Archive for the ‘The Media’ Category

John Cusack’s insight

August 31st, 2010 | 3 Comments

John Cusack has never been a particular favorite of mine. Right behind Keanu Reeves’ stoic one-expression acting is John Cusack’s ability to stare straight ahead through an entire career of movies, he ranks as the second worst actor in Hollyowood. He finally makes ONE movie I enjoy, mainly because he pulls off being a crackhead [...]

Large numbers and spelling

January 29th, 2010 | No Comments

So I’m reading and deciphering the news that the economy grew at 5.7% last quarter and what that actually means in regards to how much money Obama spent to get that result.  But, I read this: In the forth quarter, consumer spending contributed 1.44 percentage points to GDP. Call me picky, but when reading an [...]

Sex, Lies, and Religion

January 6th, 2010 | No Comments

Melissa Clouthier over at Pajamas Media put her finger on something that was bugging me, but I couldn’t figure out why.  A day or two ago my wife pointed me to an article where Brit Hume, doing what the rest of the entire planet has been doing since Thanksgiving, put in his two cents worth on [...]

Bailout promises, Mao’s famine and bad incentives

November 10th, 2009 | No Comments

I’ve stolen that title from Classically Liberal.  It’s not really the point I’m shooting for, but it’s close enough and the article is a riot.  A lot of people have been claiming Obama’s socialist.  I have for that matter.  However, people supporting Obama have dismissed those claims as rhetoric.  However, Obama’s White House PR person [...]

Alvaro Vargas Llosa hearts Roman Polanski

September 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Alvaro Vargas Llosa wrote an article for The Washington Post.  For a very brief background of what happened circa 1977, Roman Polanski had sex with a thirteen year old girl.  Rather than going to trial, Polanski plea-bargained to avoid prison.  The judge in the case refused to accept the plea deal.  Polasnki fled the USA [...]

Jon Stewart gets pwned

September 16th, 2009 | No Comments

Jon Stewart on his Daily Show: ACORN appears to be a corrupt organization that aids and abets criminals and gets millions of dollars in taxpayer money. [...] Well, this is an impressive expose. I’d love to know the intrepid journalists who broke this story. “60 Minutes”? The AP? That guy who gets the predators? (Shows [...]

How the health care supporters are finally getting organized

August 10th, 2009 | 1 Comment

They’re calling in the SEIU of course. The advantages of this of course are obvious: They’re already organized and staffed. You don’t have to worry about paying them since they’re on salary. If you’re a Democrat, you don’t have to question their loyalty. You don’t have to worry about explaining what the issue is. You [...]

Some people just hate birthers

August 4th, 2009 | 2 Comments

I have to admit, I had never heard the term “birther” before. I don’t watch tv much, so I guess that’s why. Dictionary.com doesn’t have a clue what “birther” is either. So, whenever a word is used I don’t know and dictionary.com doesn’t either, I go to urbandictionary.com. They of course have it. According to [...]

MSNBC gets bored of Hillary’s speech

July 22nd, 2009 | No Comments

Hillary Clinton gave a 35:44 speech you can watch in its entirity at MSNBC: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Only thing about this speech is it was actually over an hour long. MSNBC cut off the last 34 minutes. That’s kind of understandable, it’s a very windy speech [...]

Spencer Bachus and the seventeen socialists

April 11th, 2009 | 6 Comments

Spencer Bachus recently commented that he thought Obama was getting pushed too far to the left by some members of Congress: But he said he is worried that he is being steered too far by the Congress: “Some of the men and women I work with in Congress are socialists.” Asked to clarify his comments [...]