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Ten years ago, the chopper pilot told NBC that Williams was lying
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Filed under Brian Williams, News Media
Rodeo Clown of the United States
“This is really what the White House is all about. It’s the “People’s House.” It’s a place that is steeped in history, but it’s also a place where everyone should feel welcome. And that’s why my husband and I have made it our mission to open up the house to as many people as we can.” – Michelle Obama
Riiiiiiiiiight. That’s exactly why, when Congress wouldn’t give him what he wanted in March 2014, Obama closed the White House to visitors. And then in October 2014, when Congress again wouldn’t give him what he wanted, he left Michelle’s famous garden to rot.
Maybe they sent out the BO and Bo photo to try and soothe President Narcissist’s irritable thin skin following his pre-game beer interview. That naughty naughty reporter went off the Fluff His Majesty’s Pillow script and asked him some actual, you know, journalistic-type questions.
“You gave your State of the Union a couple weeks ago, people noticed you had a pep in your step. You were confident, your critics say maybe a little cocky. I guess the question is, you know is, your party lost in November… but you went in there… with such swagger. Should you have been more conciliatory? Is it, to borrow a football metaphor, kind of like you’re the quarterback, you’re doing the end zone dance, but the other team got the touchdown?”
After he snarked at her about that How Dare You question, she asked another, even harder one!
“The economy is doing better. But you laid out a bunch of proposals that you know cannot get through this Congress that is run by Republicans now. Isn’t that kind of counterproductive?”
Obama said that if Republicans have good ideas, they should present them to him.
Yeah, that’ll work. Cuz he’s like ALWAYS been so open and transparent and welcoming to people who want to do something besides spit shine his shoes while he’s wearing them.
At the end of the interview, Mr. Classy said the reporter should finish the whole glass of beer before their full interview scheduled for later, because “It will go smoother if she does.”
Todd Starnes tweeted, “At least Obama didn’t ask Miss Guthrie to make him a sandwich.” Tee hee.
Sources:
- Obama interview @ http://www.ijreview.com/2015/02/243572-reporter-makes-uncomfortable-obama-suggests-one-interviews/
- Video of beer quote @ https://vine.co/v/OtQlw3TKhK1
- History of the White House @ http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/inside-white-house
- White House closed to tours @ http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/03/05/obama-sequester-white-house-tours/1965163/
- White House garden left to rot @ http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/government-shutdown-white-house-garden-98278.html
Filed under Barack Obama, News Media
Surprise! – The SUN Masterfully Punks UK Feminists on Page 3
I can’t put it any better than the Stoat Weasel did this morning: (Sweasel.com is the blog of an American woman ex-patriot living in darkest England. Uncle B is her husband. I think. Bowdlerization by Grunt)
Oh, well played, Rupert Murdoch’s Sun. Well played.
To be fair, they didn’t actually say they were shutting down Page 3, but they strongly suggested such. Then they went all modest (if underthings and bikinis can be called modest) for a couple of days. And now, the [boobies] are back!
It’s been dee-lightful to watch this play out all day.
First the howling shrews of the Perpetually Offended Brigade were all like WE WON! And then they were all like, we won, I guess, but it doesn’t feel that satisfying, really. And now they’re all like WTF! WE DIDN’T WIN!?
The sweetest part? Today’s [boobies] ran under the headline CLARIFICATIONS AND CORRECTIONS. I wouldn’t have realized this if Uncle B hadn’t told me: that’s the header from the ultra-lefty Guardian‘s correction column.
Read more at the Weasel Times. Or go here to the SUN’s “Clarifications” page.
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Filed under Europe, Feminism, News Media
Speaking volumes
WSJ: “Obama, Biden Absent From Paris Solidarity March”
WaPo: “The Charlie Hebdo march: where were the American leaders?”
N.Y. Daily News: “You let the world down”
Agence France-Presse: “As world leaders march in Paris, US represented by ambassador”
Daily Mail: “America snubs historic Paris rally: Holder was there but skipped out early, Kerry was in India, Obama and Biden just stayed home”
Forbes: “Shame on President Obama for Skipping The Paris Unity Rally Against Terrorism”
Obama sent lame duck, reporter wire-tapping AG Holder to Paris for the global free speech rally. Holder did not attend, claiming he was too busy with “high level meetings.” This begs the question who he could possibly have been meeting seeing as everybody important was at the rally!
Remember when Obama made a talking tour to explain that Americans didn’t like Obamacare because he hadn’t talked about it enough? Well, he spoke VOLUMES today with his absence from the Paris march. Here’s some of what folks heard him say.
#ReasonsObamaMissedFranceRally
- I honestly think he just doesn’t much care.
- There were no fundraisers included.
- He was just so tired after the month long vacation in Hawaii.
- It’s for “world leaders” only.
Secretary of State John Kerry called criticism that no top U.S. officials attended Sunday’s massive march against terrorism in Paris ‘quibbling’ Monday, even as he announced a trip to the French capital later this week for talks on countering Islamist violence. Kerry said he really wanted to be in Paris, but he had a prior commitment in India, where he yapped about how the world’s number one concern should be climate change and lied about how there was “no downside” to driving energy producers out of business and denying Third World nations the right to develop. – Fox News, Weekly Standard
“Who can even fathom the White House decision not to send the president or some other senior administration official to march along with world leaders in Paris Sunday, in solidarity with the principle that terrorists must not be permitted to rip free speech from Western civilization? The people who run this White House have never fully understood where it was they landed. With their feet on the desks and their mouths dripping obscenities, they appear to think the White House is little more than some fancy new campaign headquarters. We’re more concerned with the substance,” they say every time they screw up the optics. But optics are substance when it comes to leadership. They reflect inner conviction and reassure the country and the world about the president’s intent. But this president, it seems, can’t be bothered.” – Keith Koffler
“Sunday, President Obama morally abdicated his place as the leader of the free world. His decision to stay home instead of standing side by side with French President Hollande as millions marched in Paris in solidarity with the slain journalists of Charlie Hebdo in opposition to radical Islam – an enemy fiercer than we have seen in decades – sent a clear message to the world: Obama just doesn’t care.” – Douglas E. Schoen
The REAL REASON Obama didn’t go:
Sources:
- H/t Pistol Pete
- http://twitchy.com/2015/01/11/greg-gutfeld-finds-silver-lining-in-obamas-absence-from-paris-today/
- http://twitchy.com/2015/01/11/president-obama-isnt-in-paris-but-he-will-be-in-d-c-tomorrow-honoring-the-san-antonio-spurs/
- http://www.examiner.com/article/obama-skips-paris-anti-jihad-march-opts-to-meet-san-antonio-spurs
- http://twitchy.com/2015/01/11/couldnt-leave-joe-home-alone-here-are-the-top-10-reasonsobamamissedfrancerally/
- http://twitchy.com/2015/01/11/obamas-embarrassing-absence-at-unity-march-gets-lampooned-photoshop/
- http://twitchy.com/2015/01/11/terrorist-defender-free-press-opponent-holder-represents-us-in-paris/
- http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/01/12/kerry-announces-planned-paris-trip-says-criticism-for-missing-march-quibbling/
- http://www.weeklystandard.com/author/jeryl-bier
- http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2015/01/12/inexplicable/
- http://nation.foxnews.com/2015/01/12/awol-obama-sends-clear-message-world-i-just-dont-care
Filed under Barack Obama, Charlie Hebdo, Eric Holder, Islam, John Kerry, News Media, Terrorism
Updates from Twitchy
The Grey Lady has gotten senile
The evil (but stupid) person who has taken hostages in Sydney says he has 2 bombs, no wait, make that 4 bombs, and he is DEMANDING they send in an ISIL flag.
Sources:
http://twitchy.com/2014/12/14/is-this-the-most-embarrassing-nyt-correction-ever/
http://twitchy.com/2014/12/15/report-hostage-taker-demands-isil-flag-and-to-talk-to-pm-abbott-says-2-bombs-in-cafe/
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God Messes with Angelina Jolie Right After Granting Miracle
A couple of days ago, Angelina Jolie recorded a video message distributed by Universal Pictures to explain why she would be conspicuously absent from promotional events prior to the release of her movie Unbroken on Christmas Day. She was stricken with Chicken Pox, apparently, during this critical time in the weeks before the release of the movie marking her directorial debut – a time usually filled with numerous high-profile interviews and studio events.
Just days before, stories like this one by Chrissythehyphenated, circulated about a desperate prayer made by Jolie during the final day of filming in Australia. The prayer was made very publicly and on her knees in front of the entire film crew and cast on set. Reportedly, the prayer was answered, because the rain stopped and director Jolie received just the exact amount of sunlight she needed to complete filming, and no more.
Few religious people can count on receiving this kind of spectacular response to a publicly-made prayer, but Jolie is very openly irreligious. Though she has expressed recent willingness to believe in a universal benevolent power, she’s never admitted to belief in a personal God who would be able to hear – or respond to – human prayer. This has resulted in some friction at times with her famous father, actor Jon Voight, who is a devout Catholic and has even played Pope John Paul II on the big screen.
Though once estranged, Jolie is currently close to her father. I wonder how their conversations are going while she convalesces. Are they discussing God’s sense of humor? Or perhaps his capacity to remind us that we are not in control? It seems to me that as we speculate on the nature of God, we should not be surprised when he attempts to explain himself to us, even if he does it by taking away something we want very badly right after he gives us exactly what we need.
Filed under Atheism, Movies & Television, News Media
CNN Chyron: Fail or Spin? – UPDATED
Nov 19, 2014: This thing really bugged me, so I fixed it.
Filed under Israel, News Media
Discovery Channel Under Fire for Man-Eating Snake Stunt
According to The Guardian today, over 20,000 people have complained about an upcoming DiscoverTV show (December 7) in which Paul Rosolie dons a “snake-proof suit” and allows himself to be eaten alive by a large anaconda snake.
The Discovery channel has assured viewers that the snake is not harmed in the stunt, but the volume of complaints has prompted them to make an official statement due shortly, possibly involving pulling the show.
Filed under News Media, Science
Blogs Come and Go, and Sometimes Move Up to Better Digs!
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When Even TMZ is Embarrassed by the Presidency, How Much is Left to Salvage?
As Pistol Pete posted earlier today, some unusually slavish behavior happened at last night’s fundraiser at Gwyneth Paltrow’s estate in Brentwood, California. This event was so fawning that even the Hollywood smut merchant TMZ has begun to bemoan that the once-respectable Office of the President of the United States has become seriously damaged.
The idiocy of Hollywood was in full bloom Thursday night when Gwyneth Paltrow turned an already-embarrassing Hollywood fundraiser into “The Dating Game.”
Paltrow — who hosted the event at her Brentwood home — gushed as she introduced President Obama, “You’re so handsome that I can’t speak properly.”
She then showed utter ignorance about, and contempt for, the Constitution and separation of powers — the basic tenets of our government — by saying, “It would be wonderful if we were able to give this man all of the power that he needs to pass the things that he needs to pass.”
It’s the latest example of how demeaning it has become for Presidents to act like circus animals — performing for crowds that will feed them … in this case, feed them with money to line political coffers.
It’s revolting that celebrities and other rich people feel such a need for self-importance — contributing money but ONLY if they can have their picture taken with the president and tell their friends they had dinner with him. If they’re so committed to him, just send him a check and let him stay in Washington and do his job.
Oh my. [Image by Salon.com.]
Also from HotAir: Gwyneth Paltrow to Obama: You’re very handsome and you should have all the power you need for your agenda.
Hat tip: David Burge.
Filed under Hollywood, Media Bias, News Media
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