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Is Smoker-in-Chief Giving Up Cigarettes Today?

November 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

A cloud is hanging over the Oval Office as Americans wonder whether or not Smoker-in-Chief Barack Obama is giving up cigarettes during today’s Great American Smokeout.
Truth be told, one would hardly know the event that takes place annually on the third Thursday of November is taking place today.
As of this posting at noon Central today, [...]

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Finally, News Outlets Report Ukrainian ‘Super Flu’

November 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Eight days ago, I posted a link on my Facebook wall to a Zero Hedge piece about a “super flu” 10 times more lethal than Swine Flu that had, at that time, affected nearly a million people in Ukraine. And I asked where the mainstream media was in its coverage — or lack thereof — [...]

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‘W’ Was Right, Iran Is Dangerous

September 21st, 2009 · No Comments

“Iran was dangerous. Iran is dangerous. Iran will be dangerous if they have the knowledge to make a nuclear weapon.”

President George W. Bush used the words above 19 months ago during a White House interview with NBC reporter David Gregory (see this post for details).
At the time of the interview, many on the left [...]

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Doug Ross Exposes Media’s Pack Mentality

April 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Merriam-Webster’s Online Dictionary offers several definitions of the word, “pack.”  When it comes to members of the mainstream media and their treatment of the subject of Americans without health insurance, blogger Doug Ross found that one definition is most applicable:  “A set of persons with a common interest.”
Contrary to the stories linked to by more [...]

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Double Standard Revealed in Mainstream Media Coverage of ‘Fail’ Comments by Carville, Limbaugh

March 11th, 2009 · 3 Comments

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, just minutes before learning of the terrorist attacks on America, Democratic strategist James Carville was hoping for President Bush to fail, telling a group of Washington reporters: “I certainly hope he doesn’t succeed.”
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