How many millions died at Mao’s hands? Anita Dunn claims Mao is one of her favorite philosophers in this astonishing video. What is even more astonishing is that she is the White House Communications Director for President Obama.
Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of the first family of Democratic politics, died Wednesday at his home in Hyannisport, Massachusetts, after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. He was 77.
“We’ve lost the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the inspiration of his faith, optimism and perseverance will live on in our hearts forever,” a family statement said. “We thank everyone who gave him care and support over this last year, and everyone who stood with him for so many years in his tireless march for progress toward justice.”
R.I.P.
Obama repeated his red pill blue pill analogy at a news conference last night about his stalling health care proposal.
If there’s a blue pill and a red pill, and the blue pill is half the price of the red pill and works just as well, why not pay half price for the thing that’s going to make you well? – President Barack Obama
Obama is the consumate saleman, I wish he would work for my company and I would be rich in no time. As the ooze leaked out of the TV set, I found myself thinking, this is a good idea, free health care for all, and we can stick some a**hole rich dudes with the bill.
But let’s keep our eye on the ball. The proposal being circulated has 1000 unread pages, is being rammed through without sufficient review and has projections of being revenue neutral not supported by the congressional budget office.
Government projections are ALWAYS overly optimistic.
So if you were swayed by the smooth talking Obama last night, smack yourself and WAKE UP. We are in the middle of the worst recession since the great depression, and another huge government spending program is not what we need right now.
The President and the Democrats in Congress are anxious to cram a health care bill down the nation’s throat, but Governors meeting at the National Governor’s Association Conference do not share their enthusiasm.
…..the sentiment among those who were could not have been more consistent, regardless of political party (emphasis added). The governors said in interviews and public sessions that the bills being drafted in Congress would not do enough to curb the growth in health spending. And they said they were convinced that a major expansion of Medicaid would leave them with heavy costs. -source NY Times
The States are broke, the people are broke, but the Democrats do not seem to care. Spend, spend, spend……
Walter Cronkite, icon of the American TV news, dead at 92.
“He told it the way it was, more than an anchor, he was an icon, the voice that Americans trusted most”. -CBS News, the Saturday Early Show
How far we’ve come. Cronkite spawned the evening news as his 15 minute nightly broadcast was extended to 30 minutes. Competitors ABC and NBC launched their news programs.
Over the the years much of the American public became addicted to their 30 minute nightly news fix. The network news departments and their titans like Cronkite, Huntley and Brinkley and others decided what stories to present, and how to present them. For years ABC, CBS and NBC drove American opinion with their monopoly.
When the first 24 hour Cable News Network launched, everything changed. The big three lost their monopoly. Over the years, as more cable news outlets launched the influence of the big 3 network’s nightly news waned.
Somewhere along the way it became fashionable for reporters to become part of the story, instead of simply reporting it. And since then, the news, especially where politics is concerned has deteriorated into a cacophony of ideology where reporters try to influence the landscape of American opinion.
“And that’s the way it is…. ” Walter Cronkite used to say as he signed off each night, and people believed him. Was there really that much integrity back then, or is it just how we want to remember it?
That may have been the way it was, but it sure isn’t the way it is, anymore.
You think AIG has lavish get togethers? Wait till you hear what Jack Cafferty of CNN reveals about what Congress spent living it up at the Copenhagen Climate Summit.
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