News leaked that the Washington Post was peddling access to the Obama admin and members of Congress at a dinner hosted by the paper's publisher for $25,000 to $250,000 a pop.
To my knowledge, the Washington Examiner broke the story
Washington Post sells access, White House denies involvement
Link to an editorial on the subject the WSJ published:
When Newspapers Peddle Influence
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Video of Congressman William Jefferson (D) Accepting a Suitcase of $100K
The FBI taped former Democrat Louisiana Congressman, William Jefferson, accepting a briefcase stocked with $100,000.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gAhJ_ijKsVNeqkiH39KhnCUNj-fQD999OKUO0
This is the same Congressman who gained some notoriety by requsitioning a military vehicle to take him to his house after Katrina had flooded New Orleans to retrieve $60,000 of cash from his freezer.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gAhJ_ijKsVNeqkiH39KhnCUNj-fQD999OKUO0
This is the same Congressman who gained some notoriety by requsitioning a military vehicle to take him to his house after Katrina had flooded New Orleans to retrieve $60,000 of cash from his freezer.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
ABC Hyping Global Warming
Today I was at the gym reading a book while cranking out 100rpms on a stationary bicycle. I looked up at one of the three TV screen I could see and ABC had a big headline about global warming. George Stephanopoulos appeared making very earnest faces and eyebrow movements. I have no idea what he was saying, but I am sure it was worthless. Then ABC shifted to scenes of hurricanes, fires, floods, and then a browning glacier moraine, all apparently caused by global warming. I had a hearty laugh thinking about the fools who are dumb enough to believe this hype. To me, it is interesting how this kind of propaganda is put together and spread. What is truly fascinating his how easy it is and how readily dopes suck it up. Here, ABC takes images of things that have occurred since the dawn of the earth and the dawn of man, things which are disastrous, and then puts the heading of Global Warming over them. Voila, these things are man's fault, and something must be done about them.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Milton Friedman, Colonization, and Leftist Tactics
In this video, a leftist idiot asks Friedman about slavery and colonialism.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xeebU8VhmY&feature=related
This video exemplies a couple of the tactics of the left...
Why the Leftist Ideology Works Well in Sound Bytes
This exchange is a perfect example to me of why leftist thinking (if you can call it thinking) works so well in sound bytes and bumper stickers. Leftist critiques of society are ofter very superficial, and thus do not deal with or just plain ignore the underlying facts. Thus, on the surface, they seem to make sense and are appealing. The kid asking the question does not use any facts to make his argument, they are wall wild assertions that appeal to emotion.
Few of us have the grasp of history and economics that Friedman does to effectively counter their claims. Since it takes time to bring up facts and put them in a cogent argument to counter a sentence long sound byte, this leftist garbage often slips by without being countered. Friedman has both the knowledge and the time, since it is his speech, to counter that kook's claims. The time necessary to do this is rarely afforded "conservatives" by the mainstream media, which is one of the problems we have in expressing our message.
Leftist Tactic of Taking up the Speaker's Time
I loved the questioner's strategy of soaking up as much time as possible to ask his question. This is a tactic the left teaches to its foot soldiers to take time away from dissenting voices, in this case Friedman. The more time that idiot babbles, the less time Friedman, who probably was on a travel schedule, has to respond and air his views.
Comment on Comments
Aside from this, one of the comments caught my attention. I see this comment or variants of it all over the web when I am reading. I am willing to bet money that some leftist groups pays people to go into internet discussions and pose as someone on the right and post ractist commments about Obama to make the left look bad. What they are doing is obvious because the comments often have nothing to do with the flow of the rest of the discussion. Here is a screenshot of some of the comments on this video. I have highlighted the comment about which I am writing...
I know many people on the right, and not one of them would make such a comment. It is not constructive and it does nothing to further the argument for a free market. Given that, and knowing who the left is and how they operate, it is easy to discern that this comment was posted by a leftist. This illustrates how the left goes about smearing its opponents and the depths they are willing to plumb to do so. Stepping back, this falls under the broad category of using smears rather than argument to defeat one's opponent, a time tested tactic of the left.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xeebU8VhmY&feature=related
This video exemplies a couple of the tactics of the left...
Why the Leftist Ideology Works Well in Sound Bytes
This exchange is a perfect example to me of why leftist thinking (if you can call it thinking) works so well in sound bytes and bumper stickers. Leftist critiques of society are ofter very superficial, and thus do not deal with or just plain ignore the underlying facts. Thus, on the surface, they seem to make sense and are appealing. The kid asking the question does not use any facts to make his argument, they are wall wild assertions that appeal to emotion.
Few of us have the grasp of history and economics that Friedman does to effectively counter their claims. Since it takes time to bring up facts and put them in a cogent argument to counter a sentence long sound byte, this leftist garbage often slips by without being countered. Friedman has both the knowledge and the time, since it is his speech, to counter that kook's claims. The time necessary to do this is rarely afforded "conservatives" by the mainstream media, which is one of the problems we have in expressing our message.
Leftist Tactic of Taking up the Speaker's Time
I loved the questioner's strategy of soaking up as much time as possible to ask his question. This is a tactic the left teaches to its foot soldiers to take time away from dissenting voices, in this case Friedman. The more time that idiot babbles, the less time Friedman, who probably was on a travel schedule, has to respond and air his views.
Comment on Comments
Aside from this, one of the comments caught my attention. I see this comment or variants of it all over the web when I am reading. I am willing to bet money that some leftist groups pays people to go into internet discussions and pose as someone on the right and post ractist commments about Obama to make the left look bad. What they are doing is obvious because the comments often have nothing to do with the flow of the rest of the discussion. Here is a screenshot of some of the comments on this video. I have highlighted the comment about which I am writing...
I know many people on the right, and not one of them would make such a comment. It is not constructive and it does nothing to further the argument for a free market. Given that, and knowing who the left is and how they operate, it is easy to discern that this comment was posted by a leftist. This illustrates how the left goes about smearing its opponents and the depths they are willing to plumb to do so. Stepping back, this falls under the broad category of using smears rather than argument to defeat one's opponent, a time tested tactic of the left.
Obama Recovery Logo Analysis
I have not seen a good analysis of Obama's recovery logo, so I thought I would post mine.
Analysis of the Parts and Meaning of the Logo
The red, lower right part represents socialized medicine and the green lower left part obviously represents the green agenda.
The red color and the cross make it apparent that this part of the logo has to do with health care and thus with Obama's vision of socialized medicine. I do not know why gears were used, maybe to evoke the idea of efficiency.
The lower left quadrant with the plant and green color obviously represents the left's green or radical environmentalist agenda. There is not much more to analyze here.
The upper part that is blue with the stars is used to evoke feelings of patriotism. This article quotes someone's interpretation that 8 stars are on the logo because Obama hopes to hold power for that long. I find this extremely interesting and I cannot think of a better explanation.
Commentary on the Use of the Logo
Socialized medicine and the radical green agenda have nothing to do with economic recovery, but Obama is pitching them that way because it is his best chance of slipping them by the American people.
Obama's use of government logos disgusts me. Such propaganda is a favorite of autocrats and it saddens me to see it in the United States. I cannot recall another president in my lifetime doing this. Hitler and Constantine come to mind as other autocrats who plastered logos and self serving propaganda all over their countries. What would the mainstream media and the left have done if Bush plastered logos all over the country? I see this logo showing up on highway signs on the interstate in California. I will stop at some point and get a picture of one. At best it is a colossal waste of money to plaster a logo all over the country. In reality, it is a cynical ploy by the Obama administration to use government money to plaster its propaganda all over the United States.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Obama Asks Moms to Return to School
I took a screenshot of this ad because I found it so weird. This ad popped up a few times on my Yahoo email in early 2009. I consider it a result of the post election Obamania.
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