I HATE THE MEDIA ™

Stupidity on parade: Congresswoman thinks the Dutch held slaves in Brooklyn. In 1898. Please be introduced to Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY), a woman capable of something we thought impossible, giving Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) — the bonehead who feared that stationing too many military personnel on Guam might make the island tip over — stiff competition for the title of Dumbest Member of Congress. In this clip Clarke tells Stephen Colbert that the Dutch still held slaves in her Brooklyn district 35 years after the Emancipation Proclamation (not to mention 224 years after those wooden-shoed mofos ceded New York to the English).

And just for old times’ sake, here’s Johnson worrying that Guam would tip over:

http://youtu.be/zNZczIgVXjg

CHP officer shot on highway is dead. THIS should not have happened. Yes, I am on my soapbox. Yes I’m hijacking IHTM. Yes I am upset about it. No I didn’t know this man among men. This happened a mere few miles from where I live. A traffic stop for an expired license plate turns into a murder of a California Highway Patrol Officer with a wife and 4 kids. You can donate to Mechanic’s Bank or Well’s Fargo (see the article link). I’m donating a grand and I urge every reader of IHTM to match or exceed it. Regardless what you can donate I’m sure the family will appreciate it and need it. May GOD bless this officer and his family, friends and co-workers and those who help out in a time of need. Thanks to those who donate in advance.

Guess who else wised up. Democrats decided to put God and Jerusalem-is-the-capital-of-Israel back in their party platform after removing them earlier. Trouble is, LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa railroaded the change through on a voice vote that clearly didn’t carry the motion, showing that even amongst themselves Democrats aren’t fond of democracy.

How not to be a racist. BTW, if you watch this video, you’re a racist.

Health insurance premiums for NC college students rise 51% under ObamaCare. “The price per semester last year was $460. This year it will go up to $709. … A significant part of the increase, however, comes from the requirements of comprehensive insurance coverage that will exacerbate those trends rather than limit cost increases.” Well, the yooths were/are the biggest Obama boosters so pay up, guys: the government is the only thing we all belong to, or something.

Guess who finally wised up. Bart Stupak is the pro-life Democrat dimwit who provided the final vote for Obamacare after accepting the president’s promise to write an Executive Order allaying his concerns. Now he’s “perplexed and disappointed” that HHS is covering birth control and abortifacients, and he thinks it’s illegal. Anybody got a dunce cap he can borrow?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bff7PLIL49E&feature=player_embedded

Contrary to his incessant whining, Obama was handed an economy in recovery. His Zeroness has been blaming Bush for “the mess I inherited” for four years, but there is a case to be made that a recovery had already started when The Great Blamer took over and his policies retarded it. He bent the recovery curve down, so to speak.

The Machine: The Truth Behind Teachers Unions. Who says there’s no such thing as perpetual motion machines?

Obamacare Summed Up in One Sentence: This sentence is far better than the one Obamacare seeks to impose upon us all.

Democrats set to move Obama’s big speech from 74,000-seater outdoor stadium to 20,000-seater indoor arena. After Clint Eastwood’s speech about the empty seat, empty seats at the arena is especially poignant.

DNC Video: “The Government Is The Only Thing We All Belong To”: In total opposition to the notion of an “ownership society” the DNC introduces the “we own you society”. Or should we say re-introduces, it would seem that we’ve seen this sort of thinking somewhere before.

Obama courts stoners: Apparently the President is lining up customers in anticipation of a massive defeat this November forcing him back into his former profession.

http://youtu.be/sK-mldNSua0

Mrs. Obama’s 2nd-Term Agenda: ‘Impact Nature of Food in Grocery Stores’: Michelle Antoinette is bound for disappointment. King Barry’s gutting of the dollar and failed economic policies have restricted the consumers grocery store options far more than could be accomplished by this foodie fascist’s guidelines or any of her subsequent campaigns against choice.

Pro-Israel Language Removed From Democratic Party Platform: And so continues the DNC war on Jewish people.

Tom Harkin: Clint Eastwood ‘angry white’ nonsense: Tom Harkin and Clint Eastwood have a lot more in common than the senator from Iowa has supposed. They’re both old. They’re both white. And they both owe their highly successful careers to an uncanny ability for convincing people to believe in things that are absolutely not true.

Still creepy after all these years. Failure or not, the cult of no personality rolls on. The Obama 2013 calendar on sale at the DNC features the photo below for August (Obie Won Ka Nobody’s birthday month.) More at the link for those whose “ewwww” meter needs exercising.

Democrat Party lies about its civil rights history on website. “For more than 200 years, our party has led the fight for civil rights,” says the DNC website. Never mind the official support for slavery from 1840 to 1860, opposing the 13th through 15th amendments, official support for segregation from 1868 to 1948, opposing anti-lynching laws, opposing a century-worth of civil rights legislation, or the Ku Klux Klan. Never mind all that.

Obama issues “green energy” executive order. The order “aims to increase the number of cogeneration plants in the U.S. by 50 percent by 2020 and slash carbon emissions by 150 million tons per year…” Cap and trade couldn’t pass Congress when the Democrats held all the cards so King Empty Chair the First is going to implement it by fiat.

Reporters: we loathe 2012 campaign. “This is worse than normal, a lot less fun, and it feels impossible for us to change the conversation.” Well, reporters aren’t supposed to change the conversation, they’re supposed to report on it. This boob is in the wrong job, maybe that’s his problem.

Report: Bill Clinton’s ‘closest political adviser’ voting for Romney. “…Band believes an Obama defeat will bode well for Hillary Clinton’s presidential prospects.” Not to mention the country’s overall prospects.

Rappers for Romney? This could be a new voting bloc for conservatives: “I’m a Republican voting for Mitt Romney/You lazy bitches is fucking up the economy” sings Nicki Minaj. Rappers going right might be a bad sign for a black president seeking reelection.

“We’ve heard it all before.” Been there, done that: Romney ad shows Obama recycling 2008 speeches. To paraphrase Yogi Berra, “It’s deja-puke all over again.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fZgQhnNRSuw

National Empty Chair Day (photos from around country.) Empty chairs, empty suits and this week the DNC starts… as dead white guy William Shakespeare might’ve said, much ado about nothing. Empty!

“I’m frankly, fed up, with the one-sided bias.” Newt Gingrich calls out the media lapdogs on “Meet the Press.” Newt, don’t forget their heads-up-their-butts smug stupidity….

MSNBC’s Touré Neblett Reacts to Ryan’s Speech: For Women and Minorities, ‘Our Rights Do Not Come From God or Nature’: In Neblett’s estimation there can be no moral objection to the slavery of Pre 13th Amendment America. There can be no moral condemnation to the horrific treatment that plagued the Jews during the Nazi era of Germany (indeed this notion that rights are granted by the state was essential to the philosophy of Nazis). In Neblett’s estimation rights do not come from God. Rights do not come from nature. Rights come from men. So by what authority would he seek to deny those men when they have come to take them away?