Archive for the 'hypocrisy' Category
Harry Reid Throws Stones from his Glass House
Oh dear:
Harry Reid is breaking with the President, claiming that while he respects freedom of religion, he’s not willing to support an Islamic center near Ground Zero.
Specifically, says Reid spokesman Jim Manley, he thinks the “mosque” should be built “some place else”:
The First Amendment protects freedom of religion. Senator Reid respects [...]
Obama Admin: Cut Food Stamps to Pay for Race to the Top
The more you read, the more you learn that “hope and change” is a slogan, no different from “the quicker picker upper.”
The fact is, Obama wanted to cut food stamps to pay for Race to the Top, aka “No Child Left Behind” with a different name:
My point is that I have been working for school [...]
Woman is the Nigger of the World
I think this is an appropriate enough video to introduce the latest in hope and change, received in a fundraising email from the otherwise odious sellout on reproductive rights, NARAL:
I have an urgent update about the new health-care law.
To our dismay, the Obama administration just announced it will exclude abortion coverage in the temporary health-insurance [...]
This Would Be Funny If It Wasn’t Sad
US politics is so corrupt that the House is incapable of passing legislation to clean it up:
Congressional Democrats are pushing hard for legislation to rein in the power of special interests by requiring more disclosure of their roles in paying for campaign advertising — but as they struggle to find the votes they need to [...]
BP: Big Pussies
I was listening to the BBC yesterday morning, and was shocked and appalled to hear BP and the British government express dismay and surprise at the anger in the US. I’m a little too lazy to go through the Beeb’s archives, but thanks to a number of other articles, I don’t have to.
Here’s deputy [...]
Conversation Wth Charles Schumer’s office
Riiiing…Riiiiing
“Hello, Senator Schumer’s office.”
“Hi, it’s Brendan Skwire. I was wondering if you could explain Senator Schumer’s remarks that Blanche Lincoln is “fighting Wall Street with one hand, unions with the other.””
The young man put me on hold for a few minutes, and then came back to explain “You have to take the comment in context [...]
Shorter Mark Ambinder: “I Have No Journalistic Ethics”
BLECCCCH:
Does an afternoon of leisure with senior administration officials violate journalistic ethics? To many, the self-evident answer is: “Absolutely.” I have a different view, although perhaps it’s a way to rationalize my own decision to attend the Bidens’ first beach party for journalists. Later today, I’ll lay out some thoughts about the ethics of all [...]
Shorter Joe Biden: It Is OK For Israel To Kill American Citizens
that’s the only way i can add this:
US Vice President Joe Biden has offered the Obama administration’s strongest defence of Israel’s Gaza flotilla raid to date, in a interview on US television this evening, saying: “Israel has an absolute right to deal with its security interest.”
Appearing on PBS’s Charlie Rose Show, Biden defended Israel’s action [...]
When Lobbyists Write Bills
OOOPS:
Reuters reports that WellPoint is under federal investigation for singling out breast cancer patients and dropping their coverage “based on either erroneous or flimsy information.” They also report that language in the House bill would have protected these women, but it was removed in the Senate version of the bill because “lobbyists for WellPoint [...]
Open Letter to the PLCB
Dear Mr. Stapleton, Mr. goldsmith, and Mr. Marcus:
As a taxpaying citizen of Pennsylvania, I demand that you rein in the PLCB and stop the destructive and embarrassing raids you are conducting in Philadelphia. As has become clear, the beverages confiscated for not being properly registered actually ARE registered, but the PLCB recorded the names [...]
