A Philosophical Holocaust
July 21st, 2010 § 4 Comments
For those who don’t believe these liberal-inspired times are not truly dangerous to basic – BASIC – freedoms such as the right to assemble and freedom of the press, there are revelations to which they should pay close attention.
Following its reporting that reporters and editorial writers of major news organizations felt it not only proper but necessary to brand as “racist” anyone who disagrees with the Obama agenda, The Daily Caller has now published another terrifying expose of the liberal mindset.
As if branding opposition with disgusting (and inaccurate) labels weren’t enough, these “journalists” and political elitists want to carry it to federal censorship. In todays report, a producer for National Public Radio wishes for (and delights in the thought of) Rush Limbaugh dying of a heart attack, saying she would “Laugh loudly like a maniac and watch his eyes bug out.”
Fox News, to no real surprise, was a prime target for this band of folks who are so much better than the rest of us.
Jonathan Zasloff, a law professor at UCLA, suggested that the federal government simply yank Fox off the air. “I hate to open this can of worms,” he wrote, “but is there any reason why the FCC couldn’t simply pull their broadcasting permit once it expires?” [emphasis added]
Think about that; disagree with the liberal screed and be removed from public debate?
THIS is the growing legacy of the government and society that’s been allowed to exist and proliferate.
Tea Party activists are also targets of scorn:
… is anyone starting to see parallels here between the teabaggers and their tactics and the rise of the Brownshirts?” asked Bloomberg’s Ryan Donmoyer. “Esp. Now that it’s getting violent? Reminds me of the Beer Hall fracases of the 1920s.”
This is particularly ironic. Main Street America is now a Nazi-like threat? It’s the infuriating Left-Putsch that is imposing a fascist grip of censorship and opposition demonization. They – the people who contributed to this vile exchange and those who share those views – are creating a philosophical holocaust in America.
How are these intellectual criminals going to justify their disgust for the constitution?
I suspect they won’t. I suspect they don’t care.
/CS/
SC Hotline Back Online
June 22nd, 2010 § 2 Comments
After some sophomoric in-fighting, SCHotline.com was taken down by a minority owner in whose name the domain was registered.
The Hotline is back up, but with a new format and url – www.SCHotline.us.
Change your bookmarks and check out the new site.
From Pork Fever To Swine Flu
April 30th, 2009 § 2 Comments
Remember how George Bush was blamed for everything from causing hurricanes to Sanjaya Malakar? Just about everything he did was part of a conspiracy or subterfuge to take away our rights or hide some evil agenda.
Which, naturally, brings me to the headline-consuming story of the Great Swine Flu Pandemic of 2009. As heat mounts against the Peolosi administration for the 9,000 earmark strong “stimulus” package, along comes swine flu.
With such tragically tantalizing headlines as:
World takes drastic steps to contain flu…
‘All of humanity under threat’…
Mexico closes federal government; urges businesses shut…
…it’s easy to see why panic is the reaction du jour.
So, is this something about which the public really must fear, or is it a contrived stew (a) to reduce the heat on the Democrats pork roast or (b) because the media enjoys cooking up bad meat?
Well, when considering the effects of “common” flu, ya gotta wonder.
About 30,000 to 40,000 deaths occur due to the flu each year in the United States. That number could equate to 300,000 to 500,000 deaths worldwide.1 The majority of flu-related deaths occur in people over the age of 65.2
Fast Facts:
I dunno… maybe I’m missing something. Won’t be the first time. But, if W can be blamed for Britney Spears’ breakdown, then I’m gonna make Barack Pelosi responsible for this.
Pass the bacon.
The Boy Who Whined
December 3rd, 2008 § 3 Comments
Recent articles and blogs by The State newspaper’s editorial page editor, Brad Warthen, complaining about Governor Mark Sanford’s stand on Congressional bailouts make for some really strange “journalism.”
Governor Sanford has been consistent in his call for a stop to the stupidity of the bailouts. He said it in the Washington Post on September 26, in the Washington Times on October 29, in a 7 November letter to the Secretary of the Treasury and in The Wall Street Journal on November 15 and December 2. But what has Warthen’s criticism been? That Sanford is thumping his chest in a “look at me” campaign and crying wolf (or, as he puts it, “big government!”).
Mr. Warthen doesn’t argue that the Governor’s points are wrong. Rather, he chides Sanford for being self-righteous and, oddly, brings in an example of a grocery store to illustrate – what, exactly?
When his 23 November column was challenged (ably) by the Governor’s Communications Director, Joel Sawyer, Mr. Warthen took the strange approach of writing about how to edit. Again, no real counter to the points Mr. Sawyer was making, just a blustering swipe at – what, exactly?
In the column in question, Mr. Warthen refers to one of the Governor’s Wall Street Journal articles, but, as Mr. Sawyer points out, it wasn’t published hard copy so readers would have the advantage of both. Oh, it was posted on the web! Well, zippity doo dah! Mr. Warthen and his increasingly irrelevant newspaper know that most readers aren’t going to run to the Internet and check up on the article. His was a cheap journalistic trick designed to knife the Governor’s argument while claiming minimal professional protocol.
Clearly, for months Governor Sanford has issued constructive, well thought a
nd, most importantly, necessary debate on a critical national and state subject. Like those who, two years ago, warned of this crisis but were ignored, Governor Sanford is doing what he was elected to do – use his judgment to analyze a situation and make the tough call.
If Mr. Warthen, The State or any other person or entity want to argue the merits of the bailout based on economic and social realities, fine. Rather, Mr. Warthen has a hard time staying on message … which is – what, exactly?
This is an excerpt from the latest WSJ piece by Governors Sanford and Rick Perry of Texas:
One fact that’s been continually glossed over in the bailout debate is that Washington doesn’t have money in hand for any of these proposals. Every penny would be borrowed. Estimates for what the government is willing to spend on bailouts and stimulus efforts for this year reach as much as $7.7 trillion according to Bloomberg.com — a full half of the United States’ yearly economic output.
If Mr. Warthen wants to disagree with Governor Sanford about the bailout, he should give us something to counter that.
He gave us one piece of insight, though: “I don’t know whether the federal government should help out the states or not” he wrote in his 23 November column. Well, that kinda wraps it up, doesn’t it?
