Archive for April 29, 2009
FoxNews.com Headlines Teeny, Tiny Ultra-Conservative Radical Group
One of the headlines on FoxNews.com at this moment (3:55 p.m. ET – see screen shot below) is this: “The School of Right – Ultra-Conservative Group that Bills Itself as ‘America’s Right-Wing Conservative Youth Movement’ Riles Students Nationwide.“
Per the article, the group, “Youth for Western Civilization” (check out their logo) hopes to “inspire Western youth on the ‘basis of pride in their American and Western heritage,’ counter and ultimately defeat ‘leftism on campus’ and create a social movement in which a right-wing subculture is an alternative to what it calls a ‘poisonous and bigoted’ campus climate.”
YWC debuted in February at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Its honorary chairman is former Colorado Congressman Tom Tancredo. Its membership is estimated to be, “roughly 10 active members at each of its college chapters. Aside from UNC, DeAnna said YWC has a presence at Vanderbilt University, American University, Elon University, the University of Rhode Island, the University of Connecticut-Storrs and Bentley University.” It is currently being monitored by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
So. Here we have an ultra-conservative group of radicals consisting of roughly 70 people – that would be 70 PEOPLE – being given headline news status on the website of the largest and most conservative “news” organization in the country.
Interesting indeed.
News You Can’t Use: CNN Assesses Obama’s “Swagga”
I saw this segment while I was eating lunch but I was too lazy to get up to post about it so I’m glad CJR did.
As I’ve said before, you can practically feel your brain atrophying when you watch daytime cable “news.”
Sarah Palin Changes Her Mind About Accepting Stimulus Money and Sneaks in a Lie or Two While Doing So
Just this morning I was thinking about how nervous I’d be right now if Sarah and John were guiding us through the mess we’re in, including the flu thing.
Get Ready for a “Republican Revolution” in 2010
James Inhofe (R-OK) — continuing in his quest to be top loon — was just on Fox claiming that there’s going to be a Republican revolution in 2010.
Whatever Jim.
Photoshop This
Something funny coming out of one of the stupidest things to happen in a long time.
Rachel Maddow’s Ratings Are Down
Her ratings are down quite a bit since October.
MSNBC – don’t give up on her!
Our Debts
This is interesting: America’s Biggest Types of Personal Debt.
Payday loans are #1. Ugh. Sad.
Duh. What was I thinking? Too many things going on. Payday loans are #10 (h/t David) but still, they’re way too prevalent.
