Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
My past few photograph posts have been following stories about Hajj’s decision to manipulate the photographs he took. Of course, that’s not the only thing that’s happening in Lebanon. Another huge problem is the fact that Hezbollah is faking entire scenes for photographers’ benefit. EU Referendum follows one such staged
Continue readingBusy, busy, busy today, but here’s a heads-up: Michael Medved attacks and destroys the wrongful ideas that drive modern anti-Semitism.
Continue readingI don’t know about you, but I’m pretty sure that Fidel Castro is not in some luxury Cuban hospital suite recovering from surgery. If he were, the press would be inundated with pictures of him, propped him in his hospital bed, holding a cigar, and waving to the camera. I
Continue readingThe MSM has fallen into the comforting (to it) rote of “land for peace” regarding the Israel/Hezbollah conflict. After all, this worked wonderfully in the media for the past 20 years when they were reporting about the Israeli Palestinian conflict. So well, that they were utterly unperturbed when Israel gave
Continue readingAmerican Thinker has a little snippet about a long-forgotten historical fact — Hitler rewrote the Bible to serve the Nazis. As part of this, he amended the Ten Commandments. Instead, of stating moral absolutes, that remind the good Nazis to subliminate themselves to the State. These are scary ideas, the
Continue readingThe Times did finally run a story about the Reuters/Adnan Hajj photograph scandal. Instead of telling it as a story about media manipulation involving the major news story of the day, however, it buried it in the Technology section. It’s not a bad story, it’s simply a very careful non-story
Continue readingAs I’m sure you know by now, the story about Hajj’s altered photos is hitting the MSM. The most recent story I read comes from the BBC. I found two things amusing. First, this “are they just being polite?” moment from Reuters: Mr Hajj, a freelance photographer working for Reuters,
Continue readingEarly reports from Drudge are that Lamont (with a third of precincts reporting) is winning and McKinney (with a tenth of precincts reporting) is losing. McKinney’s probable loss is scarcely surprising because she had a viable opponent and was becoming too nutsy to be of any value to her constituents.
Continue readingNPR ran a short segment on the faked Reuters photos, using an interview with a Reuter’s photoeditor. It soft pedals the whole thing, including omitting any mention about Charles Johnson’s Little Green Footballs, which exposed the fraud; and letting stand unchallenged the photographer’s new claim, not that it was a
Continue readingThe Terminator, merely by raising his eyebrows, managed to get the California legislature to back down on a bill that would have required all California textbooks, starting in first grade, to include materials focusing on famous homosexuals — not because of their fame, but because of their homosexuality. Instead, it
Continue readingI got another email: Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad calls President Bush and tells him, “George, I had a wonderful dream last night. I could see America, the whole beautiful country, and on each house I saw a banner.” “What did it say on the banners?” Bush asks. Mahmud replies, “ALLAH
Continue readingYou remember the popular mean girl at high school, don’t you? Lots of people wanted to be in her ambit, but no one really liked her. I was irresistibly reminded of that iconic American high school figure when I read this article about Hillary polling in New Hampire (hat tip:
Continue readingAfter Time Magazine did an on line puff piece extolling the virtues of burkhas, Michelle Malkin came back with a video attacking that piece. To be honest, I don’t think it’s a very effective comeback to the “burkhas are good” implications in the Time piece, consisting mostly of silly rock
Continue readingAs I know because I spent the majority of my life on the Democratic side of the political divide, the conservatives still can’t shake the reputation as haters that they picked up during the 1950s, thanks to the John Birchers. Interestingly, the conservatives also got tangled in the reputation of
Continue readingChristopher Chantrill, writing at the American Thinker, has a quick rundown about capitalism’s civilizing influence in the world. I don’t want to steal his thunder (because it builds well) by quoting any here, so I just suggest you go over there and check it out.
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