Archive for September, 2009

A Great Ad For Republicans

26th September 2009 by admin 1 Comment

Both the Democrats and Republicans are apparently trying to raise money off of the health care “debate” and Congressman Joe Wilson’s, um, unusual “involvement”(causing some to wonder this).  This post gives part of the two fundraising solicitations, one from each party:
From this morning’s fundraising email from the NRCC, signed by [Joe] Wilson:
There has been a lot of debate [...]

The Lengths to Which Some Go to Fight Against the Idea that We Influence the Skies

25th September 2009 by admin No Comments

Here is another Insta-BS link,  perhaps gloriously citing the idea that global warming data may have disappeared!
Quoting from the link itself (NRO’s gloriously subjective “The Corner” blog, with emphasis added):
Imagine if there were no reliable records of global surface temperature. Raucous policy debates such as cap-and-trade would have no scientific basis, Al Gore would at this [...]

INSTA BS Makes a Great Point About Tea Protestors!!

25th September 2009 by admin 1 Comment

And, really, quite an extraordinary point it is.
This is neither a liberal nor a conservative site (which probably means that online, where people tend to self select like mad to have their views reinforced, it won’t achieve world wide fame and mad top 5 blogs of all time status) but some of the far right conservative sites [...]

More Insta BS

25th September 2009 by admin No Comments

This is just embarassing.
I THOUGHT THAT OBAMA’S ELECTION WOULD MEAN THEY WOULDN’T HATE US ANYMORE: FBI arrests Jordanian citizen for attempting to bomb skyscraper in downtown Dallas. (Via JWF).
Is that supposed to be funny?  Yeah, much of the world might not, because we wouldn’t be seen, rightly or wrongly, as quite as much of an [...]

What is Missing With Democrats, and Media Complicity Today

18th September 2009 by admin 5 Comments

If the ”Left” (whatever that is) engaged in something like this, would the staunch Right put up with it??
Not a snowball’s chance in you know where.
Here, while playing nice with the WSJ’s James Taranto, we noted what Nancy Pelosi said in regard to her somewhat foolish, politically divisive comments about “carrying swastikas.” 
In response to the question “Do you [...]

Nancy Pelosi’s Dismissiveness, and the Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto’s Bizarre Logic.

18th September 2009 by admin 8 Comments

We’ve noted the scary logic of Taranto before.  Here, here, here, here,  and here. 
Today, September 18, after pointing out what appears to be hypocrisy on the part of Pelosi — who, concerned over hateful speech that incites violence, had apparently — according to Taranto, anyway, engaged in some “hate speech” herself, Taranto notes:
As the AP [...]

WSJ’s James Taranto: Health Care Reform “Killing Grandma”

18th September 2009 by admin No Comments

Taranto used the phrase “kill grandma” to describe health care reform in the title to his WSJ best of the web column (which his column is most assuredly not part of) yesterday. Maybe he was using it as a term of art.  It still helps to feed and fuel the excessive ignorance, and often misplaced [...]

How to Prevent Winning, in Football

17th September 2009 by admin 25 Comments

For those who may remember, in week three of last season, when the Bills were still good, the Raiders –then still under Lane Kiffin (who was replaced later in the season by then “interim” and now current head coach Tom Cable) — at Buffalo,  had essentially controlled Buffalo’s offense for close to 54 minutes.
Then, with [...]

What Are the the Tea Bag Protestors, Protesting About?

17th September 2009 by admin 8 Comments

In an earlier column, we highlighted the perspective on the tea baggers from those seeing it from the top of their perch, as this otherwise extremely contorted article points out:
Tea Party attendees and health care town-hall protesters share the common belief that the extravagant spending of President Obama and the Democratic Party will eventually lead more people [...]

“INSTA-BS” WATCH — Nancy Pelosi Fear and Remembrance Breakdown

17th September 2009 by admin 3 Comments

We’re no great fans of Nancy Pelosi either.  But some of the comments to Pelosi geting choked up over remembering the murders of San Franisco Liberal Mayor George Moscone, and Gay Council Member Harvey Milk, and illustrate just how wide the gap is in online partisanship — which often brings out the most partisan, one sided, often misinformation and belief [...]