Open Thread

NB Staff
February 11th, 2010 8:25 AM

Bill Nye 'The Science Guy': Denying Climate Change 'Unpatriotic,' 'Ina

Challenging someone's patriotism is a pretty hefty charge to level in the political arena, based on the response when Barack Obama's patriotism was challenged during the 2008 election cycle. However, there seems to be a different set of rules when it comes to questioning the authenticity of the manmade global warming argument in the wake of record-setting snowfall in the Mid-Atlantic. And this…
Jeff Poor
February 11th, 2010 7:02 AM

Health Reform a Key to a Rebound for Obama, Stephanopoulos Contends

“Until the economy starts to create jobs, the President's political fortunes are not going to improve,” ABC’s George Stephanopoulos conceded Wednesday night in reporting how President Obama’s approval level has fallen to 46 percent amongst independents. But though 53 percent disapprove of his handling of health care and more are opposed to than in favor of the congressional Democrats/Obama plan,…
Brent Baker
February 11th, 2010 12:27 AM

Coffee and the Second Amendment Don't Mix, According to Alternet

Chain coffee shop Starbucks allows for the right to bear arms, much to the disliking of some.
Sarah Knoploh
February 11th, 2010 12:00 AM

NBC's 'SVU:' Abortion Debate Boils Down to 'Pro-Choice or No Choice

Case of murdered abortionist focused on profession as likely motive – with pro-lifers the likely culprit.
Colleen Raezler
February 11th, 2010 12:00 AM

Begala: 'Republicans Want Insurance Companies to Have the Right to Dum

There's really little opportunity for the spirit of bipartisanship to exist when you have a part-time operative for the Obama administration/cable network political commentator throwing bombs about the GOP for not catering to the Obama administration's wishes on health care reform. CNN political commentator and Democratic strategist Paul Begala bashed the opposition on Fox Business Channel's Feb…
Jeff Poor
February 10th, 2010 7:24 PM

New Pictures of World Trade Center on

ABC News has released some new never before seen pictures of the World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks. As ABCNews.com reported moments ago: Twelve images newly released by the government of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists' attacks on the World Trade Center provide a fresh look at the tragedy and its impact on New York City...The latest release follows Monday's publication of other newly…
Noel Sheppard
February 10th, 2010 7:06 PM

Newsweek: TEA Party Convention Full of 9/11 Truthers

Syndicated columnist Jonathan Kay wrote an exclusive piece for newsweek.com about the TEA party convention in Nashville - not to report on the speeches or the goals of the movement, but to smear attendants as kooky, paranoid fringers who believe 9/11 truther theories. Conveneniently, Kay just happens to have a book scheduled for release next year that chronicles the spread of trutherism in…
Candance Moore
February 10th, 2010 6:25 PM

Chris Matthews Rants: 'Clowns' and 'Hyenas' Like Sean Hannity 'Don’t

Hardball host Chris Matthews on Wednesday ranted that "clowns" and "hyenas" like Sean Hannity "don't care" about the awful things global warming will do to the planet. The Fox News host on Monday highlighted the winter storms that the D.C. area has been suffering and then mocked Al Gore. After quoting similar remarks by Republicans Jim DeMint and Mitch McConnell, Matthews frothed, "It isn't…
Scott Whitlock
February 10th, 2010 6:14 PM

Meteorologist Dissed On MSNBC For Not Refuting DeMint's Gore Joke

MSNBC's Contessa Brewer on Wednesday took issue with a meteorologist who wouldn't refute Sen. Jim DeMint's (R-S.C.) joke about snow continuing until Al Gore cries uncle.After Raphael Miranda told viewers about the blizzard pummeling the East Coast, Brewer for some strange reason brought up DeMint's Twitter comment: "He's basically making this argument against global warming because they've had so…
Noel Sheppard
February 10th, 2010 5:45 PM

'Power Lunch' Guest Says No to Greek Debt, Warns All Governments Will

Just one day after Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said the U.S. wouldn't lose its "top-notch" credit rating, one CNBC guest said that ‘"all governments" will default - it's only a matter of time. When asked by "Power Lunch" co-anchor Sue Herera if he would buy Greek debt, Marc Faber said: "No, I'm not interested in government or sovereign debts because I think that all governments will…
Julia A. Seymour
February 10th, 2010 5:41 PM

NYT Pits McCain Against 'Far Right' J.D. Hayworth, Denouncer of Illega

New York Times reporter Jennifer Steinhauer, previously heard insulting California voters for failing to vote for tax hikes, ventured over the border on Tuesday's front page to cover a Republican primary scuffle in Arizona involving Sen. John McCain being challenged from the right by former congressman J.D. Hayworth: “McCain, Facing G.O.P. Foe in Primary, Tilts to the Right.” The online headline…
Clay Waters
February 10th, 2010 5:39 PM

NY Times Tackles Latest Accusations of Bad Climate Science

Newspaper says nothing here but 'half-truths' from 'right-leaning' skeptics.
Clay Waters
February 10th, 2010 5:15 PM

Paulson Tells CNN: Americans 'Save too little,' 'Spend too much

There are at least two schools of thought in economics. One of them - Keynesian economics - suggests that consumption is the most important element and therefore spending is the way to restore a faltering economy. This is the theory that's been adopted by the spendthrift Obama administration and often the news media that have argued in favor of more government and personal spending. But according…
Julia A. Seymour
February 10th, 2010 4:27 PM