Archive for October, 2011
Political Derangement Syndrome
My last post earned me some flack. I should have expected it, as whenever someone lends a word of support for our last president or criticizes the criticism of him it is often akin to siding with a villain of sorts. Its inconceivable to some that one might actually defend the man, our former commander in chief, George W. Bush. To [...]
Perhaps they should leave office
Politico (10/26/2011): Sen. Lindsey Graham is so embarrassed about the 9 percent approval rating — released Tuesday night in a New York Times/CBS poll — that he’s going incognito. “It’s so bad sometimes I tell people I’m a lawyer,” the South Carolina Republican told POLITICO on Wednesday. “I don’t want to be associated with a [...]
Who’s Going To Police The Police
In the past 48 hours, the main focal point of the Occupy Movement has moved from Zuccotti Park in New York City to Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland, California after what can only be called a senseless act of aggression by the Oakland Police Department. Armed to the teeth, a small army of riot police [...]
Herman Cain’s “Opportunity Zones”
While the media has been giving a considerable amount of scrutiny to Herman Cain’s nonsensical online-only campaign video this week, not much attention has been given to the newly released addition of his 9-9-9 plan that would create Third Reich-esque ghettos “opportunity zones” for people living below the poverty line. How unfortunate that this is [...]
Double Standards
This incident is a quite disturbing: PORTLAND — Occupy Maine protesters say Sunday morning’s attack with a chemical explosive has left them with a mixture of anxiety and resolve. “We are more motivated to keep doing what we’re doing,” said Stephanie Wilburn, of Portland, who was sitting near where the chemical mixture in a Gatorade [...]
Occupy Iraq comes to an end much to the dismay of John McCain
I’m not too sure why anybody is giving John McCain news coverage anymore, but apparently he’s not too happy that the Iraq War will come to a definitive end when the last American troop returns home in December: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says an agreement could have been reached to keep more American troops in [...]
Shocking: The HuffingtonPost Style Section Has Nothing To Write About
I’ve previously written about my dislike for the Huffington Post style section. But I think this latest article, which expounds upon the absolutely inconsequential and hardly shocking “finding” that Gaddafi was wearing a toupee when he was captured by Libyan rebels yesterday, brings HuffPo to a new low. Towards the end of the article, [...]
The Shifting Media Narrative Of Wall Street Campaign Contributions
Only 5 days ago, the media bombastically reported that there was a major gap in Wall Street campaign contributions, and that President Obama had lost out to his Republican adversaries. The headline that immediately echoed throughout the media landscape was that Mitt Romney had decisively taken the cake when it came to raking in contributions [...]
The GOP of 2012
There was a mindboggling moment during last nights’ Republican Debate when Anderson Cooper asked Herman Cain whether he stood by a remark he made a couple weeks ago that the unemployed can only blame themselves for their predicament. After Cain responded that he meant what he originally said, the crowd erupted in a roaring applause [...]
Hackery and Hyperbole
With the GOP primary underway, the candidates are all attacking Obama for the condition that the United States is in. Romney in particular is exceptionally good at answering questions in a way that is negative towards only the president and blames him. There is no question that the United States has some tremendous problems. These [...]