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GOP Senator Rips Into MSNBC Host For ‘Absurd,’ ‘Dishonest,’ Statements

by Mojambo ( 94 Comments › )
Filed under Media, Progressives at January 29th, 2010 - 5:00 am

As you all know, MSNBC is essentially Obama Campaign Headquarters. There is not a single unbiased MSNBC reporter there and even token conservative Joe Scarborough is not immune to Republican bashing. Contessa Brewer is particularly partisan in her interviews of the occasional conservative that MSNBC allows on the air. Here Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire fights back. Please note that liberals always like to frame questions to Republicans in the “When did you stop beating your wife”  tone.  Good for you Senator Gregg in calling her out on her absurdity.

by Kyle Drennen

On the soon-to-be canceled ‘It’s the Economy’ program on MSNBC on Thursday, co-host Contessa Brewer grilled Republican New Hampshire Senator Judd Gregg on his calls to reduce out-of-control government spending: “Which programs are you willing to cut? Are you willing to tell schools, no money for you?” Gregg shot back: “What an absurd statement to make. And what a dishonest statement to make.”

Gregg called out Brewer for her unfair framing of the issue: “…nobody’s saying no money for schools….On it’s face you’re being fundamentally dishonest when you make that type of statement.” He went to explain the kinds of budget cuts he would make: “I would freeze discretionary spending, a real freeze, not a – not a freeze plus inflation. I would eliminate the T.A.R.P. money….I would end the stimulus spending effective in June of this year, if not sooner….reform our entitlement programs….I’ve made very specific proposals and I’m willing to stand by them.”

Gregg was far from finished, he described the big government mentality shared by the Obama administration and the liberal media: “The problem is that this administration’s view of governance is that economic prosperity is created by growing the government dramatically. And then it gets misrepresented by people like yourself who say they’re going to – that if you do any of this stuff you’re going to end up not funding education.”

Brewer attempted to deny suggesting that Gregg wanted to cut funding for schools: “That’s not what I said.” Gregg continued undeterred: “I mean that statement alone is the most irresponsible statement I’ve heard from a reporter, probably in a month….And there are a lot of irresponsible statements made by reporters and that was the most irresponsible I’ve heard.”

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The 8th Annual “20 Most Annoying Liberals of 2009″

by Mojambo ( 161 Comments › )
Filed under Media at January 11th, 2010 - 10:00 pm

The award speaks for itself and I am certain we can all add our own nominees to the list (check out who is #12 our  pony tail  man himself!) . Have fun – as for my own (dis)honorary nominees I would add Fareed Zakaria,  Joe Klein, Ed Schultz, Alan Colmes, Bob Beckel, David Brooks, Kathleen Parker.

hat tip Right Wing News

Honorable Mentions: Joy Behar, Barbara Boxer, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Anderson Cooper, Chris Dodd, Maureen Dowd, Dick Durbin, Thomas Friedman, Glenn Greenwald, Maurice Hinchey, Arianna Huffington, Jesse Jackson, Hank Johnson, John Kerry, Ezra Klein, Paul Krugman, Pat Leahy, Rachel Maddow, Bill Maher, Michael Moore, MoveOn, Lawrence O’Donnell, Markos Moulitas, Clarence Page, The New York Times, Ted Rall, Charlie Rangel, Rick Sanchez, Shepard Smith, Pete Stark, John Stewart

20) Roseanne Barr: In a way, it’s unfair to put someone as nutty as Roseanne on the list. In all seriousness, she probably needs to be doing 4 day a week sessions with a psychiatrist and ingesting a cocktail of drugs so potent it would turn Charlie Manson into a boy scout. With that in mind, had Barr just stuck to her fruitbat eating a pile of crazy blog rants, I’d have left her off the list. However, anyone, particularly a Jew, who can dress up as Hitler and bake “Jew cookies” for a magazine pic needs to be singled out as an example of how mentally sick human beings can become:

19) Joe Biden: You remember our Vice-President, don’t you? Nobody could blame you if you forgot about Joe, since they try to keep him hidden away from open microphones as much as possible, but imagine the lovable, hapless, gaffe-prone goofball who exists to provide comic relief during your favorite sitcom and you have our VP down to a tee.

12) Charles Johnson: One of the most repeated lines around the right side of the blogosphere this year has been, “What happened to Charles Johnson?” How did a center-left blogger who ran the web’s premier anti-radical Islam website turn into a nasty tempered, raving paranoid who despises and fears all things Christian and conservative? Who knows? But his bizarre purges from his website of anyone who disagrees with him and his seven degrees of Kevin Bacon style denunciations of his enemies “You once said something nice about this guy, who knows this guy, who is friends with a fascist, therefore you are a fascist” read like they were penned by someone on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

Defining Quote: Charles Johnson is a liar. Charles Johnson is a defamation artist. Charles Johnson is a trafficker in guilt by association. — Robert Spencer

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After Obama’s Meeting With Netanyahu, MSM Works Overtime To Manufacture Anti-Israel Sentiment

by WrathofG-d ( 13 Comments › )
Filed under Gaza, Hamas, IDF, Iran, Israel, Jihad, Media, Middle East, Palestinians, Terrorism, World at May 20th, 2009 - 2:14 pm

The international mainstream media has been working overtime to shift the narrative regarding the Arab-Israel conflict, and place all blame on Israel’s shoulders – despite the reality being the complete opposite.  Although many of us have come to accept this from the press, a sharp left turn against Israel has become more apparent, and they are using all the weapons of propaganda in their arsenal.

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Fauxtography


What better place to start than with with Fautography from the AP in Bilin?  The Associated Press would have you believe that this man holding a key aloft in one hand, and raising the other in a defiant fist, directly in front of a photographer Bernat Armangue simply “passed out” from tear gas at a Nakba demonstration this week.

For those who do not know, Bilin is home of the West Bank’s longest continuous run of manufactured dissent and grandstanding for the cameras.  It is “ground zero” for the ISM, and their ilk to Paliwood riots, and “IDF abuses”.


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Inverting The Facts / Shaping The Discussion


The AP however, didn’t stop there.  Much of their, and other’s, media coverage of Netanyahu’s meeting with Obama this week tended to concentrate on Netanyahu’s refusal to formally endorse the creation of a Palestinian state dispite the fact that this is a misnomer regarding his position.  In fact, while with President Obama,  Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, spoke eagerly about renewing negotiations and expressed support for Palestinian autonomy.  Despite this, the media’s coverage implied that his position presented an obstacle to peace.

While the media outlets focused on the negative with Netanyahu, the real obstacle to peace – Hamas – continued to be treated completely differently.  In an Associated Press article published the day after the meeting, the A.P. provided a platform for Hamas leaders to propagandize to the West and falsely express “moderate” positions, such as a quote from Hamas lawmaker Yehiye Moussa saying, the group is “not demanding to destroy Israel.”

This is despite the fact that, as writer Karen Laub point out, that Hamas is not about to change its ideology – which explicitly precludes any recognition of Israel.  Insofar that it is the historically stated position of Hamas that it is their ultimate goal to destroy Israel, an honest reporter would have to conclude that nothing has changed with Hamas.  However, Karen Laub streteches reality to note that Hamas has begun “raising the possibility they would someday accept a Palestinian state alongside Israel.”

So while Netanyahu’s call for Palestinian autonomy is treated as insufficient and anti-peace, Hamas’s rhetorical, though not ideological or practical, shift from total rejectionism is presented as a cause for hope.

 

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Blaming The Victim; Ignoring The Huge Kiffiyah Wearing Elephant

Last, but definatly not least, in this hall of shame is England’s “The Independent” which stands out from the crowd with a glaring omission.

In an article by Donald Macintyre, “Israel goes cold on plan for regional peace deal,” a list of “obstacles to peace” includes issues such as settlements, Palestinian infighting, Iran, Syria and Israel’s own apparent reluctance to publicly endorse a Palestinian state.

Putting aside the relative importance or otherwise of issues such as settlements being primary stumbling blocks, Macintyre conveniently forgets a very real and potentially the greatest obstacle to peace – Palestinian terror and violence.

How can Macintyre omit the thousands of missiles fired from Gaza at Sderot and surrounding Israeli communities for several years (and before the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip)? Indeed, only the day before Macintyre’s piece was published, Sderot endured a Qassam rocket attack on a courtyard adjacent to two private homes. One resident was wounded while several others were treated for shock.

And how can Macintyre forget the brutal campaign of suicide attacks against Israeli buses, cafes and other civilian targets that has claimed the lives of over 1000 Israelis and wounded thousands more since the year 2000? While major attacks have declined recently thanks to Israeli counter measures such as the Security Fence, the incentive for terrorist groups to carry out similar acts of violence has not.

We could also add to the list other potential obstacles to peace, for example, Palestinian intractability on issues such as the right of return, incitement in Palestinian media and the education system that has poisoned Palestinian minds, and the increasing role of Islamic extremism represented by Hamas.

The way that the Pro-Arab propagandists, useful-idiots, and Terror sympathisersr associate home building, with murder is truly disgusting.

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DONT JUST SIT THERE….DO SOMETHING!

Please write to The Independent – letters@independent.co.uk – to remind them that there are many potential obstacles to peace and that some of these that the paper has omitted, are the responsibility of the Palestinian side to overcome.

You can also contact The Associated Press – to remind them of their duty to provide unbiased, truthful reporting on such an important issue.

Um…About Those “Loyal” Israeli-Arabs

by WrathofG-d ( 9 Comments › )
Filed under Iran, Islamic hypocrisy, Islamic Invasion, Islamists, Israel, Middle East, Multiculturalism, Nuclear Weapons, Palestinians, Political Correctness, World at April 1st, 2009 - 10:52 am

Again, the Israeli-Arabs go out of their way to show a world with its eyes closed where their loyalties are.  When an Israeli points this out however, they are labeled by the World as “racist”, “ultra-nationalist”, “right-wing”, or worse.   The following two articles regard Israeli-Arab Members of the Israeli Knesset.  They were democratically elected, and hold one of the highest offices in the State.  Accordingly, they experience the full rights, opportunities, and benefits of Israel.  However, despite all of this freedom, equality, and privilege in Israel they are still loyal “palestinians” and a traitorous 5th column to Israel.

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Israeli Arabs shout slogans during the Al-Aqsa rally organized by the Islamic Movement in Umm al-Fahm, an Israeli-Arab town 60 kilometers north of Tel Aviv (ed -That Green Flag Is The Flag Of Hamas)

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Israeli-Arab Member of Knesset Ahmed Tibi

MK Ahmed Tibi[ed- Israeli-Arab] MK Ahmed Tibi spoke to Palestinian Authority media on Wednesday from the Arab League Summit in Doha, Qatar.  Tibi told the PA papers that Israel’s new government poses a threat to Arabs inside and outside the state.

“The new Netanyahu extremist government does not represent a threat to the Palestinians living in Israel only [ed-Notice how this Israeli-Arab MK herself referrers to the Arab-Israelis], but a threat to all Arabs who must understand and study more and more Israeli plots,” Tibi told the Bethlehem-based Ma’an News.

In interviews with other Arab media outlets, Tibi referred to the Palestinian Liberation Organization as “the only legitimate representative of the Palestinian people.”

PA media expressed satisfaction with Qatar’s decision to invite Tibi to the conference.  Tibi’s presence at the gathering guaranteed “the representation of Palestinians in Israel at the diplomatic level,” according to Ma’an.

Tibi attended the conference last year as well, as an official representative of “Palestine.”


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Israeli-Arab Member of Knesset Hanin Zoabi

MK Hanin ZoabiMK Hanin Zoabi (Balad) broke new ground in anti-Israeli rhetoric by a Knesset Member Tuesday when she told a reporter that she welcomes the development of nuclear weapons by Iran.

In an interview with Samuel Sokol for the Philadelphia Bulletin, the newly sworn-in Knesset Member said she preferred Iran over the more moderate Arab states: “The policy of Iran is more useful to the Palestinian issue and more standing against occupation than a lot of the Arab countries. This is our interest.  If anyone is supporting me – so I will not mind this influence, even I would ask for this influence [sic],” she explained

When the reporter asked her if she is not afraid that an Iranian attack would put her at risk as well, she said: “I’m not afraid from the nuclear Iranians.  I‘m more afraid from the Israeli nuclear [sic].”

Asked if she thought Israel might use its reported nuclear weapons, she answered in the affirmative.  “I am afraid from real risk rather than from potential risk,” she added.  “The Iranian is still in a potential.  But the real risk is the Israeli army.  I need a power which can make counter [sic] to the Israeli power. It is not supporting me, the fact that Israel will be the only state with a nuclear weapon. It’s more supporting me to have [a] counterpower to Israel [sic].”

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These are only a few of the most recent examples of the true Israeli-Arab hatred, and disloyalty to Israel and something to remember the next time you hear someone slandering Israel, or anyone for daring to point it out publicly, or suggesting that the Israeli-Arabs are a threat to Israel.

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UPDATE 4/1/2009 – 1:02:13 p.m.

As was expected, (and pointed out above, before reading of his installment) Avigdore Lieberman was installed as Israel’s new Foreign Minister “today” (taking over for Tzipi Livni), and the press is already gunning for him and calling him names. They however will not be outdone in their name calling by the Israeli-Arab MKs themselves, or their brothers-in-arms the Phakestinians.  The partial, Pro-Phakestinian and exceptionally biased Mainstream Media, getting their cues from Hamas, and the P.L.O., has a grudge against Lieberman….and they are not going to be quiet about it.  (the buzzwords are “racist”, or “ultra-nationalist”)

Yasser Abed Rabbo, a top aide to Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas and his unofficial spokesman, said that no one could force the Palestinians to sit around the negotiating table with “a racist like Lieberman.”

Hadash MK Afo Agbaria called on the international community to impose a diplomatic embargo on Israel following Lieberman’s comments. [ed- that is an Israeli-Arab politician calling for a diplomatic embargo against his own country]

“It isn’t surprising that such fiery declarations come from the mouth of the racist foreign minister just one day after the government’s establishment,” added Agbaria.

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Racist? Hardly!  But don’t take my word on it, click the link above (or below) and hear Lieberman in his own words.  Do they seem “racist” to you?

Regarding Israel’s difficult diplomatic standing in the world today, Lieberman noted that this came at a time when Israel was willing to make more concessions than ever before.

In relation to public opinion, he asked, “When was Israel most at its most popular in the world? After the Six Day War, not after Oslo A, B, C and D.”

Lieberman added that in order to be respected in the world, you have to respect yourself.

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From CBS NEWS – Lieberman’s speech:

“Whoever thinks that concessions … will achieve something is wrong. He will bring pressures and more wars,” Lieberman said. “What we have to explain to the world is that the list of priorities must change.”

CBS’s name-calling:

Israel’s new hard-line foreign minister delivered a scathing critique of Mideast peace efforts Wednesday, rejecting the past year of U.S.-led negotiations and telling a room crowded with cringing diplomats that concessions to the Palestinians only invite war.

The appointment of Lieberman, head of the ultranationalist Yisrael Beitenu, has raised international concerns because of his hard-line positions on peace and an election campaign that was widely seen as racist.

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You can expect this misplaced mistreatment of Lieberman, and Bibi’s Government the entire time they are in office.  The media, etc., will label anything that doesn’t help their goal of destroying Israel as “racist”, “ultra-nationalist,” etc.  It has nothing to do with facts, and everything to do with agenda.

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