Could they blow the hype any worse? I don't support Barak and I did not sign up for this gimmick (cuz I think these people will get spammed by Barak until election day), but I concede that it might have been cool to be at a bar at about 6PM after work and hear one-in-five cell phone go off, up comes a mummer and then maybe a little cheer. But no. Just an annoying wake at 3AM to tell people what they already knew if they were up late the night before. Here are some great reactions to this latest rookie mistake.
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Cajun Boy in the City - Very Funny. And from the comments:
"It's like Obama just drunk texted you because you're special and he was up late and just got back from the traveling, and he's got to head to Springfield tomorrow, but if you're awake maybe he could just come over, and maybe bring his friend Joe, you up for that?"
Brandon Loy - It's 3:00 AM, and your children are safe and asleep...
...but there's a cell phone in the other room, and it's ringing. Must be one of your a**hole friends drunk-dialing you
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Pakistani's Civil War
The new, liberal Pakistani government has got the Taliban right where they want them... (LWJ)
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The Taliban's suicide campaign against the Pakistani government is in full swing. The latest suicide bombings occurred outside a weapons factory just west of the capital of Islamabad in Punjab province.
The Kamra Air Weapon Complex ... is believed to be connected with Pakistan's nuclear weapons program.
The Pakistani government and the military have issued multiple statements assuring the Pakistani people and the west that the country's nuclear weapons are safeguarded and incapable of falling into the hands of terrorists.
Today's suicide bombing is the fourth mass-casualty strike by the Taliban since August 12.
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On a brighter note, we're still taking shots at Al Qaeda inside Pakistan. (LWJ)
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The Taliban's suicide campaign against the Pakistani government is in full swing. The latest suicide bombings occurred outside a weapons factory just west of the capital of Islamabad in Punjab province.
The Kamra Air Weapon Complex ... is believed to be connected with Pakistan's nuclear weapons program.
The Pakistani government and the military have issued multiple statements assuring the Pakistani people and the west that the country's nuclear weapons are safeguarded and incapable of falling into the hands of terrorists.
Today's suicide bombing is the fourth mass-casualty strike by the Taliban since August 12.
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On a brighter note, we're still taking shots at Al Qaeda inside Pakistan. (LWJ)
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Turning the enemy into a a strategy
You have to respect the McCain camp's strategy of manipulating the "get-it-first" media on the VP selection. They're "leaking" info keeps it front and center of the news. Non of these are real leaks. They're all misdirection as a strategy to stay on the front page. And the hapless media is powerless to stop themselves from blabbing every "source" they hear from. Turning the enemy into a a strategy. It's Ridge! It's Romney! Lieberman's out! Pawlenty short list! Lieberman in!
Hot Air
Hot Air
Friday, August 08, 2008
Your Media
They know better what you need to know. (via. Instapundit)
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The scandal over former Sen. John Edwards' alleged fathering of a love child is rapidly being surpassed by a greater travesty -- not one single major media organization in the U.S is covering the story.
Edwards, who's sought the presidency twice,... is manifestly newsworthy and clearly a public figure.
Heck, he's almost a celebrity.
Yet no major network or national daily paper is doing anything with the story.
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The scandal over former Sen. John Edwards' alleged fathering of a love child is rapidly being surpassed by a greater travesty -- not one single major media organization in the U.S is covering the story.
Edwards, who's sought the presidency twice,... is manifestly newsworthy and clearly a public figure.
Heck, he's almost a celebrity.
Yet no major network or national daily paper is doing anything with the story.
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Save the Planet?
"Save the planet." Are you serious? Is that your constitutional role are a member of the US House of Representatives? Besides, as Charles Krauthammer puts it...
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opposes lifting the moratorium on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and on the Outer Continental Shelf. ... as she explained to Politico: "I'm trying to save the planet; I'm trying to save the planet."
A lovely sentiment. But has Pelosi actually thought through the moratorium's effects on the planet?
Consider: 25 years ago, nearly 60 percent of U.S. petroleum was produced domestically. Today it's 25 percent. ... We need the stuff to run our cars and planes and economy. Where does it come from?
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Places such as Nigeria, where chronic corruption, environmental neglect and the resulting unrest and instability lead to pipeline explosions, oil spills and illegal siphoning by the poverty-stricken population -- which leads to more spills and explosions.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi opposes lifting the moratorium on drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and on the Outer Continental Shelf. ... as she explained to Politico: "I'm trying to save the planet; I'm trying to save the planet."
A lovely sentiment. But has Pelosi actually thought through the moratorium's effects on the planet?
Consider: 25 years ago, nearly 60 percent of U.S. petroleum was produced domestically. Today it's 25 percent. ... We need the stuff to run our cars and planes and economy. Where does it come from?
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Places such as Nigeria, where chronic corruption, environmental neglect and the resulting unrest and instability lead to pipeline explosions, oil spills and illegal siphoning by the poverty-stricken population -- which leads to more spills and explosions.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Still No Recession
But liberals are still hoping for one. Because anything bad to the country is good for democratic power. via. HotAir
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Whatever else this economy might be, it’s not a recession, and it’s improving.
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Whatever else this economy might be, it’s not a recession, and it’s improving.
Sunday, July 27, 2008
The Going Green Fallacy
A great, short reminder of the fallacy of going green. Forbes
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A number of influential people in Russia, China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam say the planet is now entering a 30-year cooling period, the second half of a normal cycle driven by cyclical changes in the sun's output and currents in the Pacific Ocean. Their theory leaves true believers in carbon catastrophe livid.
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No serious student of global politics can accept the notion that the world will soon join ranks behind Brussels, Washington and the gloomy computer and its minders. Dar is surely right when he says, "The U.S. and Japan will not tell Asia and Africa to choose poverty, disease, hunger and illiteracy over electricity."
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A number of influential people in Russia, China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam say the planet is now entering a 30-year cooling period, the second half of a normal cycle driven by cyclical changes in the sun's output and currents in the Pacific Ocean. Their theory leaves true believers in carbon catastrophe livid.
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No serious student of global politics can accept the notion that the world will soon join ranks behind Brussels, Washington and the gloomy computer and its minders. Dar is surely right when he says, "The U.S. and Japan will not tell Asia and Africa to choose poverty, disease, hunger and illiteracy over electricity."
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Media Groupies
All three major nightly news anchors will follow Obama on his world tour and Iraq visit.
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When was the last time we saw any network anchor doing a remote, let alone all three at the same time? ...This is nothing more than the media fawning over Obama, and looking to give him as much earned media as they can. Their pretense of objective reporting has been ripped away, and the media looks like little more than groupies vying for the attention of a pop star, hoping that some of his popularity rubs off on them. This should embarrass journalists, but instead they’re busy rationalizing their utter lack of self-respect.
Hot Air
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You do realize, don’t you, that if a GOP candidate with weak foreign policy was doing the same thing - making a “world tour” with dramatic backdrops - the press would be sneering about how the whole thing is a “stunt” meant to “deflect his inexperience.”
Anchoress
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When was the last time we saw any network anchor doing a remote, let alone all three at the same time? ...This is nothing more than the media fawning over Obama, and looking to give him as much earned media as they can. Their pretense of objective reporting has been ripped away, and the media looks like little more than groupies vying for the attention of a pop star, hoping that some of his popularity rubs off on them. This should embarrass journalists, but instead they’re busy rationalizing their utter lack of self-respect.
Hot Air
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You do realize, don’t you, that if a GOP candidate with weak foreign policy was doing the same thing - making a “world tour” with dramatic backdrops - the press would be sneering about how the whole thing is a “stunt” meant to “deflect his inexperience.”
Anchoress
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
The Dems will Fold on Drilling
Slaves to public opinion, the Dems will cave on drilling like they did on FISA and on funding the war. (via. Hot Air)
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A new poll commissioned by Investors Business Daily finds overwhelming majorities in favor of increased drilling and domestic production of oil. ...
Support for offshore drilling and oil shale development is also broad-based, with the former favored by 64% of respondents and the latter by 65%.
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A new poll commissioned by Investors Business Daily finds overwhelming majorities in favor of increased drilling and domestic production of oil. ...
Support for offshore drilling and oil shale development is also broad-based, with the former favored by 64% of respondents and the latter by 65%.
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