Archive for April 27, 2009
“Illegals”
The Swine flu gives us another reason to hate those Mexicans “illegals,” huh?
4-28: Sure enough. That didn’t take long.
President Obama: 100 Days, 100 Failures
Per Rupert Murdoch’s Fox “News,” his New York Post and the likes of Joe Scarborough of that liberal outpost, MSNBC: Obama has screwed up every s-i-n-g-l-e day of the first 100 days of his term.
Stay tuned. If the pesky Swine flu doesn’t get in the way you’ll near more — 24 hours of it, at least — come Wednesday.
I know. I can’t wait either.
Five Days Since Sean Hannity Agreed to Be Waterboarded
Still waiting for the details…
Why I Cancelled My Subscription to the New York Times
Because of insanity like this: Cheney for President.
Keith Olbermann Sans Suit Coat
Keith Olbermann is doing his show without a suit coat tonight. It looks good. Friendly.
CNN’s Lisa Sylvester Provides Cover for the GOP
Minutes ago (7:41 p.m. ET) Lisa Sylvester filed a report on CNN’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight” captioned, “Swine Flu: Are we Prepared?” In it, Sylvester implied that the Obama administration isn’t prepared to handle the Swine flu situation because it hasn’t fully staffed key health and human services positions. She noted that Kathleen Sebelius is still awaiting confirmation by the Senate, but she failed to note that Sebelius’ confirmation has been stalled by Republicans.
When Sylvester tossed back to Dobbs, he, of course, didn’t fill in the blank either.
Another example of just how “liberal” the media is, huh?
Fox News Won’t Air Obama’s Wednesday Night Press Conference
(Upated below.)
From the AP: Fox sticking with schedule instead of Obama.
Wonder if they refused to air any of Bush’s press conferences. (Are you kidding! They went live to him when he was picking his nose, much less holding a press conference.) Stupid question but for those of you who blindly and ignorantly believe that Fox is “fair and balanced,” here’s what I got when I asked:
This for web pages:
And this for news pages:
Gee. Seems to me that a presidential news conference fits into the definition of “news,” and I though (though I know something else) Fox was a “news” station.
Ultimately this is a complement to Obama. His poll numbers are too high and he’s too compelling when he speaks in public, at least as far as the wingers are conserned. So the less visibility Fox can give him, the better (in their small minds). They’re scared some of the 27%-ers might, just might, start to find him attractive.
Not only that, if Fox’s audience sees the presser live, Fox (the cable version that is) might not be able to lie to them about what Obama said.
Updated: Apparently, Fox didn’t carry a prime-time “Bush speech” in November, 2001.
Cheney – Suddenly Mr. Sunshine
We’ll release the memos you claim will “prove” that torture worked (which wouldn’t absolve you and your cohort of breaking national and international laws against it) if you’ll releases notes and memos (and info as to who participated) surrounding your “energy task force.”
Deal?
The Republican Version of We the People
Here’s a quick summary of what the economic layout of the United States would look like if the GOP got, or gets its way on its proposed “reforms.”
Another Bush-era Illusion Goes Poof
Remember during the last eight years when we heard, over and over again, that the economy and the country were doing just great, thank you very much, because so many people were buying and living in their own homes? (I heard it at least weekly from Neil Cavuto.)
Well — poof. That’s all gone. Another house of cards built on winger sand.
Susan Collins (R-ME) Removes Incriminating Article from Website
(Updated below.)
Roughly 90 minutes ago (11:00 a.m. ET), the following article appeared on Susan Collin’s website. In it, she is praised for, “expressing concern about a number of spending provisions, including $780 million for pandemic-flu preparedness”:
Collins ended up being instrumental in killing that provision.
Now (12:29 p.m. ET) the article is gone:
Hey Susan, don’t you have the guts to stand up for what you appearently believe in — or were you just pandering to “the base?” (And by hiding this information, who are you pandering to now?)
Update 4-28 / 5:01 p.m ET: Some of my commenters are finding the article on Collins’ site now. I don’t know whether it was put back up, moved, or what, but appearently it’s there.
