Category: New York Times
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 19, 2011 in Arrogance, Bamboozling, Barack Obama, CNN, Campaigns & Campaign Financing, Censorship, Chicago, Chicago politics, Corruption, Current Affairs, David Axelrod, David Plouffe, Democrats, Dick Cheney, Electability, Emil Jones, Emperor's Clothing Syndrome, Flip Flopping, Hillary Clinton, Hoodwinking, MSNBC, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, New York Times, Obama Comrades, Qualifications | View Comments
Well, well, well. All kinds of people are coming out of the woodwork suggesting Hillary Clinton oughta give Obama a run for him money. From the recent Chicago Tribune Editorial by Steve Chapman in which he exhorts Obama to step down, and Clinton to step up, to Dick Cheney, who not only suggested she would [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 14, 2011 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Health Care, Hoodwinking, Media Handling of Story, Medicare, Nancy Pelosi, New York Times, President Barack Obama, Washington Post | View Comments
Ever since Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) unveiled his Budget Plan, Republicans have been attacked for hating seniors, wanting to gut Medicare, and wanting old people to die. Or so you would think. Heck, I think you could say the Republicans were being just plain hateful toward seniors, especially considering the comments by DNC Chair, Rep. [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 10, 2011 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Economy, Hoodwinking, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, New York Times, Pandering, President Barack Obama, Qualifications, Sarah Palin, Unemployment/Jobs, Washington Post | View Comments
That would be the Obama Administration response to the economic crisis in which we find ourselves. Oh, wait – I’m sorry, I meant to say the “bump in the road” we are enduring. Pay no attention to the rising unemployment numbers, the falling number of jobs created, or the continuing decline of housing market. I [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jan 27, 2011 in 9/11, Censorship, Crime, Current Affairs, Daily Kos, Death Threats, Gun Control, Huffington Post, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, New York Times, Obama's Thugs, Sarah Palin, Satire, Washington Post | View Comments
* Bumped Up * (Or the more offensive, homophobic term for Tea Partiers.) Crosshairs! Targets! The list could go on of the labels attached to groups of people or concepts by the media when they want to discount, demean, belittle, discourage discussion, demonize a group, or frame the issue how they want it to be, [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jan 10, 2011 in CNN, Censorship, Civil Liberties & Rights, Congress (House & Senate), Crime, Current Affairs, Death Threats, Governance, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, New York Times, Politico | View Comments
Back stabbing, Race baiting, representative, Jim Clyburn, is jumping on the Democratic-fueled baseless claim that political rhetoric was to blame in the recent tragic shooting in Tucson, Arizona. Bear in mind, there is ZERO evidence to support the instantaneous claim that Sarah Palin and the Tea Party were to blame for this attack against the [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Dec 9, 2010 in Austan Goolsbee, Bailouts, Bank Bailouts, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bush administration, Bush/Cheney, Campaigns & Campaign Financing, Don't Ask Don't Tell, GLBT, Gay Rights, George Bush, Keith Olbermann, Media, Print, Media, Television, New York Times, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama-Barack & President Barack, President Barack Obama, Washington Post | View Comments
In the current bout of progressive hand-wringing over President Obama’s latest “compromise” on the Bush tax cuts, everyone from Keith Olbermann to Frank Rich to Paul Krugman to Bill Maher to Eleanor Clift is directing their erstwhile wunderkind to return to his principles, get his mojo back, stop being wimpy and declare his refusal to [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Jul 28, 2010 in Bamboozling, Clinton, Elitism, Hillary Clinton, New York Times, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama's Characteristics, President Barack Obama, Race | View Comments
/ Bumped up / Leave it to Maureen Dowd to miss the forest for the trees in her argument that “The Obama White House is too white.” In Dowd’s latest NYT column, You’ll Never Believe What This White House Is Missing, she discusses the Shirley Sherrod incident, and writes that “unlike Bill Clinton, who never [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on May 5, 2010 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, DNC, Donna Brazile, New York Times, President Barack Obama, Race, Republicans, Tavis Smiley | View Comments
I know, that could be any number of different things when it comes to Obama and Co. But in this case, I am referring to this NY Times article, Black Hopefuls Pick This Year in G.O.P. Races. Holy canoli, I didn’t see it coming, either, though there were some signs. Take for instance this African [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Apr 28, 2010 in Bamboozling, Bill Clinton, Bush administration, Campaign promises, Current Affairs, General Election, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, MSNBC, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, New York Times, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama's Media Censorship, President Barack Obama, Rod Blagojevich, Transparency, Washington Post | View Comments
One would certainly think so if this article is any indication, “Why Reporters Are Down On President Obama“. Color me a bit surprised to learn that reporters were down on Obama. I could be jaded after the overwhelmingly positive articles of him during the election, especially compared to favorable articles on Hillary Clinton, but I [...]
By Nail Em Up on Apr 7, 2010 in AfPak Border, Afghanistan, Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud, Barack Obama, CIA, Commander in Chief, Current Affairs, Defense, DoD, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Intelligence, Iran, MSNBC, Media, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, Media, Print, Media, Television, NATO, NBC/MSNBC, National Security, New York Times, Pakistan, President Barack Obama, Southwest Asia, Taliban | View Comments
In almost every briefing pertaining to South Asia, the U.S. Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Richard Holbrooke says that he won’t use the ‘K word,’ by which he means Kashmir. This is sensible of him, knowing that any statement could escalate into an exchange of hot words between India and Pakistan (and India [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Apr 2, 2010 in Current Affairs, DNC, Democrats, MSNBC, New York Times, Sara Palin | View Comments
If you have followed my writings for a while, you know that I was a huge fan of Paul Krugman’s. His columns were insightful, based on sound economic principles and facts. But then something changed once Hillary Clinton was shoved out of the process by the DNC – he immersed himself in the Kool Aide, [...]
By Nail Em Up on Mar 15, 2010 in Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Bush/Cheney, Crime, Current Affairs, Fox News, Hate Speech, Hillary Clinton, Huffington Post, Media, Media Bias, Media, Print, Media, Radio, Media, Television, New York Times, Pakistan, President Barack Obama, Presidential Candidates, Racism, Washington Post, World News | View Comments
Every now and then there are moments in the American media that defy description. Nevertheless they must be addressed. Case in point: Washington Post “media critic” Howard Kurtz’s article today about FOX News Channel’s “reporters’” growing discomfort with the shenanigans of FNC darling Glenn Beck, he of the mighty chalkboard of insanity, his ludicrous fits [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Nov 30, 2009 in Bailouts, Bank Bailouts, Current Affairs, DNC idiocy, Democratic Party, Larry Summers, Media Bias, New York Times, Newsweek, Obama Administration, Obama-Barack & President Barack, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Tim Geithner | View Comments
*This importance treatise on the Obama presidency has been bumped up * During the presidential campaign, Peggy Noonan rhapsodized about an Obama presidency, trashing Hillary Clinton to the bargain. Recent months have seen Ms. Noonan pen several articles deconstructing her prior romantic notions, reaching the same conclusions as the very people she derided for not [...]
By Anita Finlay ("Ani") on Nov 21, 2009 in Andrew Sullivan, CNN, Chelsea Clinton, Chris Matthews, Current Affairs, DNC idiocy, David Shuster, Democratic Nomination, Fox News, Hillary Clinton, Keith Olbermann, MSM, Media Bias, NBC/MSNBC, New York Times, Newsweek, Sarah Palin, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Washington Post | View Comments
Last night, Hannity of FOX News had two female panelists, both conservatives, discussing Sarah Palin’s new book, her great success selling 300,000 copies the first day and the derangement syndrome of the left in trashing her and calling her “dangerous.” Obama’s campaign arm, Organizing for America, is looking to raise $500,000 to combat this “dangerous” [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 30, 2009 in Afghanistan, Bamboozling, Bill Clinton, Campaign promises, Censorship, Current Affairs, Daily Kos, Dick Cheney, Europe, Foreign Affairs, Fox News, France, Freedom of Speech, George Bush, Germany, Hoodwinking, Huffington Post, Lobbyists, Louisiana, MSNBC, Media, Media Bias, Media Handling of Story, New York Times, Obama's Media Censorship, President Barack Obama, Public Finance, Republicans, TOTUS | View Comments
That is a question I have asked myself time and time again since Obama took office on a number of issues, including expanding the Faith Based Initiatives, or my fave, the incredibly unConstitutional “Prolonged Detention” of American Citizens, holding them in custody indefinitely without charges. Turns out I am not the only one who wonders [...]