No MSM bias to see here... move along..

[AMDScooter]

Just like Obama it’s a communications problem. She just needs to explain her position better and then everything will be peachy keeno.

Yup.. us unwashed masses have such a hard time making our minds up for ourselves. Perhaps if she'd re-submit her resume in crayon she would get a differing reaction..

In other news.. the MSM embargo of the ongoing climategate issue continues..

Surprising No One: Liberal Media Completely Embargoes Phil Jones Admissions

With three exceptions -- FoxNews and the Washington Times (of course) and this brief single mention on CNN:

JOHN ROBERTS, CNN ANCHOR: There's also something else that's out there. Phil Jones from the University of East Anglia, the climate research unit, the guy that was at the center of this recent e-mail controversy late last year, has said in an interview with the BBC that he has not seen any, quote, "statistically significant warming since 1995," though he says he still believes that the earth's temperature has warmed. And he also said that he might be missing some of the data that is responsible for his climate models.

Of course, skeptics are jumping all over this, saying the whole thing is a farce. Global warming doesn't exist.

What do you think of the Professor Jones situation, the lack of statistically significant warming, and the fact that he may have misplaced some of the records?

JOHN CHRISTY, PROFESSOR, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE, UNIV. OF ALABAMA- HUNTSVILLE: Well, I think what Phil Jones is saying is that Mother Nature is perfectly capable of making the temperature rise and fall through the past several hundred years. And in terms of the data problems, well, we do have to be careful when we're talking about public policy, that means trillions of dollars, and we haven't had that very hard and critical situation where you take care of data and make it publicly available to everyone. And that needs to be done now.

We have a childish, petulant, insecure, unprofessional media. It has to be noted again that the British media is covering this story well -- even left-wing outfits like the Guardian and the statist-establishment-left BBC.

My respect for the BBC and the Guardian has increased quite a bit. This story is obviously against their political agenda, but they covered it anyway, because it's, you know, news.

Compare to the American Media, which is principally now in the business of blocking the reportage of news.

[AMDScooter]

And the moonbats wonder why we call him their messiah...

The Thrill Is Gone: Chris Matthews Comes Down to Earth

Obama's political charisma is now so weak that Chris Matthews is unimpressed. On Monday night's Hardball, Newsweek writer Howard Fineman talked tough about how Barack Obama has never explained how the health plans before Congress will both cover 30 million uninsured people and save money at the same time. This revelation caused Chris Matthews (sitting in Jerusalem right now) to be struck with the idea that perhaps Obama is not the Messiah:

And it seems to me what Howard is saying is, it's like the President is offering himself as almost like a savior who can take the loaves and the fishes, and have a few fishes and loaves of bread, and feed thousands and thousands of people. And there's only one guy that could do that and he's not President of the United States. I guess that's the problem.

[AMDScooter]

Let me guess.. the (R) stands for (R)ight. Because people might have mistaken that tool Rangel for the out of focus dude in the background.

[Dutchcedar]

Not only is the MSM a gaggle of biased left wing diarrhea mouths, they aren't too flippin' good at their research jobs, either. Just like the Balloon Boy story, it looks like they got suckered into the out of control Toyota Prius gets stopped by cop hoax.

[AMDScooter]

Speaking of shills... check this title out...

Democrats soften pledge for three-day posting of health bill

Washington (CNN) – House Democrats appear to be softening their pledge to allow the public 72 hours to review the health care reform package online before a House vote. "We will certainly give as much notice as possible, but I'm not going to say that 72 hours is going to be the litmus test," said Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on Friday.

"The House bill or Senate bill, as proposed, has been online for some two-and-a-half months, otherwise known about 75 days," Hoyer added, referring to the November and December dates each chamber passed its version of health care legislation.

But Democrats could vote as soon as next week on a series of changes to the health care package - called a reconciliation bill - and the number two House Republican criticized Hoyer directly on House floor.

"I'm a little bit taken aback that now that 72-hour rule has been completely cast aside, since nobody in the House has seen what's in the reconciliation bill," said Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Virginia.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi promised earlier this year Democrats would make the final health care bill public at least three days before voting.

"The House Democratic Leadership is committed to having the final health insurance reform legislation online for 72 hours before the House votes, for all Members and the American people to review. We will continue the transparent process this landmark legislation has had for months," Pelosi wrote in a January press release.

Hoyer on Friday said that a three-day posting for the reconciled bill was his preference, but he said the American public had been waiting for health care reform since the time of President Theodore Roosevelt and action must be taken.

"There's been ample time to review the bill, whether it's the Senate bill or the House bill," Hoyer told Cantor.

Cantor in turn called that lack of commitment "disturbing."
"I think that's consistent to the depiction that there is a ramming through going on," he said.

They and their leader Bamma's "pledges" are so soft a super tanker full of Viagra could not cure the problem.

[AMDScooter]

Your tax $$ hard at work handing out lesson plans to teachers on how to indoctrinate school kids into the wonderful world of socialized medicine while rewriting the constitution at the same time.

PBS Now Offering Teachers Indoctrination Materials on Nationalized Healthcare

Yes We Can…
The Obama Administration wants to make sure that tomorrow’s leaders are fully indoctrinated into the leftist philosophy of living. Part of that indoctrination now includes lesson plans offered to teachers by the Public Broadcasting Service on how to fully persuade students of their “fundamental right to health care.”

Health Care Overview:

Did you catch that?
Here’s the transcript:

A variety of lessons and activities are provided to help students gain the knowledge and background necessary to engage in a meaningful debate about the following resolution: Health care is a fundamental right; the government has an obligation to secure this right for all Americans. Teachers may opt to complete all the assignments in preparation for the debate, or select those most necessary or interesting to the class. Classes may prepare their debate for submission to the Miller Center Debate Series on health care.

Here’s a look at the health care lesson plan page:



Now PBS makes the indoctrination easy.
Mmm… Mmm… Mmm…

Hat Tip Jason

OK— I had to post this terrific video by IowaHawk.
It pretty well sums up the lefty indoctrination.
Enjoy:

[Phopojijo]

And no bias in that source or video at all either.

The key words are "to engage in a meaningful debate". The point of teaching, from a teacher's perspective, is to engage the class and get them thinking.

P.S. -- The video just simultaneously superimposed the education system with Mao, Lord of the Flies, and Islamic militants... and The Shining.

That's not an effective video... it's a monument to a right-winger's paranoia. It's not even artistic.

[BlackDragon24]

And no bias in that source or video at all either.

The key words are "to engage in a meaningful debate". The point of teaching, from a teacher's perspective, is to engage the class and get them thinking.

P.S. -- The video just simultaneously superimposed the education system with Mao, Lord of the Flies, and Islamic militants... and The Shining.

That's not an effective video... it's a monument to a right-winger's paranoia. It's not even artistic.

Republicans generally don't understand irony. Hence you will see lots of "OMGWTFBBQSAUCE liberal bias!" claims followed by posts from "reputable sources" like NRO and CNS news.

[AMDScooter]

Republicans generally don't understand irony. Hence you will see lots of "OMGWTFBBQSAUCE liberal bias!" claims followed by posts from "reputable sources" like NRO and CNS news.

Says the mod whom sported an avatar from the Kos for over a year. Do preach on about us Repugs though... I also cannot help but notice the absence of comments about the actual meat of the story which was about PBS helping teachers pimp the idea "Health care is a fundamental right". Let's talk about everything but that instead. Nothing to see here... keep moving.

[AeroSim]

While I enjoy some of IowaHawk, I have to vote that one as over-the-top too.

I don't think we need to characterize the man. Why?

We will know them by their fruits.

Soon.

[AMDScooter]

Remember the media outcries??



A Trip Down Memory Lane

Not too long ago, taking to the streets to protest your government was considered a patriotic act.

It’s true!

But it seems that publicly airing your grievances stopped being patriotic right around noon on January 20th, 2009.

Once President Obama was sworn in, protesting became incitement to violence.

If you’ve opened up a newspaper or watched a cable news program in the past week or so, you’ve probably seen members of the media painting Tea Party activists as dangerous bigots. That’s because disagreeing with President Obama on issues like government spending and high taxes makes you a racist, you see.

What’s interesting about the media’s latest freak-out is that there were radicals a-plenty under President Bush. They protested in the streets. They talked openly about revolution and killing. But oddly, the violent imagery used by people claiming to be advocates for peace never registered with the media. They were too busy fawning over Cindy Sheehan.

Why the difference in coverage? Did the media cheerlead the protests against President Bush to hurt him politically? Are they trying to marginalize the increasingly powerful Tea Party movement because they favor President Obama’s agenda?

One thing’s for sure: If there is such a thing as dangerous rhetoric, then the media is at least one president too late in reporting the story.

Don’t believe me?

Well, then let’s take a trip down memory lane...

Ya... me neither..

[Phopojijo]

... Yeah I remember before January 20th, 2009... there was this word "Un-American" that was passed around a lot.

[bk94si]

They even made a movie about assassinating President Bush. Apparently that was not inciting violence either.

[AMDScooter]

They even made a movie about assassinating President Bush. Apparently that was not inciting violence either.

Nope, that's a fine example of patriotic dissent.

... Yeah I remember before January 20th, 2009... there was this word "Un-American" that was passed around a lot.

Wow.. un-american. That's harsh. But the rest as briefly exampled in the video escape comment.

[AMDScooter]

^^^ In related news... Target symbols!!! Arrows!!! The word "targeting" on the DNC website!! Racists!! Haters!!! Violence inciters!!

Me <=== sits and waits for the deafening sound of thundering crickets chirping from The Won's cheerleaders in the MSM..

Memo to Paul Krugman and Rep. Van Hollen: My Search Was Not in Vain

In last Thursday’s column, Paul Krugman admitted to having fun watching “right-wingers go wild.” One of the things that apparently delighted him was this map which Sarah Palin posted on her Facebook page:



Each of the cross-hairs represents a Democrat from a conservative district who voted in favor of health reform. Immediately after highlighting the map, Krugman wrote:

All of this goes far beyond politics as usual…you’ll search in vain for anything comparably menacing, anything that even hinted at an appeal to violence, from members of Congress, let alone senior party officials….to find anything like what we’re seeing now you have to go back to the last time a Democrat was president.

Really, Paul? I’ll search in vain?



The map appears on this page of the Democratic Leadership Committee website (dated 2004 during the Bush years). I guess we could argue over whether the DLC counts as “senior party officials” but they’re certainly as much a part of the party as Palin who, after all, currently holds no elected office.

Granted these are bulls-eyes instead of gun-sights, and the targets are states not individual congressmen. But we’re really splitting hairs at this point. This map and the language it uses (Behind enemy lines!) are, if anything, more militant than what Palin used in her Facebook posting.

But wait, there’s more!

When Palin’s map became an issue, Rep. Chris Van Hollen, leader of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), rushed on MSNBC to denounce it, telling Chris Matthews:

I really think that that is crossing a line…In this particular environment I think it’s really dangerous to try and make your point in that particular way because there are people who are taking that kind of thing seriously.

Really, Chris? So what do you think about this map?



Each one of those red targets represents a “Targeted Republican” like this one:



There’s even a helpful legend that makes it clear that’s precisely what the little red targets represent:



You’ll never guess where I found this map. That’s right, it’s on the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) website. They launched the site and the map on February 23rd of this year, making it just over a month old. And yet Van Hollen was quoted by Politico just today denouncing Republicans for “pouring more and more gasoline on the flames.” Right back at you, pal.

Rep. Van Hollen used MSNBC to claim Palin’s map was dangerous. In fact, the website of the organization he runs has a nearly identical map. Rep. Van Hollen should be asked to explain the differences between the two maps. Specifically, what makes Palin’s map “dangerous” and his map not so much?

Paul Krugman used the megaphone of the NY Times to state that Palin’s Facebook map went “far beyond politics as usual.” He further claimed, “you will search in vain for anything comparably menacing…from members of Congress.” Notice he didn’t say it was hard to find or rare. He said, in effect, that it didn’t exist. But since my search was not in vain, the Times should issue a correction noting that Krugman got it wrong.