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NB Staff
March 27th, 2009 9:39 AM

E.J. Dionne: 'Make the World Safe for Tax Increases

You know what President Barack Obama's real economic problem is? He's not raising taxes enough. On top of that he needs to raise taxes not only on the very wealthy but on almost everybody else. That is the opinion of Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, Jr.. Here is Dionne recommending that Obama in effect commit political suicide even faster than he already is: The debate on the budget is…
P.J. Gladnick
March 27th, 2009 9:04 AM

Maddow Guest Turns Hanging Judge in Zeal for Bush Show Trials

Jack Coleman
March 27th, 2009 6:01 AM

NewsBusted

NB Staff
March 27th, 2009 1:01 AM

Devil in the Details

ABC hosts debate about the existence of Satan, but fails to find Christian authority on the topic.
Colleen Raezler
March 27th, 2009 12:00 AM

Media Claiming '1 Million' Illegal Abortions in Brazil, But Number Is

Media outlets including CNN, Time magazine, and the Los Angeles Times are reporting that "over 1 million" women in Brazil illegally terminate their pregnancies every year. (Abortion is illegal there, except under rare circumstances.) However, this figure appears to originate from a group called Ipas, an organization dedicated to "advancing women's reproductive rights." It openly endorses…
Dave Pierre
March 26th, 2009 11:33 PM

Obama's 'Virtual Town Hall' White House 'First' Enthralls ABC

President Barack Obama doesn't have to do too much to impress ABC News. A little more than five weeks after the fill-in anchor of World News effused over two-week-old photos of Obama “serving cookies” on Super Bowl night while an awed George Stephanopoulos glowed over how “these are just remarkable....we've never really seen anything like this before in real time,” on Thursday night the newscast…
Brent Baker
March 26th, 2009 8:40 PM

Matthews: Does Palin Think McCain is the 'Anti-Christ

An offended Chris Matthews, on Thursday night's "Hardball," was so shocked by Sarah Palin's claim that there wasn't anybody to pray with on the McCain campaign, that he hurled multiple insults Palin's way, calling her, "a little scary," and asked if Palin thought McCain was, "the Anti-Christ?" Matthews was appalled by Palin's recent revelation that she had trouble finding someone to pray with…
Geoffrey Dickens
March 26th, 2009 6:59 PM

CNN's Jack Cafferty Mocks Sarah Palin... Yet Again

When he’s not gushing over the Obamas, you can make a fair bet that CNN commentator Jack Cafferty is bashing conservatives, and he returned to one of his favorite subjects of scorn during his regular “Cafferty File” segment on Thursday’s Situation Room -- Sarah Palin. He labeled three quotes from a recent speech the Alaska governor gave as “painful.” He concluded his commentary by remarking that…
Matthew Balan
March 26th, 2009 6:21 PM

Limbaugh's Ratings Surge Coincides with White House Attacks

Just as the White House attacks on him got underway, Rush Limbaugh's ratings began soaring in February, Brian Maloney revealed this afternoon on his Radio Eqaulizer blog: A combination of several powerful forces has resulted in explosive talk radio ratings growth, with indications of much more to come in the months ahead. Primary factor driving the upward move? You guessed it: Rush Limbaugh....…
Brent Baker
March 26th, 2009 5:14 PM

Accident or Commentary? CNBC Personality Drops Expletive During Obama

CNBC has been a hotbed for commentary - both left and right, from Rick Santelli's call for a tea party on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to the hiring of former Democratic Committee Chairman Howard Dean as a CNBC contributor.       This time, one of the hosts on CNBC's March 26 "Power Lunch" dropped an expletive during President Barack Obama's online town hall meeting as the…
Jeff Poor
March 26th, 2009 4:28 PM

Just In Time For 'Earth Hour': Americans Care Less Than Ever About Glo

Gallup has issued two polls in the past couple of weeks showing that the reality is breaking through the non-stop, years-long propaganda blitz known properly known as the Great Global Warming Hoax (characterized by me since January 2007 as globaloney): On March 11, the pollster told us that "Although a majority of Americans believe the seriousness of global warming is either correctly portrayed…
Tom Blumer
March 26th, 2009 3:57 PM

CNBC's Deutsch Doesn't Want 'Idiots' on Wall Street Making $10 Million

Calls for the education system 'to start breeding executives' to overcome the notion we're 'out-of-whack' and 'gluttonous.'
Jeff Poor
March 26th, 2009 3:45 PM

Post Article Largely Ignores Health Problems with Gardasil Vaccine

A major pharmaceutical company lobbies to require that children be given a vaccine. Parents should be made aware of any problems resulting from the vaccine, right? Not according to a recent Washington Post article.Rob Stein’s March 26 article about the Gardasil vaccine debate failed to include any references to the several documented cases of health problems and even death that resulted from the…
Erin R. Brown
March 26th, 2009 3:45 PM