Throw the bums out

From Newsbusters:

Helen Thomas Says You Bloggers are 'Dangerous'
By Warner Todd Huston December 7, 2007 - 04:52 ET

I don't know... I don't feel that dangerous. But, gee, I guess I am? Well I might be, at least according to Helen Thomas, one of the most uncivil "reporters" in all of journalism.

Apparently she has proclaimed that citizen journalists and bloggers are "dangerous" on a HufPo blog of Dec. 4th. HufPoster Seema Kalia reported an exchange with the equine visaged Thomas where she raised alarm over her fear of the common American citizen and that terribly annoying Internet thingie.

Yes, folks she thinks that if you are a blogger or Internet writer you have no sense of "ethics" and you are "Dangerous." One wonders if she really knows any journalists at all if she thinks they show any sign of "ethics"?

Well -- a couple of things:

1 - A couple of days ago, Dana Perino (Presidink's press secretary) mentioned that Helen had a front seat in the press room. I think I recall something about "she had the front seat because of her colleagues." (Does this mean the press votes on who gets seats?) I thought they took her front row seat away after they refurbished the press room.

2 - If it were me, I would not stand for those antagonistic assholes in there every day. I would toss they're ragged asses out. There is no reason in hell to stand for that crap day after day. If someone has a serious question, fine -- but they aren't there to suggest how to do my job -- that's what I have a cabinet for. I would tell them to phrase their questions very carefully as any rudeness or antagonism will be met with a boot. I'll answer honest, thoughtful, questions of "reporters" but I'll be damned if I'll stand there and argue with an enemy who has shitforbrains.

Nothing to see here, jackasses, move along

From Newsbusters:
By Noel Sheppard December 5, 2007 - 10:38 ET

It must be wonderful to be a Democrat and know that your indiscretions are very unlikely to get much attention by media minions only willing to cover the crimes and shortcomings of folks on the opposite side of the aisle.

Take for example James Michael McHaney, an aide to Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) who NewsBusters reported had been arrested last Friday for trying to lure a thirteen-year-old boy into a sexual encounter.

Not only did this get buried on Friday so as likely not to take focus away from Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) looking "regal and presidential" (according to the unbiased AP) during that day's hostage crisis in New Hampshire, but also once the Associated Press deigned to actually inform subscribers on Monday that something potentially nefarious had occurred, press outlets either continued to ignore the subject, or buried it nicely so that precious few would be made aware of it. By the way -- even though they're very "unbiased," you'll NEVER hear the media refer to a republican candidate as "regal and presidential" ... prolly just an oversight.

On the television side, according to LexisNexis, the only outlet which felt this newsworthy was CNN which aired its only report on this matter during the 6:00 AM EST "American Morning" Tuesday:

Had you heard about this? Are you shocked and surprised? Yes -- I'll bet you are. The media only tries to protect child molesters in the most dire of circumstances (those circumstances where a democrat might be cast in a bad light.)

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Hey -- did you know that Hugo Chavez is a "charismatic and fascinating person who does positive things." You didn't? Where have you been? -- wiving undoo a wock -- you wascawy wabbit.

Barbara Walters: Hugo Chavez 'Charismatic' and Does 'Positive Things'

According to Barbara Walters’ set of rules, Venezuela's socialist anti-American dictator, Hugo Chavez does "positive things." Promoting her annual special "The Ten Most Fascinating People" on the December 5 edition of "The View," Walters discussed one of her top ten, Hugo Chavez.

Walters, who recently gave a puffy interview to the anti-American zealot, noted his recent setback exclaiming she "was amazed that he...didn’t get to be president for life" and "he’s a charismatic character."

Joy Behar inquired if he’s "still fascinating even though he didn’t win the election." Walters quickly answered "yeah." (Gush-Gush, you fucking commies.)

When Walters allowed the co-hosts to guess who her secret number one is, Sherri Shepherd guessed Britney Spears. Walters refuted it claiming "we try to have people that do positive things."

Seriously -- do you believe these commies are all over our air-waves and print media -- how in the hell did it happen?

Hey dad-whatcha doin? (twirling cord)

From Newsbusters:

Here's something you don't see every day: the daughter of the President calling her dad while doing an interview on national television.

Yet, that's what happened on "Ellen" Wednesday (taped Tuesday) when host Ellen Degeneres didn't believe guest Jenna Bush could just pick up the phone and call her dad any time she wanted.

Marvelously, Jenna ended up being right.

What follows is the partial transcript of this absolutely charming phone call (video available here):

JENNA BUSH: This is the Ellen Degeneres Show.

PRESIDENT BUSH: Well, that's great!

ELLEN DEGENERES, HOST: How's it going?

PRESIDENT BUSH: It's going great, Ellen. How's my little girl doing?

DEGENERES: Oh, she's great. She's scared she's going to get in trouble, because I just said, ‘Is it easy to just pick up the phone and call your dad anytime?'

She said, ‘Yes.'

So I said, ‘Okay well, let's call him, and then she goes, ‘Oh', and now she's scared that she's not going to get any Christmas presents.

JENNA BUSH: Dad?

PRESIDENT BUSH: Yes, baby?

JENNA BUSH: Are you mad?

PRESIDENT BUSH: No, not at all. I'm excited to talk to you. I'm glad to talk to Ellen.

DEGENERES: Look, we are showing a picture of you holding your daughters when they were just born. That's beautiful. Alright, well, we just wanted to say Merry Christmas, and we thought you'd want to say Merry Christmas to our audience.

PRESIDENT BUSH: I do want to say Merry Christmas to your audience, and I want to tell my little girl I love her.

JENNA BUSH: I love you too, Dad.

Makes you wonder how the press are going to bash the President for this adorable event, doesn't it?

Oy Vay - D'OH

New York store red faced over 'Hanukkah hams'

A posh food store in New York's Greenwich Village has found itself red faced after offering hams for sale with the slogan "Delicious for Hanukkah," the current Jewish religious holiday.

The non-kosher labelling was spotted at the weekend by Manhattan novelist Nancy Kay Shapiro, 46, who decided instead of alerting management to take a picture of the unorthodox sign and post it on the Internet.

"I just thought it was funny," Shapiro, who described herself as an unobservant Jew, told the New York Post. "I wasn't offended in any way. I just thought, here's somebody who knows nothing about what Jews eat."

By the time Shapiro returned to the store on Tuesday, the first night of Hanukkah, the signs had vanished, the newspaper reported.

A manager at the Balducci's gourmet grocery store told the newspaper that the sign was a mistake and blamed it on a stock clerk.

Pork and shellfish are among the foods considered unclean under Jewish law.

Hey -- good thing it wasnt a "Delicious for Mohammed" sign, eh? Otherwise -- melons would have rolled -- MELONS WOULD HAVE ROLLED. MMMMmmmm - melllllons. (drool)

What? What a shocker!!

Woman beaten on bus

BALTIMORE (Map, News) - As Sarah Kreager, 26, tried to sit down on a Baltimore City bus Tuesday, police say, a middle-schooler told her she couldn’t. When she attempted to take another seat, a middle-schooler wouldn’t let her. Finally, according to police, Kreager just sat down.

She was “immediately attacked” by nine students — three females and six males — from Robert Poole Middle School. They punched and kicked her at 2:59 p.m. at the intersection of 33rd Street and Chestnut Avenue, according to Maryland Transit Administration police.

Kreager was dragged off the bus and her boyfriend, Troy Ennis, attempted to get her back on, police said.

She sustained “serious injuries” and had to be transported to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, according to a police report.

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Woman assaulted by nine teens on transit bus
Kreager suffered two broken bones in her left eye socket, police said.

“She had eye muscles that were damaged,” a police report states. “She had deep lacerations on the top of her head and another above her neck.”

Two seats and the bus’ rear glass were destroyed during the attack, police said.

The bus driver on the No. 27 line quickly called police, who responded and arrested the nine juveniles, said Jawauna Greene, an MTA police spokeswoman.

All nine suspects, ages 14 and 15, were arrested and charged with aggravated assault.

Their bus tickets — provided by the school — have been revoked, Greene said.

“Riding the bus is a privilege,” she said. “Public safety is our primary concern.”

Greene said the investigation into the incident was ongoing and she didn’t know whether the attack had anything to do with the victim’s race.

The suspects in the incident are black. The victim is white, according to the police report.

Baltimore resident David Briggs, who lives near the crime scene, said the incident underscores Baltimore’s pervasive crime.

“Now, I can't even ride the bus,” he said.

What? Eye muscle damage? Broken bones? Severe pain? Lacerations? Broken windows and seats destroyed? But how? These are but juveniles --- and we all know that juveniles can't do the same damage as adult criminals. After all, that's why we don't punish them.

Let's hope they never figure out that we don't punish them for crimes -- otherwise they might start trashing buses while in the middle of beating people to death.

They prolly did this right out of the blue, too. I'll bet those kids were all great students with no prior history of trouble and no police records.

And I LOVE how they say they don't know if it was racially motivated. OF COURSE IT WASN'T -- EVERYONE KNOWS THAT BLACK PEOPLE AREN'T THE RACISTS -- IT'S THE WHITES -- HELL, YOU'RE A RACIST JUST FOR BRINGING IT UP -- SHEESH, PEOPLE.

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Cheney: Dems have little sticks

Cheney was dismissive of virtually everything Democrats are trying to do in Congress.

Vice President Cheney warned in an interview Wednesday that a premature withdrawal from Iraq would invite “further attacks” against the United States and said he has been surprised by the weakness of the Democratic Congress.

Most striking were his virtually taunting remarks of two men he described as friends from his own days in the House: Democratic Reps. John Dingell (Mich.) and John P. Murtha (Pa.).

In a 40-minute interview with Politico, he scoffed at the idea of two men who spent years accruing power showing so much deference to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in the big spending and energy debates of the year.

Murtha “and the other senior leaders … march to the tune of Nancy Pelosi to an extent I had not seen, frankly, with any previous speaker,” Cheney said. “I’m trying to think how to say all of this in a gentlemanly fashion, but [in] the Congress I served in, that wouldn’t have happened.”

But his implication was clear: When asked if these men had lost their spines, he responded, “They are not carrying the big sticks I would have expected.” More here:

For the record -- The Klown thinks that Dick Cheney is one of the greatest "politicians" we've had in the last 50 years (or longer.)

When I look at this time after some years have gone by, I think I'm going to remember the democrats flailing daily -- calling names (Hitler) etc -- and meanwhile, Cheney and Bush just kept marching forward -- almost not even acknowledging the presence of those whining, dithering, fretting, panicking assholes.

Seriously, I think Cheney just laughs at them -- but he has the class not to do it in public. I ... do not.

Later, jackass

I always wondered how really dumb people keep from getting killed on this dangerous planet. Here's proof they don't ALWAYS escape. I tell ya, I'm surprised this isn't happening with GREAT regularity (100 times a day.)

Man talking on cell phone killed by train in San Leandro


SAN LEANDRO - A pedestrian apparently absorbed in a cell phone call was struck and killed by an Amtrak train in San Leandro today after he walked around a lowered crossing gate and onto the tracks, authorities said.

The victim, a man who was not immediately identified, was struck at 12:30 p.m. by a northbound Capitol Corridor train at the Alvarado Street crossing, about 8 miles south of the Oakland station, Amtrak spokeswoman Vernae Graham said.

None of the 20 passengers or crew aboard the train was injured. That train and two others were delayed and another Capitol Corridor train was cancelled, Graham said.

Crew members aboard the Sacramento-bound train told authorities they saw the victim talking on the cell phone before he was struck, Graham said. The warning lights and gates at the crossing were functioning properly, she added.

Media believes NIE -- now, but not before

From Newsbusters:

Thomas Fingar, the Deputy Director of Analysis for the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), is the media rock star of the moment.

Why? For the just released NIE assessment he co-authored that proffers with "high confidence" that Iranian nuclear weapon development came to a halt in 2003.

This lands him myriad press plaudits because it affords them yet another opportunity to bash President George W. Bush.

However, those with any sort of political memory recall a July 11, 2007 Congressional appearance by the very same Thomas Fingar. Just these scant four months ago, he gave the House Armed Services Committee a very different "high confidence" perspective on Iran and their efforts to develop the bomb.

Thomas Joscelyn at the Weekly Standard not only remembers, he cites.

From the Congressional record:

Iran and North Korea are the states of most concern to us. The United States' concerns about Iran are shared by many nations, including many of Iran's neighbors.

Iran is continuing to pursue uranium enrichment and has shown more interest in protracting negotiations and working to delay and diminish the impact of UNSC sanctions than in reaching an acceptable diplomatic solution.

We assess that Tehran is determined to develop nuclear weapons--despite its international obligations and international pressure. This is a grave concern to the other countries in the region whose security would be threatened should Iran acquire nuclear weapons.

Certainly contradicts his just released account, does it not? The account the media has been unquestioningly citing en masse.

They are more than happy to pummel the President without giving the merest of passing thoughts to the fact that it was this same Fingar, this same NIE, and their previous reports that contributed in large part to the development of Bush's perception of the Iranian nuclear program.

Add to this the Wall Street Journal tidbit that an "intelligence source" deems Fingar and his two co-authors "hyper-partisan anti-Bush officials", and the picture is complete.

Where is the MSM on this? This hardly requires in-depth journalism.

Then again, these are not in-depth journalists.

OH yes -- they sure are quoting him every five minutes now ... now that he agrees with them. Before this though, he was somehow not credible.

Totally unbiased reporter tries "Gotcha"

From Newsbusters:

CNN has posted a Political Ticker entry trying to create a "gotcha" on 2nd Amendment supporter, Fred Thompson. CNN's South Carolina Producer Peter Hamby has breathlessly announced that "Thompson does not have hunting license," but the question is... so what? Do you HAVE to own a hunting license to be for the 2nd Amendment? Does Fred not owning a hunting license disqualify him as a gun rights advocate?

Well, it appears that CNN imagines that you are illegitimate if you claim to support the 2nd Amendment yet you don't have a valid hunting license. What we end up with here is proof that CNN doesn't have a clue what it means to own a gun, what it means to support gun rights, nor do they understand the 2nd Amendment itself, or that there are various "gun cultures" and levels of interest and usage for guns in the United States.

Boy -- they sure GOT him, didn't they -- I'll bet they're all in their little cubicles laughing and laughing about how they "GOT" a conservative. Yep -- boy does he look like a dummy.

Hey -- Liberal "reporters" -- You couldn't get a clue during the clue mating season, in a field full of horny clues, if you smeared your body with clue musk and did the clue mating-dance, you clueless fucking jackasses.

Looks familiar

From Bits and Pieces:

If you're a man --- and you've had a lot of beers on the beach -- and need to take a leak -- and you see this -- there's gonna be trouble.

I'm a big Fair-tax fan but ...

I read they spent a lot of money recently -- trying to get the message in front of the candidates in Iowa and they needed to get some funds to keep the fight going. So I decided to give them $10 and I went to donate -- this is what I found.

The little red asterisk by the e-mail field indicates it is REQUIRED to cough up your e-mail addy in order to donate.

So, let me get this straight -- I give you money and then you cover me up with fucking e-mails and make me go begging for you to take me off the list -- yes --- let's see -- how you say in McDonaldsland? ... I DON'T McTHINK SO, JACKMcASSES.

I e-mailed one of their state directors -- letting him know how I felt.
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TV Theme song game

Found it at J-Walk:

I scored an 18 in a 10-round game. I only knew 2 or 3 for sure -- and I kept getting my score reduced for wrong answers on the rest.

Click here to play:

Pics of Kansas City library

Found it at J-Walk:

One or two more here:

Socialist idiot gets set straight

SPARTANBURG, South Carolina (CNN) — Fred Thompson wants the government to keep its hands off your dinner plate.

That's what he told a questioner Tuesday in South Carolina, anyway.

Standing about 15 feet away from a mouth-watering steam tray buffet loaded with fried chicken, creamed corn and macaroni and cheese at Wade's Southern Cooking in Spartanburg, Thompson dismissed the idea that preventative care and wellness education should be central features of a government's health care system.

"I'm telling you, I don’t think that it’s the primary responsibility of the federal government to tell you what to eat," Thompson said to applause when asked if his health care plan included any details on preventative care, a priority for Democratic candidates. More here:

I love how the media refers to them as "Democratic" candidates. Yes -- we MUST love them -- because they're "Democratic." Baaaaaaa - Bleat.

We got away scot free - D'OH!!

Victim's family sues in 'Jena 6' beating case

JENA, La. — The family of a white student allegedly beaten by six black classmates in rural Louisiana has filed a civil lawsuit against the teens' parents, the adult teens, an additional student and the local school board.

One teen, Mychal Bell, pleaded guilty to battery in juvenile court on Monday in the attack. Five other teens face criminal charges in the case and are awaiting court appearances.

Justin Barker, 18, and his parents, David and Kelli, allege in the suit that seven Jena High School students attacked Justin on Dec. 4, 2006, as he left the school gym.

The suit names the attackers as the "Jena Six" students — Bell, Bryant Purvis, Robert Bailey Jr., Carwin Jones, Theo Shaw and a juvenile — as well as a second juvenile. More here:

Oh-Oh -- they're coming after the criminals -- I'll bet Jesse Jackasson and Al Slickton financed the lawsuit in order to see justice served -- you know -- cuz they're always chanting about justice.

"Jena 6" attackers Bryant Purvis and Carwin Jones flash the "6" sign at the BET Hip-Hop awards where they were guests of honor after they beat Justin Barker unconscious.They were given a standing ovation at the BET Hip-Hop Awards.

Uh -- gee whillikers.

Thank God for Global Warming

KNOX) Grand Forks, N.D. (AP) More snowfall records in eastern North Dakota.

The National Weather Service says the Grand Forks airport had 8.1 inches of snow yesterday, setting a record for the date. And Fargo set a record with 5.9 inches.

The previous mark in both cities was set back in 1926.
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PORTLAND - The first major winter storm to sweep across Maine this season was farther out to sea than expected, reducing snowfall totals, but there was still plenty of the white stuff to clean up on Tuesday, officials said.

Portland tied the record for the date set in 1890 with 8.5 inches of snow on Monday, according to Bob Marine of the National Weather Service.

The storm may have produced even more snow if it hadn't tracked farther out to sea that originally forecast, Marine said.

Hey -- I'll bet the media relentlessly pummels you with this information ... you know -- if "pummeling" meant to "look the other way and whistle."

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Genius girlfriend with genius boyfriend

A man accused of stealing a twin-engine plane and driving it down the taxiway staged the stunt while he was drunk to impress his girlfriend, police said.

Michael Santos, 38, was charged Friday with theft, criminal mischief and operating a vehicle after his driving privileges had previously been forfeited for life.

Santos, who is being held in the LaPorte County Jail on $2,000 bond, is accused of driving to the LaPorte Municipal Airport despite a lifetime ban on his driving privileges.

According to police reports, Santos was drunk when he took his girlfriend to the airport Sept. 9 to show her that he could fly a plane. They climbed into the plane and were heading down the taxiway when, Santos told police, flames began shooting from the left engine.

He said he turned off all the switches and veered into a soybean field.

Damage to the aircraft was estimated at $160,000.

Police said the plane traveled a half mile along a taxiway before it missed the curve leading to the runway, chopping up soybeans with the propeller before getting stuck in the field.

LaPorte Police Detective Tom Thate said an anonymous tip from someone who overheard a man claiming he tried taking a plane for a ride led police to Santos.

Wow -- what a coinkydink -- an engine catches fire just on the ONE TIME an untrained, drunken, jackass takes the plane -- what bad luck man. Oh - and fast thinking, veering into a soy field where the firefighting equpiment can't go, Einstein. Luckily you didn't have to do any fast thinking in the unlikely event you got the thing airborne.