Lecturer-in-Chief Obama Has Forfeited His Moral Authority

As predictable and repetitive as Obama's economic speeches are, his capacity for audacity shows ever increasing signs of creativity. Do you suppose he has any ability to feel shame for what he's doing to this country and embarrassment for blaming everyone but himself? His latest deficit plan involves further punishing millionaires and billionaires (which means all those making $200,000 or…
David Limbaugh
September 21st, 2011 6:10 PM

How Stimulus Monies Are Radiating You

Smart meters are being installed stealthily by water, gas and electric utility companies on houses and buildings across the country. Despite that, the majority of the public still doesn't know about their potential health risks. From the moment smart meters began to be installed, a rash of serious health complaints in each community has followed — to date, largely going unheeded by officials…
Chuck Norris
September 21st, 2011 6:08 PM

Chris Matthews Trashes Perry, Says TX Governor Is Accusing Obama of Be

On Wednesday's Hardball, MSNBC host Chris Matthews trashed Rick Perry, accusing him of calling Barack Obama "pro-Nazi." Matthews attacked the Republican presidential candidate for claiming that the President's policy towards Israel is "appeasement." The anchor shrieked that Perry had pulled "the rug out from under [Obama] and accuse[d] him of, basically, pro-Nazi behavior." Matthews added, "…
Scott Whitlock
September 21st, 2011 5:56 PM

MSNBC Tees Up Ron Howard, Jane Lynch to Lend Support to Obama Tax Hike

MSNBC daytime anchor Craig Melvin took minor detours in interviews this afternoon with director Ron Howard and actress Jane Lynch to ask both celebrities to weigh in on President Obama's push for higher taxes on upper income earners. Both of them are liberals who support Obama and have given to Democrats in the past, so their answers were hardly surprising. [Video courtesy of MRCTV editor…
Ken Shepherd
September 21st, 2011 5:27 PM

Denver Paper Looking For Pot News Intern

In a sign of where liberal journalism and drug culture are going, the Denver paper Westword is seeking an intern to help the "medical" marijuana dispensary critic. A man with the byline "William Breathes" of the blog "Mile Highs and Lows" is seeking a college student to potentially earn college credit on the Mary Jane beat:
Tim Graham
September 21st, 2011 4:53 PM

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Matthew Sheffield
September 21st, 2011 3:09 PM

CNN's King Asks If Cheney Wrote Book Because His Days Are 'Numbered

CNN's John King on Tuesday asked former Vice President Dick Cheney if one of the motivating factors behind writing his recent book was out of a fear that his "days could be numbered." As only Cheney can, he dryly replied, "I was very much aware that my days are numbered. So are yours" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
September 21st, 2011 3:08 PM

Andrea Mitchell Laments Palestinian Statehood Fight Spoiling Obama's L

Reporting on President Obama speaking at the United Nations for Wednesday's NBC Today, chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell sympathetically declared: "Preparing for today's speech, the President was all smiles for the class photo, but while hoping to run a victory lap as the new Libyan government officially joined the United Nations....Everywhere else, trouble loomed."…
Kyle Drennen
September 21st, 2011 2:48 PM

NYT's Anti-Israel Reporter Blames 'Right-Wing' U.S. for Palestinian Wo

New York Times Middle East reporter Neil MacFarquhar brought his usual anti-Israel slant to his Monday New York Times story on the Palestinians seeking United Nations membership: “Palestinians Turn To U.N., Where Partition Began.” The Palestinians see the membership application as a last-ditch attempt to preserve the two-state solution in the face of ever-encroaching Israeli settlements, as…
Clay Waters
September 21st, 2011 2:00 PM

Wolf Blitzer Bemoans Perry's 'Undermining' Obama UN Address

CNN's Wolf Blitzer fretted over Rick Perry blasting Obama's foreign policy soon before the President was to deliver his address to the United Nations. CNN analyst David Gergen agreed with him, painting Perry as a grenade-thrower. In a meeting with New York City Jewish leaders GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry slammed what he termed President Obama's policy of "appeasement" in the Middle…
Matt Hadro
September 21st, 2011 2:00 PM

Networks Call Solyndra 'Headache' for Obama, But No Problem for Green

ABC, CBS and NBC all report on scandal surrounding failed solar company, but refuse to criticize the loan program it utilized.
Julia A. Seymour
September 21st, 2011 1:59 PM

Maddow Lets Jimmy Carter's Dishonesty About Israel Pass Unchallenged

Rachel Maddow neglected to do her homework before her "exclusive" interview with Jimmy Carter last week -- "exclusive" in the sense that no one else was talking to Carter at the time. Maddow asked the former president about the ransacking of the Israeli embassy in Egypt, followed by Carter making a jaw-dropper of a claim about Israel's alleged refusal to relinquish land as stipulated in its…
Jack Coleman
September 21st, 2011 1:31 PM

PBS's Smiley Asks Michael Moore If Obama Sees the 'Venom, Vitriol, Vul

PBS talk show host Tavis Smiley interviewed Michael Moore on Monday night, and it wasn’t hardball time. Smiley asked: “What about growing up in Flint allowed you, moved you, in the direction of being the humanist that you are?” He also explicitly compared Moore to Martin Luther King, both seeking a “vocation of agony.” But Smiley stayed true to his record of whacking President Obama from the…
Tim Graham
September 21st, 2011 1:31 PM

NBC's Curry Offered Softball Spin, While ABC's Stephanopoulos Grilled

In stark contrast to NBC, Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday hit Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with tough questions, pressing the Iranian President on whether he was in control of his government and on his rough handling of protesters. Regarding 2009 crackdowns on personal freedoms, the ABC anchor pointedly asked, "You referred to the protesters as dust and dirt. Do you…
Scott Whitlock
September 21st, 2011 1:16 PM