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Friday, August 28, 2009
Friday August 28 -- Got news or an update?
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Newspaper slump deepens as 2Q ad sales fall 29 pct (AP)
Newspapers' financial woes worsened in the second quarter as advertising sales shrank by 29 percent, leaving publishers with $2.8 billion less revenue than they had at the same time last year.
It's the deepest downturn yet during a three-year free fall in advertising revenue — newspapers' main source of income. The magnitude of the industry's advertising losses have intensified in each of the last 12 quarters.
The numbers released Thursday by the Newspaper Association of America weren't a shock, given the dramatic erosion mirrored the advertising losses that the largest U.S. newspaper publishers already had reported for the April-June period.
Still, the statistics served as a stark reminder of the crisis facing newspapers as they try to cope with a brutal recession and advertising trends that have shifted more marketing dollars to the Internet.
"This data represents a rearview-mirror perspective on what we all know was a terrible stretch of bad road," said John Sturm, chief executive for the newspaper association that serves as the industry's largest trade group.
The latest turbulence left U.S. newspapers with ad sales of $6.8 billion in this year's second quarter compared to $9.6 billion last year.
Through the first half of the year, newspaper ad revenue plunged 29 percent to $13.4 billion.
Some newspaper industry executives are hoping the slide bottomed out in the second quarter. That optimism is largely grounded in the belief that recession will end soon — if it hasn't already — and encourage advertisers to loosen their pursestrings, particularly toward the end of the year as they try to persuade consumers to spend more in the holiday shopping season.
"When the economy begins its recovery, advertisers will return to spending, and newspapers will find themselves well positioned to harness the strength of their platforms to build a brighter future."
I doubt it. It will never be the same. Biased McClatchy reporting caused peoples' habits to change independent of the economy, and migrate to the internet.
Printing The NYT Costs Twice As Much As Sending Every Subscriber A Free Kindle (businessinsider.com)
Not that it's anything we think the New York Times Company should do, but we thought it was worth pointing out that it costs the Times about twice as much money to print and deliver the newspaper over a year as it would cost to send each of its subscribers a brand new Amazon Kindle instead.
Hoover's pro-labor stance helped cause Great Depression, UCLA economist says(Remind you of anyone?)
Pro-labor policies pushed by President Herbert Hoover after the stock market crash of 1929 accounted for close to two-thirds of the drop in the nation's gross domestic product over the two years that followed, causing what might otherwise have been a bad recession to slip into the Great Depression, a UCLA economist concludes in a new study.
"These findings suggest that the recession was three times worse — at a minimum — than it would otherwise have been, because of Hoover," said Lee E. Ohanian, a UCLA professor of economics.
Key Democrat suggests party moderates 'brain dead' (Townhall.com)
A key House liberal suggested Thursday that party moderates who've pushed for changes in health care legislation are "brain dead" and out for insurance company campaign donations.
Moderate Blue Dog Democrats "just want to cause trouble," said Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., who heads the health subcommittee on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee.
"They're for the most part, I hate to say brain dead, but they're just looking to raise money from insurance companies and promote a right-wing agenda that is not really very useful in this whole process," Stark told reporters on a conference call.
Tacoma Production Moves To San Antonio Toyota Plant (WOAI Radio)
Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Texas announced Thursday night that Toyota is relocating its Tacoma mid sized pickup truck production from Fremont California to San Antonio, and is expected to make a $100 million investment in the plant on the city's south side, 1200 WOAI news reports.
"Here in Texas, the addition of the Tacoma to the Tundra production line will better utilize our plant's capacity and the 21 supplier facilities on our site," TMMTX President Kenji Fukuta said.
"This will require new jobs at our plant to handle the additional production, and on-site suppliers will also be adding new jobs, but it is too soon to give an estimate."
Few tickets sold for Clinton CNE speech (The Globe and Mail)
Ticket sales for Bill Clinton's speech Saturday at the CNE have been much slower than expected, forcing organizers to reconfigure the stadium layout and offer fairgoers $5 tickets at the door.
About 7,000 advance tickets are sold for the 4 p.m. event, a far cry from the 25,000 people expected when it was announced two weeks ago.
Move to impeach Sanford under way (The Washington Times)
South Carolina Republican lawmakers are on the verge of calling a special legislative session that could impeach and remove embattled GOP Gov. Mark Sanford by the end of the year, The Washington Times has learned.
Simple remedy: Sanford changes parties and becomes a Democrat.
He's then eligible to join the Democrat Wall of Fame with Bill Clinton, Teddy Kennedy, Barney Frank etc.
Nancy Pelosi is a liar. And not just the typical, sniveling, inside-the-Beltway-talking-head prevaricator, either.
Nancy Pelosi is a wide-eyed, stare-you-in-the-face, What-planet-are-you-from? liar.
Proof is provided in Thursday's Wall Street Journal. Rather than just regurgitating Democrat talking points - -Why is it I always have the feeling that Rahm Emmanuel is barking questions into Chris Matthews IFB? -- about recently released documents on the CIA's use of enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs), the WSJ actually read the reports.
Their conclusion?
Whoever advised people to be skeptical of what they read in the papers must have had in mind this week's coverage of the documents about CIA interrogations. Now that we've had a chance to read the reports, it's clear the real story isn't the few cases of abuse played up by the media.
The news is that the program was thoughtfully developed, carefully circumscribed, briefed to Congress, and yielded information crucial to disrupting al Qaeda.
NO WONDER McCLATCHY STOCK WAS UP! THEY SELL THEM TO THEIR CUBAN BROTHERS!
Cuban retirees resell news as toilet paper (UPI)
HAVANA, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A Cuban retiree says the country’s toilet paper shortage has created a lucrative business for seniors -- buying and reselling newspapers as an alternative.
The Havana retiree said he and other seniors line up before dawn to buy surplus newspapers from distribution points for factories and offices that have closed for economic reasons and shortages of electricity and raw materials, The Miami Herald reported Thursday.
One of his (Ted Kennedy) favorite topics of humor was Chappaquiddick" (The National Review)
Jules Crittenden mentioned on his blog he heard Ed Klein, former foreign editor of Newsweek and editor-in-chief of The New York Times Magazine, recalling on air that Ted Kennedy liked to joke about Chappaquiddick.
(A link to the audio in WMA format, relevant portion starts at about 30:15):
I don't know if you know this or not, but one of his favorite topics of humor was indeed Chappaquiddick itself.
And he would ask people, "have you heard any new jokes about Chappaquiddick?"
That is just the most amazing thing. It's not that he didn't feel remorse about the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, but that he still always saw the other side of everything and the ridiculous side of things, too.
The $10 trillion deficit disaster-America was out of money a long time ago (washingtontimes.com)
"At what point do we run out of money?" President Obama was asked in May. "Well, we are out of money now," he replied.
That was when he projected the deficit to be $7 trillion over the next 10 years. Now his administration admits the number likely will reach $9 trillion.
We sure are out of money -- and the true deficit number probably is at least another $1 trillion bigger.
Anon 4:56 through 5:47 a.m.: If you are going to wake up early every morning just to talk to yourself over and over and over, why not just do it in the mirror and help the universe preserve its valuable electrons?
Almost 600 crowd Wyden health-care reform meeting ("everyone will have to give up something") (Medford Mail Tribune)
Nearly 600 people came to Medford's Abraham Lincoln Elementary School today to hear Sen. Ron Wyden talk about health-care reform in a town-hall meeting.
Questions from the spirited crowd reflected the range of issues in the national debate about how to make health care affordable and available.
The Oregon Democrat said everyone will have to give up something in the effort, which he noted has been a work in progress since Harry Truman was president.
Fox News beats CNN and MSNBC with more limited Kennedy coverage (LA Times)
Fox News maintained its top ranking among the cable news channels Wednesday as its competitors turned most of their coverage over to the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy.
The event didn't prove to be a major draw for viewers, however. Fox, which covered the story in a more limited fashion, drew an average of 1.37 million viewers throughout the entire day and 2.67 million viewers during prime time, according to Nielsen Media Research.
CNN, which usually dominates during major breaking news events, averaged 711,000 viewers overall and 1.19 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC pulled in 506,000 viewers throughout the day and 984,000 in prime time.
In the key 25- to 54-year-old advertising demographic, Fox had double the audience of its competitors in prime time, averaging 736,000 viewers.
The American Medical Association is the latest group to blast a Republican National Committee mailing that suggested the Obama administration would "ration" health care to discriminate against Republicans based on voter registration records.
The AMA put out the following statement late Thursday [h/t Brian Beutler]:
"Patients should rest assured that the health care legislation under consideration in the House does not ration medical care or discriminate based on political affiliation. The fact is that the House bill will expand coverage and prohibit denials for coverage based on pre-existing medical conditions. The AMA is working for all Americans to have affordable, quality health coverage so they can get the care they need."
The assertion, which appeared in a questionnaire approved by RNC Chairman Michael Steele, is false.
But the RNC, so far, has only conceded that it was "inartfully worded."
Westchester (Journal-News, Weschster, NY) biz news staff gone (Talking Biz News)
The entire business news staff at The Journal News in Westchester County, New York, a Gannett newspaper, is gone this week in the round of 50 cutbacks at the paper.
These include business editor Mike Bieger and reporters Julie Moran Alterio, Jerry Gleeson and Jay Loomis. The former business editor, who was most recently data desk editor, Frank Brill, was also laid off. Brill is a former board member of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.
The move calls into question whether eliminating coverage of business news in the worst recession in two decades is a good idea.
There is no one left in a department that once had 14 people: a top editor, an assistant editor, three copy editors/page designers, eight reporters and one editorial assistant. Last December, business reporter David Schepp was also laid off. He covered workplace, business of health and Rockland County
This staff covered such locally based corporations as: PepsiCo, IBM, MasterCard, Reader’s Digest, MBIA, Dress Barn, Bunge, Jarden, Starwood Hotels & Resorts and many other smaller ones.
The staff also covered small business, the economy and consumer issues in an area with a population of 1.3 million people just north of the world financial center of New York City.
Star Tribune tries to cut octogenarian loose in bankruptcy (Minnpost.com)
The Star Tribune is using Chapter 11 to sever ties with 87-year-old Lou Gelfand, the paper’s long-time ombudsman who became a twice-monthly business ethics columnist after settling a 2005 age discrimination claim.
The Tuesday filing states Gelfand's contract runs through December 2010. The paper seeks to end the deal in September, 15 months early, as part of its financial reorganization. A compensation amount is not listed.
The Strib has not published Gelfand's column in print or online since January. The settlement's confidentiality clause puts a lid on details. However, Gelfand's attorney, Megan Brennan, says to her knowledge, her client still completes assignments.
A judge has not yet ruled on the Strib's request, which Gelfand can challenge. Brennan says her firm is “aware of the filing and we are reviewing it.”
WTF? AND THEY WONDER WHY NO ONE BUYS THEIR DRIVEL? "IT'S THAT DARN ECONOMY" MELANIE SILL
Why Michelle's Hair Matters (Time)
When the First Lady attended a country-music event in July without a single strand of hair falling below her jawline, the blogosphere exploded with outbursts ranging from adoration to vitriol.
Things settled down only when her deputy press secretary clarified that there had been no First Haircut. In the aftermath, a didactic post on
MichelleObamaWatch.com proclaimed that anyone "familiar with the amazing versatility of black hair" would have known that the new summer look was simply "pinned up."
Big Beck: Goes over 3 million viewers, Cable News Ratings for Wednesday, August 26, 2009 (TV by the Numbers)
Though a little scandal might alienate advertisers, it’s pure ratings gold. Last night Glenn Beck had over 3 million viewers at 5pm, second only to O’Reilly for the night.
But, Beck had more 25-54 viewers than O’Reilly (888K to 876K). I don’t watch or really even care about the cable news wars, but still…wow. Even though Beck airs before primetime, when there are fewer people watching TV, he had the most 25-54 viewers in the cable news world for the night.
New Republic Speculates Patrick Kennedy Could Grow Into Great Political Leader (NewsBusters)
When one first looks at this article in The New Republic speculating about if Ted Kennedy's son, Patrick Kennedy, could grow into a great political leader, you wouldn't be blamed for thinking it was a satirical story written by either Scott Ott or some other humor columnist.
However the name of the author is Jason Zengerle and he is being dead serious which actually makes it funnier than any intentionally satirical story could be. What makes Zengerle's article especially funny is that he provides absolutely no proof that Patrick Kennedy displays the slightest bit of political leadership.
In fact, Zengerle lays out reasons why Patrick Kennedy, who is in and out of rehab, has dismal political abilities but somehow concludes he could grow into greatness:
Of all the politicians I’ve encountered in the course of doing my job, there have been some that I’ve admired and some that I’ve loathed.
But there’s only one politician I’ve ever pitied, and that’s Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy.
Obama’s Justice Department doesn’t seem to have any problem clearing Obama supporters accused of wrongdoing.
First it was the Philadelphia poll watchers case, a case the Obama DOJ had already won but still dismissed.
Now the DOJ has reportedly killed a year-long criminal investigation into pay-for-play involving NM Governor Bill Richardson and a large Democratic donor:
“The decision not to pursue indictments was made by top Justice Department officials, according to a person familiar with the investigation, who asked not to be identified because federal officials had not disclosed results of the probe.
“It’s over. There’s nothing. It was killed in Washington,” the person told The Associated Press.”
Brothers and sisters rejoice, 5:51 has come to the well of truth. Pointing out his/her favorite passages is beyond our wildest ‘Hope’ of saving a lost liberal. ‘Change’ is in the air I tell you, our success lies in counting our converts one by one on this blog of truth. Now we need another cry for help today. I stand ready to welcome the lost souls.
Union Disappointment: A "No" on Card Checks (Kiplinger Business Resource Center)
Congress will likely deal unions a disappointment on labor law reform this year. Prospects are dimming for a vote in the Senate on legislation that would allow labor groups to organize via card signing campaign instead of a vote.
The House of Representatives has not yet approved the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) but is expected to do so this session. The holdup is in the Senate.
Although talks to craft a compromise, led by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), continue behind the scenes, more-urgent legislation is threatening to push consideration of any compromise into next year.
Health care reform is now expected to consume a good part of the fall, along with cap and trade legislation, financial services reform and spending bills. Progress is also hindered by the recent death of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and the continued absence of his pro-labor ally, Robert Byrd (D-WV), who is in ill health.
Advertisers 'Glenn Beck' Newspapers By Mithridate Ombud
While the media focuses on the tens of advertisers that left Glenn Beck, another segment of the public has spoken out of their wallet.
Newspapers, who have spoon fed the progressive movement to the United States for the last several decades will now have to do with $2.8 BILLION DOLLARS less than they took in at this time last year.
That's a quarterly result.
Newspapers will blame the Internet but if there were any value in the product advertisers would be there.
The people have spoken and if newspapers don't want to ask the hard questions we don't want the product. Online or off.
Isn’t it ironic that AG Holder let off his brotherly Black Panthers that terrorized voters by wielding a big stick at the polls, but it prosecuting CIA employees trying to gain information from terrorists trying to kill Americans? It would seem some terrorists are more equal than others. These inexplicable decisions are just the beginning of the worst days for the USA brought to us by an irrational AG taking his order from a socialist administration.
"Never let a good crises go to waste"..."never let a good death go to waste"... == Democrats accused of using Edward Kennedy’s death to promote reforms Within hours of Mr Kennedy’s death on Wednesday leading Democrats were trying to turn it into a rallying point for healthcare reform — something that he had called the “cause of my life” — and suggested that any legislation should carry his name. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
Toyota moving Tacoma production to San Antonio(from California) San Antonio Express News
FREMONT, Calif. — Toyota Motor Corp. officially confirmed Thursday that it will relocate production of the Tacoma pickup from a (unionized) plant in Northern California to its state-of-the-art (non-unionized) manufacturing facility in San Antonio by next summer.
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San Antonio and Bexar County officials estimate 100,000 Tacomas, about 50,000 less than NUMMI is capable of producing at peak capacity, will be pumped out annually following a $100 million retooling at Toyota's San Antonio campus.
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But in California, the move amounts to a supreme body blow to a state already reeling from financial and economic woes.
Thousands of production workers, each of whom earn about $65,000 annually at the West Coast's lone auto plant, stand to lose their jobs and a network of more than 1,100 California-based suppliers that employ tens of thousands of workers will be affected.
California officials estimate those suppliers employ about 18,800workers who add a total of $904 million annually to the state's payroll.
Employees at the California plant weren't notified until Thursday afternoon at a “state of the company” meeting.
Glenn Beck is a patriot, and the more the henchmen of Obama try to destroy him, the more we know he is onto the truth. Obama has surrounded himself with the scum of the earth in my opinion. What else would I expect from an ACORN agitator? Rather than advance their cause, the corrupt media and Democrats have dealt themselves a death blow with their thuggish tactics.
Crypt Atop Marilyn Monroe Still Available (LA Times)
Bids pour in, and out, for crypt above Marilyn Monroe’s A party from Japan withdraws a $4.6-million bid on EBay to take Richard Poncher’s spot at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park. Other top bidders have 24 hours to submit new offers.
Re: Toyota moving Tacoma production to San Antonio(from California) -- The really bad downside to that headline is that even more CA liberals will lose their jobs and migrate to other states, and infect them with the very same ridiculous regulations and taxes that has ruin CA. The liberals have ruined Oregon, Washington, Montana, Colorado, as these fools migrate out of CA because it is a lost cause, and begin the ruin of their adopted states. Napolitano just about ruined Arizona, but I see a new governor has cut taxes, and the state is showing business improvement already.
All the analysts warned GM about emphasizing GM branding before creating and marketing great products. Turns out Obama’s first big GM marketing push with eBay is an epic failure.
The pilot GM eBay program, currently being tested at 225 California dealerships, has not generated substantial sales to the disappointment of GM executives.
GM dealers have posted 16,000 new vehicle listings, but sold only 45 vehicles through the ‘click & drive’ promotion. And while the first four listings are free, eBay charges $20.00 per vehicle for an eBay motors insertion fee–or in GM’s case, $360,000.00–which does not include the successful listing fee changed after a complete transaction.
In any case, it is safe to say GM lost a lot of money with their test run in the auction space.
OOPS! CHARLIE FORGOT THIS $1M HOUSE REALTY BITES TAX-THEM-NOT-ME RANGEL (New York Post) [John Edwards was right, there are two Americas]
Rep. Charles Rangel failed to report as much as $1.3 million in outside income -- including up to $1 million for a Harlem building sale -- on financial-disclosure forms he filed between 2002 and 2006, according to newly amended records.
The documents also show the embattled chairman of the Ways and Means Committee -- who is being probed by the House Ethics Committee -- failed to reveal a staggering $3 million in various business transactions over the same period.
This week, Rangel filed drastically revised financial-disclosure forms reflecting new, higher amounts of outside income and numerous additional business deals that had not been reported when the reports were originally filed.
...Glenn Beck is a patriot, and the more the henchmen of Obama try to destroy him, the more we know he is onto the truth...
No, Glenn Beck has turned into a raving nutjob conspiracy theorist in an attempt to boost his ratings -- and he is succeeding, thanks to brain-dead zombies like you.
So new budget projections show a cumulative deficit of $9 trillion over the next decade. According to many commentators, that’s a terrifying number, requiring drastic action — in particular, of course, canceling efforts to boost the economy and calling off health care reform.
The truth is more complicated and less frightening. Right now deficits are actually helping the economy. In fact, deficits here and in other major economies saved the world from a much deeper slump. The longer-term outlook is worrying, but it’s not catastrophic.
The only real reason for concern is political. The United States can deal with its debts if politicians of both parties are, in the end, willing to show at least a bit of maturity. Need I say more?
Let’s start with the effects of this year’s deficit.
There are two main reasons for the surge in red ink. First, the recession has led both to a sharp drop in tax receipts and to increased spending on unemployment insurance and other safety-net programs. Second, there have been large outlays on financial rescues. These are counted as part of the deficit, although the government is acquiring assets in the process and will eventually get at least part of its money back.
What this tells us is that right now it’s good to run a deficit. Consider what would have happened if the U.S. government and its counterparts around the world had tried to balance their budgets as they did in the early 1930s. It’s a scary thought. If governments had raised taxes or slashed spending in the face of the slump, if they had refused to rescue distressed financial institutions, we could all too easily have seen a full replay of the Great Depression.
"No, Glenn Beck has turned into a raving nutjob conspiracy theorist in an attempt to boost his ratings -- and he is succeeding"
Actually, the American people who watch news are quite good at distinguishing nutjobs from legit news sources. That's why Olberman and MSNBC and CNN are all tanking. Also, it's worth noting that in spite of all the pejoratives aimed at Fox, Beck, O'Reilly, Hannity, etc...their ratings are SOARING!! So keep it up!
Re 2Q ad sales slump and alienation readers: Most of the people newspapers alienate by complete leftwing reporting are the people who actually subscribe to the rags! Leftys are too poor to afford a subscription. They can barely make it with nothing but welfare, disability and Medicaid checks and benefits. And too stupid to even want to read news. Conservatives and independents read, vote and buy newspapers.
All those so-called 'brain-dead zombies" who are pumping Glenn Beck's ratings to record levels, also vote. The Dem name-calling has been a bonanza for conservative cable TV shows and activism. Who is really "brain-dead"???
Fox News is the only outlet for the other side and the booming ratings are proof more people have moved center/right. MSNBC is like Obama - they can't admit they are wrong and are willing to file bankruptcy to prove it.
The Sac Bee opinion page had an editorial this morning blasting a far-left incompetent Congresswoman, Doris Matsui!!! She refused to have any face-to-face townhall meetings with her constituents. Maybe the Sac Bee is realizing they must have some balance on their opinion page? How refreshing that would be!
Dems have two tiers, the 1 percent rich/royalty like Pelosi and the 99percent dumb shits who are functionally illiterate and lifer Welfare recipients. ACORN and SEIU low-lifes are prime examples of the latter.
I can't understand why people are so shocked by Obooba's socialist actions. He was known as the most liberal Senator, and he had ‘Zero’ experience at anything. He lied about a lot of things, but then, liberals are liars. It is the Independent voters that are acting so surprised. They brag about not being aligned to either party, so look who they voted for, and what they got for their vote. Now they cry foul; they should have asked their questions before voting. The death panels are going to get them, if them if they don’t watch out. Such a harsh punishment for being an uninformed voter.
...All those so-called 'brain-dead zombies" who are pumping Glenn Beck's ratings to record levels, also vote. The Dem name-calling has been a bonanza for conservative cable TV shows and activism. Who is really "brain-dead"???...
Be careful. The black helicopters are coming to take you to one of those "concentration camps" that Obama has secretly established.
11:22 AM you are so right. Every time the liberals knock Fox News, their ratings go up, and Rush Limbaugh has more listeners than ever. Glenn Beck is enjoying the same ratings surge because Obama added him to his hit list. The Debt President is digging a deep hole for himself, and the Democrats up for election. Let Freedom Ring!
Prissy Mathews just felt another tingle. When he pronounced Barry the last Kennedy bro, a tingle went out his ass. We call that a fart, but to the court jester Mathews, emitting foul air from both ends at the same time, is a double orifice tingle.
...I heard there was a total of 57 secret camps, one per state...
Also, did you hear that Elvis is alive? I believe that, too. It must be true, because it is on the Internet, and the mainstream media is covering it up, just like they are covering up the secret concentration camps.
A nearly unbelievable fact, more people are reading Saul Alinsky’s ‘Rules for Radicals’ but not the leftist radicals you would think. People fed up with ACORN and Obama are reading R for R, and recognizing the unions and other thugs for who they really are, and what they are doing to the USA. The DNC made a big mistake calling regular taxpayers a mob. When the tables are turned on liberals, they get all “wee-weed up.” Bwhahahaha
Fox News is the only outlet for the other side and the booming ratings are proof more people have moved center/right. MSNBC is like Obama - they can't admit they are wrong and are willing to file bankruptcy to prove it.
They are not going to file bankruptcy. The government already owns a large chunk of their parent corporation GE and their CEO is now an Obama adviser.
"Also, did you hear that Elvis is alive? I believe that, too. It must be true, because it is on the Internet, and the mainstream media is covering it up, just like they are covering up the secret concentration camps."
Other than you...who has claimed there are secret concentration camps? Is this really the wittiest comeback you could think of?
...Other than you...who has claimed there are secret concentration camps?...
Well, Glenn Beck, for one. He reported it and said he couldn't debunk it. (Then why did he report it? To appeal to the lunatic fringe that makes up a good share of his audience?) But this fantasy dates back to the nut fringe during the Clinton administration.
You're a liar. Glen Beck; No FEMA is not running concentration camps.
Have you always been a habitual liar or did that happen after becoming a leftist tool? I always wonder if you tinkerbells wake up one day and say to yourself, self, today I am going to become a lying piece of shit.
"I always wonder if you tinkerbells wake up one day and say to yourself, self, today I am going to become a lying piece of shit."
The behavior of liberals is governed by their virulent hatred of anyone who disagrees with them. This allows them to justify lying, stealing, even violence, because they believe it serves the "greater good". How sad.
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Newspaper slump deepens as 2Q ad sales fall 29 pct (AP)
Newspapers' financial woes worsened in the second quarter as advertising sales shrank by 29 percent, leaving publishers with $2.8 billion less revenue than they had at the same time last year.
It's the deepest downturn yet during a three-year free fall in advertising revenue — newspapers' main source of income. The magnitude of the industry's advertising losses have intensified in each of the last 12 quarters.
The numbers released Thursday by the Newspaper Association of America weren't a shock, given the dramatic erosion mirrored the advertising losses that the largest U.S. newspaper publishers already had reported for the April-June period.
Still, the statistics served as a stark reminder of the crisis facing newspapers as they try to cope with a brutal recession and advertising trends that have shifted more marketing dollars to the Internet.
"This data represents a rearview-mirror perspective on what we all know was a terrible stretch of bad road," said John Sturm, chief executive for the newspaper association that serves as the industry's largest trade group.
The latest turbulence left U.S. newspapers with ad sales of $6.8 billion in this year's second quarter compared to $9.6 billion last year.
Through the first half of the year, newspaper ad revenue plunged 29 percent to $13.4 billion.
Some newspaper industry executives are hoping the slide bottomed out in the second quarter. That optimism is largely grounded in the belief that recession will end soon — if it hasn't already — and encourage advertisers to loosen their pursestrings, particularly toward the end of the year as they try to persuade consumers to spend more in the holiday shopping season.
They’re still sticking with “left wing all the time” - Not a good business plan to alienate 50% of your potential customer base -—I’m just sayin’
"When the economy begins its recovery, advertisers will return to spending, and newspapers will find themselves well positioned to harness the strength of their platforms to build a brighter future."
I doubt it. It will never be the same. Biased McClatchy reporting caused peoples' habits to change independent of the economy, and migrate to the internet.
“Newspapers cannot be defined by the second word -- paper. They’ve got to be defined by the first word -- news.”
New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberg, Jr.
“Newspapers cannot be defined by the second word -- paper. They’ve got to be defined by the first word -- news.”
New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberg, Jr.
Epic FAIL. Though he said news, he publishes left wing propaganda on bird cage liner
Printing The NYT Costs Twice As Much As Sending Every Subscriber A Free Kindle (businessinsider.com)
Not that it's anything we think the New York Times Company should do, but we thought it was worth pointing out that it costs the Times about twice as much money to print and deliver the newspaper over a year as it would cost to send each of its subscribers a brand new Amazon Kindle instead.
Hoover's pro-labor stance helped cause Great Depression, UCLA economist says(Remind you of anyone?)
Pro-labor policies pushed by President Herbert Hoover after the stock market crash of 1929 accounted for close to two-thirds of the drop in the nation's gross domestic product over the two years that followed, causing what might otherwise have been a bad recession to slip into the Great Depression, a UCLA economist concludes in a new study.
"These findings suggest that the recession was three times worse — at a minimum — than it would otherwise have been, because of Hoover," said Lee E. Ohanian, a UCLA professor of economics.
Key Democrat suggests party moderates 'brain dead' (Townhall.com)
A key House liberal suggested Thursday that party moderates who've pushed for changes in health care legislation are "brain dead" and out for insurance company campaign donations.
Moderate Blue Dog Democrats "just want to cause trouble," said Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., who heads the health subcommittee on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee.
"They're for the most part, I hate to say brain dead, but they're just looking to raise money from insurance companies and promote a right-wing agenda that is not really very useful in this whole process," Stark told reporters on a conference call.
Tacoma Production Moves To San Antonio Toyota Plant (WOAI Radio)
Toyota Motor Manufacturing of Texas announced Thursday night that Toyota is relocating its Tacoma mid sized pickup truck production from Fremont California to San Antonio, and is expected to make a $100 million investment in the plant on the city's south side, 1200 WOAI news reports.
"Here in Texas, the addition of the Tacoma to the Tundra production line will better utilize our plant's capacity and the 21 supplier facilities on our site," TMMTX President Kenji Fukuta said.
"This will require new jobs at our plant to handle the additional production, and on-site suppliers will also be adding new jobs, but it is too soon to give an estimate."
Who wants to keep a plant open in the most car-hostile state in the nation?
Few tickets sold for Clinton CNE speech (The Globe and Mail)
Ticket sales for Bill Clinton's speech Saturday at the CNE have been much slower than expected, forcing organizers to reconfigure the stadium layout and offer fairgoers $5 tickets at the door.
About 7,000 advance tickets are sold for the 4 p.m. event, a far cry from the 25,000 people expected when it was announced two weeks ago.
Move to impeach Sanford under way
(The Washington Times)
South Carolina Republican lawmakers are on the verge of calling a special legislative session that could impeach and remove embattled GOP Gov. Mark Sanford by the end of the year, The Washington Times has learned.
Simple remedy: Sanford changes parties and becomes a Democrat.
He's then eligible to join the Democrat Wall of Fame with Bill Clinton, Teddy Kennedy, Barney Frank etc.
Are Pelosi's lies impeachable?
(American Thinker)
Nancy Pelosi is a liar. And not just the typical, sniveling, inside-the-Beltway-talking-head prevaricator, either.
Nancy Pelosi is a wide-eyed, stare-you-in-the-face, What-planet-are-you-from? liar.
Proof is provided in Thursday's Wall Street Journal. Rather than just regurgitating Democrat talking points - -Why is it I always have the feeling that Rahm Emmanuel is barking questions into Chris Matthews IFB? -- about recently released documents on the CIA's use of enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs), the WSJ actually read the reports.
Their conclusion?
Whoever advised people to be skeptical of what they read in the papers must have had in mind this week's coverage of the documents about CIA interrogations. Now that we've had a chance to read the reports, it's clear the real story isn't the few cases of abuse played up by the media.
The news is that the program was thoughtfully developed, carefully circumscribed, briefed to Congress, and yielded information crucial to disrupting al Qaeda.
NO WONDER McCLATCHY STOCK WAS UP! THEY SELL THEM TO THEIR CUBAN BROTHERS!
Cuban retirees resell news as toilet paper (UPI)
HAVANA, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A Cuban retiree says the country’s toilet paper shortage has created a lucrative business for seniors -- buying and reselling newspapers as an alternative.
The Havana retiree said he and other seniors line up before dawn to buy surplus newspapers from distribution points for factories and offices that have closed for economic reasons and shortages of electricity and raw materials, The Miami Herald reported Thursday.
Cuba is so much more advanced than the U.S. Plus they have great health care too. How do I know? McClatchy told me!
Wow isn’t Communism great!
One of his (Ted Kennedy)
favorite topics of humor was Chappaquiddick" (The National Review)
Jules Crittenden mentioned on his blog he heard Ed Klein, former foreign editor of Newsweek and editor-in-chief of The New York Times Magazine, recalling on air that Ted Kennedy liked to joke about Chappaquiddick.
(A link to the audio in WMA format, relevant portion starts at about 30:15):
I don't know if you know this or not, but one of his favorite topics of humor was indeed Chappaquiddick itself.
And he would ask people, "have you heard any new jokes about Chappaquiddick?"
That is just the most amazing thing. It's not that he didn't feel remorse about the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, but that he still always saw the other side of everything and the ridiculous side of things, too.
The dems are right about one thing. DeathCare should be named after teddy!
The $10 trillion deficit disaster-America was out of money a long time ago (washingtontimes.com)
"At what point do we run out of money?" President Obama was asked in May. "Well, we are out of money now," he replied.
That was when he projected the deficit to be $7 trillion over the next 10 years. Now his administration admits the number likely will reach $9 trillion.
We sure are out of money -- and the true deficit number probably is at least another $1 trillion bigger.
Anon 4:56 through 5:47 a.m.:
If you are going to wake up early every morning just to talk to yourself over and over and over, why not just do it in the mirror and help the universe preserve its valuable electrons?
Almost 600 crowd Wyden health-care reform meeting ("everyone will have to give up something")
(Medford Mail Tribune)
Nearly 600 people came to Medford's Abraham Lincoln Elementary School today to hear Sen. Ron Wyden talk about health-care reform in a town-hall meeting.
Questions from the spirited crowd reflected the range of issues in the national debate about how to make health care affordable and available.
The Oregon Democrat said everyone will have to give up something in the effort, which he noted has been a work in progress since Harry Truman was president.
Fox News beats CNN and MSNBC with more limited Kennedy coverage
(LA Times)
Fox News maintained its top ranking among the cable news channels Wednesday as its competitors turned most of their coverage over to the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy.
The event didn't prove to be a major draw for viewers, however. Fox, which covered the story in a more limited fashion, drew an average of 1.37 million viewers throughout the entire day and 2.67 million viewers during prime time, according to Nielsen Media Research.
CNN, which usually dominates during major breaking news events, averaged 711,000 viewers overall and 1.19 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC pulled in 506,000 viewers throughout the day and 984,000 in prime time.
In the key 25- to 54-year-old advertising demographic, Fox had double the audience of its competitors in prime time, averaging 736,000 viewers.
CNN and MSNBC are dead, just like Teddy Kennedy. They just don’t know it yet. The people of America have tired of watching these drunken fools.
AMA blasts RNC's health claim
The American Medical Association is the latest group to blast a Republican National Committee mailing that suggested the Obama administration would "ration" health care to discriminate against Republicans based on voter registration records.
The AMA put out the following statement late Thursday [h/t Brian Beutler]:
"Patients should rest assured that the health care legislation under consideration in the House does not ration medical care or discriminate based on political affiliation. The fact is that the House bill will expand coverage and prohibit denials for coverage based on pre-existing medical conditions. The AMA is working for all Americans to have affordable, quality health coverage so they can get the care they need."
The assertion, which appeared in a questionnaire approved by RNC Chairman Michael Steele, is false.
But the RNC, so far, has only conceded that it was "inartfully worded."
Westchester (Journal-News, Weschster, NY) biz news staff gone (Talking Biz News)
The entire business news staff at The Journal News in Westchester County, New York, a Gannett newspaper, is gone this week in the round of 50 cutbacks at the paper.
These include business editor Mike Bieger and reporters Julie Moran Alterio, Jerry Gleeson and Jay Loomis. The former business editor, who was most recently data desk editor, Frank Brill, was also laid off. Brill is a former board member of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.
The move calls into question whether eliminating coverage of business news in the worst recession in two decades is a good idea.
There is no one left in a department that once had 14 people: a top editor, an assistant editor, three copy editors/page designers, eight reporters and one editorial assistant. Last December, business reporter David Schepp was also laid off. He covered workplace, business of health and Rockland County
This staff covered such locally based corporations as: PepsiCo, IBM, MasterCard, Reader’s Digest, MBIA, Dress Barn, Bunge, Jarden, Starwood Hotels & Resorts and many other smaller ones.
The staff also covered small business, the economy and consumer issues in an area with a population of 1.3 million people just north of the world financial center of New York City.
I wonder if Gannett employees are making the connection yet?
Star Tribune tries to cut octogenarian loose in bankruptcy
(Minnpost.com)
The Star Tribune is using Chapter 11 to sever ties with 87-year-old Lou Gelfand, the paper’s long-time ombudsman who became a twice-monthly business ethics columnist after settling a 2005 age discrimination claim.
The Tuesday filing states Gelfand's contract runs through December 2010. The paper seeks to end the deal in September, 15 months early, as part of its financial reorganization. A compensation amount is not listed.
The Strib has not published Gelfand's column in print or online since January. The settlement's confidentiality clause puts a lid on details. However, Gelfand's attorney, Megan Brennan, says to her knowledge, her client still completes assignments.
A judge has not yet ruled on the Strib's request, which Gelfand can challenge. Brennan says her firm is “aware of the filing and we are reviewing it.”
WTF? AND THEY WONDER WHY NO ONE BUYS THEIR DRIVEL? "IT'S THAT DARN ECONOMY" MELANIE SILL
Why Michelle's Hair Matters
(Time)
When the First Lady attended a country-music event in July without a single strand of hair falling below her jawline, the blogosphere exploded with outbursts ranging from adoration to vitriol.
Things settled down only when her deputy press secretary clarified that there had been no First Haircut. In the aftermath, a didactic post on
MichelleObamaWatch.com proclaimed that anyone "familiar with the amazing versatility of black hair" would have known that the new summer look was simply "pinned up."
Big Beck: Goes over 3 million viewers, Cable News Ratings for Wednesday, August 26, 2009
(TV by the Numbers)
Though a little scandal might alienate advertisers, it’s pure ratings gold. Last night Glenn Beck had over 3 million viewers at 5pm, second only to O’Reilly for the night.
But, Beck had more 25-54 viewers than O’Reilly (888K to 876K). I don’t watch or really even care about the cable news wars, but still…wow. Even though Beck airs before primetime, when there are fewer people watching TV, he had the most 25-54 viewers in the cable news world for the night.
New Republic Speculates Patrick Kennedy Could Grow Into Great Political Leader (NewsBusters)
When one first looks at this article in The New Republic speculating about if Ted Kennedy's son, Patrick Kennedy, could grow into a great political leader, you wouldn't be blamed for thinking it was a satirical story written by either Scott Ott or some other humor columnist.
However the name of the author is Jason Zengerle and he is being dead serious which actually makes it funnier than any intentionally satirical story could be. What makes Zengerle's article especially funny is that he provides absolutely no proof that Patrick Kennedy displays the slightest bit of political leadership.
In fact, Zengerle lays out reasons why Patrick Kennedy, who is in and out of rehab, has dismal political abilities but somehow concludes he could grow into greatness:
Of all the politicians I’ve encountered in the course of doing my job, there have been some that I’ve admired and some that I’ve loathed.
But there’s only one politician I’ve ever pitied, and that’s Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy.
Politics at the DOJ PATTERICO
Obama’s Justice Department doesn’t seem to have any problem clearing Obama supporters accused of wrongdoing.
First it was the Philadelphia poll watchers case, a case the Obama DOJ had already won but still dismissed.
Now the DOJ has reportedly killed a year-long criminal investigation into pay-for-play involving NM Governor Bill Richardson and a large Democratic donor:
“The decision not to pursue indictments was made by top Justice Department officials, according to a person familiar with the investigation, who asked not to be identified because federal officials had not disclosed results of the probe.
“It’s over. There’s nothing. It was killed in Washington,” the person told The Associated Press.”
Nothing to see here. Move along.
Brothers and sisters rejoice, 5:51 has come to the well of truth. Pointing out his/her favorite passages is beyond our wildest ‘Hope’ of saving a lost liberal. ‘Change’ is in the air I tell you, our success lies in counting our converts one by one on this blog of truth. Now we need another cry for help today. I stand ready to welcome the lost souls.
"The Union Thug Kneecapping Act of 2009"
Union Disappointment: A "No" on Card Checks (Kiplinger Business Resource Center)
Congress will likely deal unions a disappointment on labor law reform this year. Prospects are dimming for a vote in the Senate on legislation that would allow labor groups to organize via card signing campaign instead of a vote.
The House of Representatives has not yet approved the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) but is expected to do so this session. The holdup is in the Senate.
Although talks to craft a compromise, led by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), continue behind the scenes, more-urgent legislation is threatening to push consideration of any compromise into next year.
Health care reform is now expected to consume a good part of the fall, along with cap and trade legislation, financial services reform and spending bills. Progress is also hindered by the recent death of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) and the continued absence of his pro-labor ally, Robert Byrd (D-WV), who is in ill health.
Advertisers 'Glenn Beck' Newspapers
By Mithridate Ombud
While the media focuses on the tens of advertisers that left Glenn Beck, another segment of the public has spoken out of their wallet.
Newspapers, who have spoon fed the progressive movement to the United States for the last several decades will now have to do with $2.8 BILLION DOLLARS less than they took in at this time last year.
That's a quarterly result.
Newspapers will blame the Internet but if there were any value in the product advertisers would be there.
The people have spoken and if newspapers don't want to ask the hard questions we don't want the product. Online or off.
Isn’t it ironic that AG Holder let off his brotherly Black Panthers that terrorized voters by wielding a big stick at the polls, but it prosecuting CIA employees trying to gain information from terrorists trying to kill Americans? It would seem some terrorists are more equal than others. These inexplicable decisions are just the beginning of the worst days for the USA brought to us by an irrational AG taking his order from a socialist administration.
"Never let a good crises go to waste"..."never let a good death go to waste"...
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Democrats accused of using Edward Kennedy’s death to promote reforms
Within hours of Mr Kennedy’s death on Wednesday leading Democrats were trying to turn it into a rallying point for healthcare reform — something that he had called the “cause of my life” — and suggested that any legislation should carry his name.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
Toyota moving Tacoma production to San Antonio(from California)
San Antonio Express News
FREMONT, Calif. — Toyota Motor Corp. officially confirmed Thursday that it will relocate production of the Tacoma pickup from a (unionized) plant in Northern California to its state-of-the-art (non-unionized) manufacturing facility in San Antonio by next summer.
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San Antonio and Bexar County officials estimate 100,000 Tacomas, about 50,000 less than NUMMI is capable of producing at peak capacity, will be pumped out annually following a $100 million retooling at Toyota's San Antonio campus.
snip
But in California, the move amounts to a supreme body blow to a state already reeling from financial and economic woes.
Thousands of production workers, each of whom earn about $65,000 annually at the West Coast's lone auto plant, stand to lose their jobs and a network of more than 1,100 California-based suppliers that employ tens of thousands of workers will be affected.
California officials estimate those suppliers employ about 18,800workers who add a total of $904 million annually to the state's payroll.
Employees at the California plant weren't notified until Thursday afternoon at a “state of the company” meeting.
Glenn Beck is a patriot, and the more the henchmen of Obama try to destroy him, the more we know he is onto the truth. Obama has surrounded himself with the scum of the earth in my opinion. What else would I expect from an ACORN agitator? Rather than advance their cause, the corrupt media and Democrats have dealt themselves a death blow with their thuggish tactics.
TEDDY MIGHT FEEL RIGHT AT HOME IN LA?
Crypt Atop Marilyn Monroe Still Available (LA Times)
Bids pour in, and out, for crypt above Marilyn Monroe’s
A party from Japan withdraws a $4.6-million bid on EBay to take Richard Poncher’s spot at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park. Other top bidders have 24 hours to submit new offers.
This story is now a couple of days old. But for several reasons it still seems timely.
Especially the part about the current occupant being entombed face down.
Re: Toyota moving Tacoma production to San Antonio(from California)
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The really bad downside to that headline is that even more CA liberals will lose their jobs and migrate to other states, and infect them with the very same ridiculous regulations and taxes that has ruin CA. The liberals have ruined Oregon, Washington, Montana, Colorado, as these fools migrate out of CA because it is a lost cause, and begin the ruin of their adopted states. Napolitano just about ruined Arizona, but I see a new governor has cut taxes, and the state is showing business improvement already.
GM’s Epic Fail on eBay
(Car Dealer Reviews)
All the analysts warned GM about emphasizing GM branding before creating and marketing great products. Turns out Obama’s first big GM marketing push with eBay is an epic failure.
The pilot GM eBay program, currently being tested at 225 California dealerships, has not generated substantial sales to the disappointment of GM executives.
GM dealers have posted 16,000 new vehicle listings, but sold only 45 vehicles through the ‘click & drive’ promotion. And while the first four listings are free, eBay charges $20.00 per vehicle for an eBay motors insertion fee–or in GM’s case, $360,000.00–which does not include the successful listing fee changed after a complete transaction.
In any case, it is safe to say GM lost a lot of money with their test run in the auction space.
OOPS! CHARLIE FORGOT THIS $1M HOUSE REALTY BITES TAX-THEM-NOT-ME RANGEL (New York Post) [John Edwards was right, there are two Americas]
Rep. Charles Rangel failed to report as much as $1.3 million in outside income -- including up to $1 million for a Harlem building sale -- on financial-disclosure forms he filed between 2002 and 2006, according to newly amended records.
The documents also show the embattled chairman of the Ways and Means Committee -- who is being probed by the House Ethics Committee -- failed to reveal a staggering $3 million in various business transactions over the same period.
This week, Rangel filed drastically revised financial-disclosure forms reflecting new, higher amounts of outside income and numerous additional business deals that had not been reported when the reports were originally filed.
...Glenn Beck is a patriot, and the more the henchmen of Obama try to destroy him, the more we know he is onto the truth...
No, Glenn Beck has turned into a raving nutjob conspiracy theorist in an attempt to boost his ratings -- and he is succeeding, thanks to brain-dead zombies like you.
Till Debt Does Its Part
So new budget projections show a cumulative deficit of $9 trillion over the next decade. According to many commentators, that’s a terrifying number, requiring drastic action — in particular, of course, canceling efforts to boost the economy and calling off health care reform.
The truth is more complicated and less frightening. Right now deficits are actually helping the economy. In fact, deficits here and in other major economies saved the world from a much deeper slump. The longer-term outlook is worrying, but it’s not catastrophic.
The only real reason for concern is political. The United States can deal with its debts if politicians of both parties are, in the end, willing to show at least a bit of maturity. Need I say more?
Let’s start with the effects of this year’s deficit.
There are two main reasons for the surge in red ink. First, the recession has led both to a sharp drop in tax receipts and to increased spending on unemployment insurance and other safety-net programs. Second, there have been large outlays on financial rescues. These are counted as part of the deficit, although the government is acquiring assets in the process and will eventually get at least part of its money back.
What this tells us is that right now it’s good to run a deficit. Consider what would have happened if the U.S. government and its counterparts around the world had tried to balance their budgets as they did in the early 1930s. It’s a scary thought. If governments had raised taxes or slashed spending in the face of the slump, if they had refused to rescue distressed financial institutions, we could all too easily have seen a full replay of the Great Depression.
http://www.nytimes.com/
2009/08/28/opinion/
28krugman.html?_r=1
Is Krugamn advising the New York Times?
Paris Hilton has more credibility than this happy fool.
Let's see. $9T divided by 75,000,000 families is $120,000 per family.
That wipes out all the money most people have saved in their lives.
They get NOTHING in return. All alright by Krugman
"No, Glenn Beck has turned into a raving nutjob conspiracy theorist in an attempt to boost his ratings -- and he is succeeding"
Actually, the American people who watch news are quite good at distinguishing nutjobs from legit news sources.
That's why Olberman and MSNBC and CNN are all tanking.
Also, it's worth noting that in spite of all the pejoratives aimed at Fox, Beck, O'Reilly, Hannity, etc...their ratings are SOARING!!
So keep it up!
Re 2Q ad sales slump and alienation readers: Most of the people newspapers alienate by complete leftwing reporting are the people who actually subscribe to the rags! Leftys are too poor to afford a subscription. They can barely make it with nothing but welfare, disability and Medicaid checks and benefits. And too stupid to even want to read news. Conservatives and independents read, vote and buy newspapers.
All those so-called 'brain-dead zombies" who are pumping Glenn Beck's ratings to record levels, also vote. The Dem name-calling has been a bonanza for conservative cable TV shows and activism. Who is really "brain-dead"???
Fox News is the only outlet for the other side and the booming ratings are proof more people have moved center/right. MSNBC is like Obama - they can't admit they are wrong and are willing to file bankruptcy to prove it.
The Sac Bee opinion page had an editorial this morning blasting a far-left incompetent Congresswoman, Doris Matsui!!! She refused to have any face-to-face townhall meetings with her constituents. Maybe the Sac Bee is realizing they must have some balance on their opinion page? How refreshing that would be!
Dems have two tiers, the 1 percent rich/royalty like Pelosi and the 99percent dumb shits who are functionally illiterate and lifer Welfare recipients. ACORN and SEIU low-lifes are prime examples of the latter.
Is Teddy still dead??
(Note to cemetary....dig a little deeper...uh huh.)
I can't understand why people are so shocked by Obooba's socialist actions. He was known as the most liberal Senator, and he had ‘Zero’ experience at anything. He lied about a lot of things, but then, liberals are liars. It is the Independent voters that are acting so surprised. They brag about not being aligned to either party, so look who they voted for, and what they got for their vote. Now they cry foul; they should have asked their questions before voting. The death panels are going to get them, if them if they don’t watch out. Such a harsh punishment for being an uninformed voter.
...All those so-called 'brain-dead zombies" who are pumping Glenn Beck's ratings to record levels, also vote. The Dem name-calling has been a bonanza for conservative cable TV shows and activism. Who is really "brain-dead"???...
Be careful. The black helicopters are coming to take you to one of those "concentration camps"
that Obama has secretly established.
11:22 AM you are so right. Every time the liberals knock Fox News, their ratings go up, and Rush Limbaugh has more listeners than ever. Glenn Beck is enjoying the same ratings surge because Obama added him to his hit list. The Debt President is digging a deep hole for himself, and the Democrats up for election.
Let Freedom Ring!
"The black helicopters are coming to take you to one of those "concentration camps"
that Obama has secretly established."
I heard there was a total of 57 secret camps, one per state.
Re: “Paris Hilton has more credibility than this happy fool.” [Krud Krugman]
Hilton’s dog she carries in her purse has more credibility than Paul Krugman.
“I heard there was a total of 57 secret camps, one per state.”
That sounds fishy to me, now that the White House has closed the hammer & sickle page, what are we to do, report to Gibbels?
Prissy Mathews just felt another tingle. When he pronounced Barry the last Kennedy bro, a tingle went out his ass. We call that a fart, but to the court jester Mathews, emitting foul air from both ends at the same time, is a double orifice tingle.
...I heard there was a total of 57 secret camps, one per state...
Also, did you hear that Elvis is alive? I believe that, too. It must be true, because it is on the Internet, and the mainstream media is covering it up, just like they are covering up the secret concentration camps.
A nearly unbelievable fact, more people are reading Saul Alinsky’s ‘Rules for Radicals’ but not the leftist radicals you would think. People fed up with ACORN and Obama are reading R for R, and recognizing the unions and other thugs for who they really are, and what they are doing to the USA. The DNC made a big mistake calling regular taxpayers a mob. When the tables are turned on liberals, they get all “wee-weed up.”
Bwhahahaha
“Michelle Obama Used Lines From Saul Alinsky's Book, 'Rules for Radicals' In her speeches,” and who would that surprise?
Fox News is the only outlet for the other side and the booming ratings are proof more people have moved center/right. MSNBC is like Obama - they can't admit they are wrong and are willing to file bankruptcy to prove it.
They are not going to file bankruptcy. The government already owns a large chunk of their parent corporation GE and their CEO is now an Obama adviser.
"Also, did you hear that Elvis is alive? I believe that, too. It must be true, because it is on the Internet, and the mainstream media is covering it up, just like they are covering up the secret concentration camps."
Other than you...who has claimed there are secret concentration camps?
Is this really the wittiest comeback you could think of?
...Other than you...who has claimed there are secret concentration camps?...
Well, Glenn Beck, for one. He reported it and said he couldn't debunk it. (Then why did he report it? To appeal to the lunatic fringe that makes up a good share of his audience?) But this fantasy dates back to the nut fringe during the Clinton administration.
Well, Glenn Beck, for one.
You're a liar. Glen Beck; No FEMA is not running concentration camps.
Have you always been a habitual liar or did that happen after becoming a leftist tool? I always wonder if you tinkerbells wake up one day and say to yourself, self, today I am going to become a lying piece of shit.
"Well, Glenn Beck, for one."
LOL Please post a clip of Beck making this statement, or be honest enough to admit you can't.
Thank you.
"I always wonder if you tinkerbells wake up one day and say to yourself, self, today I am going to become a lying piece of shit."
The behavior of liberals is governed by their virulent hatred of anyone who disagrees with them.
This allows them to justify lying, stealing, even violence, because they believe it serves the "greater good".
How sad.
...Please post a clip of Beck making this statement, or be honest enough to admit you can't...
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=1TwZC-iA_jc
7:49 PM
And now we know that you are a lying leftist piece of shit. Got any hot ones about Sarah Palin ass wipe?
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/23671/
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