December 19, 2009 • 10:25 am 0
The Dems have 60 votes for Obamacare thanks to the latest of a dozen or so “moderate” Democrats who have sold out their constituents and real moderate values in the face of intimidation and back-room deals, Ben Nelson.
Nelson disclosed his decision as Majority leader Harry Reid unveiled a final series of changes to the measure, including concessions abortion, funding for Nebraska and more.
Outrageous
December 12, 2009 • 1:27 am 0
Mahdi Bray says that Muslim leaders need to launch a counter-attack on recruiters for radical Islam who use the internet to express their extreme views. You know, like sympathizing with Islamic terrorists like al-Qaeda, HAMAS, and Hezbollah. Oh, here’s a video of Mahdi Bray expressing support for some of those same terrorist groups.
He’s the guy raising his arm in the spot-light
Filed under: Antisemitism, Hate/Discrimination, Internet, Religion/Ideology, Terrorism
November 19, 2009 • 10:37 pm 0
I was watching Glenn Beck the other day when the show was interrupted so that FOXNews could air a message from Obama at an Air Force base in Alaska. Apparently it was the first time Obama had visited the state. When Beck came back on after watching the coverage and taking a commercial break he commented that Obama, who is not known for being a big supporter of the US Armed Forces, and other politicians are using members of the military as “props.”
It’s really not for President Obama, it’s for all politicians. Does anybody — when you see a politician speak now, and you see these people standing behind them, does anybody look — and I don’t do it with the soldiers. But I always do it when regular people are there. I go, OK, there is the Asian, there is the elderly person, there is the African-American, there is the handicapped person …
Politicians are using us as props, and I’m sick of it. Especially when it comes to the soldiers. They are not props. As a guy with a soldier that is currently serving in my family, and somebody with honor … they are not props.
Well, Obama may not have been thinking when he said this, to a crowd of soldiers at a military base in S. Korea, he remarked:
“You guys make a pretty good photo op”
(h/t – Blogmocracy)
Glenn Beck is right and Obama confirms it. First and foremost on Obama’s mind is “a pretty good photo op.”
Geez… Obama, you’ve been called out numerous times for your staging of crowds, but you’re not supposed to talk about it.
Obama is so cocky that he casually talks about propaganda tactics. He surely thinks we don’t care or are not paying attention.
Filed under: Politics
November 18, 2009 • 10:41 pm 0
stillhere4u says:
According to http://deligentia.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/enabling-lies-the-palin-factor/, Palin’s lie about not quitting her job also involves misappropriating hunting language that really doesn’t apply. I agree. I wonder how many people will call her on it?
Not only does stillhere4u link its name to a ‘blog‘ which features nothing but the following post:
On Palin, please go to: http://deligentia.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/enabling-lies-the-palin-factor/On Zen, please go to: http://deligentia.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/empty-your-cup/
but, if you’ll notice, the comment to cites the same link regarding Palin.
It’s clear that what we have here is shameless self-promotion via spam-comment. Now, in response to the claim made in the “deligentia” post, namely the following:
In her recent book-selling public appearances on television, Sarah Palin has insisted that she did not quit the Alaskan governorship; rather, she was “reloading.” Her father apparently said this to her so she wouldn’t think of herself as a quitter. Unfortunately for Mrs. Palin, words are not as elastic as she might like. Plain and simply, to resign a job is to quit. To misappropriate language from another domain–in this case, that of hunting–does not nullify the definition of “to quit.” Let’s have a look at the definition. According to dictionary.com, to quit is “to give up or resign; let go; relinquish,” as in “She quit her job.” The dictionary really uses that sentence! There is nothing about reloading one’s shotgun.
I have some remarks:
All of this is clear from the interview which the deligentia post conveniently fails to link or cite at length. Well, here it is:
November 16, 2009 • 5:03 pm 0
November 9, 2009 • 7:36 pm 0
I’ve noted before that there seems to be an awful lot of Islamic jihad terrorists coming from the Northern Virginia area. That’s why I was not too surprised to learn, from FOX News, the only real news network, that the Fort Hood Islamic jihad terrorist attended a the Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Virginia.
(Falls Church, VA) — An imam with the Dar Al-Hijrah mosque where accused Ft. Hood shooting suspect Major Nidal Malik Hasan worshipped has commented on the church-member relationship.
Imam Johari Abdul Malik said the man accused of last weeks massacre isn’t the same man he knew who worked at the mosque.
but…
The Dar Al-Hijrah mosque is where two of the 9-11 hijackers reportedly worshipped.
The imam doesn’t deny that link
Filed under: Hate/Discrimination, Terrorism, The U.S.A.
November 8, 2009 • 1:22 am 0
Rammstein released a new album in mid October. The album is called “Liebe ist für alle da,” in English, “Love is for everyone.” Anyone with a rudimentary understanding of any Germanic language, including English, should be able to understand the words that comprise this title, it is amazing what some folks come up with.
• 1:01 am 0
It’s a sad, sad day. Stalinist Democrats have succeeded in passing the government-run health care bill in the House of Representatives. One Stalinist Republican also contributed to the ruination of America, namely, Rep. Joseph Cao. Apparently Cao is a “devout Roman Catholic.” I wonder how he’ll feel when the final legislation is stripped all the measures that were intended to prohibit tax dollar funded abortions. Here is a list of the non-Stalinist Democrats.
November 4, 2009 • 10:58 pm 0
ThinkProgress, the Progressives’ propaganda blog, finds it remarkable that Rep. Joe Wilson used a dictionary to look up the word “dither.” The headline says it all:
I commend Rep. Wilson for his use of language resources and honesty. There’s no shame in admitting one’s ignorance. Unlike Obama, Wilson clearly finds the proper use of words important.
November 3, 2009 • 11:28 pm 0
R.I.P. Claude Levi-Strauss. He was an anthropologist inspired by Continental philosophy. His work on shared myths, i.e. that distinct and separate civilizations believe even though they have/had no contact with each other, is interesting.
Filed under: Philosophy
• 11:06 pm 5
I voted today, in Virginia, entirely for Republicans. Not because I thought that they are outstandingly better choices than the Democrats, I voted Republican to send a message to the Obama administration and the Democrats in the Congress.
Filed under: Politics, The U.S.A.
October 24, 2009 • 10:44 pm 2
Hmm… why does this sound so familiar?
Rush Was Punked: “Obama Thesis” Hoax
It must have seemed so perfect. An obscure blogger unearths some pages of President Obama’s college thesis. The report supposedly comes from big-time journalist Joe Klein of Time magazine. And the thesis has some real gems: like Obama’s disdain for the Constitution.
The whole thing was nothing more than a satirical post on a humor blog. But Rush Limbaugh, who quoted from the supposed thesis on his radio show, sure wasn’t laughing. Here’s how it went down.
An unknown blogger picked up on a made-up post meant as a joke, which claimed that Joe Klein had gotten his hands on 10 pages of student Obama’s college thesis. Rush Limbaugh jumped on it, which immediately sparked Web searches on “obama thesis.”
Supposedly titled “Aristocracy Revisited,” the excerpt revealed the president had “doubts” about the “so-called founders.” Juicy. Except not true. Limbaugh discovered halfway through his show that he’d been had, but defended himself by saying basically the thesis felt true.
Oh yeah, it’s almost exactly what Media Matters said about the lies they spread about Rush:
With Operation Smear Rush now (largely) complete and the damage done, “progressive” sleazemeisters are apparently ready to come clean with the truth: Limbaugh never made two key racist statements.
You know, in fairness to Rush, those two out of literally dozens of racist things were not necessarily accurate. We were never able to find them. We’ve had people call us trying to find it. We don’t know where they came from. They could just be Internet apparitions. But you know, that being said, anyone who wants to know how racist he is, we’re happy to give them other examples.
I’m also reminded of this:
In a dramatic shift, the Chamber of Commerce announced Monday that it is throwing its support behind climate change legislation making its way through the U.S. Senate.
Only it didn’t.
An email press release announcing the change is a hoax, say Chamber officials.
Several media organizations fell for it.
A CNBC anchor interrupted herself mid-sentence Monday morning to announce that the network had “breaking news,” then cut away to reporter Hampton Pearson, who read from the fake press release.
Pearson quickly followed up with a second report saying the “so-called bulletin” was an “absolute hoax.” Smelling a rat, CNBC’s Larry Kudlow demanded to know whether the White House had been involved.
So how come Rush is “punk’d” but Media Matters and the MSM who also reported bogus info are not ridiculed similarly?
Filed under: Media , Limbaugh, Media Matters, Obama's college thesis, Rush Limbaugh
October 22, 2009 • 6:53 pm 0
Nick Griffin and the BNP have been enjoying more popularity these days. Griffin was recently on BBC’s Question Time, have a gander:
doneFiled under: Antisemitism, Europe, Hate/Discrimination, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Media, Misogyny, Racism, Right-Wing Extremists, T.V. , BBC, BNP, Holocaust Denial, Nick Griffin
October 21, 2009 • 5:10 pm 0
A strange comment was left on here by “ObamasfriendJay-Z”
Knowledge Is Power is symbolized all over America. No one’s been silenced. Your website was easy as hell to find. A fuckin wannabe hacker could tear this website to shreds. If this was the plan then why isnt anyone shutting you up?
These statements have nothing to do with the post to which the comment was made. But, however, I guess the commenter was reffering to this:
Filed under: Freedom, Internet, Media , Net Neutrality
October 20, 2009 • 11:08 pm 0
Several news outlets are reporting that there is outrage over Nick Griffin’s statements comparing retired generals to Nazi war criminals:
He said: “Along with the political leadership of Nazi Germany, the chiefs of staff of the German army, Alfred Jodl and Wilhelm Keitel, were also charged with waging aggressive war.
“Sir Richard and Sir Mike fall squarely into this bracket and they must not think that they will escape culpability for pursuing the illegal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
The officers to whom Griffin refers had criticized the leader of the BNP for his use of military imagery in political campaigns. The response to the comments:
Filed under: Antisemitism, Europe, Freedom, Hate/Discrimination, Racism, Right-Wing Extremists , BNP, Nick Griffin
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