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Chicago’s ‘Green’ Mayor Daley All Talk No Action on Reducing CO
Chicago’s Mayor Richard Daley is finding out the hard way that it’s not so easy being green. As reported by the Chicago Tribune last week (h/t MRC summer intern Joe Steigerwald, emphasis added throughout):Mayor Richard Daley vowed six years ago to make Chicago a leader in emerging efforts to fight global warming, but city government is churning out more heat-trapping pollution every year.I’m…
'American Morning' Offers Another Gloomy Housing Forecast
Reporter calls Realtors' prediction 'optimistic' and labels forecast of no real recovery until 2009 'respected.'
ABC: Cheney is Playing Into Perception That He's a ‘Shadowy Super Vi
On Tuesday’s "Good Morning America," reporter David Wright narrated a sarcastic segment about Vice President Dick Cheney and his refusal to hand over classified documents to the National Archives. In order to amplify the portrayal of Cheney as dark and scary, Wright featured clips from liberals such as Jon Stewart, left-wing blogger Ana Marie Cox and the Comedy Central program "Lil Bush." The GMA…
Chicago Tribune: Campaign Finance Win a Boon to GOP; Ignores Labor Uni
In its rush to paint yesterday's Supreme Court ruling that struck down an issue ad ban contained in the so-called McCain-Feingold Law, the Chicago Tribune described the case as a win for President Bush and the GOP, even though the Bush administration's lawyers lost the case in question and even though the case benefits liberal activist groups as much as it does conservatives. What's more, Bush's…
Global Warming and Environmentalists Blamed for Lake Tahoe Wildfires
Depending on which newspaper you read Tuesday morning, the wildfires in the Lake Tahoe region of California and Nevada were either caused by global warming or environmentalists.I kid you not.In Northern California, just a few hours from the devastation, the number one paper in the region, the San Francisco Chronicle, chose to blame the fires on overdevelopment in Tahoe, and, of course, global…
Capitalist Gadget Website Made Dig At 'Excesses of Capitalism
Ubergizmo.com, a “trendy web magazine dedicated to consumer electronics news and reviews,” such as a $2,650 Fujitsu Tablet PC and a “Wiener Dog Accent Lamp,” had a puzzling entry last week that discussed an amazing new sleeping tent, then surprisingly slammed the free-market system by whining about glorifying “the excesses of capitalism.“ Basically, the Water Shelter tent is an easily portable…
Tom Cruise Banned From Filming at German Military Sites Due to Sciento
By now you should know the drill concerning potables, combustibles, and sharp objects…American heartthrob Tom Cruise has been prevented from filming scenes to a new movie about the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler at German military sites due to the actor’s connection with Scientology.I kid you not.As reported by Reuters Monday (emphasis added throughout):
Law Firms Preparing to Sue Over Global Warming
And now for something completely insipid…As the media and their alarmists like soon-to-be-Dr. Al Gore have shamefully convinced enough of the population that man can actually impact the climate, law firms around the nation are gearing up to sue possible offenders.I kid you not.As reported in Monday’s Dallas Morning News (h/t NBer alamojb, emphasis added throughout):
Brzezinski's Latest Blast: 'Whatever Happened to Iraq Study Group
Mika Brzezinski is at it again. As noted here and here, the daughter of Jimmy Carter's former National Security Advisor is inclined to inject her personal political views into her MSNBC newsreading role.At 6:10 am EDT on today's "Morning Joe," Mika read an item reporting that Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) had called for a change of course in Iraq and expressed support for the recommendations of…