I HATE THE MEDIA ™

Social Security crisis arrives at the NY Times. The NYT notices a boo-boo in Social Security’s math: “…the Social Security Administration underestimates how long Americans will live and how much the trust funds will need to pay out — to the tune of $800 billion by 2031, more than the current annual defense budget — and that the trust funds will run out, if nothing is done, two years earlier than the government has predicted.” A lot of these “oopsies” have and will be surfacing in the MSM now that the election is over.

Krugman Passes on Treasury Secretary Job; Wasn’t Offered It Anyway: We’re sure Krugman took a similar tact when he spent his prom night home alone.

Wikipedia scrubs Elizabeth Warren Cherokee scandal. The scandal of her fake Native American heritage used to be detailed and documented under its own subheading, but Wikipedia eliminated the whole section. Now the scandal is described by three sentences implying Harvard made a mistake, rather than the fact that Warren lied. Never trust Wikipedia – it’s edited by lying libturds (pardon the redundancy).

Illinois lawmakers propose new pension fix, but unions vow suit. “Illinois has an eye-watering $96B in unfunded liabilities, which is threatening the state’s A2 rating and hurting its ability to finance its services.” “Eat the rich” didn’t work, time for plan B: “The proposals including limiting pensionable salaries and raising retirement ages, although unions have vowed to fight the measures.” Of course. For the children. And the middle class.

Exit of EPA boss a protest. “EPA chief Lisa Jackson suddenly resigned last week because she was convinced that President Obama is planning to green-light the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline… ‘She was going to stay on until November or December,’ said a Jackson insider. ‘But this changed it. She will not be the EPA head when Obama supports it [Keystone] getting built.'” Sounds like a win-win.

FAKE NEWS: LAPD, MEDIA TOUT ROCKET LAUNCHER SEIZURE THAT WASN’T. According to Chief Barney Fife Chief Charlie Beck, they got two rocket launchers. What they actually got were two plastic tubes that are less useful as weapons than a couple of lead pipes. Meanwhile we don’t even hear a squawk from the MSM parrots.

FED GOV: ANNUAL AUTO-RELATED DEATHS THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN GUN-RELATED DEATHS. We have to ask. Why isn’t Dianne Feinstein banning assault cars?

“The Two State Solution for America” – a path to political sanity? Author proposes an idea many of us have at least considered. The problem we see with it is that the division is really more between urban/rural than by state. Illinois, for example, is Chicago surrounded by a red state, but because of the former’s large population, the state as a whole is blue. A better idea might be simply to have more power devolve back to the individual states – if that were possible with the current statist political class.

Forget discouraged, 3 million workers hopelessly unemployed. “Employers may be hiring, but there’s another big problem with the job market that isn’t being tracked as closely: the hopelessly unemployed.” CNN has a Fox Butterfield moment, two months too late to make the change that might’ve ameliorated the situation, of course. Unexpectedly.

Study reveals rocketing sense of entitlement on U.S. campuses. “Books aside, if you asked a college freshman today who the Greatest Generation is, they might respond by pointing in a mirror.” I’m waaay above average, just like everybody else. “Self-love: New data suggests students today are convinced of their own greatness regardless of whether they’ve accomplished anything.” No wonder they’re such fans of you-know-who.

Barack Obama’s $7 million Hawaii vacation is an insult to America’s struggling middle class. “In a move that is rich in irony, President Obama agreed Tuesday night to sign an emergency deficit reduction bill that does almost nothing to rein in spending and then jetted out to Hawaii to resume his vacation at an extra cost of more than $3 million to taxpayers.” Nah, shameless hypocrisy is not a bug, it’s a feature – at least for correct-thinking people, anyway.

Dem congressman compares debt-ceiling blank check to Emancipation Proclamation. Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-IL) says we should not “hamper” the president on the issue of the debt limit. Giving Obama a blank check “would certainly be an expression of the kind of power that we were willing and are willing to provide the president with. Power grab? That might be going a bit far.” No, we don’t see no stinkin’ power grab.

The fiscal cliff deal: America’s European moment. “The troubling similarities between the fiscal mismanagement in Washington and the mess in the euro zone.” Just remember that the US has a fiat currency that its pols can print at will whereas the Euro-cliff-jumpers do not (the ECB is controlled by the EU member states.) So while an EU country could theoretically go bankrupt, our Fed will just print money until a loaf of bread costs $20 or more. Doesn’t that make you feel better?

Al Jazeera Acquires Al Gore’s Current TV; Time Warner Cable Drops Channel. Good for Time-Warner. If AT & T, Comcast, Direct TV, and 4DTV don’t dump them, too, we wonder if anyone will dump them as retaliation?

“Cash for Clunkers” was bad for Gaia and other living things. Mandated shredding of cars instead of recycling. Also, it dried up the used car supply for those who needed affordable transportation but couldn’t afford a new car. “It’s obvious what we need here, and that’s for Congress to pass a law against unintended consequences.” Right after they repeal the Law of Gravity.

Gun Owner-Outing Newspaper Has User Database Hacked, Customers Outed. We hope all the libtard readers of the Urinal News enjoy this one! It’s not so funny when it’s YOUR personal information that’s published, is it?

Illegal Aliens Get Another Freebie from King Obama. Looks like the payoff is being made. Viva Obama!

Northern Hemisphere Snow Extent Was Greatest On Record In December. No wonder Al Gore’s taking middle east oil money from Al Jazeera. Al evidently know’s his beach house in Santa Barbara will soon have an ice skating rink instead of a pool in the backyard and his heating bill will be going way up.

Egyptian Lawyers: Muslim Brotherhood Took BILLIONS From Obama. Looks like the Muslim-in-Chief doesn’t mind if Christians and Jews are wiped off the planet.

CA tax revenues continue to drop despite tax hikes. “At the end of November, ‘taxes were 3% short in the fiscal year that started in July,’ which is ‘a gap of $936 million.’ The state was 0.7% short a month before.” Gee, what about those prestigious “studies” Moonbeam had done that showed people don’t care how high tax rates were? Hope he didn’t borrow money to pay for ’em.

Lincolnton furniture company once praised by Obama closes. Obama picks another winner.

Nancy Pelosi says unemployment rate is “going in the right direction” …even though it’s the same as last month. No change is good change, some animals are more equal than others, and that sound you hear is George Orwell cackling from the great beyond.

‘I am not your peasant… I will NOT be disarmed:’ Marine’s scathing letter to U.S. senator over her proposed ban on assault weapons goes viral.

Senator Dianne Feinstein,

I will not register my weapons should this bill be passed, as I do not believe it is the government’s right to know what I own. Nor do I think it prudent to tell you what I own so that it may be taken from me by a group of people who enjoy armed protection yet decry me having the same a crime.

You ma’am have overstepped a line that is not your domain. I am a Marine Corps Veteran of 8 years, and I will not have some woman who proclaims the evil of an inanimate object, yet carries one, tell me I may not have one.

I am not your subject. I am the man who keeps you free. I am not your servant. I am the person whom you serve. I am not your peasant. I am the flesh and blood of America.

I am the man who fought for my country. I am the man who learned. I am an American. You will not tell me that I must register my semi-automatic AR-15 because of the actions of some evil man.

I will not be disarmed to suit the fear that has been established by the media and your misinformation campaign against the American public.

We, the people, deserve better than you.

Respectfully Submitted,

Joshua Boston

Cpl, United States Marine Corps

2004-2012

New Hampshire legislator wants to “restrict freedoms” of conservatives. Cynthia Chase feels conservatives are the “single biggest threat” her state faces, so she wants to pass laws that are so unfriendly conservatives won’t move to New Hampshire and those already living there will leave. As ugly as that idea is, it doesn’t hold a candle to the woman herself… who looks like the south end of a mule heading north.

The moment drunken passenger is taped to his seat during flight to New York after ‘trying to choke one woman and ranting the plane was going to crash.’ Only 4 days into January and we appear to already have the loser of the month winner.