Category Archives: Media

How they misportray tells us more about them than about us (or) Tea Party crashers

Posted on April 15, 2010 by admin

“Glee” is the only television show my entirely family enjoys watching together. We had been looking forward to the season opener on Monday. There was a “Sarah Palin is stupid” joke. My family did not care about that but thought … Continue reading →

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So perhaps racial epithets were indeed used (or) Red card game over

Posted on April 13, 2010 by admin

Associated Press has published an article challenging strongly some of the evidence and arguments advanced to refute claims the N-word was used against members of the Congressional Black Caucus. If the article is correct this is deeply troubling on several … Continue reading →

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We are the (true) liberals (or) Animal Farm 2010

Posted on March 29, 2010 by admin

Language is a bear. Several weeks ago Glenn Beck (yeah yeah I know) at CPAC gave overall a decent presentation in which among other things he attempted to clarify terminology. Like liberal leftist communist Marxist progressive. Argued that the threat … Continue reading →

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Silence the opposition, divide America, incite racism (or) Morning coffee

Posted on March 28, 2010 by admin

Once again how about a quick rundown of articles of note? Another Black Conservative succinctly characterizes efforts to silence all opposition to ObamaCare. More specifically Congress bullying American companies that have the nerve to say how ObamaCare is already impacting … Continue reading →

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National sales tax, Presidential lies, manufactured victimhood (or) Morning coffee

Posted on March 26, 2010 by admin

Phew! How about just a quick round up of articles that stand out? Charles Krauthammer predicts we will soon have a national sales tax. Which actually would be a very good way to generate government revenue. Except it will be … Continue reading →

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E J Dionne (almost) gets “conservatism”

Posted on March 25, 2010 by admin

Fairness requires that when liberals say or do something praiseworthy we give them credit. Have never been a big fan of E J Dionne who writes for the Washington Post and often appears alongside David Brooks on National Public Radio. … Continue reading →

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The insulting incoherence of the “blame the media” argument

Posted on March 22, 2010 by admin

A high school classmate (great guy by the way) with whom I reconnected via facebook wrote: [I am] shocked that so few people have any real understanding of the healthcare bill other than what they get from the media. The … Continue reading →

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Capitalism and Christian faith (or) Why Obama is a closet(?) capitalist

Posted on March 18, 2010 by admin

I have started listening to more podcasts while driving. Do not care for much of what passes for “music” these days. And often the times I am driving are when NPR is not broadcasting the news. Plus trying to find … Continue reading →

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Senator Alexander should have quoted the president

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Rick

Driving home yesterday listening to National Public Radio “All Things Considered”. Michele Norris interviewing Senator Lamar Alexander concerning the recent push to pass health-care reform in the Senate. She pressed him on the reconciliation issue. Basically “gosh you Republicans did … Continue reading →

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Spare us the lame and contradictory (liberal) excuses!

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Rick

[This new version of WordPress the "insert media" function does not work. Sorry no illustrations until that gets fixed.] Man – National Review Online was just swimming with powerful articles this morning. Where to start? Charles Krauthammer on whether America … Continue reading →

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