Do You Get Your News From the NY Times? You are NOT Getting News!

If you are one of the majority of Americans who gets their news from what is commonly called the "mainstream media" (NYTimes,WAPo,ABC,NBC,CBS,CNN...), then you are NOT getting news.  You are getting opinion. Here is what the mainstream media are actively preventing you from knowing (data provided by RealClearPolitics): OTL's approval ratings are low, and going …

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An Open Letter to Columnist Danny Westneat of the Seattle Times

Dear Danny- I was interested to read your column in today's Times, entitled "Relying on The Bus Foolhardy in Seattle".  Since the majority of Seattle residents are of the liberal persuasion, and often advocate getting people out of their cars, I was amused by your experience this summer, trying to get everywhere by bus.  "What's …

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Which of These Presidential Statements Doesn’t Belong?

Edit:  Thanks to GOPUSA for the cartoon   1. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself". 2.  "Don't ask what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country". 3.  "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall". 4.  "We don't have a strategy yet".   Which Commander in …

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Could the Worldwide Media Help Stop Terrorists?

Here's an idea.  How about if ALL the world's largest media entities simply stopped publishing any pictures or video of terrorists.  No YouTube, no Facebook, no Twitter, NO PICTURES OF ANY KIND.  They would still publish stories, but no pictures would show Islamic Butchers beheading journalists, blowing up mosques, or shooting their machine guns from …

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How About Some Facts About the Ferguson Situation

It seems to me that the majority of media and bloggers have been operating from a position of immediately jumping to conclusions, based on inaccurate and biased information.  The standard narrative has been "a white cop shot and killed an unarmed black teenager".  Unspoken are the assumptions: That the cop shot the teenager without provocation …

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Let’s Talk Anti-Semitism

This story is posted on Ricochet, by a new member who is a Swedish Jew.  It tells the sorry tale of her and her children's systematic persecution by others in her (formerly) civilized country.  Remember when Sweden's society was emulated as an example of a country where all were treated equally and fairly, the standard of …

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At My Wedding! Uncanned Laughter!

http://en.support.wordpress.com/comments/pingbacks/ I'm an older lady whose second wedding was a cozy affair, with a small group of family and friends in attendance.  Since we covered all the expenses ourselves, we were as frugal as possible.  But the two areas where we did not scrimp were food (hubby said one of his most important wishes was …

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