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AP hops on Saint Obama bandwagon

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:29:20 GMT

clipped by: n2sooners

My colleague Warner Todd Huston was first to report the wire service Reuters publishing a picture of a saintly Barack Obama surrounded by a halo.

Now, the Associated Press has gotten into the act (h/t NBer Roger the Shrubber):

Is this an accident? Have you seen any pictures of St. McCain?

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

Why isn't this on MSM?

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:10:27 GMT

clipped by: sillysam

Clip Source: townhall.com

Obama Flips and Flops

So why is he back to sporting pseudo-patriotism on his chest? Need you ask? The primaries are over. While seducing the hard-core MoveOn Democrats that delivered him the caucuses -- hence, the Democratic nomination -- Obama not only disdained the pin. He disparaged it. Now that he's running in a general election against John McCain, and in dire need of the gun-and-God-clinging working-class votes he could not win against Hillary Clinton, the pin is back. His country 'tis of thee.

In last week's column, I thought I had thoroughly chronicled Obama's brazen reversals of position and abandonment of principles -- on public financing of campaigns, on NAFTA, on telecom immunity for post-9/11 wiretaps, on unconditional talks with Ahmadinejad -- as he moved to the center for the general election campaign. I misjudged him. He was just getting started.

We Want Your Soul--videos 1,2,3

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:07:36 GMT

clipped by: papananook
clipper's remarks: Interesting take on sheeple and the MSM's control.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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U.S. Covert Operations Against Iran Increasing

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:35:59 GMT

clipped by: blueridge
clipper's remarks: the war already started. Geopolitical news that will lead to higher oil prices in trading. Note this open statement here in even the MSM:

U.S. Special Operations Forces have been conducting crossborder operations from southern Iraq since last year

Now how would the US or any country react if foreigners were invading your country and committing covert acts of espionage and proxy warfare by stealth? You would consider it an act of war, wouldn't you?

This is proof of how much the US is doing to provoke Iran into war, and how much restraint Iran has actually had.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

U.S. escalating covert operations against Iran: report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional leaders agreed late last year to President George W. Bush's funding request for a major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at destabilizing its leadership, according to a report in The New Yorker magazine published online on Sunday.

The article by reporter Seymour Hersh, from the magazine's July 7 and 14 issue, centers on a highly classified Presidential Finding signed by Bush which by U.S. law must be made known to Democratic and Republican House and Senate leaders and ranking members of the intelligence committees.

"The Finding was focused on undermining Iran's nuclear ambitions and trying to undermine the government through regime change," the article cited a person familiar with its contents as saying, and involved "working with opposition groups and passing money."

U.S. Special Operations Forces have been conducting crossborder operations from southern Iraq since last year

Tags: iran, war, special operations, congress, bush

PRESS RELEASE

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:49:55 GMT

clipped by: DiamondTiger12
clipper's remarks: After months of the MSM and the DNC trying to brainwash us into falling in line, this is what we have to say - isn't going to happen!!

Clip Source: www.justsaynodeal.com

Friday, June 27, 2008

The Just Say No Deal Coalition issues the following statement
regarding Senator Hillary Clinton and Senator Barack Obama
campaigning together last night at the Mayflower Hotel in
Washington DC and in Unity New Hampshire today.

While the Coalition respects the genuine
nature of Senator Clinton in keeping her word
to campaign with and for Senator Obama, we
will not support him now or on November 4,
2008. Senator Clinton’s vote is her own; our
votes are our own and they will not be cast for
Senator Obama. The Just Say No Deal Coalition
members will either choose to stay home in
protest, write in Senator Clinton’s name or vote
for Senator John McCain. Our votes are our
voices and Just Say No Deal’s voices are 2
million strong and growing.

Tags: press release

The So Called Liberal Media Part XXI

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:32:13 GMT

clipped by: ratilfar
clipper's remarks: Here we go again!

Clip Source: mediamatters.org

Summary: On MSNBC Live, anchor Chris Jansing discussed Sen. John McCain's energy policy with former Sen. Trent Lott but failed to disclose that Lott is now a lobbyist for major energy companies. Earlier this month, Andrea Mitchell discussed energy policy with Lott and Sen. John Breaux on MSNBC Live but failed to disclose that both are lobbyists for oil and gas companies.

Lott and former Sen. John Breaux (D-LA) formed the Breaux Lott Leadership Group and now lobby on behalf of oil and gas clients Chevron, Shell, and Plains Exploration & Production Co. MSNBC's failure to identify Lott as a lobbyist for oil and gas clients comes after anchor and NBC News foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell discussed energy policy with Lott and Breaux on the June 9 edition of MSNBC Live but failed to disclose that both are lobbyists for oil and gas companies.

Tags: msm, liberal, media, bias, uncaring, profit, seekers, message, pushers

Jon Stewart nails MSM for peddling "Baracknophobia"

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:07:28 GMT

clipped by: masbury
clipper's remarks: Even sillier than the myths you've already heard!

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Jon Stewart Mocks Media For Peddling Insane Obama Rumors

On Monday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart mocked the media's willingness to peddle insane rumors about Barack Obama — and their tendency to blame the rumor-mongering on internet sites. Calling it "Baracknophobia," Stewart showed clips of anchor and pundits from all three cable networks repeating baseless rumors (Muslim, plagiarist, sexist, etc.) about Barack Obama (and his wife Michelle).

The highlight of the clip comes about 2:25 in, when Stewart says, "Oh, this is interesting. SomeguyI'veneverheardof.com is reporting presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama has lady parts. Obviously scurrilous and unfounded, we'll examine it tonight in our special, 'Barack Obama's Vagina: The October Surprise In His Pants.'"

Tags: obama, humor

McCain gets a pass from MSM on campaign finance

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:12:10 GMT

clipped by: masbury
clipper's remarks: "What's actually disturbing is the ... Media's complete indifference to McCain's bald-faced hypocrisy" on campaign finance

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

McCain's Campaign Funding Hypocrisy: Why Are the Media Looking the Other Way?

how much have you read in the MSM about the fact that McCain has "completely reversed himself" on public financing -- and is currently breaking the law on a daily basis, making a mockery out of a campaign finance system he helped create?

By late November, his campaign was practically broke, so McCain took out a pair of $1 million loans, using the public funds he would receive as collateral.

Cut to Super Tuesday, when McCain had the Republican nomination all but wrapped up. Suddenly, he didn't want to be bound by that $54 million limit, so his campaign did a 180 and opted back out of the public financing system.

as David Mason, the Republican-appointed chair of the FEC, has pointed out, you can't just unilaterally opt out -- especially after securing a loan based on having opted in. The response of the McCain campaign is quite simply to ignore Mason

Tags: mccain, campaign finance

McFlipFlop slams Obama for changing his mind on campaign finance

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:17:46 GMT

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clipper's remarks: McCain painted the issue as a character test, saying: "This election is about a lot of things. It's also about trust. It's about keeping your word."

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

McCain's bald-faced hypocrisy on the same issue. Amidst all the attacks on Obama's "flip-flop," how much have you read in the MSM about the fact that McCain has "completely reversed himself" on public financing -- and is currently breaking the law on a daily basis

McCain opted into the public financing system for the GOP primaries, which meant he'd later receive just over $5 million in public funds in exchange for agreeing to a fundraising limit of around $54 million for the entire primary process

McCain took out a pair of $1 million loans, using the public funds he would receive as collateral.

when McCain had the Republican nomination all but wrapped up. Suddenly, he didn't want to be bound by that $54 million limit, so his campaign did a 180 and opted back out of the public financing system.

But as David Mason, the Republican-appointed chair of the FEC, has pointed out, you can't just unilaterally opt out -- especially after securing a loan based on having opted in.

293 House Members vote against 4th amendment

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:12:28 GMT

clipped by: blueridge
clipper's remarks: Here is what the MSM did not show you. The 4th amendment is actually about "security"...a right to be secure from government intrusion. This is worth watching and forwarding.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

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HR 6304 - A Bill to Abolish the 4th Amendment

On June 20, 2008 - 293 Representatives voted in favor to invalidate the 4th Amendment

Tags: 4th amendment, constitution, privacy

Obama Told Campaign Worker to Shut Up about Che Flag

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:17:59 GMT

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Clip Source: moonbattery.com

Remember Maria Isabel, the Obama campaign worker with a fondness for flags glorifying communist executioner Che Guevara? Here she is nestled in a little shrine to psychotic moonbattery:

The fact that the MSM won't touch her story with a 10-foot pole isn't the only reason you haven't heard much from Maria regarding her beloved Che flags. She says she was told by the Obamessiah himself to keep her mouth shut. Like all the other countless reasons to vote for whomever has the best chance of beating Obama, Isabel's flags have been deemed to be a "distraction."

Tags: obama, communism, democrats

MSM thinks it is funny to call conservatives racist.

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:52:45 GMT

clipped by: sillysam
clipper's remarks: Jerks

Clip Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

They're all responding to Obama, so Obama's responding to himself here.

CAFFERTY: Very shrewd. Very shrewd to put this out there now before they do, because they will. It's pretty funny.

BORGER: Why not bring it up with a little bit of a sense of humor at this point?

HENRY: President Bush does that with humor.

CURRY: Obama addressed race at a funds raiser in Florida using a little humor.

FINEMAN: Anything you can laugh at or with, you're not afraid of. He's really played it quite brilliantly.

SCARBOROUGH: That's great stuff.

BREZINSKI: Wow.

MEACHAM: That's one helluva of a good politician.

RUSH: Throwing the race card down and supposedly doing it with humor. In other words, telling lies about people is just fine with the Drive-Bys. They think it is a fabulous strategy and hilariously funny that Obama has called Republicans racists

Tags: obama, race, media

The Mass Media Division of UNESCO

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:20:09 GMT

clipped by: RiotRanger
clipper's remarks: So those who insist the MSM are bought and paid for are not so crazy after all...

Clip Source: www.infowars.com

The Mass Media Division of UNESCO

As the first Director of UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation), Sir Julian Sorell Huxley (1887-1975) wrote a paper entitled UNESCO Its Purpose and Its Philosophy (1946) [2] in which he outlined his vision for the newly created international organisation (which grew out of the League of Nations’ Institute of Intellectual Co-operation).

The second article outlined the purpose of UNESCO, which is to mentally prepare the world for global political unification under a single world government.

The previous article examined the importance of the creative arts and sciences in guiding society towards predetermined goals. This final article will examine UNESCO’s use of the mass media and other forms of communication towards obtaining its goals.

This must be a mass philosophy, a mass creed, and it can never be achieved without the use of the media of mass communication.

Tags: julian-huxley, unesco, un, nwo, world-government, media, masses, communication, conspiracy

WaPo Throws Barry Under The Bus

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:38:09 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: This is the kitchen table issue this year, and if Obama has the Post backing the other guy’s proposals, he may be starting to circle the drain already.

Clip Source: patriotroom.com

Uh-oh. Obama’s fringe-left credentials are really starting to show. When his good buddies in the MSM start liking John McCain’s ideas, something is really wrong. From a Washington Post editorial.

But if it is acceptable to drill in the Caspian Sea and in developing countries such as Nigeria, where environmental concerns are equally important, it’s hard to explain why the United States should rule out careful, environmentally sound drilling off its own coasts.

And do I smell the faint odor of approval of nuclear power?

But all this talk of drilling, squeezing oil out of shale, as Mr. Bush proposed, and pushing for more nuclear power is a welcome widening of a larger and necessary discussion.

Tags: wapo, mccain, drilling, nuclear power, oil shale

What if the MSM simply can't cover humanity's self-destruction?

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:06:49 GMT

clipped by: papananook
clipper's remarks: Some skeptics have long tried to use the uncertainty as an excuse for maintaining the status quo. Campaigners for carbon dioxide curbs seem reluctant to acknowledge the gaps for fear that society will tune out. So the story migrates back to the edges: catastrophe, hoax. No doubt.

Clip Source: gristmill.grist.org

If those who counsel inaction and delay succeed, billions of humans will suffer unimaginable misery and chaos while most other species will simply go extinct.

Maybe the best one line description of our current situation I have read is:

It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society could choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that is what we are now in the process of doing.

That's the final sentence in Elizabeth Kolbert's fine global warming book, Field Notes from a Catastrophe, and as I'll show in this post, it is entirely accurate.

One of the unavoidable realities attending global warming -- a reality that makes it the perfect problem -- is that there is plenty of remaining uncertainty, even as the basics have grown ever firmer (my litany: more CO2 = warmer world = less ice = rising seas and lots of climate shifts).