RUN THOSE PRINTING PRESSES: Democratic Governors Want $1 Trillion.
UPDATE: “Pandora’s Box Has Been Opened.”
OH, GOODY: 111th Congress Convenes Monday: Let the Games Begin.
Games, clown show, whatever.
OUCH: Greedy Executives Double Salaries, Cut Customer Service, May Ask for a Bailout. “No, it’s not the latest Wall Street failure. It’s D.C.’s Metro public transportation system.
IN TIME MAGAZINE, the Top Ten Outrageous Earmarks of 2009. Number Two is the Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Service, funded by, er, Charles B. Rangel, in a fashion that gave rise to scandal. Extreme Mortman says this is evidence of why the U.S. Government needs a Department of Irony. Don’t give ‘em ideas; they’ll want to name it after themselves.
THE BLAGO VORTEX: “Really, it’s fascinating how one crooked state pol can ensnare both the new presidential administration and Congress. The Obama team is lawyering up, the Senate will be sued, and the grand jury in Illinois will spend months reeling in more witnesses who, in turn, may implicate still more politicians. It’s hard to recall a single figure who has caused as much consternation and litigation.”
UPDATE: Some Roland Burris gun hypocrisy.
Stinkin’ Hippies Are Never Satisfied
Washington Post Hires Leftist Blogger
January 2nd, 2009From the Politico:
Sign of the media times
by Ben Smith
January 2, 2009
The Washington Post just hired away from the reporting-heavy liberal blog empire TPM, to run a new blog for them.
Greg’s move is both a reminder of how the new liberal reporting infrastructure –TPM and Huffpo, in particular — were as much competitors as any newspaper in breaking news this cycle; and a sign of how porous the barriers, which used to be fairly substantial, between "MSM" and "blogopshere" (and, for that matter, political campaigns and advocacy groups) have become. Way back in 2003, I replaced Greg on the very print-y New York Observer’s City Hall beat, and I suspect his variety of career path, which ran via a newspaper, a magazine, an ideological online outfit, and an old-media monolith, is going to become far more common as time goes on.
And, congrats.
Anybody who has ever had the misfortune to happen upon the Talking Points Memo site knows their “talking points” come directly from the Democrat National Committee.
They don’t even pretend otherwise.
Greg’s move is both a reminder of how the new liberal reporting infrastructure –TPM and Huffpo, in particular — were as much competitors as any newspaper in breaking news this cycle…
Can anyone recall when any news was actually broken by any liberal blogs, including the TPM or Zsa Zsa’s Huffington Post?
We can’t either.
But how telling it is in an era when newspapers are downsizing furiously that the Washington Post still cannot resist hiring someone from the ultra left.
Though, in fairness, the Washington Post may simply be following orders from their bosses at the DNC.
Still, it’s hardly a ‘sign of the media times.’ This is what the mainstream media has been doing for generations.
And they wonder why they are losing readers.
Top 10 Mis-Reported Stories Of 2008
January 1st, 2009We thought we would list what in our opinion were the most egregiously mis-reported stories over the last year:
1. The US victory in Iraq
Given that this was to be the burning issue of the campaign, it is quite telling that our watchdog media has assiduously ignored our military’s brilliant victory in the Iraq War.
And somehow all the pundits and their Democrat bosses were wrong.
2. The Democrats’ involvement in the mortgage crisis
Barney Frank and countless other Democrats going back to the Carter administration insisted that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lend to those who would not otherwise be eligible for mortgages.
These same Democrats ignored all the warnings to the contrary over the ensuing years. And now they want to bail the deadbeats out and give more loans to those who can’t afford them.
3. Barack Obama’s socialist vision for the US
Mr. Obama has long since been clear in his writing and speeches that he wants a new New Deal for the US. He has not been shy about his socialist plans for our country. But we never heard a word about any of this from our ‘issues-oriented’ media.
And now Mr. Obama is gleefully planning to seize upon the country’s current financial difficulties to enact his radical agenda.
4. ACORN/Project Vote/SEIU voter fraud
Yes, there were some scattered reports about ACORN’s voter registration problems in the local media around the country. But these accounts regularly gave the impression that these were merely minor irregularities, and the exception rather than the rule.
In fact, 2008 surely witnessed more organized voter fraud than at any other time in the history of the Republic. (Al Franken just being one of its many by products.) And yet the very same journalists who were determined to prove that Mr. Bush stole the last two elections were not interested in reporting this rampant voter fraud.
5. Mr. Obama’s international money machine
How is it that the Obama campaign raised more than three quarters of a billion dollars? And how is it that so much of that money came in packets small enough to avoid any FEC scrutiny? And from all around the globe?
Somehow our watchdog media, which has complained endlessly about the buying of elections whenever Republicans win, are not interested in finding out.
6. Obama’s Spiritual Mentor, Reverend Wright
Again, Rev. Wright got some play in 2008, but we had the story back at the start of 2007. Worse yet, the media pretended that Wright was just given to occasional crazy outbursts.
The fact is, however, Obama’s church of twenty years is dedicated to promulgating the racist Communist kookery of Black Liberation Theology. What does that say about the man?
7. The Chicago Machine, Rezko and Blagojevich
Our watchdog media studiously ignored any questions about Mr. Obama’s background or his connections to Tony Rezko and the myriad of other shady figures from Chicago.
During the campaign Obama was asked only once about Mr. Rezko, and even then he stormed out of the press conference. We now know why the media had their own policy of ‘don’t ask don’t tell.’
8. The excoriation of Sarah Palin
The ‘troopergate’ scandal that wasn’t. The clothes buying scandal that wasn’t. The quotes she never said. Her purported ‘lack of qualifications’ in the age of Obama, Hillary and Caroline.
All done by the same media that claims to condemn the ‘politics of personal destruction.’
9. The cooling of global warming
Average temperatures have trended downward now for several years all around the globe. And yet we have barely heard a peep about it from our watchdog media.
In fact, we have heard quite the opposite as they continue to promote the climate change hysteria.
10. Obama’s extended family
Forget the birth certificate red herring. Our watchdog media has shown no interest whatsoever in tracking down the extended family Mr. Obama so much liked to write about. It turns out that several of them are living illegally and on welfare in the US.
Which just further demonstrates how very little we know about the man. And how little the media is interested in finding anything out.
Tinfoil Bonus – Crashing the economy to elect Obama
It is a fact that once Mr. McCain began to pull ahead in the polls, Mr. Schumer started the run on banks (IndyMac) and then Mr. Reid undermined a crucial financial insurer (AIG).
If this, as well as the rise in oil prices, is found to have been contrived to get their candidates elected, this will be the story of the decade.
But only if some journalists bother to report it. Which is highly unlikely.
Of course there were many other mis-reported or under-reported stories.
Please feel free to add your own.
Conservatism 2.0 Conference Feb. 26-28, 2009
- A joint conference with CPAC - Washington, D.C., Feb. 26-28, 2009
The C2.0 Conference will bring a fresh, broad spectrum of grass-roots activists, bloggers, students and scholars to Washington, D.C. to focus on online empowerment and new media strategies for shaping the future of conservatism.
Empowerment through the web and new media
• Engaging individuals and communities through new social media such as Facebook, Twitter, blogs, Internet TV
• Exposing voices, leaders, information, opinions that the mainstream media do not want you to see or hear.
The First Conservatism 2.0 Conference
Sponsored by Pajamas TV and held as a joint conference with CPAC 2009. Online participation via Pajamas TV. CPAC Bloggers' Row is also sponsored by Pajamas Media.
Participants--
Conservatives, Libertarians, Center Right
College conservatives
Hollywood Conservatives, Conservative Democrats (9/11, Reagan and Blue Dog Democrats)
Featured Participants:
Joe The Plumber, aka Joe WurzelbacherTopics the Conservatism 2.0 Conference will cover include
Michelle Malkin
Glenn Reynolds (Instapundit)
The Conservative Community, Election, Politics:
The 2008 Election - How the web and new media influenced the 2008 election and what opportunities conservatives failed to exploit.
** Community – How social networks and other media can help build communities. How is Twitter being used in the conservative community? How can new directions in Facebook Connect be used to help Conservatism 2.0?
** Common Ground For Conservatives– What does common ground mean and how can the Web and new media help to evolve the definition?
** Bias – Education and Media Gatekeepers:
** Media Bias – Can new media be used to let the public learn about issues that the mainstream media do not want exposed? How can new media correct the bias from the stories the MSM do air?
** Education Bias – How freedom of speech for conservative students, faculty and speakers can be improved.
** Hidden Activists and Leaders - How new media can help discover and expose the voice of activists, and leaders, including yourself.
Issues:
National Security – How are bloggers covering the war on terrorism? How can new media help deal with threats of terrorism? Homeland Security – The use of Twitter now and in the future – to help with natural disasters.
Free Market, Individualism – Conservatism and empowering the individual to succeed through self improvement, individual startups.
Hollywood - Do politics and culture affect Hollywood or vice versa?
Other – let us know your suggestions for the C2.0 Conference.
Special Awards and Your Actions
Conservatism 2.0 is not only about discussion. It’s also about action and what you can do to make a difference. To that end, we’ll have some contests in which you can participate:
First – We would like you to submit your best examples of exposing or countering bias in the media.
Second – We want your best examples of exposing or countering bias in education.
We will announce the award winners at the conference, and we expect Joe the Plumber will have a few thoughts to share on these issues.
Keeping in Touch
You will be able to learn more about:
Our schedule and how to submit your ideas for the conference
How to register
How to submit examples of bias
And other details through
Twitter, Facebook and this site (www.pjtv.com/c20con)
In addition, through weekly PJTV videos, you will hear updates about both the Conservatism 2.0 Conference and CPAC events.
Stay in touch at: www.pjtv.com/c20con
