Lunch Break

Race of Cowards: Cinie on race.


Collapse: I rail on Obama a lot. But I wonder if anyone knows what the hell they're doing or what the hell is happening. Iceland and Ireland are basketcases. Eastern Europe's economic disintegration sets off the latest wave of panic. How did this happen?


Police State: Cops arrest man for having an anti-Obama bumper sticker.


New Rape Law: Italy's government has rushed through a decree to crack down on sexual violence and illegal immigration

Hope? Nope.: With just a month elapsed in the Obama administration, investors are indicating that they're not happy with the raft of bailout plans put forth.

Music: From the 90s. I rag on Rap - not because it never contributed to the Pop library - it did. But because it has long since worn itself out and is now mostly just lazy whining and a crappy substitute for actually composing a song. But earlier there was moving, yes moving, rap recordings. Coolio: I'll C U When U Get There -incorporating Pachelbel's Canon in D major.

Salivating for Obama

I keep asking why the media is so intent on covering for Obama. Obviously it is not for lack of information. Negative information about BHO is everywhere. Footage of BHO campaigning for Odinga played as much as the Clinton Bosnia footage makes sense. It brings to the fore real questions of judgement. Much more so than Clinton's Bosnia comment. A realistic investigation and timeline of the Obama/Ayres relationships would also seem in order. Neither of these examples need be unfair. Just truthful. It would not take much for the main stream press to look into these items. And yet, only individuals and to a degree Fox has done any homework on Obama.

The evidence that the MSM has now completely lurched into a propaganda machine is proven by 3 cases. John Edwards known affair was kept quiet until the primaries were over. This bizarre omission is telling. What was the purpose? The media loves an affair. (One could argue that the Clinton/Monica "crisis" was overblown to keep him in check.)
Secondly, Obama has lied repeatedly on the stump...Selma, and Ayres comes to mind. Yet, Clinton's "Bosnia" moment was beaten into the ground. Obama's lies? Not covered.
Scores of reporters where sent to Alaska after Palin was chosen - almost none have been sent to Chicago. Why?

The media is molding our perceptions of Obama - but to what end? Is it simply a blind spot? I doubt it.

Is it true adulation of the man? Some clearly is.

The best answer I can come up with is that the media wants a President it can control and then destroy. Crazy conspiracy theory? Maybe. But the bias is overwhelming. Anyone not a Obamabot can see this. If someone has a better idea I'd like to hear it.

The installation of Obama is moving along. The media malfeasance is making this process much easier for him. I don't fear creeping socialism much. It's been creeping along in the U.S. for a long while. Nor do I fear Obama being a corrupt Wall Street stooge. If this is the case we'll just have more of the same. What I do fear is a man with so many secrets having to serve many masters. Who will be in charge? Soros? Ayres? MSNBC? The Prime Minster of Kenya?

CONTROL is the only logical reason that I can see for the MSM to be continuing its glowing coverage of Obama. Even if just the ACORN story breaks wide after Obama's election - he is delegitimized. A pardon of Rezko has the same effect. It appears Seymour Hersh was a confirmation source for the "Whitey tape" at the very least being known to exist. Hersh is not exactly a right wing kook. yet - no MSM outlet has looked into it. That tape - shown on 1/21/09 would enrage the electorate and hobble a President Obama.

So why is the media salivating for an Obama Administration?

A gutter lack of integrity

A reader sent my this tidbit from Down Under: Bill Clinton likes Palin's instincts. The President was referring to her political instincts noting that she was an effective politician and should not be underestimated. He spoke about the sitting, elected, Governor of Alaska with respect - which is ,not doubt, why he is so hated by PODS. Being adult is so difficult for them.

An odd dynamic is at play in my attitude toward Palin. The more I find out about her politics, the less I like her politics. The more I find out about her, the more I like her. I've said this a few times this week and one would have thought I said "I enjoy eating the livers of orphans." It seems unremarkable to me that one can appreciate or like someone that one does not agree with. But on the Obama Left this yet another impossible thought problem to solve. On most social issues I agree with Harry Reid - in action I find him to be a cowardly hack - and this leads me to dislike him. Both Pelosi and Reid were elevated in 2006 with a mandate to confront Bush and deal with the war. Both flinched. After running for Governor on a platform that included a repeal of same sex benefits - Palin, once elected, was told a ban was unconstitutional - whether she liked it or not. She governed from the middle and vetoed the bill. In other words, her overarching conservatism trumped whatever her personal belief may have been. That trait is admirable in an executive. For the record: It mirrors what Howard Dean did in Vermont with civil unions. The courts told him a ban would violate the law - and he went with legalizing civil unions.

I know it seems arcane at Brentwood cocktail parties and college drum circles to judge a person by their ACTIONS - not by their website - but I will persist in this little piece of nostalgia. I won't "hate" Palin until I see reason to "hate" her. As I've said, and now Clinton has said, Palin running for VP is a fascinating turn of events and she is a force to be reckoned with.

Obama is not trustworthy. The evidence is in and is overwhelming. What Obama says and what Obama does are at odds on nearly every major issue. From Iraq, to Nafta, to Public Financing, to FISA he has demonstrated an utter lack of integrity.

Maybe I should say a gutter lack of integrity.

Lunch Break! Democrats on McCain.

1st - featured anti-Obama blog of the day: Democrats Against Obama.

Thanks to L.R. regular Scott for this youtube.
Money Quote:
Hillary: John McCain has a lifetime of experience...Senator Obama has a speech he made in 2002.
With BHO's ascendancy the destruction of any remaining meritocracy in America is now complete. Screw merit and experience! WE want a SHOW! We want someone who will make us feel good!