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Thursday, July 01, 2010

U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd by Kevin Dayhoff

http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=3836

June 30, 2010

(Un)Equal Treatment by The Press

Kevin E. Dayhoff

A short 47-word statement on Sen. Robert C. Byrd’s, (D., WV) website simply said: “The family of U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd,… tearfully announces the passing of the longest serving member of Congress in U.S. history. He was 92.

“Byrd died peacefully at approximately 3 a.m. at Inova Fairfax Hospital. Further details will be made available as soon as possible.”

That short statement contrasts greatly with the legendary eloquent oratory of the gentleman known for his extraordinarily long speeches in which he would wax poetically about the history of England and Greece, and traditions of the Senate – both the American and Roman Senate.

Of course, some of his legendary ability to stand and speak for hours on end is not necessarily the stuff of which to be proud.

It was Senator Byrd who, according to a history published by the U.S. Senate, “At 9:51 on the morning of June 10, 1964, Senator Robert C. Byrd completed an address that he had begun 14 hours and 13 minutes earlier. The subject was the pending Civil Rights Act of 1964…”

For those who study history, Senator Byrd – a Democrat – spoke in opposition to the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964.

There is much to be admired in Senator Byrd, Nov. 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010. And to be certain, you will hear and read about his fascinating life in glowing terms by the liberal media in the next several weeks to come.

Perhaps that is as it should be.

Read the rest here:http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=3836

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Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown says people who were opposed to health-care reform are racists

Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown shows innocent interns what Washington is really like

By Chris Moody - The Daily Caller | Published: 06/30/2010

http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/30/ohio-democrat-sherrod-brown-shows-innocent-interns-what-washington-is-really-like/

During a bipartisan education seminar for congressional interns last week, Ohio Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown told a crowd of young people that those who opposed the Democrats’ health-care reform plan were on the wrong side of history, much like segregationists who opposed the Civil Rights movement.

While most speakers who participate in the summer lecture series discuss what it’s like working in Washington or use the time to motivate the internship class, some who were present during the Tuesday meeting said Brown took the opportunity to launch what they considered to be “a partisan attack.”

“He said that people who were opposed to health-care reform were similar to the bigots and racists that were against desegregation reform,” a Republican congressional intern who attended the lecture told The Daily Caller. The intern requested not to be named. “It was ridiculous,” he added.

20100630 DC Ohio Dem Sherrod Brown shows innocent interns

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

McChrystal spoke truth to power

McChrystal spoke truth to power http://tinyurl.com/2757nx8

Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal and the inconvenient truth about “Mission Impossible”

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/06/mcchrystal-spoke-truth-to-power.html

Jun 23, 2010 ... President Barack Obama stripped Army General Stanley McChrystal of his command of US troops in Afghanistan for making disparaging remarks ... Gee, one may only imagine that journalists will have great access to the military now – maybe not…

What we are left with is a mixed bag.

Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal got into trouble with the president and the leadership of the Democrat Party because he publicly said what many in the military and foreign policy development and execution have been saying privately for over a year.

The president had no choice but to relieve him of command.

Of course if Gen. McChrystal had uttered such observations during the Bush Administration, there would no end to the praise adulation from the very same Democrat leaders.

In the parlance of those on the left: McChrystal spoke truth to power.

McChrystal out; Petraeus picked for Afghanistan - Yahoo! News
Jun 23, 2010 ... President Barack Obama ousted Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top US commander in Afghanistan on Wednesday, saying that his scathing ...

Would that be this General Betray Us? http://tinyurl.com/2f9atzy

Or this General Betray Us? McCain Asks When Clinton Will Apologize to Petraeus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXcXzoHjqhE&feature=related

Gee, I’m guessing that the appointment of General Petraeus requires a certain “suspension of disbelief.”

The Obama administration's attitude towards the military makes the Clinton administration's view look respectful...

That said, what McChrystal did was wrong. The military protects freedom of speech - it does not practice it.

Not to perseverate upon the issue, however, if the American public were to be aware of the increasingly - absolutely seething intellectual revolt of the American military over the military practices and policy of the Obama administration, it would make the alarm over the economy present like Romper Room.

If the traditional media continues to cover-up for the president, it will only add gasoline to the fire.

I have wanted to write about it; however, I usually avoid anonymous sources... (The most vocal are former Obama supporters.)

I have been observing the military closely since the late 1960s and I find the current unrest in the military unnerving.

The grunts on the frontline in Afghanistan call the war effort, “Mission Impossible.”

In spite of his extraordinary service as a black ops warrior, I have not been a McChrystal fan of the role he has played as the top military commander in Afghanistan.

However firing Gen. McChrystal for expressing the opinion of an increasingly large majority of military could precipitate an even bigger crisis.

How the president handles this current matter is critical. To paraphrase someone wiser: “The inconvenient truth is that when it comes to the substance of his criticism, most in the military think McChrystal ‘was right.’”

While we are attempting to sort it all out, be sure to read the Baltimore Reporter’s June 23, 2010 post: Obama’s Rules of Engagement In Afghanistan Will Ensure Our Failure (Filed under: General, bad foreign policy, Democratic weakness in Defense and the War on Terror) — Robert Farrow from Flopping Aces: The new rules of fighting a war….Obama style, via George F. Will: (h/t The Captain’s Journal.)

It may be found here: http://www.baltimorereporter.com/?p=8158

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Related: "Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal (had) been summoned to Washington to explain a Rolling Stone article that includes highly critical comments by him and his staff about Vice President Biden, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl W. Eikenberry and other top Obama administration officials." - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/22/AR2010062200813.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR

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McChrystal's Job in Peril After Obama Slam

Obama leaving options open on firing McChrystal, Gibbs says
By Michael D. Shear, Ernesto Londo?o and Debbi Wilgoren
Washington Post Foreign Service
June 22, 2010 5:05 AM
President Obama reacted angrily to derogatory comments by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, about administration officials involved in Afghan policy and is leaving his options open about firing him, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Tuesday.

Is Gen. Stanley McChrystal someone the president can afford to fire?
By Greg Jaffe and Ernesto Londono Washington Post Staff Writer
June 22, 2010 11:25 AM
Is Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal someone the president can afford to fire?

Obama the sphinx By Richard Cohen
June 21, 2010 4:33 PM
Like his foreign policy, Obama's intellectualism lacks heart.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal comments in Rolling Stone magazine
Ernesto Londono
Washington Post Foreign Service
June 22, 2010 10:09 AM
Washington Post foreign correspondent Ernesto Londono discusses the latest developments regarding Stanley McChrystal's interview with Rolling Stone magazine in which the top general criticized Obama administration policies in Afghanistan.

McChrystal's press aide resigns amid flap
By Ernesto Londono
Washington Post Foreign Service
June 22, 2010 9:33 AM
KABUL -- Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's civilian press aide resigned Tuesday over an upcoming magazine story that portrayed the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan and some of his aides as derisive toward Obama administration officials.

Labels: Iraq War General David H Petraeus, Military McChrystal Gen Stanley, Politics Liberal hypocrisy, Pres 2009 44 Obama-Barack, World Middle East Afghanistan

20100622 drft sdsom Gen Stanley A McChrystal notes

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Or this General Betray Us?: McCain Asks When Clinton Will Apologize to Petraeus

Or this General Betray Us? McCain Asks When Clinton Will Apologize to Petraeus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXcXzoHjqhE&feature=related

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Would that be this General Betray Us?

Would that be this General Betray Us?

I’m just asking?

Oddly enough, MoveOn.org still had this Sept. 2007 ad up as of June 18, according to their Google cache. But if you go to http://pol.moveon.org/petraeus.html now, it’s gone. They kept it there for almost 3 years before taking it down all of a sudden.

Wonder why?

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/23/mcchrystal-out-petraeus-in-moveon-org-scrambling/

McChrystal out, Petraeus in, MoveOn.org scrambling

The Daily Caller - Published: 06/23/10 at 3:46 PM

Our own Jon Ward reports:

President Obama relieved Gen. Stanley McChrystal of his command of the war in Afghanistan Wednesday because of insubordinate remarks by him and his aides in a Rolling Stone article published earlier this week.

“I accepted General Stanley McChrstal’s resignation,” Obama said to reporters in the Rose Garden…

The president is replacing McChrystal with Gen. David Petraeus.
That’s right, this Gen. David Petraeus:

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/23/mcchrystal-out-petraeus-in-moveon-org-scrambling/

http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/23/mcchrystal-out-petraeus-in-moveon-org-scrambling/

20100623 sdosm General BetrayUs

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ABC Frets Over Pickle McChrystal Has Put Obama Into: Look 'Petulant' or 'Weak'

By: Brent Baker

June 22, 2010 20:47 ET

http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2010/20100623012814.aspx

ABC, CBS and NBC all led Tuesday night with multiple stories on the “firestorm” over disrespectful coments by General Stanley McChrystal and his aides about President Obama and other administration officials, but ABC's Diane Sawyer and George Stephanopoulos particularly despaired over the position in which McChrystal has put Obama.

Sawyer fretted that Obama “now faces a mind-boggling choice,” before Stephanopoulos kvetched “the President has really been put in a real political box” and “a very painful political position,” forcing him to choose between “looking thin-skinned and petulant” or “looking weak.”

CBS's Katie Couric didn't go that far, but she was disturbed by the burden on Obama: “This controversy is about the last thing the President needed on his plate as he deals with two wars overseas and another against an invasion of oil off the gulf coast.”

Read more if you have the stomach for it: http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2010/20100623012814.aspx

Remember military leaders who criticized the Bush administration were hailed as heroes by the traditional media...

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Washington Post: Gates says McChrystal "exercised poor judgment" in remarks about U.S. officials

News Alert: Gates says McChrystal "exercised poor judgment" in remarks about U.S. officials
12:25 PM EDT Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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KABUL — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Tuesday that his top commander in Afghanistan “made a significant mistake and exercised poor judgment” in making dismissive and derogatory remarks to a magazine reporter about U.S. government officials involved in Afghan policy.

Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal has been summoned to Washington to explain a Rolling Stone article that includes highly critical comments by him and his staff about Vice President Biden, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl W. Eikenberry and other top Obama administration officials.

For more information, visit washingtonpost.com: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/22/AR2010062200813.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs describes president as "angry" after reading about general's comments in a Rolling Stone magazine profile.

Michael D. Shear, Ernesto Londoño, Debbi Wilgoren | 2:33 p.m. ET

Can Obama afford a dismissal?

Firing McChrystal on the eve of a major offensive in Kandahar could hurt war effort, experts say.

Greg Jaffe and Ernesto Londoño

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Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Daily Caller: Another Democrat admits Obama White House offered jobs to get him out of Senate race

By Jon Ward - The Daily Caller 06/02/10

Democratic Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff, who is challenging incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet in Colorado, said late Wednesday that deputy White House chief of staff Jim Messina said he could be given one of three high-ranking federal jobs if he gave up his candidacy.

Romanoff said he was told by Messina that two high-ranking positions at USAID and the director’s position at the U.S. Trade and Development Agency “might be available to me were I not pursuing the Senate race.”

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency director’s position would have been a post in charge of a $55 million budget and a staff of 78 people, which requires Senate confirmation.

It is now the second confirmed Senate race in which the Obama administration has tried to lure challengers to Democratic incumbents out of their races with offers or potential government jobs, flirting with ethical and possibly even legal violations that have besmirched a president who based much of his candidacy on changing the way Washington operates.

Romanoff’s bombshell comes days after White House counsel Bob Bauer confirmed last Friday that White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel went through former President Bill Clinton in an attempt to move Rep. Joe Sestak out of the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary.

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Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Chilling Video: Israeli Soldiers Beaten by "Peace" Activists Close-Up Footage of Mavi Marmara Passengers Attacking IDF Soldiers

Close-Up Footage of Mavi Marmara Passengers Attacking IDF Soldiers

Chilling Video: Israeli Soldiers Beaten by "Peace" Activists

by Jason Mattera 06/01/2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYjkLUcbJWo May 31, 2010 — Video taken by IDF naval boat shows the passengers of the Mavi Marmara, one of the ships in the 'Free Gaza' Flotilla, violently attacking IDF soldiers who were trying to board the ship after having sent repeated requests for the boat to change course.

Large groups of passengers surrounded soldiers and beat them with metal poles and chairs, and threw one soldier over the side of the ship. Some passengers grabbed pistols from the IDF soldiers and opened fire. As a result of the attacks, seven IDF soldiers were injured, and nine of the passengers were killed.

The 'Free Gaza' Flotilla had publicly insisted on their non-violent intentions, however their violent attack on the IDF soldiers was clearly premeditated. They had knives, metal rods, firebombs and other items ready to use.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=37281

Here we go again: Our neighborhood-friendly followers of the prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) are back with yet another display of affection. Folks, c'mon, we know that the jihadists on board the Turkish vessel that was disrupted by Israeli commandos on Monday morning just wanted to bring "humanitarian" aid to the impoverished Palestinians suffering in the Gaza Strip. But noooo, the evil Israeli Navy had to foil the trip, and instead they instigated a riot that resulted in ten civilian deaths.

Brutes I tell you! Brutes!

Well, that's the narrative we've been hearing about the incident involving the six-ship flotilla.

Now, back to reality people: Israeli soldiers were ambushed as they were lowered by ropes from helicopters onto the decks on the Mavi Marmara. Your jaw will drop when you see this footage.

For more information go to: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=37281

Jason Mattera

Re-read my Tentacle column from January 7, 2009 about how the left distorts the news about news about Israel and the Middle East:

Pallywood – When Pictures Lie http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=2970

Kevin E. Dayhoff

After Hamas, the terrorist organization that has controlled the Gaza Strip since June 2007, unilaterally broke a cease-fire on December 19 and resumed shelling southern Israel, Israeli warplanes sprang to Israel’s defense December 27 by attacking Hamas throughout Gaza. Hamas responded immediately with “Pallywood.”

Read the entire column here:

http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=2970

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Thursday, May 27, 2010

Oil disaster continues as mainstream media scrambles to defend Obama

Oil disaster continues as mainstream media scrambles to defend Obama

Can you only imagine the liberal media press coverage if the oil spill mess had occurred during the Bush administration?

Even with the traditional mainstream media in his hip pocket, President Obama must be regretting how he and the Democrats astroturfed all the blame on Katrina on President Bush and held harmless the Democratic mayor of New Orleans and the Democrat governor of Louisiana - both of whom exhibited criminal negligence during that disaster.

Instant Karma will always get ya, unless you have the state-sponsored media defending your every move.

But wait, oh snap, the liberal columnist in the Carroll County Times just recently explained that the BP Gulf oil disaster is all Bush's fault. Who knew?

White House Tries to Cozy Up to Columnists on Oil Spill

By Betsy Rothstein on May 26, 2010 04:35 PM

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/west_wing_reportage/white_house_tries_to_cozy_up_to_columnists_on_oil_spill_162861.asp

Yahoo!News's Michael Calderone lets us in on White House attempts today to shift perception that the administration is not handling the oil spill story as well as it could.

So they held a presser and welcomed in "influential" political columnists such as ABC News's Ann Compton, Newsweek's Howard Fineman, WSJ's Jerry Seib and more, and here's what happened in the Roosevelt Room...

Read Calderone's story here.

Michael Calderone is the media writer for Yahoo! News.

WH pulling out all the stops to defend oil spill handling to media

The White House, continuing its effort to push back against negative media coverage of the government's handling of the oil spill, held an on-the-record meeting Wednesday between incident commander Thad Allen and several influential political columnists.

Among those on hand in the Roosevelt Room meeting were the Washington Post's E.J. Dionne and Eugene Robinson, the Wall Street Journal's Jerry Seib and Newsweek's Howard Fineman.

Read Mr. Calderone’s piece here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100526/pl_ynews/ynews_pl2269

In other news”

BP begins 'top kill' method to try to plug gusher

Public opinion turning against Obama on oil spill

Clinton: World must act on SKorean ship sinking

McConnell advises Rand Paul to stop talking

Britain reveals extent of nuclear arsenal for first time

Times Square bombing conspiracy theory takes hold in Pakistani media

Police chiefs voice concerns to AG about Ariz. law

Obama wants to "plug the damn hole" Reuters

BP's Shocking Memo The Daily Beast

BP starts deep-sea bid to plug gushing oil well Reuters

Dems frustrated by spill response Politico

Carville's Oil Outburst ABC News

Obama to visit Gulf coast again Washington Post

Should Obama take over the BP oil spill? The Week

65% Oppose Nationalization of U.S. Oil Industry Rasmussen Reports

Politics Video: Anger Over WH Response to Spill in the Gulf ABC News

Politics Video: Kagan Called Out Over Fashion Sense FOX News

Politics Video: Is the Gulf Spill 'Katrina in Slow Motion?' ABC News

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Wednesday, May 26

WHITE HOUSE TRIES TO COZY UP TO COLUMNISTS ON OIL SPILL
Yahoo!News's Michael Calderone lets us in on White House attempts today to shift perception that the administration is not handling the oil spill story as well as it could. So they held a presser and welcomed in "influential" political columnists such as ABC News's Ann Compton, Newsweek's Howard Fineman, WSJ's Jerry Seib and more, and here's what happened in the Roosevelt Room... Read Calderone's story here.... http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/west_wing_reportage/white_house_tries_to_cozy_up_to_columnists_on_oil_spill_162861.asp

THE DAILY CALLER CLAIMS CNN HAS 'AMNESIA,' KING REP CALLS ITEM 'INAPPROPRIATE' A New York PR rep for CNN's Larry King is calling an item that The Daily Caller ran yesterday blatantly "inappropriate." The Daily Caller item slams CNN for doing a segment on cheaters and not including the network's own host.

"Sigh. Oh, CNN. Not only has one of your own, King, cheated on numerous occasions in the past, he cheated on his wife with her sister in the past month! What do you think... http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/news_notes/the_daily_caller_claims_cnn_has_amnesia_king_rep_calls_item_inappropriate_162843.asp

SCREEN ON THE GREEN RETURNS Screen on the Green is back again this summer. HBO and Comcast announced today a schedule for their outdoor film series, kicking off on July 12th with the 1964 classic "Goldfinger." July 12: GOLDFINGER July 19: THE GOODBYE GIRL July 26: 12 ANGRY MEN August 2: BONNIE AND CLYDE For those unfamiliar, Screen on the Green is a summer film series where movies are shown on a giant 20' by 40' outdoor screen on... http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/events/screen_on_the_green_returns__162858.asp

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Wednesday, May 26

ABC NEWS' RADDATZ GOES ON FIGHTER COMBAT MISSION
ABC News' Martha Raddatz recently earned bragging rights as the first journalist to fly on a combat mission in a bomb-laden air force fighter jet. After months of preparation she took to air and will first report on her experience tonight on World News with Diane Sawyer. Check out her reporter's notebook here.... http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/networks/abc_news_raddatz_goes_on_fighter_combat_mission_162853.asp

MEDIA MATTERS TO HOST PRESS'S 'TOXIC' BOOK PARTY Get ready for some interesting, toxic partying. The founder and president of Media Matters - David Brock and Eric Burns - are throwing a book party for Toxic Talk author and left-leaning radio host Bill Press on June 15 at their headquarters in downtown Washington. The ultra-liberal Media Matters is a logical choice to host Press's party. Media Matters reps often appear on Press's show. What's more, Press used Media Matters materials (we're sure... http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/events/media_matters_to_host_presss_toxic_book_party_162823.asp

SPJ CONVENTION HEADS TO THE STRIP
The 2010 Society of Professional Journalists Convention & National Journalism Conference is declaring itself the "journalism event of the year." "You don't want to miss it!" states a SPJ release. Maybe you don't. It is, after all, being held in Las Vegas Oct. 3-5. Registration is open. It hardly has the feel of work. Development sessions will be held at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, located on the famous Vegas Strip. (Think roulette breaks.) The... http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/events/spj_convention_heads_to_the_strip_162848.asp

Wednesday, May 26

TIME'S STENGEL: THE 'ROCK STAR' As first alerted to us by Politico's Playbook, Time Managing Editor Rick Stengel got rock star treatment last night as he received City Year Washington D.C.'s 2010 Lifetime of Idealism Award. The award ceremony was at the Ronald Regan building. Stengel won for his "tireless commitment to expanding national service and inspiring Americans to serve." VP Biden's spokesman Jay Carney (former D.C. Bureau Chief of Time) and Sonal Shah of the White House office... http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/awards/times_stengel_the_rock_star__162821.asp

UNAUTHORIZED & INDEPENDENT: KOFFLER DEBUTS 'WHITE HOUSE DOSSIER' Ex-Roll Call White House scribe Keith Koffler has finally surfaced after quitting his job in January. Today he launches http://www.whitehousedossier.com/, a site that promises to give readers a different slice of West Wing reportage. The site, run solely by Koffler, has been in the works for six to seven months. The idea was born out of his own frustration with not being able to write the kind of hard news analytical satire that he...http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/online_media/unauthorized_independent_koffler_debuts_white_house_dossier__162760.asp

SEPARATED AT BIRTH: ABC'S RICK KLEIN ABC's Rick Klein, who just left "The Note" to be senior Washington editor for "World News", can find his doppelganger in Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.).... http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/separated_at_birth/separated_at_birth_abcs_rick_klein__162757.asp

Wednesday, May 26
CRITIQUE OF GIVHAN'S KAGAN FASHION PIECE GETS PERSONAL
WaPo Fashion writer Robin Givhan wrote a provocative piece on Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan on Sunday in which she dissects Kagan's dress and how she crosses (or doesn't) her legs. Some journalists are lashing out at Givhan -- some personally, so. Politics Daily's Luisita Lopez Torregrosa has a few harsh things to say about Givhan - mainly she believes Givhan wants everyone to look like Givhan. An excerpt "So the chatter on the... http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/online_media/critique_of_givhans_kagan_fashion_piece_gets_personal__162756.asp

GOOD MORNING FISHBOWLDC READERS Quote(s) of the Day CNN's Yellin seeks red carpet advice "I asked a tv star for advice - what to do on red carpet. She said if you get nervous laugh like you were punched in the gut! It worked!" And later: "Walked the red carpet...that was so crazy! Fun but so odd to be on the other side of the media rope!" --CNN's Jessica Yellin tweeted from the Gracie Awards Tuesday night in Los... http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/quote_of_the_day/good_morning_fishbowldc_readers_162754.asp

Tuesday, May 25

TODAY'S MOST POPULAR STORIES 05.25.10 Each day, Ashley Estill surfs your sites for the most popular stories of the day. Here are the top headlines for March 25, 2010: Washington Post: BP engineers prepare 'top kill' attempt to stop oil flow into the Gulf Washington Times: Army 'lost control' of colonel, still paid $400,000 Washington Examiner: Fawning press now gets cold shoulder from Obama USA Today: Some restaurant dishes go to fat, calorie extremes CQ Politics: Young Guns Are Here...
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/news_notes/todays_most_popular_stories_052510_162722.asp

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20100526 sdsomked Oil disaster continues msm scrambles

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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

President Barack Obama's media relations

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Great News - Washington Post News Alert: Rep. Joe Sestak has wins Democratic Senate primary

Sestak defeats Specter in Pa.

Washington Post News Alert: Rep. Joe Sestak has wins Democratic Senate primary
10:14 PM EDT Tuesday, May 18, 2010
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Rep. Joe Sestak has won the Democratic Senate primary in Pennsylvania, ousting five-term Sen. Arlen Specter, the Associated Press projects. Specter had changed his party affiliation last year from Republican to improve his chances of getting onto the November ballot, and the White House had staunchly backed him in the primary campaign.

For more information, visit washingtonpost.com:
http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/E5QODK/48QTQ/32DVDX/5Y1QTN/KUDTC/28/t

http://www.washingtonpost.com/?wpisrc=nl_polalert

Sestak defeats Specter in Pa.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

It doesn’t matter what this sign says, you’ll call it racism anyway.

After hearing about signs such as this at Tea Party gatherings, I finally gathered this picture from the Internet on April 14, 2010. It is a sad commentary on the current state of free speech in our country.

[20100414 It doesnt matter what this sign says.jpg]

20100414 sdosm It doesnt matter what this sign says

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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Testimony Could Undercut SEC Charge Against Goldman

CNBC:

Testimony Could Undercut SEC Charge Against Goldman — The government has testimony from a Paulson & Co. official that could contradict its own claims against Goldman Sachs, CNBC has learned. — Paolo Pellegrini told the government that he informed ACA Management that Paulson intended to bet against …