But maybe it's time to throw in the towel. The stone doesn't roll as well as it used to.
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Worth more than all the super PACs put together
Introduction:
Two very interesting articles which should suggest I didn't write them. Although these articles do not mention Rush it is a testament of how the MSM can set a trap and and wait for someone to take the bait. That someone was Rush. They played him like a violin. By that I mean no one talks about why we should have to pay for Sandra Fluke's contraceptives which was the real issue, instead the MSM changed the discourse to…The GOP hates women because Rush called her a slut.
Then for the coup d'état Obama calls Fluke to apologize for that "cold-hearted" Limbaugh making Rush look like a heel forcing him to apologize and causing a few sponsors to terminate their contract with his popular radio show.
I got to give them credit. This is so artfully done, the slight of hand, the subtlety, it would make David Copperfield green with envy.
This is Rush's take on it.
Most Americans come home from work and turn on the nightly news and take everything they see and hear as the gospel truth.
Obama can't run on his record. In fact if he was a Republican he needn't worry about campaigning because he would be to busy defending himself in the impeachment hearings.
Obama can't run on his record. In fact if he was a Republican he needn't worry about campaigning because he would be to busy defending himself in the impeachment hearings.
Here are a couple of narratives on how the MSM really spins its web.
By Paul Lemmen
Part of the Marxist agenda is to allow the Cultural Marxists to define what the political dialog in our nation actually is. This allows them to twist reality and re-define the actual meanings and definitions of terms to fit their tactics of creating a false controversy and turning it into a crisis that must be addressed by their predetermined groups (utilizing their agents of change in the MSM as well as their useful fools in our public life) to a predefined consensus (always a consensus, never independent thought or dissenting opinion) that promotes their agenda.
How Network News Has Twisted Obama's War on Religion Into a Conservative War Against Women
By Rich Noyes
It's been nearly three weeks since President Obama faced a political backlash over his plan to force religious institutions to bow to government bureaucrats when it came to supplying birth control coverage to their employees. Since then, the liberal media — led by the broadcast networks — have helped re-script the story to suit the President's political needs. Instead of a story about the overreach of big government and violation of religious freedom, the networks are now spinning the birth control story as one about out-of-control conservatives, to the point of ignoring broad and continuing opposition — including a lawsuit by seven state attorneys general — to the President's power grab.
The MRC reviewed coverage from the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts starting with Obama's February 10 declaration of a unilateral "compromise" meant to end the controversy. Our analysis shows how the networks re-framed the story from one that was damaging to Obama into one that reporters thought would hurt his opponents:
■ Selling Obama's "Compromise." The networks characterized the President's February 10 statement as an "accommodation," a "change of course" and a "compromise with Catholic leaders" even though there was no substantive difference between the administration's old and new regulations other than a promise that religious institutions would not be separately charged for coverage for contraceptives, even though such insurance would continue to be mandatory — essentially, an accounting gimmick.
Obama's decision was "one part Solomon, one part semantics," CBS anchor Scott Pelley enthused on the February 10 Evening News. That night, CBS and NBC both ran soundbites from Planned Parenthood chief Cecile Richards applauding the President, which NBC matched with a quote from a liberal Democratic politician, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, representing NBC's conclusion that "many Catholic women were also cheering the news." For its part, ABC assured viewers that "both the Catholic Health Association and abortion rights groups approved" of the new rules.
That first night, all three broadcasts noted an early statement from New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan that Obama's move was "a first step in the right direction." But late that same day, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops rejected Obama's "compromise," a fact that was eventually disclosed on weekend editions of the CBS Evening News and ABC's World News — but never once mentioned on the NBC Nightly News.
"Roman Catholic bishops say President Obama's revised policy on contraception coverage for employees, quote, 'continues to involve needless government intrusion on the internal governance of religious institutions,'" CBS weekend anchor Elaine Quijano noted on February 11. "The bishops blasted the White House for needless government intrusion and threatening coercion of religious people," ABC's David Kerley noted the next night, February 12.
After that, the Church's continued opposition to Obama's insurance mandate was never given more than a passing mention on the evening newscasts, and network reporters no longer portrayed the matter as a political liability for Obama's re-election.
■ Lawsuits? What Lawsuits? Reaffirming the fact that the President's February 10 statement was more a PR stunt than an actual compromise, Nebraska and six other states filed suit last Thursday, February 23, saying that the HHS regulations violated the First Amendment and were an "interference with religious liberty." CNN and the Fox News Channel quickly reported the development, with CNN's Wolf Blitzer interrupting The Situation Room for a "Just In" bulletin.
Yet in the five days since, ABC, CBS and NBC have yet to inform their viewers about the lawsuit, which was joined by Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas. Private Catholic organizations are also going to court, including Ave Maria University, Belmont Abbey College, Colorado Christian University and the Eternal Word Television Network.
Ave Maria University is led by Jim Towey, who led the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives in George W. Bush's White House, a fact which would seem to raise the news value of his lawsuit. Towey blasted Obama in a February 21 conference call with reporters: "It is a sad day when an American citizen or organization has no choice but to sue its own government in order to exercise religious liberty rights guaranteed by our nation's Constitution."
But just as they have ignored the states' lawsuit, the broadcast networks have failed to acknowledge any of the private lawsuits against the Obama administration's attempt to impose its will on private religious institutions.
■ Beware of Conservative Extremists.
While the broadcast networks quickly moved on from Obama's use of government power to dictate birth control policy, the issue of contraception was still much in the news. Since mid-February, network reporters have pounced on statements from conservative candidate Rick Santorum talking about his own personal beliefs about birth control, falsely implying that a President Santorum would use his power to convert those beliefs into policy.
Pivoting off of a joke by one of Santorum's financial supporters, ABC's Jon Karl on February 16 cast the Senator as an extremist: "Santorum's surge in the polls is also bringing fresh scrutiny to his own comments on contraception, which he has blamed for moral decline in America....That's consistent with Santorum's Catholic faith, but also a reminder of just how far to the right he is on social issues."
Then on February 20, Karl reiterated: "Santorum has spent a lot of time lately talking about what people ought and ought not to do."
"[Santorum] advocates abstinence over birth control," CBS's Dean Reynolds argued on the February 21 Evening News. But Reynolds undermined the notion Santorum would use government to meddle with those who disagreed, showing this exchange he had with the candidate: "As for secular organizations, do you have a problem with them covering contraception." Santorum's definitive answer: "No."
■ Elevating Democratic Gimmickry. While a Republican presidential candidate was being roasted for his personal beliefs, NBC's Nightly News twice elevated Democrats' political gimmickry to the level of national news. On February 16, NBC devoted most of a story to Democrats crying foul over a House hearing into the HHS mandate, something ABC and CBS both thought unworthy of coverage.
Reporter Kelly O'Donnell took Democrats' partisan claims at face value: "The politics of contraception provoked outrage today....
This picture set off anger, when only men had a seat at the witness table during a hearing related to contraception....
The Republican chairman invited only faith leaders, not advocates for women's health."
Her story incorporated soundbites from liberal Representatives Carolyn Maloney, Eleanor Holmes Norton and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, vs. just one clip from the Republican chairman, Darrell Issa.
A week later, on February 23 O'Donnell followed up with a piece on Democrats' staged hearing to keep hammering their side of the issue. This time, there were no clips from conservatives or religious leaders, just Pelosi and a Georgetown law student talking about "hardships for some women who don't have insurance that covers birth control."
Just as they bypassed the earlier claims of partisan outrage, neither CBS nor ABC thought this staged Democratic event warranted a spot on their evening newscasts.
The lesson from the past two weeks seems to be that journalists stand ready to extricate President Obama from the public relations damage created by his liberal policy decisions, while at the same time trying to punish conservatives for having personal religious beliefs that the media elite deem incorrect.
That's a huge advantage to liberals this election year — worth more than all the super PACs put together.
Monday, March 5, 2012
Robin Williams as the American Flag
On a tip from Ed Kilbane
Thanks Ed for adding a little levity to the daily slugfest called politics.
Robin Williams, one of the most gifted comedians of all time.
Great video especially the ending.
Very Patriotic.
Something this country could use a large dose of.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Volt gets the jolt
GM Puts The Brakes On Chevrolet Volt Production
Chevrolet Volt sales haven't had the spark General Motors was looking for, so now it is putting the brakes on production.
The Volt has been the subject of five years of attention from GM, which touted the car as its best hope for the future during hearings on a Congressional bailout. But the Volt has become mired in political controversy, and reports of two fires in stationary Volts prompted lawmakers to examine the situation.
Obama's GM car dealership... 2013
Great advertisement for GM.The SS won't allow him to sit in it because it's susceptible to going up in flames. If it was a Japanese car they would call it the Hibachi. Obama thought he would have a little fun. I bet the UAW got a big kick out of it.
GM said Friday it will halt production of the Volt and the Opel Ampera so that it can balance inventories — car speak for a lack of demand. The move means that 1,300 people at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant will be temporarily laid off.
According to the Detroit Free Press, employees were told on Thursday that the production will be halted from March 19 through April 23. That's a crucial moment, right as the auto industry heads into its spring selling season. And it's the latest setback for the plug-in hybrid car, on which GM pinned so many hopes.
Chevrolet originally planned to sell 10,000 Volts in the first year, and as many as 60,000 this year and in subsequent years.
But it only sold about 7,000 in the car's first year. And even though sales were up in February versus January, the company has only sold 1,626 so far in 2012. That will put it way short of its goal for the year.
Even though federal officials have deemed the car safe, GM is taking steps to upgrade the Volt's structure and improve the way the battery is cooled.
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Well... Well.. Well
If this don't beat all.
Jesse Jackson
Honoring the food stamp president
The most "Righteous" Rev Jesse Jackson. A supposed reverend has a mistress and a love child. How many reverends do you know who have a mistress and a love child?
I was just thinking perhaps his motivation for promoting the food stamp president is to cover his own actions which may have contributed to increasing the enrollment.
In 1998 Karin Stanford, his mistress, went to court to formalize a $4,000-a-month child support payments the former presidential candidate was already paying her. Jackson then asked her to sign a confidentiality agreement, she says. She refused. Jackson declined to comment claiming: "I offer no response because any response further exposes the child in ways I feel to be harmful."
"I was shocked," says Stanford, 39. "I had basically kept the details of our relationship confidential. … So then to be hit with the confidentiality agreement was highly insulting to me." Stanford denies ever trying to blackmail Jackson for money. Both admit that his organization gave her $15,000 for moving expenses and another $20,000 for consulting fees, which Jackson has defended as legitimate business expenses.
(In other words, the Rainbow Coalition picked up the tab)
It gets better. Fast forward to 2012 and Karin Stanford is now suing Jackson for failure to pay child support.
BTW... his son, a Congressman, was caught not very long ago for the same extracurricular activities.
The case of the apple not falling far from the tree
The case of the apple not falling far from the tree
The reverend admits it helps the White House. More people on the gravy train is commensurate with more votes.
Maybe his unwavering loyalty to the White House, and being so adamant about food stamps, is because his side action is on the government dole.
This is in contrast to the open mike episode.
Remember when Jackson said he wanted to cut Obama's nuts off ?
(Try as I may I can't seem to remember the last time I heard a reverend say he wanted to cut someone's nuts off.)
Jesse Jackson said he thought Barack Obama was talking down to black people by lecturing them on things like fatherhood and being a responsible husband. Jesse thought it was insulting, not only to him, but to his mistress and their love child.
Isn't It Ironic
The food stamp program, part of the Department of Agriculture, is pleased to be distributing the greatest amount of food stamps ever.
Meanwhile, the Park Service, also part of the Department of Agriculture, asks us to: "Please do not feed the animals," because the animals may grow dependent and not learn to take care of themselves.
Now I'm not suggesting they're animals, some people are truly in need. But I am suggesting after a while in many cases entitlements like food stamps and welfare become a life style instead of a helping hand.
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