Zbigniew Brzezinski: Obama The New Mr. 'Malaise

Can you hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth emanating from 1600 Pennslyvania Avenue?  It's Pres. Obama & Co. reacting to Zbigniew Brzezinki pinning on Barack Obama the word that doomed Jimmy Carter: "malaise."On Morning Joe, Carter's former national security adviser said there "is a sense of pervasive malaise" in America. What's worse, suggested Zbig, Pres. Obama hasn't been able to…
Mark Finkelstein
July 16th, 2010 8:35 AM

Liberal Talker Compares Limbaugh to...Funeral-Ruining Rev. Fred Phelps

Brian Maloney at Radio Equalizer captured the bizarre (and no doubt jealous) analysis of  Rush Limbaugh on liberal talk radio over his remarks that "that cracker" George Steinbrenner made a lot of African-American millionaires as owner of the Yankees (and fired a lot of white managers). On Wednesday afternoon, Randi Rhodes tried to compare Limbaugh to Rev. Fred "God Hates Fags" Phelps, who ruins…
Tim Graham
July 16th, 2010 8:01 AM

Federal Tax Collections Have Not Increased; Interest From the Fed is t

It's bad enough the federal government's official budget deficit has topped $1 trillion for the second year in a row, according to the just-released June 2010 Monthly Treasury Statement. But, focusing only on receipts for the moment, a closer look makes it obvious that the situation is even worse than it appears. Don't expect the establishment press to take any interest in the annoying but…
Tom Blumer
July 15th, 2010 11:59 PM

Indignant Over List of Illegals in Utah, ABC Condemns 'Campaign of Int

“Fear Factor,” Diane Sawyer teased at the top of Thursday's World News in picking up a cause-celebre of the left, demanding: “Who leaked a list of people labeled illegal immigrants, naming children and pregnant women? Are these vigilantes at work?” She soon intoned that “an investigation is under way into what's being called 'The List' – thirteen hundred names leaked in an apparent campaign of…
Brent Baker
July 15th, 2010 8:56 PM

CNN's Lemon Argues With Black Tea Party Member; Civil War is 'Modern H

On Thursday's Newsroom, CNN's Don Lemon conducted a confrontational interview of a black tea party member and disputed his assertion that the U.S. is "more divided now, racially, than any other time in modern history." Lemon bizarrely reached back to the Confederacy to challenge his guest's claim: "Some of the reasons for the Civil War....was racism....How can you say the country is more divided…
Matthew Balan
July 15th, 2010 7:17 PM

No Media Outcry as Dems Block Amendment to Open Up Gulf Oil Cleanup to

It has become clear that the Democratic establishment does not have as much of an interest in press freedom as they would have the public believe. But what is even more telling is the media's spotty response to censorship efforts in the Gulf of Mexico.On Wednesday, House Natural Resouces Democrats rejected an amendment that would ensure press transparency in the Gulf. The amendment came mere days…
Lachlan Markay
July 15th, 2010 6:44 PM

Andrea Mitchell: House Democrats' Spat With Gibbs is 'Unfortunate

MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell is apparently a tad disappointed that the conflict between Speaker Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Robert Gibbs festered as much as it has recently. While talking to Politico's Jonathan Martin about yesterday's meeting at the White House between House Democrats and Obama administration officials, Mitchell lamented that the four-day uproar was "a little bit unfortunate.""You…
Matt Hadro
July 15th, 2010 6:31 PM

Luke Russert Touts Financial Bill as 'Huge Victory' for Dems, Fulfills

Reporting Thursday from Capitol Hill, MSNBC congressional correspondent Luke Russert touted a likely win for Senate Democrats on the Financial Reform Bill, saying it would be a "huge victory.""Obviously, [President Obama] ran on the slogan 'Change you can believe in,' with health care reform and financial regulatory reform," Russert commented, thus tying the passage of the financial reform bill…
Matt Hadro
July 15th, 2010 6:23 PM

CBS Reports Bad Polls for Obama, But Left Out Drop in ObamaCare Number

In the last two days, CBS has reported on its latest poll, emphasizing that Americans are pessimistic about an improving economy, with a little emphasis on how their measure of Barack Obama’s approval rating (44 percent) has tied his lowest number in their poll. But none of the CBS on-air stories have mentioned the poll’s findings on how the approval of ObamaCare has shrunk by seven points.…
Tim Graham
July 15th, 2010 5:49 PM

Van Jones: ‘Higher Energy Costs Are Unavoidable

The left continues to try to renovate Van Jones' reputation. Jones, the former green jobs czar who disappeared from the White House in a late-night resignation after it was revealed he had signed a 9/11 Truther petition, is one of the headliners at the Hamptons Institute gathering of lefties this weekend. Jones joins liberal financier George Soros and Craigslist founder Craig Newmark for "a…
Dan Gainor
July 15th, 2010 4:31 PM

Van Jones: 'Higher Energy Costs Are Unavoidable

Former green jobs czar join Soros headlining liberal event, argues for 'dramatically more' than $80 billion in spending.
Dan Gainor
July 15th, 2010 4:27 PM

Seattle P-I Blogger: Are You 'Jealous' That Portland Might Ban Plastic

In August 2009, much to the chagrin of leftist environmental activists, the generally liberal electorate of the city of Seattle rejected a 20-cent tax on plastic shopping bags. In fact, 58 percent of voters voted to reject the proposal, although the Seattle Post-Intelligencer sought to portray the vote as the result of the plastic industry plunking down $1.4 million in advertising opposing the…
Ken Shepherd
July 15th, 2010 3:49 PM

‘Dallas’ Star Larry Hagman Refuses to Let Facts Get In the Way Of

When news recently broke that the 78 year-old actor Larry Hagman had surfaced in California promoting solar energy as means of staving off the end of civilization, I must admit I was somewhat taken aback. Prior to this, the last time anyone had heard from Hagman was when he was part of a "who done it" spoof which TV viewers watched in an attempt to ascertain "Who Shot J.R.?"Now he looks like just…
AWR Hawkins
July 15th, 2010 2:32 PM

Attacks on Business Fill Newsweek's List of 'Best Business Literature

If Newsweek magazine isn't anti-business enough for you, perhaps their list of "Business Books You Need to Read Now" will satisfy. On July 14, Newsweek published a list of ten books they described as "best business literature out there." The list of ten current titles was decidedly anti-business. Newsweek included an interview with each book's author. The list included: "War at the Wall…
Kyle Gillis
July 15th, 2010 1:36 PM