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Oliver Stone to Put Hitler, Stalin 'In Context' With New Miniseries
There has been a substantial push lately by some of Hollywood's big names to reeducate Americans on world history. The leftist-dominated television and film industries have taken it upon themselves to promote histories of the United States and its role in the world that portrays it as an evil, occasionally colonial, always destructive force in global relations.The latest such effort is being…
'Rush Limbaugh! The Musical' Debuts in Chicago End of the Month
Germans may soon have "HOPE - The Obama Musical Story," but Chicagans are about to get "Rush Limbaugh! The Musical."Produced by the Windy City's longtime comedy troupe Second City, the score features "a pastiche of Broadway musicals such as Spring Awakening, Wicked, and Rent. You can call it 'Dispirit of the Radio.'”The show's website boasts (h/t Story Balloon):
As Stephanopoulos Leaves 'This Week,' News of a Booster Seat in the Mo
At the end of Sunday’s This Week this morning, George Stephanopoulos announced it was his last broadcast as the host (“That’s our show for today. It is also my last regular Sunday here at This Week. Thanks to all of you for watching so faithfully for all these years and thanks to the outstanding crew and staff here at This Week for making it the special program it will always be”) and an item in…
'Face the Nation': Reid's Remarks Will Hurt Democrats In November
A rather shocking thing happened on "Face the Nation" Sunday: CBS News's chief legal correspondent said Sen. Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) racist remarks about presidential candidate Barack Obama in 2008 will harm Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections.Quite contrary to how ABC's George Stephanopoulos gave cover to the Senate Majority Leader by declaring his comments were supposed to be private, "…
Schwarzenegger On Ben Nelson's Kickback: 'It's Illegal to Buy Votes
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Sunday accused Senate Democrats of illegally buying a vote to get healthcare reform passed.Talking with NBC's David Gregory on "Meet the Press," Schwarzenegger blasted the California Congressional delegation for "representing Nebraska and not us" during December's healthcare deliberations.Taking the matter further, the Governor said, "[T]he Senate just…
Reid Shill Stephanopoulos Stresses 'Negro Dialect' Supposed To Be 'Pri
It was the thinnest of reeds, but that didn't stop George Stephanopoulos from clinging to it—twice—in doing his best for Harry Reid . . . Appearing on GMA today, Steph stressed that Reid's remarks about then-candidate Obama being "light-skinned" and having no "negro dialect" were supposed to be "private."Stephanopoulos tried to put the best face on things during a conversation with weekend co-…
Sunday NFL Open Thread
After yesterday's snoozers, will we actually have at least ONE good game today?
Open Thread
For general discussion and debate. Possible talking point: Harry Reid's remarks.I've been watching CNN this morning, and their take -- not surprising -- is that this is no big deal. They've even read some e-mail messages from viewers claiming that Reid was right, and that we should all just move on. Nothing to see here.How much different would this be if Reid had an "R" next to his name?
The Church of NPR: Mother Teresa's a Destroyer, Radical Feminist an 'I
Even obituaries can inform the public what the leftists at National Public Radio consider admirable.When Mother Teresa died in 1997, NPR stood out with a vicious obituary from anchor Scott Simon noting her "tolerance of tyrants and criminals" and her theology of "destructive comfort to keep people poor." Christopher Hitchens, who wrote a book-length attack on her, was welcomed to kick dirt on the…
WaPo Blogger Wants Weather Served With a Side Order of 'Climate Scienc
The one good thing you can say about Andrew Freedman's "Cold weather in a hot climate" entry at the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang blog (HT James Taranto at the Wall Street Journal's Best of the Web) is that he's at least not hiding his bias. Boiling it down, Freedman believes that weather broadcasters should use the occasions of heat waves and serious storms as global warming teachable…
Pick Out Two Fingers
It's a sad day when comparing our highest elected officials to the Three Stooges, isn't any stretch at all.
Reid After Trent Lott's Resignation In 2002: 'He Had No Alternative
Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in 2002 agreed with former Sen. Trent Lott's (R-Miss.) decision to resign his leadership role after Lott made what some felt were racist remarks at former Sen. Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday party."He had no alternative," said Reid at the time claiming, "If you tell ethnic jokes in the backroom, it's that much easier to say ethnic things publicly. I've always practiced…