When Muslims Make Fun of the Amish

So last night on the show, Andy Levy pointed out that the person representing the Ground Zero mosque on Twitter made a few jabs at the Amish.This is what the Tweeter tweeted:Amish saying stop Muslims?1. What are you doing on the computer? 2. That's not very Amish 3. Shouldn't you be making butter?Later, that tweet was deleted.Which is a shame, because it didn't have to go. See, the Mosque folks…
Greg Gutfeld

Open Thread: Pelosi Wants to Investigate Mosque Opponents

NB Staff

Halperin Not Digging Dippy Deutsch

Was Mark Halperin just mugging, or was he truly turned off by Donny Deutsch's antics on the set of Morning Joe today? Check the video and be the judge.Here's the background: on the show's August 6th edition [a clip of which was played today and is seen in the video here], Deutsch turned up in a tight black T-shirt and proceeded to spend much of his appearance flexing for the cameras.  He ended…
Mark Finkelstein

Open Thread: A Passionate Sermon Against Birthright Citizenship from

NB Staff

WaPo Highlights Dem Outrage at Fox Donations to GOP, Downplays Reality

The Washington Post hyped the news on the front of Wednesday's Style section that Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has donated $1 million to the Republican Governors Association, "triggering swift criticism from Democrats that a contribution of that magnitude casts a shadow on his media properties, particularly Fox News." In paragraph 13, on page C-10, this apparent outrage of Republican…
Tim Graham

Olbermann Uses Words of U.S. Soldier to Bolster Anti-War Agenda, Ignor

On Monday’s Countdown show, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann used a clip of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Tim Osborn, stationed in Iraq, commenting on how he had previously felt that the war in Iraq "wasn’t ever going to stop," to fit into the Countdown host’s suggestion that American troops had remained in Iraq too long. But what Olbermann did not show his viewers is that Staff Sergeant Osborn had also…
Brad Wilmouth

Colmes Blogger: Churches' 'Free Ride' Should End

Wolfrum complains America 'riddled with religion,' losing potential income from tax-exempt orgs.
Nathan Burchfiel

Sheryl Crow Song Bashes Sarah Palin: 'Someone Unplug her Microphone

Eco-nut/singer worries over America's 'kool-aid' drinking and 'ignorance.'
Alana Goodman

Jon Stewart's Latest Ground Zero Mosque Defense Lapses Into Anti-Catho

Daily Show host Jon Stewart has again come to the defense of the Ground Zero mosque-builders, complete with a graphic suggesting the opponents are conducting a “Mosque-erade.” Stewart brought in “senior religion correspondent” John Oliver, and predictably, they launched back into Catholic pedophile humor, as if it were fresh and original and so, well, 2002: STEWART: Why should religious groups…
Tim Graham

Cenk Uygur's Pitchfork Populism: Raising Taxes Will Solve Income Dispa

Want to see a textbook example of how the left has tried to frame the debate against extending the Bush tax cuts? Take a look at Cenk Uygur, of "The Young Turks" fame, playing the class warfare/populism card. On MSNBC's Aug. 17 broadcast of "The Dylan Ratigan Show," Uygur was up in arms over the argument that taxes shouldn't be raised by allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire. He alluded to…
Jeff Poor

Bozell Column: The Media and the Mega-Mosque

It was deceptive. At a White House dinner with Muslims celebrating Ramadan, Barack Obama finally weighed in on the Ground Zero mosque controversy. Incredibly, he lectured Americans about the religious freedom of Muslims “that includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in Lower Manhattan.”Those were prepared remarks, a clear and very deliberate effort…
Brent Bozell

Tom DeLay Cleared -- N.Y. Times Puts the Story on Page A-18 (Behind Or

When former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay announced that the Justice Department was dropping its six-year investigation of his relationship with convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, The Washington Post put the news on the front page Tuesday. The New York Times decided that this story was best put on page A-18. The front page of the Times covered flooding in Pakistan, Team Obama's tough evaluation…
Tim Graham

CNN Lets Pro-Abortion PAC Spout Its Anti-Palin Talking Points

CNN's Jessica Yellin, a one-time "prominent feminist activist," helped forward the talking points of the pro-abortion lobby by devoting part of a segment on Tuesday's Rick's List to EMILY List's new anti-Sarah Palin ad. Yellin aired their left-wing accusations against the Republican and her endorsed candidates without providing the other side and/or fact-checking them [audio clips available here…
Matthew Balan

Daily Kos Creates Petition To Abolish Filibuster

A petition is beginning to show up in e-mail inboxes across the country thanks to the left-wing website Daily Kos. The goal? Ending the practice of filibuster completely and letting Senators pass news laws with a 50 plus 1 vote. For those who paid attention to Senator Scott Brown (R-Mass.) becoming the infamous "number 41," the implications are all too clear. The Senate passed Obamacare on…
Candance Moore