commercial environment where they must deliver value or die... The Plan for Government-Funded Socialist Media.
Meanwhile, the Ford Foundation is a major underwriter of the Center for Social Media of American University, a project headed by left-wing activist Patricia Aufderheide, who says that "Taxpayer funds are crucial..." to creating new "public media." This group got money under a $50 million Ford Foundation program to create and strengthen "public media."
This is the direction many of the "progressive" groups are going. In fact, a socialist-oriented "media reform" group with ties to the Obama Administration has called for new federal programs and the spending of tens of billions of dollars to keep journalists employed at liberal media outlets and to put them to work in new "public media."
The group, which calls itself Free Press, is urging "an alternative media infrastructure, one that is insulated from the commercial pressures that brought us to our current crisis."
This is the direction many of the "progressive" groups are going. In fact, a socialist-oriented "media reform" group with ties to the Obama Administration has called for new federal programs and the spending of tens of billions of dollars to keep journalists employed at liberal media outlets and to put them to work in new "public media."
The group, which calls itself Free Press, is urging "an alternative media infrastructure, one that is insulated from the commercial pressures that brought us to our current crisis."
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Monday, June 22, 2009
NV Senator John Ensign admits to an affair:
It is the first time Mr. Ensign’s office has commented on various reports that the husband, Doug Hampton, had demanded cash from the senator after learning of Mr. Ensign’s relationship with his wife, Cindy Hampton. Both Hamptons, and even their son Brandon, had worked at the Senate and political offices of Mr. Ensign, who came forward to admit the relationship on Tuesday.
In Huntington, West Virginia:
A Tuesday evening prostitution sting led police to file an arrest warrant against the husband of suspected prostitute Amber Nicole Billups of Huntington. She was one of three women arrested.
The 23-year-old woman told police her husband, Kevin Glen Billups, was her pimp.
The 23-year-old woman told police her husband, Kevin Glen Billups, was her pimp.
Sweetness & Light discovery: the New York Times releases a poll on
Also at Sweetness & Light: Iran's Numbers Don't Add Up. Quoting from a Chatham House report - here:
In two Conservative provinces, Mazandaran and Yazd, a turnout of more than 100% was recorded.
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Friday, June 12, 2009
A funny Daily Show clip:
UT: TechCrunch
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Jason Jones: What is black, white, and red all over?
Bill Keller (NYT Editor): A newspaper.
Jason Jones: No. Your balance sheet.
Bill Keller (NYT Editor): A newspaper.
Jason Jones: No. Your balance sheet.
UT: TechCrunch
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Keep well-spoken conservatives off of your networks. MSNBC re-learned this little lesson yesterday when they invited John Ziegler:
UPDATE 6pm:
And not to just knock the government run media. Let's see how the libs behave on the other side of the equation:
Those darn conservatives - getting in the way of the proletarian dictatorship...
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UPDATE 6pm:
And not to just knock the government run media. Let's see how the libs behave on the other side of the equation:
Those darn conservatives - getting in the way of the proletarian dictatorship...
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Friday, April 24, 2009
Rocky Patel Sun Grown.
We're still making our way through Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. We got a kick out of this paragraph on page 233:
Copyrighted in 1957, but could have easily been written yesterday.
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We're still making our way through Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. We got a kick out of this paragraph on page 233:
The reporters who came to the press conference in the office of the John Galt Line were young men who had been trained to think that their job consisted of concealing from the world the nature of its events. It was their daily duty to serve as audience for some public figure who made utterances about the public good, in phrases carefully chosen to convey no meaning. It was their daily job to sling words together in any combination they pleased, so long as the words did not fall into a sequence saying something specific.
Copyrighted in 1957, but could have easily been written yesterday.
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
So said Speaker Pelosi of our guns in an ABC interview on April 7th. David Workman at Examiner.com has the full story, with additional perspectives from Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder and other leaders of the Democrat party.
It appears the who's who of the legislative and executive branches are finding their voices on gun control. For the sake of Mexico, they say. A pessimist would say legislation is soon to follow, and we don't like pessimists. Those pessimists are full of warnings like rising unemployment, trillion dollar liberal boondoggles disguised as "stimulus", and a US president firing the CEO of a private company.
One question. If there is such a market for our guns in Mexico, why are we selling them at lower prices at the local gun show rather than at a premium at the border?
We still think if Obama and Hillary were really serious about the Mexicans buying our guns, they'd build a wall. Think of the union jobs!
In other gun news... let us know if you notice any bias in this CNN clip provided by NewsBusters:
U/T: Commie Obama hat owner, John Lott
Last - enjoy this 10-minute clip of NRA President Wayne LaPierre:
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It appears the who's who of the legislative and executive branches are finding their voices on gun control. For the sake of Mexico, they say. A pessimist would say legislation is soon to follow, and we don't like pessimists. Those pessimists are full of warnings like rising unemployment, trillion dollar liberal boondoggles disguised as "stimulus", and a US president firing the CEO of a private company.
One question. If there is such a market for our guns in Mexico, why are we selling them at lower prices at the local gun show rather than at a premium at the border?
We still think if Obama and Hillary were really serious about the Mexicans buying our guns, they'd build a wall. Think of the union jobs!
In other gun news... let us know if you notice any bias in this CNN clip provided by NewsBusters:
U/T: Commie Obama hat owner, John Lott
Last - enjoy this 10-minute clip of NRA President Wayne LaPierre:
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Monday, March 16, 2009
Almost missed it - page B3 in today's WSJ. Chronicle Union Approves Tentative Labor Contract. Quotes below are from the print edition:
In other words, for the union to continue to exist, it has turned its back on those it promised to defend. Those who have paid the most union dues. Those who have been most loyal.
Would that 10% of nay-sayers be considered, within the newspaper business, the 'top 10%'?
Shouldn't that top 10% 'give back' to the rest - to those who have not been as 'lucky'?
Shouldn't that top 10% give back, 'for the greater good'?
Is it still called a "union" when it turns its back on 10% of its members?
Do the 90% that voted for layoffs consider themselves 'Mainstream'?
Will there be a surge of criticism for unions by those laid off?
Will they tell us they were mistaken to have put so much faith into a flawed system that, in the end, only rewards the union management at the expense of the workers?
Will there be any rash comments that suggest unions are a form of modern-day slavery?
Did the union members have the option to skip layoffs and instead drop the union and negotiate salaries based on performance and true market rates?
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The San Francisco Chronicle's largest employees' union has approved a tentative labor agreement that allows the newspaper to lay off workers without regard to seniority and implement other cost-cutting measures.
In other words, for the union to continue to exist, it has turned its back on those it promised to defend. Those who have paid the most union dues. Those who have been most loyal.
Union members passed the agreement Saturday by a 10-1 margin...
Would that 10% of nay-sayers be considered, within the newspaper business, the 'top 10%'?
Shouldn't that top 10% 'give back' to the rest - to those who have not been as 'lucky'?
Shouldn't that top 10% give back, 'for the greater good'?
Is it still called a "union" when it turns its back on 10% of its members?
Do the 90% that voted for layoffs consider themselves 'Mainstream'?
Will there be a surge of criticism for unions by those laid off?
Will they tell us they were mistaken to have put so much faith into a flawed system that, in the end, only rewards the union management at the expense of the workers?
Will there be any rash comments that suggest unions are a form of modern-day slavery?
Did the union members have the option to skip layoffs and instead drop the union and negotiate salaries based on performance and true market rates?
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Tuesday, March 10, 2009
TIME lists the top ten dying newspapers. Now isn't that rich...
24/7 Wall St. has created a list of the 10 major daily papers that are most likely to fold or shutter their print operations and only publish online. The properties were chosen on the basis of the financial strength of their parent companies, the amount of direct competition they face in their markets and industry information on how much money they are losing. Based on this analysis, it's possible that 8 of the nation's 50 largest daily newspapers could cease publication in the next 18 months.
Ya Baby! And we'll be here watching!
Hey out-of-work "journalists", we hear Noveta Gazeta is hiring...
UT: Hugh Hewitt
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
We are [not] sad to see the San Francisco Chronicle announcement today on Drudge. Not shocking news - liberal rags posing as objective news sources are dying off at a rapid rate. Heck, our Mocha Frappuccino costs more than a share of The New York Times (NYSE: NYT). What IS shocking is the Chronicle has over 339k subscribers! The AP reports:
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The San Francisco Chronicle joined the lengthening list of imperiled newspapers Tuesday as its owner set out to purge the payroll and slash other expenses in a last-ditch effort to reverse years of heavy losses.
If it can't reduce expenses dramatically within the next few weeks, the Hearst Corp. said it will close or sell the Chronicle, northern California's largest newspaper with a paid weekday circulation of 339,430.
If it can't reduce expenses dramatically within the next few weeks, the Hearst Corp. said it will close or sell the Chronicle, northern California's largest newspaper with a paid weekday circulation of 339,430.
It appears we will have one less biased news source for our list of biased headlines on our home page.
BTW, what does an out-of-work Chronicle
UT: Drudge and Townhall for the cartoon.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Stop the Cycle of Liberalism!
The New York Times campaigns for Obama, gets him elected, supports his "stimulus". One of their editorial writers fantasized about having sex with Obama this week in her column.
What do they get in return? A 10.38% single day drop on their share price the day the "stimulus" plan passes the Senate.
Here is the NYT's stock performance in the Change/Hope year of 2009:
What next? MORE layoffs of quality journalists? We hear Noveta Gazeta has openings.
We'll keep an eye on what comes of this vicious cycle...
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The New York Times campaigns for Obama, gets him elected, supports his "stimulus". One of their editorial writers fantasized about having sex with Obama this week in her column.
What do they get in return? A 10.38% single day drop on their share price the day the "stimulus" plan passes the Senate.
Here is the NYT's stock performance in the Change/Hope year of 2009:
What next? MORE layoffs of quality journalists? We hear Noveta Gazeta has openings.
We'll keep an eye on what comes of this vicious cycle...
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
The article that spells it all out - Dick Morris' article at The Hill: The Obama Presidency: Here Comes Socialism.
We'd like to offer a solution that would stop this train from running us over. Sorry - Obama has the mandate and the congress. Our only advice is to buy a Commie Obama hat, contribute to the discussions at Ushanka.us and the blogs in our Blogroll, and bite the pillow.
Link: The COHB (Commie Obama Hat Ban) is coming soon. Buy yours today before you'll have to face a waiting period and register a hat, or face confiscation!
The news came out this week that the coming $825 billion "stimulus" bill will not create a single job. We were shocked - SHOCKED - as we were confident it would create at least a dozen jobs. The proud owner of a Commie Obama Rally Cap, John R. Lott, Jr., provides expert analysis of just what thisstimulus pork bill is meant to do. FoxNews, Whose Money Is It, Anyway?
Victor Davis Hanson reacts to the inauguration in his PajamasMedia article, An Uneasy Feeling. He includes a paragraph on the Main Stream Media:
UPDATE 8:30AM:
We just found Gerald Warner's article in Telegraph.uk.co via a link at The Jawa Report. Barack Obama Inauguration: This Emperor Has No Clothes. It Will All End In Tears.
UT: The Jawa Report
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He will begin by passing every program for which liberals have lusted for decades, from alternative-energy sources to school renovations, infrastructure repairs and technology enhancements. These are all good programs, but they normally would be stretched out for years. But freed of any constraint on the deficit — indeed, empowered by a mandate to raise it as high as possible — Obama will do them all rather quickly.
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...he will create a permanent electoral majority that does not pay taxes, but counts on ever-expanding welfare checks from the government. The dependency on the dole, formerly limited in pre-Clinton days to 14 million women and children on Aid to Families with Dependent Children, will now grow to a clear majority of the American population.
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...he will create a permanent electoral majority that does not pay taxes, but counts on ever-expanding welfare checks from the government. The dependency on the dole, formerly limited in pre-Clinton days to 14 million women and children on Aid to Families with Dependent Children, will now grow to a clear majority of the American population.
We'd like to offer a solution that would stop this train from running us over. Sorry - Obama has the mandate and the congress. Our only advice is to buy a Commie Obama hat, contribute to the discussions at Ushanka.us and the blogs in our Blogroll, and bite the pillow.
Link: The COHB (Commie Obama Hat Ban) is coming soon. Buy yours today before you'll have to face a waiting period and register a hat, or face confiscation!
The news came out this week that the coming $825 billion "stimulus" bill will not create a single job. We were shocked - SHOCKED - as we were confident it would create at least a dozen jobs. The proud owner of a Commie Obama Rally Cap, John R. Lott, Jr., provides expert analysis of just what this
Unfortunately, though, the $825 billion “stimulus” package has nothing to do with creating or saving jobs -- it has everything to do with moving jobs from industries that Democrats don’t like to industries that they do.
The “stimulus” package is just a wish list of every government program that liberal Democrats have long wanted. As Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s Chief of staff, announced after the election last fall: “Rule one: Never allow a crisis to go to waste. They are opportunities to do big things.”
The “stimulus” package is just a wish list of every government program that liberal Democrats have long wanted. As Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s Chief of staff, announced after the election last fall: “Rule one: Never allow a crisis to go to waste. They are opportunities to do big things.”
Victor Davis Hanson reacts to the inauguration in his PajamasMedia article, An Uneasy Feeling. He includes a paragraph on the Main Stream Media:
As Obama begins to govern and as the public sees that he simply borrowed Bush’s foreign policy rhetoric, jazzed it up with his cadences and pauses, and then took either Bushites or Democratic centrists and called them hope and change, and as he glued new rhetorical veneers on the Patriot Act and FISA, and as he alienates many by making decisions other than voting present, and as the gaffes begin (Biden and Michelle can’t be put under wraps forever), and the Chicago fumes linger (Blago ain’t through yet), the fawning media will begin to look embarrassed, then ridiculous, and finally completely bankrupt. They offered no audit of Obama, no tough treatment, no honest examination of his flips, no balance in their treatment of Bush, and they will soon pay a terrible price for that derelection and worse, as the public sees them as the state megaphones that they have so sadly become. The only suspense? Will they play Pravda to the end?
UPDATE 8:30AM:
We just found Gerald Warner's article in Telegraph.uk.co via a link at The Jawa Report. Barack Obama Inauguration: This Emperor Has No Clothes. It Will All End In Tears.
It is questionable whether the present political system can survive the coming crisis. Whatever the solution, teenage swooning sentimentality over a celebrity cult has no part in it. The most powerful nation on earth is confronting its worst economic crisis under the leadership of its most extremely liberal politician, who has virtually no experience of federal politics. That is not an opportunity but a catastrophe.
UT: The Jawa Report
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Wednesday, November 05, 2008
The election of Barack Obama is "historic" as many of our fellow conservative bloggers posted in a shameful hurried rush.
Yes, the most liberal candidate in the history of the United States is now President Elect. That is historic.
Yes, the candidate that proposes a 25% increase in federal spending, paid for in higher taxes for all, was elected. That is historic.
Yes, the candidate with the most ambitious goals to ignore and override fundamental values written into our Constitution has been elected. That is historic.
Yes, the candidate who will cash out the gains of 232 years of liberty, capitalism, individual initiative, investment risk and spilled blood was elected last night. That is historic.
Obama ran a well organized campaign, put in a maximum effort, and beat McCain-Palin with enough margin to negate the Democratic Party's massive fraud efforts. NOT historic. That is just good campaigning.
If you want to call us racist, get in line. We are a product of the US public school system where we endured years of indoctrination that told us skin color, gender, etc. was to be ignored. That all are equal. Ok - that is what we are doing. Our question to those who want this to be about race is: why weren't you paying attention in public school like we were?
So, while some of our fellow bloggers want to write about race and some "historic" precedent, we'll stick to our assessment methodology that has served us well over the years. We will continue to judge by character, associations, respect for and adherence to the Constitution, and results. Obama is 0-4 in these areas today. Let's see how he does as President.
Our 2008 Election Analysis video:
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Yes, the most liberal candidate in the history of the United States is now President Elect. That is historic.
Yes, the candidate that proposes a 25% increase in federal spending, paid for in higher taxes for all, was elected. That is historic.
Yes, the candidate with the most ambitious goals to ignore and override fundamental values written into our Constitution has been elected. That is historic.
Yes, the candidate who will cash out the gains of 232 years of liberty, capitalism, individual initiative, investment risk and spilled blood was elected last night. That is historic.
Obama ran a well organized campaign, put in a maximum effort, and beat McCain-Palin with enough margin to negate the Democratic Party's massive fraud efforts. NOT historic. That is just good campaigning.
If you want to call us racist, get in line. We are a product of the US public school system where we endured years of indoctrination that told us skin color, gender, etc. was to be ignored. That all are equal. Ok - that is what we are doing. Our question to those who want this to be about race is: why weren't you paying attention in public school like we were?
So, while some of our fellow bloggers want to write about race and some "historic" precedent, we'll stick to our assessment methodology that has served us well over the years. We will continue to judge by character, associations, respect for and adherence to the Constitution, and results. Obama is 0-4 in these areas today. Let's see how he does as President.
Our 2008 Election Analysis video:
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Friday, October 31, 2008
The Obama campaign dis-invited three reporters from their plane today. Drudge reports the NY Post, Dallas Morning News and the Washington Times - all papers that endorsed McCain - will no longer be allowed to ride with the campaign.
Our reaction to this makes us think of a man on the deck of the sinking Titanic saying to another, "I'm glad I ordered the Lobster tonight." It is coming to an end, but somehow we can still joke about it.
Think about it. The media, even the papers above, have given Obama a full pass this election year on major issues ranging from Ayers, to unanswered questions about gun control, to the effects of redistributive policies. No media outlet, including FOX News, has led, and pushed, with any of the critical issues to bring awareness and transparency. The next four years may be a disaster that dwarf Carter's epic failures thanks to the MSM, yet the humor will be rich: the MSM will join the rest of us when we are told what to think, where and where not to work, and how much of our property belongs to the state.
Lenin was right - Useful Idiots Indeed.
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Our reaction to this makes us think of a man on the deck of the sinking Titanic saying to another, "I'm glad I ordered the Lobster tonight." It is coming to an end, but somehow we can still joke about it.
Think about it. The media, even the papers above, have given Obama a full pass this election year on major issues ranging from Ayers, to unanswered questions about gun control, to the effects of redistributive policies. No media outlet, including FOX News, has led, and pushed, with any of the critical issues to bring awareness and transparency. The next four years may be a disaster that dwarf Carter's epic failures thanks to the MSM, yet the humor will be rich: the MSM will join the rest of us when we are told what to think, where and where not to work, and how much of our property belongs to the state.
Lenin was right - Useful Idiots Indeed.
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Friday, October 10, 2008
The other Karl, Karl Rove, comments about the second debate and the remaining challenges for Obama. Thursday's WSJ, Voters Haven't Decided Yet.
Dorothy Rabinowitz points out the obvious in her WSJ opinion piece, News Flash: The Media Back Obama.
Speaking of a biased press, WSJ's James Taranto has buried his fangs into their latest misleading game - the all pure "Fact Check" reporting. In his Thursday Best of the Web, James presents a fact, and how two leading news agencies can draw different conclusions to benefit their bias. He sums it up well:
Remember not to question their patriotism when you read American Thinker's piece, Shocking Revelations about Biden in Soviet-Era Documents. Quoting from Hot Air:
WSJ's Mary Anastasia O'Grady suggests tripling the US support to Columbia in response to Chavez's latest posturing, and asks Democrats to answer "whose side they are on", in her Monday article, Democrats Shouldn't Coddle Chavez.
posted by Karl @ 11:18 PM Permalink
Mr. Obama's test is that voters haven't shaken deep concerns about his lack of qualifications. Having accomplished virtually nothing in his three years in the Senate except to win the Democratic nomination, Mr. Obama must show he is up to the job. Voters like him, conditions favor him, yet he has not closed the sale. He may be approaching the finish line with that mixture of lassitude and insouciance he displayed in the spring against Mrs. Clinton.
Dorothy Rabinowitz points out the obvious in her WSJ opinion piece, News Flash: The Media Back Obama.
The single constant in the eternal election remains the media, whose activist role no one will seriously dispute. To point out the prevailing (with honorable exceptions) double standard of reporting so favorable to Mr. Obama by now feels superfluous -- much like talking about the weather. The same holds true for all those reports pointing to Mr. Obama's heroic status outside the United States -- not to mention the cascade of press analyses warning that if he fails to win election, the cause will surely be racism.
Speaking of a biased press, WSJ's James Taranto has buried his fangs into their latest misleading game - the all pure "Fact Check" reporting. In his Thursday Best of the Web, James presents a fact, and how two leading news agencies can draw different conclusions to benefit their bias. He sums it up well:
It is fine, indeed quite useful, for reporters to present relevant facts that voters can use in evaluating candidates' campaign claims. In this "fact check" form, however, journalists play prosecutor, judge and jury, deciding what evidence to present, what evidence to admit, and what it all means (CNN actually calls the conclusion a "verdict"). Why not just report and let the reader decide?
Remember not to question their patriotism when you read American Thinker's piece, Shocking Revelations about Biden in Soviet-Era Documents. Quoting from Hot Air:
According to internal Soviet Union documents from the SALT-2 negotiations in 1979, Joe Biden effectively told Soviet negotiators not to worry about American rhetoric about human-rights concerns. In fact, Biden also told the Soviets that the Senate didn't really care about European security, but only in giving the appearance of caring about it.
WSJ's Mary Anastasia O'Grady suggests tripling the US support to Columbia in response to Chavez's latest posturing, and asks Democrats to answer "whose side they are on", in her Monday article, Democrats Shouldn't Coddle Chavez.
The strongest immediate signal the U.S. could send Mr. Chávez and Latin American democracies is unequivocal support for Colombia. President Bush has tried to do that but the effort is being undermined by Congressional Democrats.
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The FARC also expressed faith in Mrs. Pelosi as someone who "helps" in its effort to undermine Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. Mr. McGovern said in a letter to this newspaper that the FARC was engaging in fantasy. But maybe instead the rebels put their faith in Mrs. Pelosi because they perceive a common friend...
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The FARC also expressed faith in Mrs. Pelosi as someone who "helps" in its effort to undermine Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. Mr. McGovern said in a letter to this newspaper that the FARC was engaging in fantasy. But maybe instead the rebels put their faith in Mrs. Pelosi because they perceive a common friend...
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posted by Karl @ 11:18 PM Permalink
Thursday, October 02, 2008
We've saved several links from the past days that all seem to fit in this post about the liberal bias in the MSM. Normally we pass on posting content like this, as we prove the MSM bias beyond any shadow of the doubt each and every day on our home page. But today we're motivated by the MSM's unprofessional coverage of Gov. Palin leading up to the debate. It is a clear attempt to discredit her, and to fill the liberal minds of mush among the Democrat pawns out there with mindless talking points.
From Instapundit, Sept. 29:
From HotAir, Oct. 1, a video showing the MSM's contempt for Gov. Palin:
The story came out this week that Gwen Ifill, the moderator of tonight's VP debate, has a book coming out in November called The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama. Bill Dyer at Hugh Hewitt's blog responds to her deception, and PBS's bias by ignoring the conflict of interest, with this suggestion:
And today, Mike Allen at Politico writing on this story, writes this nonsense:
Not anymore, Mike.
Jim Treacher offers some suggested questions for the debate.
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From Instapundit, Sept. 29:
A READER AT A MAJOR NEWSROOM EMAILS: "Off the record, every suspicion you have about MSM being in the tank for O is true. We have a team of 4 people going thru dumpsters in Alaska and 4 in arizona. Not a single one looking into Acorn, Ayers or Freddiemae. Editor refuses to publish anything that would jeopardize election for O, and betting you dollars to donuts same is true at NYT, others. People cheer when CNN or NBC run another Palin-mocking but raising any reasonable inquiry into obama is derided or flat out ignored. The fix is in, and its working." I asked permission to reprint without attribution and it was granted.
From HotAir, Oct. 1, a video showing the MSM's contempt for Gov. Palin:
The story came out this week that Gwen Ifill, the moderator of tonight's VP debate, has a book coming out in November called The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama. Bill Dyer at Hugh Hewitt's blog responds to her deception, and PBS's bias by ignoring the conflict of interest, with this suggestion:
...if for no other reason than the potential appearance of a conflict of interest, Gwen Ifill should publicly disclose her book's impending release and title to the entire nation at the very beginning of tomorrow night's debate. To do anything less would be unethical.
And today, Mike Allen at Politico writing on this story, writes this nonsense:
Ifill is moderator and managing editor of "Washington Week" and senior correspondent of "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer." She is viewed as one of Washington's fairest journalists.
Not anymore, Mike.
Jim Treacher offers some suggested questions for the debate.
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Tony Blankley at the Washington Times writes in an op-ed today, Media Covering for Obama. He won't be invited to any parties anytime soon.
The mainstream media have gone over the line and are now straight out propagandists for the Obama campaign.
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They have consciously ignored whole years in his life, and showed a lack of curiosity about such gaps that bespeaks a lack of journalistic instinct.
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The public image of Mr. Obama as an idealistic, post-race, post-partisan, well-spoken and honest young man with the wisdom and courage befitting a great national leader is a confection spun by a willing conspiracy of Mr. Obama, his publicist David Axelrod and most of the senior editors, producers and reporters of the national media.
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They have consciously ignored whole years in his life, and showed a lack of curiosity about such gaps that bespeaks a lack of journalistic instinct.
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The public image of Mr. Obama as an idealistic, post-race, post-partisan, well-spoken and honest young man with the wisdom and courage befitting a great national leader is a confection spun by a willing conspiracy of Mr. Obama, his publicist David Axelrod and most of the senior editors, producers and reporters of the national media.
One down, thousands to go.
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posted by Karl @ 5:20 PM Permalink
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Instapundit's Glenn Reynolds comments on the latest bad news from the gods of bad news:
A GLOOMY LOOK AT THE NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY: "The resulting dynamic is a value-destroying feedback loop: Declining ad revenue and readership necessitates cost-cutting. Cost-cutting inevitably affects content. Diminished content, whether real or perceived, alienates readers, who become more likely to cancel their subscriptions and seek out alternative news sources. This accelerates the migration of readers to online sources and the decline in ad revenue, which will necessitate even more cost-cutting. We think the cycle will feed on itself."
Stop the cycle of bias!!
We just have an MBA and 15 years of business experience, so the MSM executives can ignore our naive opinions here, but... why not replace your editors with business people (yes, people with no media experience) with compensation based on results instead of intentions, remove your editorials from your front pages and news broadcasts (that means stop the endless "polls"), and fill the other 23 hours a day with stories about productive Americans (not government employees, trial lawyers, "activists", etc.), and see what happens.
In other MSM news today, US Weekly is offering to extend subscriptions for outraged subscribers. Michelle Malkin has the scoop.
Here is a link to our post on the subject.
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posted by Karl @ 5:23 PM Permalink
Sunday, September 07, 2008
The West could always count on the Commie Soviets to act logically when pushed into a corner. The Commies in the Main Stream Media are proving to behave in the same way.
Today, MSNBC Commie-Libs Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews have been pulled from election coverage, replaced with David Gregory.
Recently, MSNBC has been brazen in its liberal bias, with blatantly negative coverage of Gov. Palin. We heard Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives say this bias would come back to bite the MSM.
And if that isn't fun enough, the MSM outlet to first report it is the New York Times!
posted by Karl @ 11:42 PM Permalink
Today, MSNBC Commie-Libs Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews have been pulled from election coverage, replaced with David Gregory.
MSNBC tried a bold experiment this year by putting two politically incendiary hosts, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, in the anchor chair to lead the cable news channel’s coverage of the election.
That experiment appears to be over.
After months of accusations of political bias and simmering animosity between MSNBC and its parent network NBC, the channel decided over the weekend that the NBC News correspondent and MSNBC host David Gregory would anchor news coverage of the coming debates and election night. Mr. Olbermann and Mr. Matthews will remain as analysts during the coverage.
The change — which comes in the home stretch of the long election cycle — is a direct result of tensions associated with the channel’s perceived shift to the political left.
That experiment appears to be over.
After months of accusations of political bias and simmering animosity between MSNBC and its parent network NBC, the channel decided over the weekend that the NBC News correspondent and MSNBC host David Gregory would anchor news coverage of the coming debates and election night. Mr. Olbermann and Mr. Matthews will remain as analysts during the coverage.
The change — which comes in the home stretch of the long election cycle — is a direct result of tensions associated with the channel’s perceived shift to the political left.
Recently, MSNBC has been brazen in its liberal bias, with blatantly negative coverage of Gov. Palin. We heard Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives say this bias would come back to bite the MSM.
And if that isn't fun enough, the MSM outlet to first report it is the New York Times!
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posted by Karl @ 11:42 PM Permalink
The news today: Sarah Palin, Alaska's Govenor, is McCain's VP pick. WOW! We expected fireworks in Denver, and subdued enthusiasm in Minneapolis for our trip. The opposite will be true, and we can't wait!
We clicked to the first AP story by Liz Sidoti. Liz has been a regular "winner" here at Ushanka.us on our home page of biased MSM headlines. Her headline isn't what caught our attention, it was her content:
We haven't seen Liz speak of Obama's 140 days in the US Senate.
"More Prominent"? Was Biden "prominent"?
Is this the best AP can do? We'll watch as the MSM tries to make this issue an equal to Rezko, Grove Parc, or Infanticide.
What Liz has done is show there will be no favorable MSM coverage of the GOP. Not even hours after the VP pick.
We'll keep track of this MSM bias on our home page. Your votes and comments on our headlines are appreciated.
UPDATE 8.30:
Our normal rate of biased headlines posted to our home page ranges from 1-3 per day. Last night we posted 8, most about Palin. Here are the "winners":
Newsweek: Alter: Why Sarah Palin Is Likely to Belly-Flop
CNN: Begala on Palin: Is McCain out of his mind?
MSNBC: Palin is McCain's Boldest Gamble
AP: Analysis: Palin's age, inexperience rival Obama's
That last headline might backfire...
Remember, these are the FIRST headlines about Palin from these media companies. Not one of the MSM outlets we track had a headline similar to "McCain picks Sarah Palin as his VP". Not one.
UPDATE 9.1:
The biased headlines keep coming in. Here are some more "winners":
NYT: News Analysis: Choice of Palin is Bold Move by McCain, With Risks
LA Times: McCain's choice of Palin is a risk
LA Times: Palin had risen quickly from PTA to VP pick
AP: Analysis: Palin could complicate energy debate
We're still waiting for news on America's newspapers, rather than opinion. You too?
UPDATE 9.7:
The headlines keep on coming! Here are some headlines we posted today to our home page:
CNN: Are women ready to back Palin?
AP: Analysis: GOP contradicts self on Palin family
AP: Pentecostalism obscured in Palin biography
Reuters: Sarah Palin controversy stokes Mommy War
AP: Analysis: McCain camp plays sexism card for Palin
NYT: Palin Disclosures Raise Questions on Vetting
Reuters: Palin "bridge to nowhere" line angers many Alaskans
Our headline suggestion for the MSM: Despite Layoffs and Reduced Circulation, MSM Outlets Working Harder Than Ever.
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We clicked to the first AP story by Liz Sidoti. Liz has been a regular "winner" here at Ushanka.us on our home page of biased MSM headlines. Her headline isn't what caught our attention, it was her content:
Palin is a self-styled hockey mom and political reformer who has been governor of her state less than two years.
We haven't seen Liz speak of Obama's 140 days in the US Senate.
In making his pick, Mccain passed over several more prominent prospects who had figured in speculation for months — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge among them.
"More Prominent"? Was Biden "prominent"?
More recently, she has come under the scrutiny of an investigation by the Republican-controlled legislature into the possibility that she ordered the dismissal of Alaska's public safety commissioner because he would not fire her former brother-in-law as a state trooper.
Is this the best AP can do? We'll watch as the MSM tries to make this issue an equal to Rezko, Grove Parc, or Infanticide.
What Liz has done is show there will be no favorable MSM coverage of the GOP. Not even hours after the VP pick.
We'll keep track of this MSM bias on our home page. Your votes and comments on our headlines are appreciated.
UPDATE 8.30:
Our normal rate of biased headlines posted to our home page ranges from 1-3 per day. Last night we posted 8, most about Palin. Here are the "winners":
Newsweek: Alter: Why Sarah Palin Is Likely to Belly-Flop
CNN: Begala on Palin: Is McCain out of his mind?
MSNBC: Palin is McCain's Boldest Gamble
AP: Analysis: Palin's age, inexperience rival Obama's
That last headline might backfire...
Remember, these are the FIRST headlines about Palin from these media companies. Not one of the MSM outlets we track had a headline similar to "McCain picks Sarah Palin as his VP". Not one.
UPDATE 9.1:
The biased headlines keep coming in. Here are some more "winners":
NYT: News Analysis: Choice of Palin is Bold Move by McCain, With Risks
LA Times: McCain's choice of Palin is a risk
LA Times: Palin had risen quickly from PTA to VP pick
AP: Analysis: Palin could complicate energy debate
We're still waiting for news on America's newspapers, rather than opinion. You too?
UPDATE 9.7:
The headlines keep on coming! Here are some headlines we posted today to our home page:
CNN: Are women ready to back Palin?
AP: Analysis: GOP contradicts self on Palin family
AP: Pentecostalism obscured in Palin biography
Reuters: Sarah Palin controversy stokes Mommy War
AP: Analysis: McCain camp plays sexism card for Palin
NYT: Palin Disclosures Raise Questions on Vetting
Reuters: Palin "bridge to nowhere" line angers many Alaskans
Our headline suggestion for the MSM: Despite Layoffs and Reduced Circulation, MSM Outlets Working Harder Than Ever.
Labels: MSM, Suggested Headlines
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008
The criticisms of the media's biased coverage of Palin have reached critical mass, and are expected to be the punch lines in many of the speeches at the convention tonight in St. Paul. Here is more, in image form:
Link to Part I.
UPDATE 9.7: Doug Ross has a related post.
Join the US Weekly Boycott - here!
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Link to Part I.
UPDATE 9.7: Doug Ross has a related post.
Join the US Weekly Boycott - here!
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Sergey Lavrov, Russia's Foreign Minister, writes in the Opinion page of today's WSJ. Here is a glimpse into our thoughts as we read his "opinion" piece:
In some Western nations an utterly one-sided picture has been painted of the recent crisis in the Georgia-South Ossetia conflict. The statements of American officials would lead one to conclude that the crisis began when Russia sent in its troops to support its peacekeepers there.
Yep.
Meticulously avoided in those statements: The decision of Tbilisi to use crude military force against South Ossetia in the early hours of Aug. 8. The Georgian army used multiple rocket launchers, artillery and air force to attack the sleeping city of Tskhinvali.
Some honest independent observers acknowledge that a surprised Russia didn't respond immediately. We started moving our troops in support of peacekeepers only on the second day of Georgia's ruthless military assault. Yes, our military struck sites outside of South Ossetia. When the positions of your peacekeepers and the civilian population they have been mandated to protect are shelled, the sources of such attacks are legitimate targets.
Some honest independent observers acknowledge that a surprised Russia didn't respond immediately. We started moving our troops in support of peacekeepers only on the second day of Georgia's ruthless military assault. Yes, our military struck sites outside of South Ossetia. When the positions of your peacekeepers and the civilian population they have been mandated to protect are shelled, the sources of such attacks are legitimate targets.
Luckily the "surprised Russia" had staged two mechanized infantry divisions just North of the border. Did the Georgian army strike at Russian forces from the pipeline and bridges outside S. Ossetia - those parts of Georgian infrastructure targeted by Russian aircraft?
Our military acted efficiently and professionally. It was an able ground operation that quickly achieved its very clear and legitimate objectives. It was very different, for example, from the U.S./NATO operation against Serbia over Kosovo in 1999, when an air bombardment campaign ran out of military targets and degenerated into attacks on bridges, TV towers, passenger trains and other civilian sites, even hitting an embassy.
How about some caviar with that whine, eh comrade? Bet you didn't see the Polish-US missile defense agreement coming either. Did ya? The G8 conversion to the G7 is next. No thugs allowed.
In this instance, Russia used force in full conformity with international law, its right of self-defense, and its obligations under the agreements with regard to this particular conflict. Russia could not allow its peacekeepers to watch acts of genocide committed in front of their eyes, as happened in the Bosnian city of Srebrenica in 1995.
International law is what those with tanks say it is. Always has been. Always will be. This means, however, if the US has tanks, its opinion is important here too...
ut what of the U.S.'s role leading up to this conflict? U.S. involvement with the Tbilisi regime—past and future—must be addressed to fully understand the conflict. When the mantra of the "Georgian democratic government" is repeated time and time again, does it mean that by U.S. standards, a democratic government is allowed to act in brutal fashion against a civilian population it claims to be its own, simply because it is "democratic"?
Another real issue is U.S. military involvement with the government of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. Did Washington purposely encourage an irresponsible and unpredictable regime in this misadventure? If the U.S. couldn't control Tbilisi's behavior before, why do some in the U.S. seek to rush to rearm the Georgian military now?
Russia, by contrast, remains committed to a peaceful resolution in the Caucasus.
Another real issue is U.S. military involvement with the government of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. Did Washington purposely encourage an irresponsible and unpredictable regime in this misadventure? If the U.S. couldn't control Tbilisi's behavior before, why do some in the U.S. seek to rush to rearm the Georgian military now?
Russia, by contrast, remains committed to a peaceful resolution in the Caucasus.
Ok comrade. We're going to stop reading here. If you promised, yet again, in this 'opinion' piece to remove your forces from Georgia, our missing it won't matter. Will it?
So Sergey, you want a choice? Ok.
We choose a peaceful democracy.
We choose Georgia.
We choose an environment where journalists don't fear for their lives if they openly criticize their government.
We choose Georgia.
We choose those who are willing to fight a superpower for their freedom.
We choose Georgia.
We choose those who do not invade sovereign neighbors with 2 divisions and a weak claim of victimhood.
We choose Georgia.
In other "news", Pravda publishes a DailyKos-like opinion article about Secretary Rice: Condoleeza Rice and the insult to international diplomacy. This is hard-hitting journalism one should expect from the remaining Russian journalists... and their comrades in the US media!
In the equation which makes up the odious, criminal and murderous Bush regime and its murderous, criminal and odious foreign policy, the constant factor is constituted by a teacher, promoted to positions way above her personal and intellectual station by a gullible fool of a President. This teacher, whose sheer incompetence as National Security Advisor and as Secretary of State is today so blatantly apparent, goes by the name of Condoleeza Rice.
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The constant arrogance and hypocrisy of this failed female makes it that much more apparent that here is a person way out of her depth. Instead of regarding sensitive issues from a balanced viewpoint as she is supposed to do, this incompetent loud-mouthed, bad-mannered, bullshit-mongering bimbo takes one side, ignores the other and then speaks down from a holier-than-thou platform as if she were on a lecture dias.
This is not a classroom, Condoleeza Rice, and you are not a diplomat. You are a liar, a cheap, shallow, failed, wannabe actress on the diplomatic stage. This is the real world and out here, you have to be prepared to face up to your responsibilities.
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The constant arrogance and hypocrisy of this failed female makes it that much more apparent that here is a person way out of her depth. Instead of regarding sensitive issues from a balanced viewpoint as she is supposed to do, this incompetent loud-mouthed, bad-mannered, bullshit-mongering bimbo takes one side, ignores the other and then speaks down from a holier-than-thou platform as if she were on a lecture dias.
This is not a classroom, Condoleeza Rice, and you are not a diplomat. You are a liar, a cheap, shallow, failed, wannabe actress on the diplomatic stage. This is the real world and out here, you have to be prepared to face up to your responsibilities.
Can we assume the Kremlin is behind this language? Could we also assume that Secretary Rice may be applying the proper pressure in the appropriate places? In other words, can we say she is using a little more hammer than sickle?
U/T: James Taranto for the Pravda link.
posted by Karl @ 4:00 PM Permalink 0 comments Post a comment
Here is what we expect from the MSM once Obama announces his VP pick. MSM outlets: please give us due credit if you decide to use our material. Thanks.
posted by Karl @ 12:48 PM Permalink 0 comments Post a comment
It is no wonder Barack Obama kept us in suspense! This magnanimous announcement of the distinguished ___ for VP was worth the wait as much as it was transcendent. ___ will compliment the ticket with __X__ (choose: years, months) of experience as a pragmatist and seasoned problem-solver with successes in ____ (choose: Global, National, or Hollywood) challenges. Barack Obama is clearly selfless in his VP choice, obviously willing to share the stage with ___. Clearly Obama has put America and her problems first and foremost, ahead of any personal ambition or praise.
Choosing ___ is a serious choice made by a serious candidate. The benefits to the campaign are incalculable. Incomputable. It is too early for polling data, but this decision is expected to thrust the Obama campaign to numbers rarely seen in modern politics.
The excitement Obama has injected into his campaign by naming ___ as VP is in stark contrast to the failed policies of the Republican Party and their chosen successor to George W. Bush, John McCain. The Obama campaign, in this first-class VP selection, has once again demonstrated a noticeable shift away from illegal wars, alienation of allies, and failed diplomacy.
Choosing ___ is a serious choice made by a serious candidate. The benefits to the campaign are incalculable. Incomputable. It is too early for polling data, but this decision is expected to thrust the Obama campaign to numbers rarely seen in modern politics.
The excitement Obama has injected into his campaign by naming ___ as VP is in stark contrast to the failed policies of the Republican Party and their chosen successor to George W. Bush, John McCain. The Obama campaign, in this first-class VP selection, has once again demonstrated a noticeable shift away from illegal wars, alienation of allies, and failed diplomacy.
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Monday, August 04, 2008
Daily Ushanka.us visitors will have noticed an obvious spike (>2x) in the number of biased headlines posted to our home page. We'll watch your ratings to confirm our suspicions that the bias intensity has increased as well.
Here are some of the August headlines (go to the home page for links, voting and commenting):
Is there a sense among the liberal elites that 'Everything Seemingly is Spining Out of Control'?
Update 3PM PST: We found a good video on MSM bias, released today, at Ed Driscoll's site. U/T to Ed.
posted by Karl @ 11:24 AM Permalink 0 comments Post a comment
Here are some of the August headlines (go to the home page for links, voting and commenting):
Can Paulson Save the Economy?
Interview: McCain on Energy, Torture and Gaffes
Obama leads McCain among low-wage workers: poll
Obama says offshore drilling stance nothing new
GOP convention attracting array of demonstrators
A Push to Wrest More Oil From Land, but Most New Wells Are foe Natural Gas
GOP takes over empty House floor
Obama's Paris Visit Captivates French Minorities
Obama Camp See Potential GOP Discontent
Poll: Hispanic Voters Back Obama by Wide Margins
Factcheck.org: Did Obama Snub Wounded Troops?
Factcheck.org: McCain Links Castro With Obama
Interview: McCain on Energy, Torture and Gaffes
Obama leads McCain among low-wage workers: poll
Obama says offshore drilling stance nothing new
GOP convention attracting array of demonstrators
A Push to Wrest More Oil From Land, but Most New Wells Are foe Natural Gas
GOP takes over empty House floor
Obama's Paris Visit Captivates French Minorities
Obama Camp See Potential GOP Discontent
Poll: Hispanic Voters Back Obama by Wide Margins
Factcheck.org: Did Obama Snub Wounded Troops?
Factcheck.org: McCain Links Castro With Obama
Is there a sense among the liberal elites that 'Everything Seemingly is Spining Out of Control'?
Update 3PM PST: We found a good video on MSM bias, released today, at Ed Driscoll's site. U/T to Ed.
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
We waited on this story until we could make it 'fit' in the Ushanka.us theme. Today it did with American Thinker's piece (links below) on the scandal. Not the John Edwards mistress scandal. Not the John Edwards love-child scandal. No, the scandal of the MSM who collectively chose to ignore this story. Can't we take a day off from the hourly updates of President Obama's latest pronouncements?
American Thinker - The Edwards Scandal is Now an MSM Scandal
National Enquirer - Latest Update: $15k/month checks to mistress
National Enquirer - Original Story
Pic from Nat'l Enquirer
A personal note: we think this is just sad.
posted by Karl @ 9:27 PM Permalink
American Thinker - The Edwards Scandal is Now an MSM Scandal
The major media have virtually ignored the entire story, despite what appears to be rather convincing evidence assembled by the Enquirer. Fox News was able to find a corroborating witness, but the rest of the media has 86'd the story, despite its obvious appeal to a public that can't get enough when it comes to scandal.
National Enquirer - Latest Update: $15k/month checks to mistress
National Enquirer - Original Story
Pic from Nat'l Enquirer
A personal note: we think this is just sad.
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posted by Karl @ 9:27 PM Permalink
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Here is a McCain video, Obama Love, that addresses the media's infatuation with Obama. A good job. Let's see more of this!
U/T: Politico's Jonathan Martin
UPDATE 7.26: Video taken down over copyright complaints! The MSM, the first to whine about the First Amendment, is also the first to tell us what we can and cannot broadcast. Pathetic. HotAir has the story - link.
Not to worry - we're still posting biased MSM headlines on the Ushanka.us home page. Be sure to leave your votes and comments!
posted by Karl @ 11:42 AM Permalink
U/T: Politico's Jonathan Martin
UPDATE 7.26: Video taken down over copyright complaints! The MSM, the first to whine about the First Amendment, is also the first to tell us what we can and cannot broadcast. Pathetic. HotAir has the story - link.
Not to worry - we're still posting biased MSM headlines on the Ushanka.us home page. Be sure to leave your votes and comments!
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posted by Karl @ 11:42 AM Permalink
Monday, June 23, 2008
Why would biased bourgeois newspapers care about profits? There are more important things than revenue, profit margins and other capitalist endeavours, such as maintaining the combined Obama-distraction and Bush-bashing campaigns long enough to fool 51% of the electorate in November. So we doubt today's news means anything to them...
However, the news today that ad revenues are down 8% in the past year for the nation's newspapers, and that commie cornerstone The San Francisco Chronicle is losing over a million dollars a week, warms our Proletarian heart.
NYT's 5-year chart:
posted by Karl @ 6:35 PM Permalink
However, the news today that ad revenues are down 8% in the past year for the nation's newspapers, and that commie cornerstone The San Francisco Chronicle is losing over a million dollars a week, warms our Proletarian heart.
NYT's 5-year chart:
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