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Archive for August, 2009

Shame On You MSNBC

by @ Thursday, August 20th, 2009. Filed under Media

Newsbusters is rightfully calling Contessa Brewer and Dylan Rattigan to task for this report alleging ties between guns at Obama appearances and racism:

On Tuesday, MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer fretted over health care reform protesters legally carrying guns: “A man at a pro-health care reform rally…wore a semiautomatic assault rifle on his shoulder and a pistol [...]

No Mr. President, Theft Is Not Morality

by @ Thursday, August 20th, 2009. Filed under Ayn Rand, Individual Liberty, Politics

Via Jason Pye comes this video of Howard Roark’s (played by Gary Cooper in the film version) speech from The Fountainhead

“I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone’s right to one minute of my life. Nor to any part of my energy. Nor to any achievement of mine. No matter who makes [...]

The GOP’s Hypocrisy On Health Care

by @ Thursday, August 20th, 2009. Filed under Health Care Reform, Politics, Republicans

The next time you hear a Republican bemoaning the coast of the Democrat’s health care reform plan, remember this:
[Democrats] must have been rolling in the aisles this week when Sen. Jon Kyl, Republican of Arizona, announced, “There is no way Republicans are going to support a trillion-dollar-plus bill.”
Republicans already have. In 2006, their Medicare drug [...]

The Banality Of The American Media

by @ Thursday, August 20th, 2009. Filed under Media

Let’s say you’re a producer for the CBS Early Show.
There’s a health care debate going on. Elections in Afghanistan. One of your networks most pre-eminent figures has just died. Heck, there’s even a Hurricane brewing in the Atlantic.
So, the top stories on your morning newscast, in order of priority, will be………..

There really isn’t anything [...]

“Cash For Clunkers” Soon To Be Defunct

by @ Thursday, August 20th, 2009. Filed under Auto Industry, Economics, Politics

The much-touted but ill-gated “Cash for Clunkers” program is coming to an end:
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration plans to end the popular $3 billion Cash for Clunkers program on Monday, giving car shoppers a few more days to take advantage of big government incentives.
The Transportation Department said Thursday the government will wind down the [...]

The Onion Explains The Obama Administration

by @ Thursday, August 20th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Humor, Politics

White House Reveals Obama Is Bipolar, Has Entered Depressive Phase
H/T: Hot Air

Mass Murderer Arrives In Libya To Cheering Crowds

by @ Thursday, August 20th, 2009. Filed under Foreign Affairs, War On Terror

If his release from Scotland was outrageous, Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi’s return to Libya is downright scandalous:
Thousands of Libyan people have greeted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi on his return to Tripoli.
Some displayed Megrahi’s picture on T-shirts while Libyan and Scottish flags were also being waved by members of the crowd at [...]

Health Care Reform, The Constitution, And The Limits On Congressional Power

by @ Thursday, August 20th, 2009. Filed under Health Care Reform, Politics, U.S. Constitution

Judge Andrew Napolitano was filling in for Glenn Beck yesterday, which he can do permanently as far as I’m concerned, and had a great discussion about the Constitutionality of health care reform and the general idea that Congress does not have any power to act outside of the limits set forth in Article I, Section [...]

Moms vs. The Good Humor Man

by @ Thursday, August 20th, 2009. Filed under Dumbasses, In The News

The New York Times profiles the latest bane of Suburbia:
It’s a spectacular day at Harmony Playground in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, with children swinging and running through sprinklers. An “icy man” with his pushcart of fruit ices stands near the jungle gym, as parents look toward the gated entrance. A second ices vendor enters, also setting [...]

Greenpeace Leader Admits They Lied About Arctic Ice Melt

by @ Thursday, August 20th, 2009. Filed under Global Warming, Politics

Back on July 15th, Greenpeace issued an alarming press release about the state of the Arctic ice pack:
Petermann Glacier, Greenland — Arctic ice is melting at an unprecedented rate. As scientists on board the Arctic Sunrise gather more data showing the urgency of the situation, world leaders stay inactive.
For the past two weeks, scientists and [...]

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