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CNBC's Rick Santelli Blasts Financial Reforms Excluding Fannie, Freddi
Network's CME Group reporter dismayed Dodd's bill doesn't include GSEs, suggests unwinding the two groups.
Homicides Skyrocket in Venezuela, Chavez Thanks Penn for Support
Venezuelan despot Hugo Chavez says he's grateful for the support he's getting from actor Sean Penn.As NewsBusters reported Monday, Penn told HBO's Bill Maher last week:[E]very day, this elected leader is called a dictator here, and we just accept it! And accept it. And this is mainstream media, who should – truly, there should be a bar by which one goes to prison for these kinds of lies.…
'Crazy Misogynistic Culture': Blow's Bizarre Excuse For Pelosi Mishand
How much of a pickle is Pelosi potentially in? Enough that Dem loyalist Charles Blow had to resort to some truly twisted reasoning to explain away her delay in responding to allegations against Eric Massa.Of all things, the New York Times columnist tried to excuse Pelosi's failure to act by blaming . . . "our crazy misogynistic culture." Huh?Blow offered his odd opinion on today's Morning Joe…
Say What? Rev. Wright Claims Fox News Ruined His Granddaughter's Senio
Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama’s longtime minister and permanent embarrassment, preached in Washington on Wednesday, reported Hamil Harris of The Washington Post. (It was nowhere to be found in my Thursday paper.) Harris suggested Wright's nastiest words were saved for Fox News, which wanted to ruin his granddaughters. It sounded a little like paranoid Ross Perot in 1992. The anti-Obama…
Michael Moore Suggests Bush Fooled Americans Because 'Society of Ignor
Appearing as a guest on Thursday’s Joy Behar Show on CNN Headline News, filmmaker Michael Moore continued his recent attacks on Democrats for not delivering more effectively on a left-wing agenda, called out gay Republicans for "hypocrisy," and seemed to suggest that President Bush fooled many Americans because "we have created a society of ignorant and illiterate people."Host Behar started the…
Imus Takes on 'Tehran Tom' Hanks with Pro-American Historian
'Imus in the Morning' offers much-needed retort to anti-America Hollywood
What's Wrong with This Picture
Yes, I am aware that (R) means "right", just thought it looked funny. Hence the "humor" tag at the bottom.
Group Demands Olbermann Apologize for Comparing Jewish Attorney to Naz
The Media Institute, a Washington-based non-profit, has called on Keith Olbermann to apologize for comparing one of its Jewish staff members to a Nazi collaborator.During a January 21 screed regarding the controversial Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission -- in which the Supreme Court granted all companies the same rights as MSNBC's parent company GE -- Olbermann…
Lefty Jon Stewart Hits Bush Speechwriter for Living in 'Selective Worl
Liberal comedian Jon Stewart featured a rare conservative voice on Tuesday's Daily Show, former Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen. As he often does during the occasions he talks to right-leaning guests, Stewart turned combative, attacking Thiessen for "living in a selective world." The ex-Bush aide appeared to promote his new book Courting Disaster, which defends and advocates for the…
MSNBC's Hall Showcases State Legislator Who Wants to Ban Salt in Resta
Is it "crossing the line" to ban salt from use in restaurant kitchens? That's what MSNBC's Tamron Hall asked of her viewers shortly before 3 p.m. on March 11. To discuss the issue, she interviewed New York State Assemblyman Felix Ortiz (D) on his proposed legislation calling for a ban of salt use in Empire State restaurant kitchens. Each violation would carry a $1,000 fine.Hall failed to balance…
CBS's Smith Touts Anti-War Film 'Green Zone' As 'Bourne Meets Hurt Loc
In an interview with Matt Damon near the end of Thursday's CBS Early Show, co-host Harry Smith helped promote the actor's latest film, 'Green Zone,' which attacks the Bush administration over the Iraq war: "What was it like to make a movie like this? Because it's a little – it's – I'm not sure if this is an apt analogy, but it's a little 'Bourne' meets 'Hurt Locker.'"Smith alluded to Damon's role…
NY Times Obsesses Over Texas 'Conservatives' Changing Curriculum, Igno
New York Times reporter James McKinley Jr. was in Austin to cover a controversy over school curriculum in Texas, with conservatives on the state Board of Education trying to soften the liberal tone of the state's textbooks and include more records of conservative accomplishments. His Thursday story, "Texas Conservatives Seek Deeper Stamp on Texts," was positively sodden with "conservative" labels…
CBS Political Hotsheet Reporter Suggests 'Slaughter Solution' Term Unf
Let's see... The author of the bizarre solution to avoid a direct vote in the House of Representatives on the Senate ObamaCare bill is Congresswoman Louise Slaughter. Yet, to call it a "Slaughter Solution" is somehow an unfair Republican tactic. Such is the assertion of Brian Montopoli at the CBS Political Hotsheet:The Republican Party already has plenty of evocative phrases with which to hammer…