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Big Journalism : Romney Camp Blames Blunt Amendment Answer On 'Confusing' Question *UPDATED: Statement Released

Thu, 1 Mar 2012 01:00:41 +0000

Heath's question also illustrates your column from yesterday on media narratives. "He’s brought contraception into this campaign." No he hasn't. The Obama administration has, through George Stephanopoulos. "It deals with banning or allowing employers to ban providing female contraception." Banning .... "ban" ... hmmm. Where have I heard it referred to that way before? Oh yeah. In that weird question Georgey asked. Oh, and it seems Romney is aware of the situation as well. http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/22/does-romney-bel... So yeah, Romney's answer is a bit perplexing. I could see Romney being confused (not that I'm a fan) because the question was phrased as a "ban" rather than the freedom of employers to follow their consciences. On the other hand, since he said he believes this narrative is being staged by a cooperative media.... a bit inconsistent, eh?

Big Government : Is UMSL Attempting to Intimidate Student Whistleblower?

Tue, 24 May 2011 02:18:43 +0000

Wonder how much money we could collect to get him into Hillsdale :-)

Big Journalism : Ad Hominem Alert: "Jew People Cookies"

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:44:56 +0000

Dana. Isn't it interesting, and useful, that Alinsky's rules work on the Alinskyites quite well, too. As long as we're honest, I don't mind turning their own cannon on them. #4 Make them live up to their own book of rules. Good job!

Big Journalism : Ad Hominem Alert: "Jew People Cookies"

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 18:43:06 +0000

@jgibson ... get a dictionary. Look up ad hominem. Come back to this article, and show us all how it applies. We'll wait.

Big Journalism : BREAKING: Conservative Once Criticized Media Outlet; RELATED - Cards Fan: "I Hate the Cubs"

Sat, 19 Feb 2011 01:53:27 +0000

Incidentally, Dana has become a great spokeswoman for us, and has developed a lot of poise and polish. She will represent our general point of view well.

Big Journalism : BREAKING: Conservative Once Criticized Media Outlet; RELATED - Cards Fan: "I Hate the Cubs"

Sat, 19 Feb 2011 01:45:48 +0000

You're absolutely right, Dana. Preaching to the choir can't change any minds, and minds need to be changed.

Big Journalism : Leftists Go Texas-Cheerleader-Mom on Bristol Palin in DWTS

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 14:04:59 +0000

What this really boils down to is the "religious right" they keep bringing up. They label conservatism thus to marginalize it. But I'd be willing to bet that those voting for Miss Palin here are no more religious than a random cross-section of America. To the fire-breathing left, anything resembling organized religion is a bad thing except where it can be exploited in community organizing groups (especially if it's Christian flavored). To them, it represents backward, ignorant, knuckle-dragging. And the reason is it gets in the way of lefties forcing their progressive religion down everybody's throats. The Palins have values that they, like the rest of us, don't always succeed in living up to, but they have them and they think them important. To the left, this represents unprincipled, blind adherence to cold dogma that was pulled out of thin air to oppress. It's quite a cynical view of the world. There is no room in their worldview for the possibility that one can hold well-thought-out, principled positions counter to their own. So they can't stand the thought of someone who holds those principles being in charge of things, or even simply being accepted ... or worse, popular.

Big Journalism : Media Canonizes Paid Soros Activist Who Started Violence at Rand Paul Debate

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 21:18:49 +0000

Tea Partiers and Tea Party supporters ... do not, EVER be goaded in to this crap by their provocateurs. They got what they wanted - a video to put on TV and make the rounds on the net. This can only hurt our cause. They know it. We need to know it, too. Dana is right. Let 'em scream and hold their stupid signs. They only look like idiots in the end if everyone around them just looks at them funny.

Big Government : Astroturf? Thousands Given Free Bus Rides by Unions & NAACP to One Nation Rally

Mon, 4 Oct 2010 14:00:27 +0000

Well, it's their approach to government, too. Publicly fund activities deemed "good" (by them). Make it so the recipient has no stake in it at all, except what immediate gratification is in it for them.

NewsReal Blog : Glenn Beck to Tea Party: Time to Tone Down the Theatrics

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:05:34 +0000

Glenn Beck has evolved into quite the Liberterian, and he does understand the line between Church and State better, I think, than even perhaps a lot of his listeners do, and he talks about it. In other words, he is harnessing the religious right while teaching them about our founding principles. He's telling them why their values matter, and where and how it is appropriate to apply them in matters of public policy within the limits of our Constitution. Frankly, I'd like to dress up in Revolutionary War Period garb at these things ... I think it would be fun. But I do see what he's getting at. Don't be afraid of Christians. I think they're the most tolerant bunch, as a group, on Earth -- indeed, they largely wrote the Constitution to begin with.

NewsReal Blog : Glenn Beck to Tea Party: Time to Tone Down the Theatrics

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:05:14 +0000

What he's getting at is culture. He is playing the long game. The Left have succeeded thus far by slowly rotting the moral fiber of the country away from responsibility to one's self and family to this idea of "the collective". Like it or not, America's moral fiber largely came from western Christian culture -- which has shaped the ideas of even those in Western culture that are not that religious, and even most western atheists. The culture is bigger than its religious underpinnings, but they are interwoven at the base level, and for all the talk of "diversity", cultural cohesiveness is important to national unity. As long as we have a good chunk of the electorate that buys into the new collectivist morality over personal responsibility ... something Christianity teaches (YOU are responsible for YOUR soul) ... we may elect a more conservative bunch this election and maybe the next one but pretty soon we're right back where we started. (continued)

NewsReal Blog : Glenn Beck to Tea Party: Time to Tone Down the Theatrics

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:04:29 +0000

Got your update through TIA Daily. I know what you're saying, but what Glenn is saying is "don't make it any easier for them" -- and also, when the general public goes to check out something someone supposedly said, it can be exposed as a lie. In other words, it forces discussion back toward the issues rather than your wardrobe or your supposedly "inflammatory" sign. He's right about this, and I think 8.28 proved it. The press had a lot of trouble coming up with anything glaring that would stick, so they didn't write much about it and when they did they came off as confused. Also, be careful of misunderstanding where Beck is going with this. Yes, he appears to be a strongly religious man, and the majority of his listeners at least profess to be Christian. But the man does go out of his way to open his tent revivals to non-Christians and even atheists. (continued...)

Big Government : BREAKING: San Diego ACORN Document Dump Scandal

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:42:08 +0000

Since the corruption seems to have tendrils all over the place, including state prosecutors ... I'd make sure I kept copies of anything I gave to the authorities. They might just ... disappear.

Big Government : Thanks for Paying Attention Big Journalism

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:32:24 +0000

One has to wonder why such aggressive "fact checking" journalism was conspicuously absent at anti-war, anti-Bush rallies. No... actually, we don't have to wonder. It's too obvious.

Glenn Beck - The 912 Project : 4/2/09 - 4/9/09

Tue, 7 Apr 2009 13:48:49 +0000

One might as well ask how we can mow our grass and plant a garden when so many don't have trees in their back yard. The question is nonsensical. Charity doesn't have anything to do with forcing people to pay for other people's health care. As a matter of fact, Charity doesn't have anything to do with force at all. As far as "do unto others" ... I don't expect people to pay for my health care, just as I don't expect them to pay for my house or groceries. These things are my responsibility. I would hope that, God forbid I enter a time of need, other people's true Charity would help me through, just as I try to do when I see a friend or family member -- or sometimes a community member I've never really met ... is in need. You know, the way it worked before all the people who felt guilty about not doing these things decided it would be much less trouble to ease their consciences if they forced everybody else to give so they wouldn't have to. At which point it became robbery rather than Charity.