Today's Headlines

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:56 am

White House Blasted For Assault
On Fox News

Criticism from unexpected sources, including left-leaning media

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Posted: October 13, 2009
By Aaron Klein
? 2009 WorldNetDaily

TEL AVIV ? The White House's recent frontal assault on the Fox News
Channel is drawing criticism from some unexpected sources, including
members of the left-leaning media.

"Cutting off a media outlet can be a risky strategy. It can reduce the
voice and effectiveness of a politician or a party," Doug Heye, a blogger
for U.S. News and World Report, wrote today.

"It's not likely to work, however. The far-left may love potshots at O'Reilly
and Sean Hannity, but it loves a healthcare public option, card check, and
closing Gitmo even more," Heye added of the White House campaign.

David Zurawik, a media critic for the Baltimore Sun is usually harshly
critical of Fox News. But Zurawik blasted the White House campaign
as "dangerous to press freedom, and it should concern everyone in the
press, not just Fox."

He slammed White House Communications Director Anita Dunn, who has
led the charge against America's top-rated cable news network
as "sounding so uninformed and blatantly biased."

"Dunn is absolutely wrong about Fox's coverage of the election last fall. I
did watch it every day and wrote about it several times a week for this
blog. And while I didn't like a lot of what I saw with soft interviews and
only favorable coverage of Sarah Palin, it wasn't all about Bill Ayers and
ACORN by a long shot," added Zurawik.

Writing at the Atlantic website, Derek Thompson sniped the White
House "looks petty and pathetic" taking on Fox News.

On CNN, the network's senior political analyst David Gergen called the
White House attacks "a risky strategy, and it's not one that I would
advocate."

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:39 pm

Dow above 10,000!!!!

EVERYONE BREATHE EASIER THE RECESSION IS OVER!!!

(until the next bubble bursts)

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:50 pm

YYZ30 wrote:Dow above 10,000!!!!

EVERYONE BREATHE EASIER THE RECESSION IS OVER!!!

I'm assuming that was said with a note of sarcasm.

A recession can't be over when unemployment is still between 10 and 17% (depending on how you calculate it).

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:53 pm

ElfDude wrote:
YYZ30 wrote:Dow above 10,000!!!!

EVERYONE BREATHE EASIER THE RECESSION IS OVER!!!
I'm assuming that was said with a note of sarcasm.

*dingdingding* Give that man a kewpie doll.

zepboy · Post by **zepboy** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:54 pm

how's this for PC run amok . . .

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,566 ... latestnews

Sir Myghin · Post by **Sir Myghin** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:32 pm

zepboy wrote:how's this for PC run amok . . .

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,566 ... latestnews

Anyone who is offended by the flag of the country they are in needs to get the hell out of the country.

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:10 pm

Pure horse hockey.

Get out.

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:18 pm

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 11:42 AM
By Randy Ludlow
The Columbus Dispatch

A former contractor for the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police has been charged with rummaging through state computers to retrieve confidential information about "Joe the Plumber."

Brett A. Gerke, 52, of 2329 Woodcreek Place on the Far North Side, is charged with attempted unauthorized use of property.

Gerke entered a diversion program on Oct. 2, which typically results in the dismissal of a criminal charge. He has not entered a plea. The charge is a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail.

The State Highway Patrol says that Gerke used a law-enforcement computer network on Oct. 16, 2008 to access personal information about Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher.

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:22 pm

Posted: October 14, 2009
9:00 am Eastern

By Art Moore
? 2009 WorldNetDaily

An explosive new book based on a daring six-month undercover operation exposing the subversive agenda of the Council on American-Islamic Relations reveals the Muslim group spent $160,000 in an unsuccessful effort to run top-rated nationally syndicated radio host Michael Savage off the air.

Internal CAIR documents uncovered in "Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld That's Conspiring to Islamize America" show that despite its high cost and the continued success of Savage's show, CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad believed the campaign was "worth every penny," because, he says, the radio star lost at least $1 million in advertising.

Authors P. David Gaubatz and Paul Sperry recount how CAIR ran out of money before it could crack Savage's most loyal sponsors.

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:14 am

zepboy wrote:how's this for PC run amok . . .

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,566 ... latestnews

Strangely enough the condo complex we lived in prior to buying a house had a similar rule- but it was just "No flags to be flown".

(On the Sept 11th anniversaries I would wiretie an American flag off of my porch- never got spoken to though.)

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:19 am

ElfDude wrote:
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 11:42 AM
By Randy Ludlow
The Columbus Dispatch

A former contractor for the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police has been charged with rummaging through state computers to retrieve confidential information about "Joe the Plumber."

Brett A. Gerke, 52, of 2329 Woodcreek Place on the Far North Side, is charged with attempted unauthorized use of property.

Gerke entered a diversion program on Oct. 2, which typically results in the dismissal of a criminal charge. He has not entered a plea. The charge is a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail.

The State Highway Patrol says that Gerke used a law-enforcement computer network on Oct. 16, 2008 to access personal information about Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher.

They fired a county administrator over Joe's privacy intrusions too, didn't
they? I'm pretty sure they did, but hey, if somebody did it - send 'em
packin.'

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 5:21 am

ElfDude wrote:
Posted: October 14, 2009
9:00 am Eastern

By Art Moore
? 2009 WorldNetDaily

An explosive new book based on a daring six-month undercover operation exposing the subversive agenda of the Council on American-Islamic Relations reveals the Muslim group spent $160,000 in an unsuccessful effort to run top-rated nationally syndicated radio host Michael Savage off the air.

Internal CAIR documents uncovered in "Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld That's Conspiring to Islamize America" show that despite its high cost and the continued success of Savage's show, CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad believed the campaign was "worth every penny," because, he says, the radio star lost at least $1 million in advertising.

Authors P. David Gaubatz and Paul Sperry recount how CAIR ran out of money before it could crack Savage's most loyal sponsors.

Thanks for posting that Elf. I read it yesterday too.

And they're coming to a town near YOU, America.

ElfDude · Post by **ElfDude** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:14 am

Just another one for the "do the experts really know anything?" file:

CHICAGO (AP) -- Consumers' confidence about the U.S. economy fell unexpectedly in October as job prospects remained bleak, a private research group said Tuesday, fueling speculation that an already gloomy holiday shopping forecast could worsen.

The Consumer Confidence Index, released by The Conference Board, sank unexpectedly to 47.7 in October -- its second-lowest reading since May.

Forecasters predicted a higher reading of 53.1.

Did any of us regular folk think that consumer confidence wouldn't continue to fall with unemployment continuing to rise?

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Wed Oct 28, 2009 11:26 am

ElfDude wrote:Did any of us regular folk think that consumer
confidence wouldn't continue to fall with unemployment continuing to
rise?

You know - I always had that feeling, but I was told it was a
"conservative thing" by my liberal counterparts.

Here's a good one:

Think the Clintons appreciated their donors?

Check THIS out:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/interact ... ite-house/

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:14 pm

WTF!!!!!!

7 Dead in Fort Hood Shooting

AOL News
posted: 2 MINUTES AGO

At least two shooters opened fire Thursday at Fort Hood in Texas, killing seven people and wounding a dozen others, military officials and reports said.
One suspect was in custody. It was not clear whether authorities were searching for one or two other suspects.
"More than one shooter fired shots into our Soldier Readiness Processing Center," Sgt. Maj. Jamie Posten told CNN. "One has been apprehended."
The shooting began at about 1:30 p.m. local time, he said.
Seven people were confirmed dead. Between 12 and 15 others were wounded and taken to Darnell Army Hospital, CNN said.
CBS affiliate KWTX reported that a police officer had been shot but no further information was available.
The Soldier Readiness Process Center is the site where troops are prepared for deployment.
The base, located halfway between Austin and Waco, was placed on lockdown. That includes nine schools located there. Fort Hood is home to 33,000 people. It is the largest military base in the country.

WTF!!!!!!