Anyone who's ever watched an episode of 60 Minutes and then gone off to research things on their own has likely already found this out but as of today, ABC News and specifically Christiane Amanpour have discredited themselves. While doing a story on an event that ABC held in the wake of the Tucson shooting that brought together many involved, including victims, relatives and friends of victims and even local "TEA Party" leaders (who showed up to have their voices heard despite the threats on their lives), ABC caught real current event news. During the discussion, a local TEA Party leader named Trent Humphries stood up and walked about how he, not as a TEA Party leader, but as the neighbor and FRIEND of one of those killed by the deranged gunman, was a bit concerned by the raucous almost political rally event that was put on to bring President Obama to Tucson in the wake of the tragedy. He spoke about wanting to allow the community to really get a handle on the tragedy and to perhaps bury the dead before they celebrate and cheer and clap. Most of the crowd seemed to understand and agree by one man, off camera and barely audibly shouted "YOU'RE DEAD!" and pointed at a picture of Mr. Humphries. He continued to yell and scream acidity at Mr. Humphries. The man, J. Eric Fuller, is a victim of the Tucson tragedy and a supporter of Rep. Giffords who has blamed Fox News, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin for the tragedy in AZ openly in the George Soros funded Media Matters online publication.
ABC and their "reporter" Amanpour, who moderated the event, ignored his comments until the end of the report when they anecdotally added that "according to the Pima County Sheriff's office" an attendee and victim of the Tucson shooting was arrested and detained for threatening the "TEA Party leader" but instead of being jailed was "involuntarily committed" to a local hospital for a mental health exam. They did not mention what he said, or that he continued his threats from outside, nor did they report that Mr. Fuller had made the statements to Media Matters. A follow up report on the scene called the ABC News event, "a TEA Party rally". So, ABC is supporting the TEA Party now and hosting "TEA Party rallies"?
Christiane Amanpour is the same long time "reporter" who literally shoved campaign staff and called them "fucking scum" when trying to get an interview with 2010 U.S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell. Her account of the incident at the ABC hosted event in Arizona is just more proof of the mainstream media bias that hides news that does not hold their narrative up and reports false "news" that better suits their desired story. We must have OBJECTIVITY in our news.
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Monday, January 17, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
The Plight of the American Right
Minutes after the attack in Arizona, news reports flooded the wire about the shooters motives. Although impossible to be known at the time, inexplicably, the mainstream media had access to Sarah Palin's PAC website and the images of cross hairs on Rep districts around the country that symbolized elected officials being in the POLITICAL cross hairs of the voters. The left wing media and even elected officials and law enforcement set to immediately blaming the TEA Party, Sarah Palin and right wing talk radio for the shooting. The American Right, those who consider themselves center-right, the TEA Party, the conservatives and the mainstream Americans who want to be allowed to live their lives without government intervention is constantly bashed by the media. This is the plight of the American Right.
The first responses from the right, even from my friends on Facebook were words of prayer, solemn thought and deep condolences for the victims and their families. Sarah Palin immediately took down her website for the very IDEA that it might have played a part. In an email to "right wing talker" Glenn Beck, we see the deep thought and sincere concerns of Sarah Palin. She feels for the victims, she has empathy for the families and her first thought is of God's will and his mercy. She's also plagued by the need to defend herself against attacks whenever ANYTHING happens. This is the plight of the American Right.
The Discovery Channel hostage taking, the plane that flew into the IRS building, the Arizona assassinations, you name the event, the American left and their cohorts in the media immediately blame the TEA Party. They look for connections and when they inevitably fail to make those connections and instead end up connecting THEMSELVES...(Discovery Channel hostage taker was a left wing environmentalist, Arizona shooter is an Atheist Communist) well they call on "both sides" to moderate their speech and ratchet down the rhetoric. The fact is that they win either way. If the right IS at fault, it's a knock out blow to a growing movement in opposition to the current direction of America and if not, the left can call for moderation and limits to speech which paints the TEA Party and the right into a defensive corner. This is the plight of the American Right.
The American left shoots from the hip, they capitalize on events like the Arizona shooting and they never let a crisis go to waste. They are always so prepared and the media, their propaganda arm, is more than willing to distribute their material as "truth" no matter what the reality is. How can someone immediately politicize an event like this without even CONSIDERING empathy for the victims? The answer is simple. The American left has no moral base and therefore no capacity to truly empathize and care about others. Despite the claims that they care, they never have. Look back at their "caring":
The first responses from the right, even from my friends on Facebook were words of prayer, solemn thought and deep condolences for the victims and their families. Sarah Palin immediately took down her website for the very IDEA that it might have played a part. In an email to "right wing talker" Glenn Beck, we see the deep thought and sincere concerns of Sarah Palin. She feels for the victims, she has empathy for the families and her first thought is of God's will and his mercy. She's also plagued by the need to defend herself against attacks whenever ANYTHING happens. This is the plight of the American Right.
The Discovery Channel hostage taking, the plane that flew into the IRS building, the Arizona assassinations, you name the event, the American left and their cohorts in the media immediately blame the TEA Party. They look for connections and when they inevitably fail to make those connections and instead end up connecting THEMSELVES...(Discovery Channel hostage taker was a left wing environmentalist, Arizona shooter is an Atheist Communist) well they call on "both sides" to moderate their speech and ratchet down the rhetoric. The fact is that they win either way. If the right IS at fault, it's a knock out blow to a growing movement in opposition to the current direction of America and if not, the left can call for moderation and limits to speech which paints the TEA Party and the right into a defensive corner. This is the plight of the American Right.
The American left shoots from the hip, they capitalize on events like the Arizona shooting and they never let a crisis go to waste. They are always so prepared and the media, their propaganda arm, is more than willing to distribute their material as "truth" no matter what the reality is. How can someone immediately politicize an event like this without even CONSIDERING empathy for the victims? The answer is simple. The American left has no moral base and therefore no capacity to truly empathize and care about others. Despite the claims that they care, they never have. Look back at their "caring":
1.) They created Planned Parenthood to allegedly, make life easier on single women who were raped or made a mistake...and then they built the buildings in the inner cities and as close to minority communities as possible. Only years later did it become well known that the real reason that Planned Parenthood was developed was to control the population of "undesirable classes of people".The American left, not ALL Democrats, but unfortunately the leadership of the party USES the empathy that others feel as a path to victory. Meanwhile, the American Right FEELS that empathy and expresses it which often leaves them open to the attacks of the left. The morality of the right, leaves them vulnerable to the snipes from the left. The American right must defend itself against attacks from the left and continue to show empathy and live a moral and God centered life. WE must multi-task and do it better than the left can focus on the attacks. THIS is the plight of the American Right.
2.) LBJ's Great Society was supposedly a savior for black families and single mothers. He passed Civil Rights legislation and evened the playing field through redistributing wealth and creating or expanding federal programs designed to aid the poor. In reality, LBJ had never supported (his record is clear, he NEVER voted in favor of Civil Rights legislation) Civil Rights legislation until it suited his purposes and allowed him as President to see that he could gain a whole new bloc of voters (the black vote). He pushed it through a willing Republican Congress and claimed credit for legislation he had only a few years before, been a leader in OPPOSING. His aid to families in poverty and to single mothers made it more beneficial to be a single mother than a family with both parents. This hurt minorities more than any other class. To put this in perspective, in 1960, only 5.3% of children were born out of wedlock and today that figure is more than 40%. In the 1960s, 25% of African-American babies grew up without a father in the home. Today that number is more than 72%. Despite his long record of anti-civil rights behavior, his support and promise to sign the Civil Rights Act gave him 94% of the black vote in 1964.
Friday, December 31, 2010
2010 Year in review
I'm going to throw out my opinions of the top stories this year in different categories. Let me know what you think.
Top Political Story
Christine O'Donnell defeats Mike Castle - This is my top political story of 2010 not because I was a part of it but because there is no other political story in the entire region that comes close. Christie in New Jersey was in 2009 and the PA Republican conversion didn't catch enough steam. Christine was THE story for the better part of a month after her defeat of Mike Castle and CNN even hosted a DE Senate debate live and broadcast it nationally (well, most of it anyway). It was moderated by Wolf Blitzer! Christine's upset of Castle made the political leadership in DE shit bricks. She beat a 41 yr career politician who had never lost an election before and who was a 17 yr incumbent Congressman. She beat him despite him having the backing of the Republican elites and despite a HUGE financial disparity. She also beat him despite the fact that he refused to debate her and instead spent the entire primary smearing her and trying to destroy her character but staying totally away from any issue.
Runner Ups
GOP wave retakes House and almost nets Senate - Huge national story on November 3rd but not entirely unexpected except by the status quo political establishment. Plus it missed Delaware BADLY.
PA goes Republican - Pennsylvania handed many elected offices to Republicans including U.S. Senator (formerly held by Democrat/Republican Arlen Specter) Pat Toomey, Governor Tom Corbitt and 12 of the state's 19 House seats.
Top Sports Story
Michael Vick's resurgence - Vick gave ME a reason to watch the Eagles this year. I was going to spend the football season with Sundays free but Vick ruined that for my family. When the Eagles announced that Kevin Kolb would be the starter and Vick the backup before the season I knew it wasn't worth carving out that time to watch the Birds go 6-10 at best. But when Vick filled in for Kolb after an injury and was playing out of his mind, it made me change my mind about watching the games. Vick's comeback from 18 months in Ft. Leavenworth prison for dog fighting has been nothing short of amazing. Morally, Vick has shown real remorse and a change in his behavior that in itself warrants applause. In football sense, Vick has come back from 2 years off an blossomed into arguably the leagues best QB. He is a Pro-Bowl starter, has the 2nd highest QB rating in the NFC and leads NFL QB's in rushing in addition to leading the Eagles to a 10-5 record and making them one of the most feared offenses in the NFL.
Runner Ups
Phils sign Cliff Lee (again) - The creation of perhaps the most feared regular season pitching rotation in the history of baseball comes in a VERY close second to Vick. The formation of R2C2 (Halladay, Oswald, Lee, Hamels) is almost incomprehensible. I almost feel sorry for the Mets, Nats and Marlins (not the Braves, they had a similar rotation in the 90's so here is some payback) but then again, I'm excited because the Phillies are (barring injuries) virtually assured of another consecutive NL East title. 100 wins? 4 20 game winners? What kind of records can these 4 set this year? Time will tell.
Washington gets Philly leftovers - First they got McNabb in a trade many thought could send the Skins to the Super Bowl and the Birds to the basement and that became a bust and then some when McNabb was benched in week 14 in favor of Rex Grossman of all people. Then the Nats scored Free Agent Jayson Werth from the Phils (which will net the Phils a high compensatory pick, thanks Washington!) and freed the Phils up in the salary market to sign Cliff Lee while replacing Werth's right handed bat with Ben Francisco.
Person of the Year
The American People - Since TIME won't recognize you for your efforts, I will. You stood up and made your voices heard. Yes, even the liberals and progressives among us, stood up in record numbers (in Delaware especially) to vote. Most of us, voted our principles and more now than ever before, you voted with real knowledge of the candidates. Locally there are more asleep than awake but the numbers are switching. This is a state where Castle, Carper and Biden have gotten themselves elected year after year so it's really a surprise that common sense candidates like O'Donnell and Urquhart won their primaries. Yes, the people of America resoundingly awoke in 2010 and all appearances are that it will continue.
Runner Ups
Glenn Beck - Beck organized the Restoring Honor 8/28 event that drew between 500,000 and 700,000 people from across the world to Washington, D.C. He has inspired millions of Americans to stand up for what they believe in and has been an educational resource for even more. With that said, Mr. Beck would agree that without YOU the people, he the entertainer, radio/TV host, educator and author is nothing.
Sarah Palin - Sarah Palin has written books, appeared on Fox News, spoken at events around the country, had her own reality show and picked winners and losers in political races around the country. She's been a force for the limited government conservative movement. She too would point out you all as the real people of the year.
Christine O'Donnell - Christine inspired many regular Delawareans (and Americans across the country) who otherwise would have stayed uninvolved and gave voice to the conservative base of Delaware's Republican Party. She brought out a record number of Republican voters to vote for (and against) her in September and made a national name for herself by pointing out that the phrase "Separation of Church and State" does not appear in the Constitution. In the end, it took YOU to make Christine a household name.
Angela Merkel - Angela set the European world on fire but her words were hardly covered in the American press. She announced to the EU that indeed, multiculturalism is dead in Germany. She took a stand against ceding anymore of Germany's national identity to radical Islam and the terrorists who seek to alter and abolish all that makes Germany...well Germany. She also had the gall to point out that the Obama administration is spending FAR too much money and is devaluing out own currency. Now if only Obama could sit down with her for a while.
Chris Christie - Gov. Christie was elected in 2009 and that is why he didn't get closer to the top. In 2010 he challenged the powerful unions in New Jersey and won. He went after the public employee unions and is especially feared/hated by the servants of Satan themselves (the NJ teachers union). This alone makes me want to put him higher on the list and maybe he should be but the others are pretty damn good too.
Top Video Game Released
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm - I own it, which gives it higher marks and let's be honest, Blizzard has cornered the market on MMO's. People can whine and bitch about Star Wars and other such games but since the days of Diablo and Warcraft, Blizzard has been making top flight games. Cataclysm adds a new design to Azeroth and I don't even mind the fact that I basically had to throw away all of the old "Epic" gear that I had for Greens and Blues.
Runner Ups
Call of Duty: Black Ops - I don't have it but DAMN i want it. I'm not big into the whole zombie Nazi angle but I really want it more for the multi player. Everyone that I know who has played it is loving it.
Medal of Honor: Limited Edition - Also known as the other FPS (1st person shooter) next to Call of Duty. MoH was released first and it gave FPS fiends a few months of multi player madness. The story mode was a cakewalk but the multi player mode takes some skill.Awesome game.
Madden 10 - Madden is ALWAYS on the list. It's cornered the NFL market and come on, every year it gets more like you're moving ACTUAL people on the screen instead of bits and bytes. Another solid offering from the industry masters.
Need for Speed - Need for Speed's latest edition was really a remake of the original with a twist. Instead of just driving exotic cars like Lamborghini's and Macleran's (as if that where bottom barrel) now you can drive them as the police. Yes, that's right, now you aren't just being chased by the cops, you can BE the cops.
Top Political Story
Christine O'Donnell defeats Mike Castle - This is my top political story of 2010 not because I was a part of it but because there is no other political story in the entire region that comes close. Christie in New Jersey was in 2009 and the PA Republican conversion didn't catch enough steam. Christine was THE story for the better part of a month after her defeat of Mike Castle and CNN even hosted a DE Senate debate live and broadcast it nationally (well, most of it anyway). It was moderated by Wolf Blitzer! Christine's upset of Castle made the political leadership in DE shit bricks. She beat a 41 yr career politician who had never lost an election before and who was a 17 yr incumbent Congressman. She beat him despite him having the backing of the Republican elites and despite a HUGE financial disparity. She also beat him despite the fact that he refused to debate her and instead spent the entire primary smearing her and trying to destroy her character but staying totally away from any issue.
Runner Ups
GOP wave retakes House and almost nets Senate - Huge national story on November 3rd but not entirely unexpected except by the status quo political establishment. Plus it missed Delaware BADLY.
PA goes Republican - Pennsylvania handed many elected offices to Republicans including U.S. Senator (formerly held by Democrat/Republican Arlen Specter) Pat Toomey, Governor Tom Corbitt and 12 of the state's 19 House seats.
Top Sports Story
Michael Vick's resurgence - Vick gave ME a reason to watch the Eagles this year. I was going to spend the football season with Sundays free but Vick ruined that for my family. When the Eagles announced that Kevin Kolb would be the starter and Vick the backup before the season I knew it wasn't worth carving out that time to watch the Birds go 6-10 at best. But when Vick filled in for Kolb after an injury and was playing out of his mind, it made me change my mind about watching the games. Vick's comeback from 18 months in Ft. Leavenworth prison for dog fighting has been nothing short of amazing. Morally, Vick has shown real remorse and a change in his behavior that in itself warrants applause. In football sense, Vick has come back from 2 years off an blossomed into arguably the leagues best QB. He is a Pro-Bowl starter, has the 2nd highest QB rating in the NFC and leads NFL QB's in rushing in addition to leading the Eagles to a 10-5 record and making them one of the most feared offenses in the NFL.
Runner Ups
Phils sign Cliff Lee (again) - The creation of perhaps the most feared regular season pitching rotation in the history of baseball comes in a VERY close second to Vick. The formation of R2C2 (Halladay, Oswald, Lee, Hamels) is almost incomprehensible. I almost feel sorry for the Mets, Nats and Marlins (not the Braves, they had a similar rotation in the 90's so here is some payback) but then again, I'm excited because the Phillies are (barring injuries) virtually assured of another consecutive NL East title. 100 wins? 4 20 game winners? What kind of records can these 4 set this year? Time will tell.
Washington gets Philly leftovers - First they got McNabb in a trade many thought could send the Skins to the Super Bowl and the Birds to the basement and that became a bust and then some when McNabb was benched in week 14 in favor of Rex Grossman of all people. Then the Nats scored Free Agent Jayson Werth from the Phils (which will net the Phils a high compensatory pick, thanks Washington!) and freed the Phils up in the salary market to sign Cliff Lee while replacing Werth's right handed bat with Ben Francisco.
Person of the Year
The American People - Since TIME won't recognize you for your efforts, I will. You stood up and made your voices heard. Yes, even the liberals and progressives among us, stood up in record numbers (in Delaware especially) to vote. Most of us, voted our principles and more now than ever before, you voted with real knowledge of the candidates. Locally there are more asleep than awake but the numbers are switching. This is a state where Castle, Carper and Biden have gotten themselves elected year after year so it's really a surprise that common sense candidates like O'Donnell and Urquhart won their primaries. Yes, the people of America resoundingly awoke in 2010 and all appearances are that it will continue.
Runner Ups
Glenn Beck - Beck organized the Restoring Honor 8/28 event that drew between 500,000 and 700,000 people from across the world to Washington, D.C. He has inspired millions of Americans to stand up for what they believe in and has been an educational resource for even more. With that said, Mr. Beck would agree that without YOU the people, he the entertainer, radio/TV host, educator and author is nothing.
Sarah Palin - Sarah Palin has written books, appeared on Fox News, spoken at events around the country, had her own reality show and picked winners and losers in political races around the country. She's been a force for the limited government conservative movement. She too would point out you all as the real people of the year.
Christine O'Donnell - Christine inspired many regular Delawareans (and Americans across the country) who otherwise would have stayed uninvolved and gave voice to the conservative base of Delaware's Republican Party. She brought out a record number of Republican voters to vote for (and against) her in September and made a national name for herself by pointing out that the phrase "Separation of Church and State" does not appear in the Constitution. In the end, it took YOU to make Christine a household name.
Angela Merkel - Angela set the European world on fire but her words were hardly covered in the American press. She announced to the EU that indeed, multiculturalism is dead in Germany. She took a stand against ceding anymore of Germany's national identity to radical Islam and the terrorists who seek to alter and abolish all that makes Germany...well Germany. She also had the gall to point out that the Obama administration is spending FAR too much money and is devaluing out own currency. Now if only Obama could sit down with her for a while.
Chris Christie - Gov. Christie was elected in 2009 and that is why he didn't get closer to the top. In 2010 he challenged the powerful unions in New Jersey and won. He went after the public employee unions and is especially feared/hated by the servants of Satan themselves (the NJ teachers union). This alone makes me want to put him higher on the list and maybe he should be but the others are pretty damn good too.
Top Video Game Released
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm - I own it, which gives it higher marks and let's be honest, Blizzard has cornered the market on MMO's. People can whine and bitch about Star Wars and other such games but since the days of Diablo and Warcraft, Blizzard has been making top flight games. Cataclysm adds a new design to Azeroth and I don't even mind the fact that I basically had to throw away all of the old "Epic" gear that I had for Greens and Blues.
Runner Ups
Call of Duty: Black Ops - I don't have it but DAMN i want it. I'm not big into the whole zombie Nazi angle but I really want it more for the multi player. Everyone that I know who has played it is loving it.
Medal of Honor: Limited Edition - Also known as the other FPS (1st person shooter) next to Call of Duty. MoH was released first and it gave FPS fiends a few months of multi player madness. The story mode was a cakewalk but the multi player mode takes some skill.Awesome game.
Madden 10 - Madden is ALWAYS on the list. It's cornered the NFL market and come on, every year it gets more like you're moving ACTUAL people on the screen instead of bits and bytes. Another solid offering from the industry masters.
Need for Speed - Need for Speed's latest edition was really a remake of the original with a twist. Instead of just driving exotic cars like Lamborghini's and Macleran's (as if that where bottom barrel) now you can drive them as the police. Yes, that's right, now you aren't just being chased by the cops, you can BE the cops.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Trouble a brewing
Conservative commentator Glenn Beck is often ridiculed by the left for his "conspiracy theories". Beck has routinely warned about events that people have considered crazy which have in the long run proven true. The unemployment number rising above 9%, the rising price of gold and the Fed's quantitative easing scheme come to mind. Recently Glenn has been warning about a "big event" that will threaten the stability of America and possibly the world.
Isn't it strange that North Korea has been ratcheting up attacks against South Korea in recent days, sending all of Asia into a tail spin? Meanwhile, China has recently began buying tons of gold. This is after buying more U.S. debt than any other nation (the Fed is actually the largest holder) and buying up a rather large chunk of the world's natural resources. China has been quite vocal about the government's accounting tricks and has openly questioned the out of control spending of the Obama administration. With their region in turmoil and their current position as a financial superpower, China just may be in a position where it can call in the U.S. debt load. Beck may just have hit yet another nail on the head but only time will tell. If Washington doesn't right the ship and do it fast, you can bet that China doesn't need to sit around and wait for us anymore.
Isn't it strange that North Korea has been ratcheting up attacks against South Korea in recent days, sending all of Asia into a tail spin? Meanwhile, China has recently began buying tons of gold. This is after buying more U.S. debt than any other nation (the Fed is actually the largest holder) and buying up a rather large chunk of the world's natural resources. China has been quite vocal about the government's accounting tricks and has openly questioned the out of control spending of the Obama administration. With their region in turmoil and their current position as a financial superpower, China just may be in a position where it can call in the U.S. debt load. Beck may just have hit yet another nail on the head but only time will tell. If Washington doesn't right the ship and do it fast, you can bet that China doesn't need to sit around and wait for us anymore.
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