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Rich: Tea Partiers Are Terrorists, Beck and Palin Are Their Leaders
New York Times columnist Frank Rich isn't just convinced suicide pilot Joe Stack shared many views with the Tea Partiers. He also believes some of the movement's members are basically domestic terrorists whose leaders include Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin."What made that kamikaze mission eventful was less the deranged act itself than the curious reaction of politicians on the right who gave it a…
Mark Levin: Obama 'Biggest Disaster in Modern American History
At last there appears to be a president worse than Jimmy Carter - at least according to conservative talk show host Mark Levin. That was the question host Don Imus asked Levin on the Fox Business Network's "Imus in the Morning." "So the President Obama, worse than Jimmy Carter?" "Worse than Jimmy Carter? I mean they're not mutually exclusive, they're both disasters," Levin replied, citing…
Krugman: Rangel's Ethics Scandal Has No National Significance
Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman says Congressman Charles Rangel's (D-N.Y.) ethics scandal has absolutely no national significance.As the Roundtable segment of ABC's "This Week" turned to new revelations concerning the powerful Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Sunday, the New York Times columnist was all by himself in making the case that Rangel hasn't really done anything wrong."I'm…
This Week Host Vargas Pushes Pelosi and Alexander from Left, Agrees Ob
Quite a contrast in how ABC’s Elizabeth Vargas, taking her turn hosting This Week, approached House Speaker Nancy Pelosi versus Republican Senator Lamar Alexander, all before agreeing with Sam Donaldson when he urged President Obama to become “ruthless” to pass his health care reform bill since that’s what FDR and Truman “would have done.” She affirmed: “That's a good point.”With Pelosi, she…
Sick Canadian Should Have Gone To Costa Rica
Remember Danny Williams, the premier of a Canadian province who ditched Canada-care in favor of having heart surgery done in Miami? Lucky for him he didn't speak first with the BBC's Katty Kay. She might have convinced him he'd be better off in Costa Rica . . . On today's Meet the Press, Kay cited some kind of study to claim that the US has the 37th highest quality of care, "just above Cuba, just…
George Will Schools Krugman On ObamaCare Driving Premiums Up
George Will Sunday gave New York Times columnist Paul Krugman a much-needed lesson on what happens if ObamaCare is passed.Krugman wrote a piece Friday accusing Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) of lying at Thursday's healthcare summit about premiums going up if the Democrats' plan is enacted.During the Roundtable segment of Sunday's "This Week," Will pointed out, "You said in the next sentence in…
MSNBC Won't Release Video of Van Jones Calling Saddam's Human Shields
Remember Van Jones? He's trying to make a comeback, and the mainstream media seems to be lending him a helping hand in getting back into the Washington power structure. Jones, in case you don't remember, was the administration's Green Jobs Czar. He resigned after it came to light that his name appeared on a 9/11 Truther petition.That, it turned out, was not the extent of his wackiness. He led a…
Friday Debt Dump, Part 2: Government's Net Worth Went Far More Negativ
Yesterday (at NewsBusters; at BizzyBlog), I noted Fannie Mae's $72 billion loss announcement and the ward of the state's simultaneous $15.3 billion handout request. Late Friday was also the occasion for the release by the Treasury Department of the "2009 Financial Report of the United States Government." The report shows how seriously the government's financial situation deteriorated during the…
ABC: 'Pelosi Says She Has Much In Common With The Tea Party
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she has much in common with the Tea Party."So began an article published by ABCNews.com Sunday about Pelosi's interview with Elizabeth Vargas on "This Week.""The speaker now says she shares views with movement she dismissed last summer as being 'Astroturf,'" the piece amazingly continued.And that wasn't CLOSE to being the most preposterous part of the story. More…
Olympics Open Thread
Well, they conclude today with what could be an epic gold medal hockey game between Canada and the U.S. Can we do it again and shock the world? Are you excited about this game, or couldn't care less?America has had a fabulous Olympics. Did you enjoy the past two weeks, or are you glad to see the games come to an end so that the sports world will start thinking about the upcoming college…
WaPo 'Humorist' Gene Weingarten Uses Kos Poll to Mock Conservatives, P
Washington Post "investigative humorist" Gene Weingarten mocked conservatives again in Sunday’s Post Magazine, playing off the recent Daily Kos poll playing up the number of Republicans who believe Barack Obama wasn’t born in America, is a racist, and should be impeached. Weingarten makes no mention of the leftist source of his data. For all the reader knows, it’s a Gallup poll. Weingarten then…
On NBC's Set, Daily Kos Boss Told David Gregory to 'Quit' His Love for
How do liberals really think journalism can be improved? By shrinking the amount of time and space Republicans have in the media. Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas lamented on Friday that John McCain would continue his streak as a go-to spokesman on Sunday morning news shows. Citing fellow liberal blogger Steve Benen, he complains McCain’s appearance on Sunday’s Meet the Press marks the 20th…
CNN: Liberals and Atheists Have Higher IQs
"Political, religious and sexual behaviors may be reflections of intelligence, a new study finds."So began an article published at CNN.com Friday guaranteed to anger conservatives from coast to coast.The piece continued, "Evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa at the the London School of Economics and Political Science correlated data on these behaviors with IQ from a large national U.S.…