Al Gore Asking $1,200 To Shake His Hand In Copenhagen

Still think there's no money in spreading global warming alarmism?Well, how'd you like to make $1,200 just for shaking someone's hand and having your picture taken with the sycophant?This is what Al "I'm Only Doing This To Save The Planet" Gore is charging for such an honor at next week's climate change conference in Copenhagen.Nice work if you can get it, huh?  As reported by the Washington…
Noel Sheppard

ABC’s David Wright Slams ‘Fancy’ Sarah Palin for ‘Traveling in

ABC’s David Wright again attacked Sarah Palin on Tuesday, slamming her for using a private jet for her book tour. On Good Morning America, he sniped, "But, while her fans camped out in the bitter cold, just for the chance to meet her, the former vice presidential candidate was quietly traveling in style, aboard this Gulfstream II private jet. Price tag, $4,000 an hour." [Audio available here.]…
Scott Whitlock

CNN's Phillips: Obama Gives 'An Early Christmas Present for People on

On yesterday's CNN Newsroom, anchor Kyra Phillips shifted to "Bad Boys" mode:Lenders, lenders -- what you gonna do when they come for you? Call it an early Christmas present for people on the edge of losing their homes. The Obama administration cracking down on mortgage companies.We'll tell you about it.After the break:PHILLIPS: Well, from your health (ph) to your home, the foreclosure crisis…
Mike Bates

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Political Cartoons

This blog is where thoughts about a political subject and the random synaptic responses that lead to a political cartoon will be spilled out like ink sinking into the rug. Not pretty, but it might form an interesting Rorschach Ink Blot test. Stay tuned
Glenn Foden

Olbermann: Dana Perino ‘Worst Person’ After Insisting Ft. Hood Was

On Monday’s Countdown show, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann named former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino "Worst Person in the World" – ahead of Mike Huckabee and Glenn Beck – in response to Perino’s November 24 appearance on FNC’s Hannity show in which she insisted that the Fort Hood massacre should be called a "terrorist attack," and, while referring to the often cited fact that the Bush…
Brad Wilmouth

Lefty Indignation: Rolling Stone's Taibbi Wants 'Public Executions' fo

Has the left finally a reason to be impassioned by a threat to our national security? Michaele and Tareq Salahi seem to have provided that reason. After the Salahis literally crashed a White House State Dinner on Nov. 24, the two demonstrated how vulnerable President Barack Obama could be to outside intruders. And justifiably, it has not only caused some concern with members of Congress, but…
Jeff Poor

Couric Heralds Obama's 'Historic Week in an Already Historic Year

Serving as a stenographer to Obama operatives trying to magnify the import of the President's schedule for the week, CBS anchor Katie Couric on Monday night trumpeted: White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel says this will be an 'historic week in an already historic year,' with the Afghanistan decision, the Senate opening debate today on a health care reform bill, and the President's schedule jam…
Brent Baker

AP Promotes Copenhagen 'Momentum', Ignores ClimateGate

An Associated Press article Sunday read like a virtual advertisement for global legislation on climate change: completely oblivious to the ClimateGate scandal and failing to give one drop of ink to anthropogenic global warming skeptics. The piece, written by the AP's Ben Fox, announced its intent with the headline "Leaders Say Momentum Building on Climate Change." Readers were then treated to…
Candance Moore

Brit Hume: ClimateGate Suggests Global Warming May Be A Fraud

Fox News's Brit Hume Monday said the growing ClimateGate scandal suggests manmade global warming may be a fraud. As NewsBusters has been reporting since e-mail messages from the British Climatic Research Unit were first revealed ten days ago, the only television news network that has been regularly informing viewers about this matter has been the Fox News Channel.On Monday, Fox's "Special Report…
Noel Sheppard

NYT Issues 1,000 Gushing Words on Obama's 'Glittering Gala' of a State

A Wednesday New York Times story by reporter Rachel Swarns on Obama's first state dinner was an overflowing feast of praise -- over 1,000 words celebrating the Obamas. Swarns is Michelle Obama's chief attendant when it comes to flattering coverage, and she provided it for both the first lady and her husband with a prose style so breathless you'd think there "had never before been a state dinner…
Clay Waters

NY Times Highlights Aging Feminists' Anxiety Over Abortion

Sheryl Gay Stolberg devoted most of her article in Sunday’s New York Times detailing the concerns of radical feminists over the future of legalized abortion, specifically its support among the younger generations. Stolberg tried to downplay the larger opposition to abortion in the 18-30 year old demographic, and only one of the pro-abortion activists that she quoted in her article belonged to…
Matthew Balan

CBS's 'Early Show' Places Little Blame on Obama White House for Securi

Monday’s CBS Early Show featured two stories on the security breach at last week’s White House state dinner, but each made only scant reference to Obama administration officials being partly to blame. Instead, both segments faulted the couple themselves, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, as well as the Secret Service.In the first story, White House correspondent Bill Plante placed blame squarely on the…
Kyle Drennen