Happy Halloween!
Trick or Treat! OK, just Treat.....
Here's some great Monster Mash of movie flick fame....enjoy it and remember......have some fun.
We'll get back to the serious stuff soon enough tomorrow.
Trick or Treat! OK, just Treat.....
Here's some great Monster Mash of movie flick fame....enjoy it and remember......have some fun.
We'll get back to the serious stuff soon enough tomorrow.
On my way to lunch recently, I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read "Vote Obama; I need the money." I laughed. In a restaurant my server had on an "Obama 08" tie. Again I laughed. Just imagine the coincidence. When the bill came, I decided not to tip the server and explained to him that I was exploring the Barack-Obama-redistribution-of-wealth concept. He stood there in disbelief while I told him that I was going to redistribute his tip to someone who I deemed more in need—the homeless guy outside. The server angrily stormed from my sight. I went outside, gave the homeless guy $10 and told him to thank the server inside as I've decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy was grateful. At the end of my rather unscientific redistribution experiment, I realized the homeless guy was grateful for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn even though the actual recipient deserved money more. I guess redistribution of wealth is an easier thing to swallow in concept than in practical application.
Here's the best news I've heard in a long time.
If McCain does lose the election, it seems that Sarah Palin has volunteered to take the reins and lead the Republican Party. If the Party's gonn'a be whipped into shape, can't think of a better person to wield the whip. It's almost worth rooting for McCain to lose.......
The Daily News' original coverage of 'War of the Worlds'
You need a quick break from the mind-numbing grind of Presidential election politics.
How appropriate that we can also celebrate the 70th anniversary of the "War of The Worlds"
If the following doesn't scare you about the potential changes this country is in store for, then I'm sure that you have no knowledge or understanding of history.
To attempt to influence children to manipulate their parents is completely intolerable and unforgivable. This is where the past thirty years of Liberal education policies, including the separation of parental responsibility from that of the schools over condom distribution, and the dissolution of parental responsibility in issues such as minor-child abortions, have now lead us.
Here's how Obama really sees his constituents ....objects to be manipulated. Telling kids to blackmail their grandparents into voting for him (watch video at 2:14), is abhorrent.
He calls it "the Talk". I call it "the Disgrace".
Well, at least you have to thank them for finally being honest. Of course, if they had graciously admitted it at the beginning of the process it may have demonstrated much more journalistic integrity. That they feel that they could have "hid" this bias is absurd. The fact that they continue to profess that their reportage was un-biased is beyond naive. It is ridiculous.
Today, Slate's staff and contributors reveal how they're voting in next week's presidential election. This continues a tradition we began in 2000 and repeated in 2004. It will come as little surprise to many of our readers—and certainly as no surprise to Sarah "Media Elite" Palin—that Barack Obama wonSlate in a landslide. In capturing 55 of our 57 votes, with 1 to McCain and 1 to Libertarian Bob Barr, Obama won an even bigger Slate majority than Al Gore in 2000 (29 of 37 votes) or John Kerry in 2004 (46 of 52 votes). Incidentally, this is a voluntary project: Our staff and contributors can reveal how they voted, but they are not required to.
Why did Obama win the swing state of Slate? Like Mike and Jacob before me, I don't think a candidate's Slate victory reflects a bias that has corrupted the magazine during the campaign. There are obvious reasons why Slate would lean heavily toward Obama: Most of our staff and contributors live in extremely Democratic cities on the East and West Coast. (It's worth noting that our lone McCain voter, Deputy Managing Editor Rachael Larimore, lives in Ohio.) Slate'svoters tend to skew young, and all polls show younger voters favoring the Democrat. Also, a significant number of former Slate contributors, among them Austan Goolsbee, Jason Furman, and Phil Carter, are now advising Obama. It's understandable that our affection for them and respect for their views may be accruing to Obama. (He's taking Jason and Austan's advice on the economy? Then he must be pretty smart.) And, finally, we are journalists, and, to quote Kinsley:
No doubt it is true that most journalists vote Democratic, just as most business executives (including most media owners) vote Republican, though neither tendency is as pronounced as their respective critics believe. This is a natural result of the sort of people who are attracted to various careers. It is not the product of any conspiracy. There is no Liberal Central Committee drafting young liberals into journalism against their will or blackballing young conservatives. And there is nothing that can be done to change this disparity, unless conservative press critics would like to see the media institute a political quota system, favoring conservatives over better-qualified liberals (affirmative action for opponents of affirmative action).
But—for the millionth time!—an opinion is not a bias! The fact that reporters tend to be liberal says nothing one way or another about their tendency to be biased. It does suggest that when political bias does creep in, it is more likely to tilt liberal than conservative. But there are so many other pressures and prejudices built into the news—including occasional overcompensation for fear of appearing biased—that raw political bias plays a fairly small role. …Of course it is not easy to persuade folks of this, and many will never believe it. No doubt it is easier just to keep your political opinions secret and imply that you don't have any. But that absurdity or dishonesty itself undermines your credibility. Or it ought to.
David Plotz is Slate's editor.
Long after this election is over, the ramifications of the incredible MSM bias against McCain, Palin and the Republicans, will come back to haunt the 4th Estate. The members of the 4th Estate have flaunted, and thumbed their noses at he public, abandoning even any pretense of non-partisanship and objectivity.
Palin Still Standing After Blizzard of Negative Headlines | ||
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Is the press out to get Sarah Palin? You betcha. In fact, we have the evidence. Since Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin accepted Sen. John McCain’s invitation to join the GOP ticket as his running mate, negative news reports about her have flooded from the major media outlets. We decided to take a peak at Associated Press headlines mentioning Palin since Sept. 3, the date of her GOP acceptance speech. What we found was astounding. We found no comparable trend of negative stories relating to Barack Obama or his running mate Joe Biden. Here is a sampler of AP headlines: 10-22-08 10-21-08 10-20-08 10-19-08 10-18-08 10-17-08 10-16-08 10-15-08 10-14-08 10-13-08 10-12-08 10-11-08 10-10-08 10-9-08 10-8-08 10-7-08 10-6-08 10-5-08 10-4-08 10-3-08 10-2-08 10-1-08 9-30-08 9-29-08 9-28-08 9-27-08 9-26-08 9-25-08 9-23-08 9-21-08 9-20-08 9-19-08 9-18-08 9-16-08 9-15-08 9-14-08 9-13-08 9-12-08 9-11-08 9-10-08 9-9-08 9-8-08 9-7-08 9-6-08 9-5-08 9-04-08 09-03-08 |
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