Déjà vu
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?
Nick Griffin on Question Time
Nick Griffin and the BNP have been enjoying more popularity these days. Griffin was recently on BBC’s Question Time, have a gander:
The Government Wants To Control The Internet
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:
You Got It All Wrong…
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:
Quid Iuris?
The Nobel commission awarded Obama the Peace Prize, but
Does the Constitution allow him to accept the award?
“Pay Czar” Makes BofA’s CEO An Offer He Can’t Refuse
Back in March I saw the potential of A Wonderful Precedent set by the Obama administration and Democrats. Basically, if Obama doesn’t like the way a company is being run, and that company received stimulus money,
Obama’s crew… might abuse their authority to “punish” executives who don’t “voluntarily” return money that they are under no obligation to return.
Well, that precedent has been set:
Free Healthcare Pt. 3
In an appeal to authority, Obama has cited Republican supporters of health care reform:
The White House has been pressing Republicans who are in favor of passing health legislation to issue the statements and circulating them to reporters. On Saturday, a few more added their names to a list that already included Bill Frist and Bob Dole, both former Senate Republican leaders; Tommy Thompson and Louis Sullivan, both former health secretaries; and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of California.
Furthermore,
Free Healthcare Pt. 2
In his remarks to a joint session of Congress recently, Barack Obama said:
As soon as I sign this bill… insurance companies will be required to cover, with no extra charge, routine checkups and preventive care, like mammograms and colonoscopies because there’s no reason we shouldn’t be catching diseases like breast cancer and colon cancer before they get worse. That makes sense, it saves money, and it saves lives.
That’s all fine and dandy, however…
Free Healthcare Pt. 1
Obama said that he would not impose additional taxes on consumers for his healthcare reform.
Obama insisted… that requiring people to carry health insurance – and fining them if they don’t – isn’t the same thing as a tax increase. But the language of Democratic bills to revamp the nation’s health care system doesn’t quibble. Both the House bill and the Senate Finance Committee proposal clearly state that the fines would be a tax.
“Free healthcare,” indeed.
B.S. Quote of the Day
Obama says that he is:
deeply humbled by the decision of the Nobel Committee
Yeah, right. This guy doesn’t know the meaning of humility.
Reality-based Quote of the Day
The former Polish President and Nobel Peace laureate of 1983, Lech Walesa, made the following remark regarding Obama’s win of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize:
So soon? Too early. He has no contribution so far.
Exactly right.
Walesa went on to say that the prize was awarded, most likely, in order to encourage Obama to act in a way that the European socialists would like.
If the Nobel Peace Prize was actually awarded on merit, then I would be surprised at Hopey McChange’s win.
Mmm Mmm Mmm: School Obama Song Video
Here’s the video that I downloaded from YouTube because, predictably, it was removed after receiving negative attention.
More info from HotAir and here’s my previous post that features the lyrics.
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