Oklahoma, Which Passed Serious Immigration Reform in 2007, Continues t
Why is Oklahoma's economy more than OK these days? The latest piece of evidence supporting that truth arrived on Friday, when Uncle Sam's Bureau of Labor Statistics released April's Regional and State Unemployment Summary. The report tells us that Oklahoma had a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 6.6% last month. That's far lower than the 9.9% reported for the entire USA two weeks ago. No…
Anthony Bourdain: Tea Partiers Are 'Marginal, Very Angry White People
The best that can be said of the Travel Channel's Anthony Bourdain when he had No Reservations about making a fool of himself on Friday's Anderson Cooper 360 is that perhaps it was really one or more of the various substances he has abused over the years that was really talking. Here is the Travel Channel host spouting off in reply to a question from Anderson Cooper about if he ever attended a…
NPR Pressed Rand Paul on 1964 Laws, But Couldn't Press Sestak on His
Liberal media outlets were quick to pounce on the new Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate from Kentucky about his views on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, not just Rachel Maddow on MSNBC, but NPR All Things Considered anchor Robert Siegel on Wednesday night. The sharp questioning of Paul is a contrast with NPR's interview with Joe Sestak, the new Democrat Senate nominee in Pennsylvania in the…
Have the AP or Denver Post Actually Read the New Texas Curriculum
Probably no more than Janet Napolitano or Eric Holder has read the new Arizona SB1070. Ann Althouse has described the Washington Post's dereliction of duty in its description of the Texas curriculum. The AP articles are no better.In two articles over the last two weeks, the AP has written the following (sometimes more than once) about the new Texas curriculum:A far-right faction of the Texas…
FNC’s Megyn Kelly Analyzes AZ Immigration Law, Finds Less Stringent
On Thursday’s The O’Reilly Factor, FNC’s Megyn Kelly appeared to give her take on the Arizona immigration law that the has so upset the left in America, relaying her conclusion that the law actually holds the police to higher standards against racial discrimination and the conditions under which police can enforce the law than current federal laws. Kelly: "And my legal opinion is, it is a little…
Wayne Newton Slams Obama for ‘Irresponsible, Arrogant’ Shot at Las
On Saturday’s Huckabee show on FNC, as the show was broadcast from Las Vegas, singer Wayne Newton appeared as a guest to discuss the economic situation in the city, and, when asked by host Mike Huckabee his reaction to President Obama’s remarks from last year attacking businesses for indulging in trips to Las Vegas, Newton did not mince words: "I think that it was the most irresponsible, arrogant…
Rand Paul Strikes Back at MSNBC: I Need To Be Careful Going On Certain
Kentucky senatorial candidate Rand Paul has struck back at MSNBC for its continuous implications that he is a racist.In an interview with WHAS-TV in Louisville, Paul said, "I need to be very careful about going on certain networks that seem to have a bias."He continued, "They went on a whole day repeating something over and over again, and it makes me less inclined to go on a network" (video…
Rachel Maddow Show Busts New York Times for Misquoting Rand Paul
Stop the presses: a fill-in for Rachel Maddow on Friday actually busted the New York Times for misquoting Rand Paul in its article about the Tea Party senatorial candidate published earlier in the day.As most readers are aware, Paul made some rather controversial statements on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" Wednesday.Two days later, Adam Nagourney and Carl Hulse of the Times wrote: "Asked by Ms…
The Texas Textbook Massacre: 'Christian Conservative Voting Bloc' on t
Texas-based New York Times reporter Michael Brick was in Austin in anticipation of a Board of Education vote on the political content of textbooks in Texas schools: “Texas School Board Set to Vote Textbook Revisions.” Typical of the Times' coverage of the matter, Brick found lots of “conservatives” on one side of the debate over Texas textbooks in Friday's story, but no countervailing liberals,…
Kids Drinking Soda Pop: Like Smoking Camels or Riding Without Seat Bel
Wednesday's Business Day column by the Times' liberal economic conscience David Leonhardt is another one for the food police files: “The Battle Over Taxing Soda.” Personal responsibility on such personal matters isn't a large concern in Leonhardt's worldview, as he readily compared lobbyists for the soda industry to lobbyists against tobacco companies and pollution laws.Tobacco lobbyists spent…
