Archive for December 1, 2009
Fox Reacts to Obama’s Afghanistan War Speech
Per Fox, W. could do no wrong. As for Obama? He can’t do anything — anything! — right:
Next thing you know they’ll be ripping him for not including the word “and” or “the” in a speech.
Obama Lies About Letters of Condolence to Soldiers’ Families
In his speech about Afghanistan tonight, President Obama said, “[A]s President, I have signed a letter of condolence to the family of each American who gives their life in these wars.”
That’s a boldfaced lie: White House Policy: No Letter to Families of Military Suicides.
Memo to Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) re Ben Bernanke
On Wednesday Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will appear at a confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said today that he won’t vote to re-confirm Bernanke unless the Fed is, “willing to take their eyes off an exclusive gaze on the welfare of Wall Street and start giving a red hot damn about the American public.”
Right the freakin’ on. And I would add that Bernanke expressing a willingness to take his eyes off Wall Street isn’t enough. He must promise to do so and Whitehouse must commit to making sure he does. And I’m not talkin’ years here. I’m talkin’ weeks, or, at the most, a few months.
Mike Huckabee, Predictably, Turns to Fox For Clemency Rehab
Have you ever noticed that when a Republican runs into trouble he or she almost immediately appears on Fox “News” for a softball interview designed to help shed a good light — or a least a softer light — on whatever happened? Pay attention. It’s as predictable as the sunrise.
Mike Huckabee took advantage of that service last night — so generously provided by Rupert Murdoch — when he appeared on “The Factor” to “explain” put lipstick on the pig of his granting clemency to “suspected cop killer” Maurice Clemmons.
I mean, the guy already has his own Fox show but it doesn’t get the ratings O’Reilly gets so hey, hurry, get him on!
Tweet of the Day
Kay Bailey Hutchison says it like it is: Republicans are sentries protecting the insurance industry:
I want to see a health insurance system that doesn’t include the insurance industry.
Break Time: Wooha – Booze in a Pill?!
I live in a college town where at any given time a good percentage of the student population is plastered so this isn’t necessarily good news but it is kinda interesting (say it ain’t so!): Vodka in a pill.
Goldman Sachs Execs Packing Heat?
Author Alice Schroeder has a “comment” piece up at Bloomberg.com today alleging that a “friend” told her that some Goldman Sachs bankers are carrying firearms:
“I just wrote my first reference for a gun permit,” said a friend, who told me of swearing to the good character of a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker who applied to the local police for a permit to buy a pistol. The banker had told this friend of mine that senior Goldman people have loaded up on firearms and are now equipped to defend themselves if there is a populist uprising against the bank.
I hope the money they’re raking in makes living like this worth it.
Is News Corp. Removing Itself From Google?
Check this out. Look at that graph.
Murdoch’s nuts.
(H/t JG.)
Gen. Barry McCaffrey Still Nothing More Than a “Military Analyst” on MSNBC
Gen. Barry McCaffrey (Ret.) was on the “Dr. Nancy” show on MSNBC this morning, identified as a “military analyst.”
What the audience wasn’t told is that McCaffrey is a one-man, walking, talking military industrial complex with a whole lot to gain from our military pursuits. The guy has a vested interest in us being at war because he stands to make money if and when we are. So when he appears on television it might be good to know where he’s coming from with his “analysis,” huh? But no. We aren’t told that his “analysis” might just be aimed at convincing the public to go in a direction that will make him big bucks.
Fox Frames Obama’s Speech Tonight as a “Photo Op”
There is so much wrong with this:
For example, off the top of my head:
1) We’re at war. Where’s the respect for the Commander-in-Chief?
2) Where’s the respect for the seriousness of the situation?
3) Where’s the respect for the troops (and their families) who will be deployed and for those who will die or be maimed?
Click on the picture and you go — surprise, surprise — to a nasty New York Post article, giving the impression that you’re getting an independent opinion. But guess what — the New York Post is owned by Rupert Murdoch as is Fox.
