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Ed Schultz Claims He 'Broke the Story on Larry Craig' He Didn't Break
This from a man who describes himself as "an honest broker" -- something those who actually are aren't inclined to do.
During an argument with a caller to his radio show Monday about Schultz demanding that erstwhile inveterate Twitter pic taker Anthony Weiner resign from Congress, Schultz made a claim that sounded more than a little dubious (audio here) --
June 15th, 2011 3:59 PM
Selective Outrage: L.A. Times Lashes Out at Tracy Morgan, Gives Palin
To understand if a person or group is on the left or the right, look no further than what outrages them. If you’re offended by how much tax revenue is squandered year after year, you’re probably on the right; if you are ticked off at the “rich” for not paying their “fair share,” you lean left. If you have a strong urge to kill or capture evildoers around the world, you’re likely conservative…
June 15th, 2011 3:10 PM
‘Too Big to Fail’ May Still Exist Despite Democrats’ Regulations
Christy Romero, the acting Special Inspector General for the TARP bank bailout program, told the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday that the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory law may not end the “too big to fail” policy and the moral hazard surrounding it.
Testifying before the House Financial Services Committee’s Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee, Romero said…
June 15th, 2011 3:00 PM
CNN Correspondent Joins Board of Trustees of Pro-Choice Organization
CNN's Dana Bash is a new member of the board of trustees for an organization that, as part of its official mission, advocates for "reproductive rights" on Capitol Hill and at the United Nations. The organization, Jewish Women International (JWI), clarifies that its purpose is "empowering women and girls -- through economic literacy; community training; healthy relationship education; and the…
June 15th, 2011 1:30 PM
Our Moral Dilemma
Most of our nation's problems are a direct result of our being immune, hostile or indifferent to several moral questions. Let's start out with the simple and move to the more complex. Or, stated another way, let's begin with questions that generate the least hostility, moving to those that generate the greatest.
If a person benefits from a hamburger, a suit of clothing, an apartment or an…
June 15th, 2011 12:51 PM
MSNBC's Roberts Trots Out Rep. Ellison to Dismiss Hearings on Inmate R
With Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) holding a hearing on the radicalization of Muslim inmates in U.S. prisons, MSNBC's Thomas Roberts this morning set out to discredit the premise of the proceedings by interviewing Minnesota Democrat and practicing Muslim Rep. Keith Ellison.
Ellison, Roberts reminded viewers of MSNBC's 11 a.m. Eastern hour of live news coverage, provided tearful testimony at a…
June 15th, 2011 12:20 PM
NY Times Suggests Anthony Weiner Was Victim of New Washington 'Puritan
Was disgraced Democratic congressman Anthony Weiner, who carried on several inappropriate online chats with young women, a victim of a newly “puritanical” climate in Washington? That’s the inference from Kate Zernike’s front-page story for the New York Times's Week in Review, “Naked Hubris...While digital flux makes it easier for politicians to stray,” a companion piece to Sheryl Gay Stolberg’s…
June 15th, 2011 12:09 PM
Networks That Excused Nazi Signs for Scott Walker's Collective Bargain
ABC, CBS and NBC's morning shows on Wednesday offered a scant 41 seconds to a major Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling permitting the state's collective bargaining law to go into effect. These are the same networks that, just four months ago, praised the "people power" of the liberal protesters and ignored signs comparing conservatives to Nazis.
On February 20, This Week host Christiane Amanpour…
June 15th, 2011 12:01 PM
Politico Trumpets: Obama Returns to the 'Adoring Island' of Puerto Ric
Politico's write-up of Barack Obama's Puerto Rican trip depicted the President as a conquering hero making his long-awaited return to the "adoring island." Carrie Budoff Brown, in her June 14 article headlined: "An Adoring Island Welcomes Obama" painted scenes of jubilation as she wrote Obama was "greeted by thousands of cheering Puerto Ricans," and added: "Much of San Juan appeared to stand…
June 15th, 2011 11:43 AM
NY Times Movie Critic: Environmental Terrorist Just a Victim of Societ
On Sunday, New York Times movie critic John Anderson issued a favorable profile of “If a Tree Falls,” a partisan documentary from Marshall Curry featuring convicted arsonist Daniel McGowan of the environmental terrorist group Earth Liberation Front: “Activist or Terrorist, Rendered in Red, White and Green.”
When Daniel McGowan moved in with his sister after college, he was so passionate about…
June 15th, 2011 10:53 AM
Ironic AP Headline: 'Hope' And 'Change' Aren't Enough To Inspire Voter
I don't know about you, but I found the following headline from the Associated Press rather ironic:
Obama 2012 Reelection Campaign: 'Hope' And 'Change' Aren't Enough To Inspire Voters
June 15th, 2011 10:09 AM
Open Thread: New Video Asks Students to Apply Affirmative Action to Ba
The three college students behind Exposing Leftists, who have previously garnered attention for their GPA redistribution campaign, have released another video asking students to sign a petition to support affirmative action in athletics.
Check out their video after the break, and let us know what you think in the comments.
June 15th, 2011 9:53 AM
CNN Gives Maher Platform to Accuse GOP Candidates of ‘Horrible Socie
The night after CNN’s debate in New Hampshire with seven Republican presidential candidates, Anderson Cooper brought aboard left-wing “comedian” Bill Maher to ridicule them. Asked if he “had to vote” for one of them, he named Ron Paul since “he's a cut from a different cloth than the rest of those people who are of course selling their souls to the corporate interests who back them and who have…
June 15th, 2011 8:42 AM
CBS’s Crawford Sees ‘Spectacle’ in Media ‘Ripping Through’ P
Catching up on an item from Saturday’s The Early Show, CBS correspondent Jan Crawford used the word "spectacle" to describe various media organizations "ripping through" the recently released emails from Sarah Palin’s time as governor of Alaska, noting that some media organizations were "enlisting people you don’t even know" to help examine the mountain of documents and "find something…
June 15th, 2011 8:09 AM