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Talk About Astroturfing….

by tqcincinnatus ( 12 Comments › )
Filed under Democratic Party, Healthcare, Politics at August 9th, 2009 - 7:58 pm

You know how the lefties have been trying to make hay with the deluded notion that all those protesters showing up at town halls and protesting ObamaCare are some sort of “organised, well-funded right-wing conspiracy”?  Well, it looks like that charge may be a bit of projection, since Newsbusters has verified evidence that the Left is doing some “astroturfing” of its own by actively recruiting paid “activists” to agitate for ObamaCare,

While the media pointed their hypocritical fingers at town hall meeting protesters for supposedly being organized by conservative backers, they’ve conveniently ignored an aggressive recruiting campaign by liberal organizations looking to help President Obama get his agenda through Congress.

Take for example the following advertisement placed at the online website Craiglist for New York City Monday (h/t Patrick Ruffini):

**TALENTED LEADERS needed to work for health care reform $11-16/hour**

Or how about some of these identified by Dr. Melissa Clouthier Sunday for Sacramento, California (h/t Walt Gilbert)….

[snip]

Now, they’re recruiting for folks to help pass ObamaCare.

Is there anything wrong with it? No.

But if the media are going to accuse town hall protesters of being organized by outside forces, maybe they should take a close look at what the Left is doing to get Obama’s agenda passed.

Or would that be too much like journalism?

Read the whole thing.  Sheppard also notes that these same ads are up in the Washington DC Craiglist as well.  As of the time of this posting (~11:00 PM, EST), the Craigslist ads are still up. 

Craigslist.  Sheesh, how trailer park.


The Hypocricy of the Radical Media’s Economic reporting

by Phantom Ace ( 38 Comments › )
Filed under Barack Obama, Communism, Democratic Party, Economy, Liberal Fascism, Media at August 9th, 2009 - 4:12 pm

The Totalitarian Progressive Media is claiming the economy is recovering and getting better. This is not the case. The recession is easing, but we are nowhere near the bottom or even close to having a boom. The media has much invested in Obama and will do all they can to make him look good. If this was a Republican administration they would be attacking them over the economy.

The front page of the New York Times is filled with hope about the nation’s economic situation.  The lead story, “Job Losses Slow, Signaling Momentum for a Recovery,” reporting a decline in the unemployment rate from 9.5 percent in June to 9.4 percent in July, begins by declaring that, “The most heartening employment report since last summer suggested on Friday that a recovery was under way — and perhaps gathering steam.”

“Employers are no longer in a panic,” one expert tells the Times.  The paper reports that Obama administration officials “credited the stimulus package” for the improvement, and “some said” job losses would be far worse had the $787 billion stimulus not been passed.  The paper quotes President Obama saying his administration has “rescued our economy from catastrophe.”

Put that together with earlier data that the economy shrank at a one percent annual rate in the second quarter, and the Times reports that the news has “convinced many forecasters that when the history of the Great Recession is written, these summer months will be the big turning point, when the economy started to grow again.” Of course, there’s some “unsettling information” in the new economic data, but overall, the message of the Times story is: Good news — the recovery is underway.

Read the rest.

This is propaganda pure and simple of the Neo-Progressive Machine. They repeat their spin over and over. This is a tactic that all totalitarian movements use.

Fatah: We’ll sacrifice victims until Jerusalem is ours.

by bar ( 23 Comments › )
Filed under Anti-semitism, Dhimmitude, Islamic Supremacism, Islamic Terrorism at August 8th, 2009 - 8:18 am

The status of Jerusalem as the future capital of a Palestinian state is a red line that no Palestinian leader is permitted to cross, President Mahmoud Abbas’ ruling Fatah faction declared in the West Bank on Saturday.

According to Israel Radio, the Fatah general conference, which convened in Bethlehem for a three-day gathering, adopted a position paper which also states that the Palestinian national enterprise will not reach fruition until all of Jerusalem, including the outlying villages, come under Palestinian sovereignty.

“Fatah will continue to sacrifice victims until Jerusalem will be returned [to the Palestinians], clean of settlements and settlers,” the paper states.

[….]

U.S. to demand Israel, Palestinian deal with borders

The U.S. administration will demand that Israel and the Palestinians address the issue of borders as the first step in the Middle East peace plan, senior Palestinian officials said Thursday.

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Wednesday that Washington will present its new plan for a comprehensive Middle East peace soon.

The Rest….

If I recall correctly, appeasing Hitler before WW2 worked out so well for the appeasers.

Thank you Mr President.

by bar ( 13 Comments › )
Filed under Open thread at August 7th, 2009 - 7:15 pm

President Obummer saved the US economy with a record 1.3 trillion dollar deficit.
Thank you Mr President, from the bottom of my heart.


Now just 6 months ago POTUS Obummer was blaming President Bush for the economy and his own over spending.
Its funny how much things change in just 6 months.