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Entries from January 2009

Goldberg Recognizes Media Bias When He Sees It

January 31st, 2009 · 2 Comments

Bernard Goldberg recognizes media bias when he sees it.  Now, you can read all about it in the former CBS News correspondent’s latest book, “A Slobbering Love Affair: The True (and Pathetic) Story of the Torrid Romance Between Barack Obama and the Mainstream Media.” NewsBusters’ Rich Noyes says Goldberg pulls together the evidence of the [...]

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Local Officials Angry Over FEMA’s Slow Response

January 31st, 2009 · 2 Comments

Five days after being hit by the storm, more than one million Americans in the Midwest are without power, socked in by snow and ice.  Reports of fresh water being in short supply and power outages that may last for weeks has many in the region fearful.  And citizens are growing frustrated, according to an [...]

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Economic Stimulus Package to Crush Cars, Jobs

January 31st, 2009 · No Comments

The Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association has found something in the economic stimulus package its members don’t like.  Known as the “Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program,” this item not only crushes cars, but it crushes jobs and businesses as well. SEMA, a group dedicated to helping its members’ businesses in the automotive aftermarket succeed and prosper, contends [...]

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Blogger ‘Going Nuts’ on The Curtis Sliwa Show (Updated)

January 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Yours truly will be “going nuts” at 11:45 p.m. Eastern tonight.  That’s when I’ll be appearing on The Curtis Sliwa Show, a nationally-syndicated radio talk show that airs weeknights on ABC Radio Network flagship station 77 WABC in New York City and is carried on stations in Boston, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, among others. [...]

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Participate in a Wealth-Redistribution Experiment

January 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Today, I decided to launch an experiment aimed at finding out whether Americans really understood the implications when they cast their votes for president Nov. 4.  In particular, I want to find out whether or not the people who voted for Barack “Spread the Wealth Around” Obama are truly willing to have their wealth redistributed [...]

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Unusual News Headlines Offered on Friday Morning

January 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Friday morning seems like the right time to look at some unusual news headlines.  Below, I offer items related to the Etch-A-Sketch®, the economy, disease cures and wireless signals.  Enjoy! ETCH-A-SKETCHING WASHINGTON, D.C. — I’ve had two online encounters with the Etch-A-Sketch®.  Early this week, I came across the Etchy.org site where one can create [...]

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Governor BLAGOing, BLAGOing, BLAGOne!

January 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments

By a 59-0 vote of the Illinois Senate, Gov. Rod Blagojevich was impeached this afternoon in Springfield. The 52-year-old Democrat becomes the first sitting governor in the Land of Lincoln’s pockmarked history of corruption to be impeached, convicted and booted out of office. He will, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune, be replaced [...]

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