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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008Oh, for Pete’s sake, this is pathetic on so many levels: Come Christmas, McKenna Hunt, a gregarious little girl from Safety Harbor, Fla., will receive the play kitchen and the Elmo doll she wants. But her mother, Kristen Hunt, will go without the designer jeans she covets this season. if (acm.rc) acm.rc.write(); For Ms. Hunt [...]
News Flash: Mainstream Media Calls for Destruction of Constitution
Sunday, November 23rd, 2008I disagree with the Belmont Club that the New York Times and MSNBC calling for Bush to resign and Obama to assume the Presidency immediate is merely “impolite.” To me, it borders on sedition to suggest that the Constitution should be ignored and the profoundly important transition of government that it dictates be short-circuited: Gail [...]
I Knew Abraham Lincoln, and Mr. Obama–You’re No Abraham Lincoln
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008The only thing that’s truly “eery” about any coincidental similarities between Obama and Lincoln are that they’re being brought up in serious conversation: The similarities are eerily similar. var CNN_ArticleChanger = new CNN_imageChanger(‘cnnImgChngr’,'/2008/POLITICS/11/18/obama.lincoln/imgChng/p1-0.init.exclude.html’,1,1); //CNN.imageChanger.load(‘cnnImgChngr’,'imgChng/p1-0.exclude.html’); Both Abraham Lincoln and President-elect Barack Obama were not from Illinois but became two of the state’s top politicians. They were [...]
Oxymoron Alert: Violence Chips Away at Cease-Fire
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008Oxymoron of the week: Israeli tanks forged into the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, drawing mortar fire from Palestinian militants and intensifying violence that has chipped away at a tenuous cease-fire. [Emphasis added.]
MSNBC: CEO’s Should Be Thrown in Jail for Doing Exactly What the Government Wanted Them To Do
Saturday, November 15th, 2008Here’s MSNBC.com, on the issue of charging the CEO’s of the financial institutions allegedly “responsible for” the financial crisis, and then throwing them in jail: It may be awhile before these cases are brought to trial. For one thing, the investment schemes at the heart of the financial meltdown reached a level of complexity that [...]
Bill Ayers – Obama Connection Suddenly the Topic of the Month
Saturday, November 15th, 2008Here’s what is utterly fascinating to me about the Bill Ayers story: that it’s become such an open topic, after the election, while it was so taboo prior to Nov. 4. Some might argue that this is because Ayers himself was silent until Obama was elected, but that’s obvious hogwash: the press lives for the [...]
European Racism Suddenly Recognized by Mainstream Media
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008I can’t say that I’ve ever read a mainstream news account about European racism. Consider this story at the New York Times: After U.S. Breakthrough, Europe Looks in Mirror: In the general European euphoria over the election of Barack Obama, there is the beginning of self-reflection about Europe’s own troubles with racial integration. Many are asking if [...]
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