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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 [...]

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Nightly Newsers Full of Nightly Surprises

June 3rd, 2009 · 2 Comments

Watching the alphabet soup of evening newscasts can be information and full of surprises at the same time.  Take, for instance, stories that aired recently on NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. In a piece that aired Friday, Williams is shown bowing to President Barack Obama as they [...]

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Count Me Skeptical About the Segway-GM ‘PUMA’

April 7th, 2009 · 5 Comments

The P.U.M.A., a new Personal Urban Mobility & Accessibility vehicle, reminds me of a wheelchair on steroids. Officials from Segway and General Motors appeared on NBC’s The Today Show this morning to tout the prototype of the vehicle described on Segway’s The Last Mile blog as follows: Built off of the proven reliable and safe [...]

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Videos Expose Palestinian ‘Pallywood’ Propaganda

January 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Two videos published on YouTube yesterday will see little, if any, airtime on major news networks or cable news operations in the West.  Why?  Because they expose the “Pallywoood” propaganda efforts Palestinians and their sympathizers don’t want people in the West to see. Part 1 of 2 appears below: Part 2 of 2 appears below. [...]

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Sarah Palin Gets Boost From SNL Appearance

October 21st, 2008 · No Comments

A new national study among 316 self-reported Democrats, Republicans and Independents revealed that after viewing segments of Sarah Palin‘s appearance on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, Palin’s favorability ratings increased among all parties. The study was conducted by HCD Research and the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion Oct. 18-19 to obtain Americans’ perceptions of Governor [...]

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Answers Reveal Much About McCain, Obama

September 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Partnership for a Secure America, a group that recently gave the U.S. Government a “C” grade for its efforts to prevent a nuclear, chemical or biological terror attack on America, used a news release this morning to raise five questions (below) for Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain to answer.  Those questions appear below, [...]

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AARPers Might Like This Brian Williams Story, Too

September 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The November/December issue of AARP The Magazine features an interview of NBC’s Brian Williams, according to an AARP news release today.  While I’m certain the article is full of a lot of newsman wit and wisdom, I suspect readers of the silver-haired group’s publication might get a bigger kick out of my experience with “the [...]

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