Category: Media
The News Media And Truth
A Harley biker is riding by the zoo in Washington , DC when he sees a little girl leaning into the lion's cage. Suddenly, the lion grabs her by the cuff of her jacket and tries to pull her inside to slaughter her, under the eyes of her screaming parents.The biker jumps off his Harley, runs to the …
A Culture Of Contempt For Politicians?
George Friedman of Stratfor Global Intelligence has an excellent article on presidential debates and gridlock in the nation's capital; its well worth a read. "The founders wouldn't have minded this culture of contempt for politicians." Monday night's presidential foreign policy debate probably won't change the opinion of many voters. Proponents of President Barack Obama are …
The Prez Talks To The People
There's been quite a bit of criticism of Obama for - among other things - not giving a press conference to talk about the fiasco in Libya, and subsequent actions. But don't imagine that the Prez is keeping a low profile. Where has he gone to offer his thoughts? The Daily Show on Comedy Central, …
We Finally Did It
In our house, we've loathed the Seattle Times political posture for so long that we've often talked about cancelling our subscription. We finally did it. The last straw was the paper's endorsement of Obama for president. It was expected, but extremely annoying; especially since it came before he and Romney had even debated. For all …
Air America Lives!!
Concern about the mainstream media and its "reporting" on the presidential election continues to grow. Here's another piece that's worth a look. Its beginning to look as though the unlamented Air America has not gone away; merely changed its format.
Contempt For The Media
We are beginning to see some interesting writings about the role of the media in the country's politics. Here is a piece by Pat Cadell, a Democratic pollster I've developed a lot of respect for, from his appearances on Fox, in which he describes the mainstream media as a threat to the country. Here's a video clip …
Media Bias And The Middle East
Here is an excellent article about how media bias is playing in Obama's current Middle-East fiasco. Its well worth a read.
Undercounting Unemployment
We're all familiar with the news stories in the mainstream media ooohing and aaahing over whether the unemployment rate will - please! please! please! - drop below 8%. The July number was 8.3%; this compares with 7.8% in January, 2009 when Obama became president. So, Obama's laserlike focus on jobs has brought us significantly increased unemployment. …
The Democratic Party Fascists Take Over
A worthwhile piece from Ben Shapiro on the Chick-fil -A idiocy, Let's say that you own a business. And let's say that as a person of faith, you decide to use the profits from that business to support, at least in some small part, traditional marriage. Now let's say that your political opponents find your …
11th District Republicans 