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NY Times: Drop Out Hillary, You're Winning Too Many Votes
Hillary Clinton beat Barack Obama by a 2-1 margin in Kentucky's primary on Tuesday (Obama won easily in Oregon), but the paper's lead headline didn't even reference it. While an article inside the paper did state Hillary's case for staying in despite trailing in delegates late in the game, it also forwarded bizarre suggestions that she should quit because she is...getting too many votes from…
CNN’s Kyra Phillips: ‘Iraq War is Not About Protecting Us From Ter
"American Morning" substitute co-host Kyra Phillips pressed former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on the Iraq war on Wednesday, asserting that her liberal talking point was a fact. When Giuliani defended President Bush’s legacy, that he "will go down as he has protected us against terrorism when nobody thought it could be done," Phillips retorted, "But the Iraq war is not about protecting us…
'Squawk Box' Guest Warns of $12-15-a-Gallon Gas
Robert Hirsch, an energy advisor, says CNBC morning show prediction was a citation of the 'Dean of Oil Analysts.'
Rx From ABC's Dr. Tim Johnson: More Kennedy Liberalism
During "Good Morning America's" respectful coverage of Ted Kennedy and the sad announcement of his cancer on Wednesday, ABC's medical expert, Dr. Tim Johnson, used the occasion to laud Kennedy's very liberal goals for reforming health care. After stating his admiration for the Massachusetts senator, Johnson fawned, "He is a true giant in the field of those of us who care about health care reform…
Pressure Builds on Oil Companies - from Lawmakers, Media and Candidate
Networks give a free pass to Democrats' proposals to levy more taxes on oil companies, even as Senate committee grills oil execs.
Report: Minnesota Bridge Collapse Due to State Bureaucratic Blunders
Bureaucratic bungling by the state of Minnesota had a heavy hand in the fatal Minnesota bridge collapse last summer, according to a new report commissioned by that state's legislature. The Associated Press has the story, but it's not as exciting as the initial "blame Bush" meme the media found so convenient as the tragedy unfolded. (emphasis mine): ST. PAUL - A new report on the Minneapolis…
Econ 101: Old MacDonald Had a Subsidy
Veto-proof farm bill shows the power of politics to take and redistribute our money.
Falwell Widow: Televangelist Befriended Larry Flynt, Adopted 'Middle o
Contrary to what was written and said in the liberal media Jerry Falwell held political beliefs that were actually quite "middle of the road" with regard to key cultural questions such as abortion, birth control, school prayer and homosexuality, according to a new biography written by his widow. "While he opposed abortion, Jerry would have accepted legislation that allowed it in the case of rape…
Climate Funnies: Tax Fitness Fanatics for Needless Burning of Calories
Here's a novel idea: in order to save the world from global warming, people who regularly exercise should have to pay a carbon tax for their selfish and egotistical burning of extra calories.Sound crazy?Well, as "Freakonomics" co-author Steven D. Levitt satirically laid out in a New York Times piece Tuesday, this actually makes about as much sense as any of the other absurd solutions being…