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Reporters 'hate Hillary' and swoon over Obama

Mon, 05 May 2008 03:52:59 GMT

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Here's something you don't see every day: a liberal, female editor of a leading liberal online magazine stating with cameras rolling that most press members "Hate, hate Hillary Clinton."

Salon's editor-in-chief Joan Walsh spoke some truths about the media's love affair with Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama, as well as their disdain for the former first lady

I was struck when I got to Iowa and New Hampshire in January by how our media colleagues were just swooning over Barack Obama. That is not too strong a word. They were swooning.

The downside though is that they hate, hate Hillary Clinton, most of them. Hate is not too strong a word.

concerning Hagee's connection to McCain:

It is a different relationship. Hagee deserves a lot of criticism. But, you know, he's gotten it. McCain deserves more criticism for embracing Hagee and going after his endorsement, but he is not his pastor. So, I really don't think it's comparable.

Tags: msm, media, hillary, obama, bias, politics

You can't make this up

Mon, 05 May 2008 03:00:45 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I thought it was a joke when I first read it, but anything you could make up wouldn't be nearly as ironic as this.

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Hillary Clinton enthusiastically picked a filly named Eight Belles to win the Kentucky Derby and compared herself to the horse. Eight Belles finished second. The winner was the favorite, Big Brown.

Eight Belles collapsed immediately after crossing the finish line, and was euthanized shortly thereafter.

Tags: hillary, obama, politics, horse, race, irony

May 2 hail storm

Mon, 05 May 2008 01:18:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Just a few shots from the May 2 early morning hail storm that I threw up on the internet. They really devastated my wife's flowers and left some small dings in the hood of my truck. The wind was blowing so hard that they were hitting the glass door and windows on the west side of the house.

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The first one was taken at a slow shutter speed without a tripod and through the glass patio door. That is why it is a little blurry, but at the time rain and hail were hitting the door so I didn't feel like opening it.

The next one is from the front yard. I was using the built in flash so the light didn't reach far. The wind was blowing towards the back of the house so there isn't a lot of hail on the sidewalk, but quite a bit in the yard.

The next one was from the back patio after the brunt of the storm passed. Lots of hail and lots of leaves.

This last one is my favorite. It was taken at the corner of the concrete patio steps and the house facing towards the NW which is the direction the wind was coming from. I like looking at the blown up version (large size is 1024 x 1024 on Flickr) and checking out the designs in each individual piece of hail.

Tags: oklahoma, weather, hail, rain, wind