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Entries from May 2011

Biased Reporter to Anchor ‘CBS Evening News’ (Update)

May 3rd, 2011 · 2 Comments

Scott Pelley will take over the “CBS Evening News” anchor chair from Katie Couric, effective June 6, according to a story published on the network’s web site, but that’s no cause for excitement. Contrary to glowing comments made about the veteran reporter by CBS executives, the truth about Pelley’s biased reporting is quite disturbing. One [...]

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‘Straightjacket’ Economics Restrains Growth

May 3rd, 2011 · No Comments

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger The post-industrial era in the United States has been dominated by two vastly different economic philosophies – the Keynesian model and the Supply Side model. Keynesian theory, generally associated with economic policies of Democratic presidents… and to a lesser degree Republican presidents… from Franklin D. Roosevelt through Barack Obama, [...]

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Prince Charles Exposed in Film as ‘Eco-Hypocrite’

May 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

Filmmakers Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer are at their best again, this time releasing their latest effort to expose the truth about celebrity eco-hypocrisy. PRINCE CHARLES HYPOCRITE is, according to a news release, a short film which claims the heir to the British throne is a hypocrite because he thinks people should “live with less” [...]

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Revisited: Filmmaker’s Claim That He Found OBL

May 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: Remember when Morgan Spurlock, the documentary filmmaker behind the “Super Size Me,” said he had found Osama Bin Laden?  Makes you wonder if this fast-food-familiar guy had anything to do with helping the U.S. Navy SEALs locate the Al-Qaeda leader said to be the mastermind of the terror events of Sept. 11, 2001.  [...]

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Midwest Floods Leave Thousands Under Water

May 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

Though replaced in today’s headlines by news about the death of Osama Bin Laden, flood waters have taken tremendous tolls on thousands of Americans living in Missouri and surrounding states. The photo above, shared by a friend, shows flooding at her parents house located near Rockaway Beach north of Branson, Mo.  It is, according to [...]

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Does Osama Bin Laden’s Death Matter?

May 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: Almost four years ago, I published a post under the headline, Dead or Alive — Does Osama Bin Laden Matter? In light of the death of the Al-Qaeda terror mastermind, which I covered in posts here and here during the last 12 hours, I’ve decided to republish that post today.  It appears below. [...]

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Trump: ‘Obama Needs to Show Us The Body’ (Update)

May 2nd, 2011 · 5 Comments

Hours after hearing President Barack Obama tell the world Sunday night that terror mastermind Osama Bin Laden is dead, billionaire real estate developer Donald Trump is demanding the White House produce the body of the Al-Qaeda terror mastermind. “If, as the White House claims, U.S. forces were successful in killing Osama Bin Ladena, Obama needs [...]

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