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Yes, the enemy camp. Home of hate speech like “Duty, Honor, Country” and evil stuff like that. And you wonder why the military doesn’t love the President?
Yes, the enemy camp. Home of hate speech like “Duty, Honor, Country” and evil stuff like that. And you wonder why the military doesn’t love the President?
Go figure.
– Written by Patrick Michael
eventy-one percent (71%) of voters nationwide say they’re at least somewhat angry about the current policies of the federal government. That figure includes 46% who are Very Angry.
Let’s give credit where credit is due. Candidate Obama said he would unify the American people and President Obama has delivered on that promise. Just not in the way he expected.
We never thought we’d see the day when 71% of Ameridan voters agreed on anything, but that’s the percentage of voters who agree they’re pissed at the federal government.
Here’s how Rasmussen reported the results of a new survey:
Seventy-one percent (71%) of voters nationwide say they’re at least somewhat angry about the current policies of the federal government. That figure includes 46% who are Very Angry.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 27% are not angry about the government’s policies, including 10% who are Not at All Angry.
Men are angrier than women, and voters over 40 are more angry than those who are younger. A majority of those over 40 are Very Angry. Only 25% of under-30 voters share that view.
The data suggests that the level of anger is growing. The 71% who are angry at federal government policies today is up five percentage points since September.
Even more stunning, the 46% who are Very Angry is up 10 percentage points from September.
Seventy one percent? Holy crap, man, you can’t get 71% of the people to agree that the sun rises in the east.
Good work, President Obama.
Source: Rasmussen Reports
Decisions, decisions, decisions. Should you pay $899 for this limited edition Barack Obama bronze bust or $19.95 for this Chia Pet Barack Obama bust?
Decisions, decisions, decisions. Should you pay $899 for this limited edition Barack Obama bronze bust or $19.95 for this Chia Pet Barack Obama bust?
We realize this is a very difficult decision. So as a public service, IHateTheMedia.com offers this information to help you make your choice:
The one-of-a-kind Obama bust sits atop a hand-carved platform made by artisans of Kogelo, Kenya, the home village of President Obama’s alcoholic, abusive father. You can choose between two poses – Candidate Obama, so full of hope and change, or President Obama, beaming proudly in his full socialist glory. Please be aware that all proceeds go to a Kenyan charity. Total cost: $899.00.
The Chia Pet Obama bust is made of clay (much like the actual Obama’s feet). It comes with a convenient drip tray, handmade planter, enough seeds for three plantings, plus planting and care instructions. And if Barack Obama isn’t your cup of tea, you can also choose from other presidents who are actually known to love their country (George Washington and Abe Lincoln) or the Statue of Liberty. Total cost $19.95 plus shipping.
This is an easy choice for us. Give us the chia pet Obama. Because The Greatest President in History deserves to be seen in his full, green glory.
We can’t think of anything we’d rather see under our tree this Christmas this year.
Source: Avestllc.com
Despite the fact that Barack Obama and the region’s leftist dictators supported legally ousted former President Manuel Zelaya, it was expected that the conservative candidate would handily win the election.
Honduras held its long awaited presidential vote on Sunday. It’s estimated that an amazing 70% of eligible voters may have turned out.
Despite the fact that Barack Obama and the region’s leftist dictators supported legally ousted former President Manuel Zelaya, the conservative candidate handily won the election.
Here’s how the Wall Street Journal reports the story:
Neither of the two men claiming to be president during the past five months – Mr. Zelaya and interim President Roberto Micheletti – were on the ballot.
Instead, Hondurans picked between Mr. Lobo of the conservative National Party and Elvin Santos of the Liberal Party – to which both Mr. Zelaya and Mr. Micheletti belong.
Voters were expected to punish the Liberal Party for the crisis and hand power to Mr. Lobo, who was narrowly beat by Mr. Zelaya four years ago.
“It’s going to be Pepe this time,” said Higenio Garcia Ponce, 74, an agricultural laborer who said he had just voted for Mr. Lobo. “There was a rupture in the Liberal Party over what happened with Zelaya.”
We love the words “Voters were expected to punish the liberal party” and predict that they will be repeated here in 2010. And if we’re all lucky, again in 2012.
Source: Wall Street Journal
A seven-year old boy found himself at the center of a Alameda County courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him.
A seven-year old boy found himself at the center of a Alameda County courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him.
The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with California child custody laws and regulations requiring that family unity be maintained to the highest degree possible.
The boy surprised the court when he revealed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge then suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried and said that they also beat him.
After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him.
After two recesses to check legal references and confer with child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to the Oakland Raiders, whom the boy firmly believes are incapable of beating anyone.
NOTE: The staff and management of IHateTheMedia.com regrets this cheap deception. But it’s a funny damn joke that seemed all too believable.
Mmmmm. Free Nobel Peace Prize with an order of shrimp tacos.
Tiger Woods learns a few new Swedish swear words
Source: IOwnTheWorld.com
“Next time I see Pat Michaels at a scientific meeting, I’ll be tempted to beat the crap out of him.” So says one of the now infamous global warming emails.
“Next time I see Pat Michaels at a scientific meeting, I’ll be tempted to beat the crap out of him.” So says one of the now infamous global warming emails.
So what does CATO Institute scientist Michaels have to say about that? Stuart Varney interviews him to find out. Then, just for good measure, Varney makes Ben Weiss of the Center for American Progress look foolish.
Correction: Weiss makes himself look foolish.
Chris Matthews is an overbearing jerk. But to his credit, he was willing to acknowledge that fact and make fun of himself on Sunday’s “Family Guy.” On Fox TV, no less.
Chris Matthews is an overbearing jerk. But to his credit, he was willing to acknowledge that fact and make fun of himself on Sunday’s “Family Guy.” On Fox TV, no less.
(The Matthews bit takes place in the first two minutes of this video clip.)
Brian Griffin (the talking dog): See, I knew it was just a matter of time before somebody would recognize my genius.
Stewie Griffin: Whoa. Take it easy. You’re getting a bigger head than Chris Matthews.
Chris Matthews: The economy’s in the news today, and Congress is considering a minimum wage increase. Live by satellite to talk about, Sen. Harry Reid in Washington. How about it, Sen. Reid, is this the right move during the worst recession since the 1930s?
Harry Reid: Look, if we’re going to get this economy back on track, we have to get more money in the pockets of hard working…
(Talking over each other so that neither is intelligible)
Chris Matthews: Senator, let me finish. My forehead, my rules. Let’s go to Los Angeles. Big actor, played the father in “That 70s Show,” Kurtwood Smith. How’s it going, Kurtwood?
Kurtwood Smith: Good, thanks for having me.
“Me,” Matthews said to his wife at dinner. “Fox wanted me. Not Olbermann. Not Maddow. Me. I’m relevant. I’m somebody. Even if nobody watches me.”
Source: NewsBusters.org
Global warming emails? What global warming emails? White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is sticking with the scientists. Even if the scientists are lying sacks of excrement.
Global warming emails? What global warming emails? White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is sticking with the scientists. Even if the scientists are lying sacks of excrement.
Is Oprah’s show off the air yet? What’s that? Two more years? It can’t end soon enough as far as we’re concerned. If there’s one thing we’ve always hated it’s the way she screams the names of her guests. Like in this clip.
Is Oprah’s show off the air yet? What’s that? Two more years? It can’t end soon enough as far as we’re concerned. If there’s one thing we’ve always hated it’s the way she screams the names of her guests. Like in this clip.
Remember way back in the good ol’ days (Translation: prior to November 4, 2008) when Michelle Obama created the fiction that she was just a regular gal who shopped at J. Crew? Well, those days are now long gone and forgotten.
Remember way back in the good ol’ days (Translation: prior to November 4, 2008) when Michelle Obama created the fiction that she was just a regular gal who shopped at J. Crew?
Well, those days are now long gone and forgotten.
The Most Glamorous First Lady in History just placed an order for two outrageously expensive pairs of custom-made, high fashion boots — one pair of flat black boots and another pair of calf-length boots in beige buckskin — from French designer Robert Clergerie.
The First Lady must be getting ready for another appearance at a charity food bank and the $540 pair of Lanvin tennis shoes she wore last year are undoubtedly completely worn out by now.
Of course, outrageously expensive clothing was not part of her image during the presidential campaign. Back then, the media helped created the fiction that she regularly sported affordable sweaters carefully selected at J. Crew and reasonably-priced Anne Klein dresses purchased with pennies scrimped and saved from her meager household budget.
The price of Empress Michelle’s new shoes hasn’t been revealed. But we are willing to guarantee that it’s more than you paid for your last pair of shoes. Maybe even more than your last house payment.
Source: Telegraph UK
Team Obama comes from an insulated world of professorial tenure and union job security. They’ve never hired anyone. They’ve never fired anyone. They’ve never had to deal with profits and losses. They’ve never had to lose a minute’s sleep worrying about paying the rent or making payroll.
No wonder the economy is such a mess. President Obama has put together a team of Ivy League eggheads with no experience in the real world.
Here’s how the American Enterprise Institute explains it:
A friend sends along the following chart from a J.P. Morgan research report. It examines the prior private sector experience of the cabinet officials since 1900 that one might expect a president to turn to in seeking advice about helping the economy. It includes secretaries of State, Commerce, Treasury, Agriculture, Interior, Labor, Transportation, Energy, and Housing & Urban Development, and excludes Postmaster General, Navy, War, Health, Education & Welfare, Veterans Affairs, and Homeland Security—432 cabinet members in all.
When one considers that public sector employment has ranged since the 1950s at between 15 percent and 19 percent of the population, the makeup of the current cabinet—over 90 percent of its prior experience was in the public sector—is remarkable.
And here’s how Jimi Hendrix explains it:
It’s frightening. Truly frightening. Team Obama comes from an insulated world of professorial tenure and union job security. They’ve never hired anyone. They’ve never fired anyone. They’ve never had to deal with profits and losses. They’ve never had to lose a minute’s sleep worrying about paying the rent or making payroll.
And it shows.
Source: American Enterprise Institute
Not only does Fox News continue to dominate the cable news ratings, but now, for the first time in history, Fox Television is expected to win the important November ratings.
That hideous sound you hear is Keith Olbermann gnashing his teeth over nemesis Rupert Murdoch’s remarkable success.
Not only does Fox News continue to dominate the cable news ratings, but now, for the first time in history, Fox Television is expected to win the important November ratings.
We’ll step aside and let The Live Feed give you the details:
Thanks to a heavily viewed World Series and the network’s most stable fall lineup in years, Fox is averaging a 3.5 adult demo rating as of Wednesday afternoon.
Fox is up 17% from its November sweeps period last year in the advertiser-coveted adult demographic and is the only major broadcast network to post a gain. With viewing levels down 6% from last year, ABC is in second place with 3.2 (-9%). CBS is third with 3.0 (-12%). NBC is fourth with 2.6 (-16%) and the CW has a 1.2 (+9%). ABC would come out on top if sports programming were excluded. Fox previously tied NBC to win November sweeps in 2001, but has never won the outright.
They said Rupert Murdoch was crazy when he started a fourth television network to challenge ABC, CBS and NBC. Then history repeated itself and they said he was crazy again when he started a cable news network to challenge CNN.
Crazy, you might say, like a Fox.
Source: The Live Feed
Michael Mann’s famous “hockey stick” global warming graph is discredited an dhere’s how it looks without his “fiddling.”
Despite the fact that Penn State professor Michael Mann’s famous “hockey stick” graph was long ago discredited, it still continues to be cited in study after study. In fact, it’s still the basis for the IPCC’s global warming hysteria.
Unfortunately, there’s a damning comment in one of the ClimateGate emails that says: “I’ve just completed Mike’s Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) amd from 1961 for Keith’s to hide the decline.”
What does that mean? Well, here are two graphs that demonstrate the results of that “trick.” The top one shows Michael Mann’s original “hockey stick” chart complete with his tricks that hide the decline. The bottom one, known as the Briffa Reconstruction, removes the tricks and shows that global warming is, in fact, global cooling.
From now on, let’s just refer to it as “Mann-made” global warming.
Source: BluegrassPundit.com
We’re not sure what’s worse about this video clip. Was it Joy Behar questioning the hidden racist meaning in the term “Black Friday” or Whoppi Goldberg revealing that she was “going commando”?
We’re not sure what’s worse about this video clip. Was it Joy Behar questioning the hidden racist meaning in the term “Black Friday” or Whoppi Goldberg revealing that she was “going commando”?
Here. Read the dialogue while we recover from that thought.
Goldberg: Oh, hello and welcome to ‘The View.’ Today is Black Friday, all day long. And I’m going to stay black all day because of it.
Behar: Isn’t it a little racist to call it Black Friday?
Goldberg: Well, I would have called it African American Friday, but that’s taking something away from it.
Behar: But there’s a negative connotation to it? Or does it mean something else?
Goldberg: No, it’s like when you make all the money – you’re in the black.
Behar: So it’s positive?
Goldberg: Yeah. It’s in the black, so it’s a huge great thing.
Behar: A lot of times, like blackmail is negative, black sheep.
Goldberg: Black people.
Behar: No, not black people.
Goldberg: But it used to be, it used to be.
Believe it or not, that was the intellectual part of the conversation. It degenerated from there. Rapidly.
– Written by Patrick Michael
Did it ever occur to those Muslim martyrs that the reason all the girls in Paradise are virgins is because they’re really fat and really ugly with bad personalities?
Did it ever occur to those Muslim martyrs that the reason all the girls in Paradise are virgins is because they’re really fat and really ugly with bad personalities?
The Perky One recited a holiday Ode to ObamaCare last Monday night.
Would Walter Cronkite have recited a poem about the day’s news? Chet Huntley? David Brinkley? Hell, even Keith Olbermann would have had more sense.
Well, damn those old sticks in the mud. Katie Couric is not about to be bound by tradition.
The Perky One recited a holiday Ode to ObamaCare last Monday night.
That’s not to say the CBS News anchor is taking a position on the issue. No, not at all. Surely, she’s just looking for creative ways to deliver the news and climb out of the ratings basement. If this works, she may try topless news next week.
We’re not big on poems here at IHateTheMedia.com, but we do know a few about a girl from Nantucket.
Source: Gateway Pundit
The left likes to laugh at Glenn Beck’s histrionics, but the guy has a knack for simplifying the incredibly complex.
The left likes to laugh at Glenn Beck’s histrionics, but the guy has a knack for simplifying the incredibly complex.
In this clip, he explains all the collusion and all the conspiracy revealed in the emails that were “liberated” from the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University.
Just a guess, but we doubt that Al Gore’s laughing right now.
Source: The Big Feed
Newsweek decided to do a story on “New Thought Leaders” and invited prominent people to talk about them. Jon Stewart (believe it or not) was ranked #2 and NBC News anchor Brian Williams got all gooey about Jon Stewart.
Newsweek decided to do a story on “New Thought Leaders” and invited prominent people to talk about them. Jon Stewart (believe it or not) was ranked #2 and NBC News anchor Brian Williams got all gooey about Jon Stewart.
Our advice: Stand back so you don’t get any on you.
In just the span of a short few years, Jon Stewart has gone from optional to indispensable. Case in point: when Jon went all Glenn Beck on Jim Cramer a few months back. A few of us blanched. Getting pissed, brimming with bile—that was so . . . MSM of him. And yet, in the niche-y, hip, and in-the-know world of late-night, media-skewering comedy, it had the impact of Cronkite turning against Vietnam … The old arc of a news story went like this: News happens. Media cover news. Audience reacts, then turns in for the night. For the past several years, however, there’s been another step added to the end of the process: being held to account for our faults by a comedy show with a sharp eye and a sharp tongue. How did we live without it?
Yeah, that’s pretty barf-inducing. But it gets worse and we expect your never-ending thanks for revealing this next item so you don’t have to waste any time reading it for yourself:
Newsweek also invited New York Times columnist Gail Collins to drool over Hilary Clinton as the #10 New Thought Leader.
Pardon us, but we think we’ll stick with the same old thoughts.
Source: Newsweek
Quick. Somebody throw that Democrat a shovel so he can dig his way out of that hole.
On one hand, it pisses us off that the President spends so much time on the golf course while the nation is faced with so many problems. On the other hand, the more golf he plays, the less time he has to come up with socialist solutions to those problems.
Barack Obama just played his 25th round of golf since he was sworn in as president.
Next time he plays 18, maybe he could take his cabinet out there to discuss the economy. Or the Joint Chiefs of Staff to figure out the war in Afghanistan. Or even Jeremiah Wright to discuss that God Damn America.
On one hand, it pisses us off that the President spends so much time on the golf course while the nation is faced with so many problems. On the other hand, the more golf he plays, the less time he has to come up with socialist solutions to those problems.
Tee it up, Mr. President.
Source: The Big Feed
The Secret Service didn’t know the Salahis had attended the fancy fete until Michaele Salahi’s posted photos on her Facebook page – photos of them with Biden, Rahm Emanuel, Katie Couric, and Rep. Ed Royce.
A wanna-be reality TV couple slipped through security and attended President Obama’s first state dinner at the White House on Tuesday night. They palled around with Joe Biden and other dignitaries and then posted the photos on their Facebook page.
Way to go, Secret Service.
The Associated Press reports that “President Barack Obama was never in any danger because (Michaele and Tareq Salahi) went through the same security screening for weapons as the 300-plus people actually invited to the dinner honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.”
But we say that’s wild speculation. How do we know the Salahis aren’t highly-trained ninja warriors, fully-adept at hand-to-hand combat? Hell, we’ve seen “V” and they may even be reptilian aliens come to earth from their home planet to deliver secret new plans to fellow reptilian aliens Michelle and Barack.
That, of course, is wild speculation, but the Washington Post has confirmed that the Salahis are part of Virginia’s wealthy horse set and that they are up for roles on a new Bravo reality TV show called “Real Housewives of D.C.”
The Secret Service didn’t know the Salahis had attended the fancy fete until Michaele Salahi’s posted photos on her Facebook page – photos of them with Biden, Rahm Emanuel, Katie Couric, and Rep. Ed Royce.
You know that President Obama won’t be able to resist making an appearance on the Real Housewives of DC. C’mon, the guy is drawn to a TV camera like William Jefferson is drawn to cash.
Source: Associated Press
We’re taking off Thanksgiving Day, but we’ll be back with a slightly reduced schedule on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Unless we get too engrossed in football.
We’re taking off Thanksgiving Day, but we’ll be back with a slightly reduced schedule on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Unless we get too engrossed in football.
While we’re gone, please enjoy this IHateTheMedia.com collection of Thanksgiving videos.
And have a warm, wonderful holiday.
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Life imitates the Simpsons: email scandal reveals global warming fraud
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