It seems that at least once every day, and often several times a day, Sean Hannity offers up a litany of anecdotes and “facts” about Ronald Reagan. The key point to these references seems to be to re-imagine the former President. Getting listeners to view Reagan as the perfect conservative model seems to be a […]
Tonight on CNN I noticed a conservative pundit toss out the comment regarding Social Security that most Americans don’t believe Social Security will be there for them and thus it’s time to consider scrapping it entirely. I found it interesting that he so carefully chose those words. The fact of the matter is that even […]
This morning on the way into my office I was listening to Glenn Beck‘s radio show (I know, I can’t help myself in the same way I watch auto racing and feel excited when there’s a major wreck). He was talking about some guy from the Woodrow Wilson administration by the name of Colonel House. […]
On April 10th, 1951 then President Harry S. Truman issued the order to relieve legendary General Douglas MacArthur as Supreme Commander in charge of our war efforts in Korea. The comments that did him in were as follows: “It seems strangely difficult for some to realize that here in Asia is where the Communist conspirators […]
This morning I caught this interesting article and thought it worth sharing and commenting on. The article and the included picture point out that all of the major oil companies doing offshore drilling each have nearly identical Gulf of Mexico spill response plans. Look closely at these covers from five “independent” oil companies. Yes they’re […]
The disaster in the gulf oil leak is an absolutely perfect example of everything that’s wrong with the viewpoint of those that unfettered capitalism is the best path. Yes, the government is doing a horrible job of addressing the situation and yes, I suspect we’ll find that they failed more than once with regard to […]
Last night on The Daily Show Jon Stewart‘s interview segment was with noted conservative author Ken Blackwell. Blackwell was there, quite amazingly and to his credit, to promote his book, Blueprint: Obama’s Plan to Subvert the Constitution and Build an Imperial Presidency. The segment that aired to the TV viewers was almost unremarkable. However, Stewart […]
Last night I watched a bit of Glenn Beck‘s show on Fox News and it’s really devolved into a bigger joke than it ever was before. His show really should move to the TBN channel (Trinity Broadcasting Network) to run alongside all the other evangelical shows there. His show is virtually indistinguishable from any one […]
Driving home early this morning from my weekly excursion to Penn Gamers and the radio is on 1210. It’s a replay of the Michael Smerconish program. After a few minutes of talk (I find the guy one of the few conservatives on this station that I like) the show breaks for a commercial and the […]
Today I’m reading the latest news and I trip over a story about one of the current cases before the Supreme Court—The City of Ontario vs. Quon. The main thrust of the case is to determine the privacy rights of employees when they’re using company-provided equipment like cell phones and pagers. The case involves Sergeant […]
The listeners and viewers of the various right-wing shows are being duped. It’s just that blatantly obvious. Yes, I know. You think what these people are telling you sounds so simple and so right. That’s only because you share a similar viewpoint and these sources know it and are exploiting you. Today Sean Hannity and […]
I’ve had it with this guy. I’m tired of people making excuses for this cheerleader who just makes up things as he goes along and then manages to get countless people to buy into his completely incorrect misinformation as fact. Take, for example, a single segment taken from his “Freedom Tour” on his first stop […]