I HATE THE MEDIA ™

Camus’ corner with Cosby! From the article: “Bill Cosby on Thursday said people who are critical of President Obama are “acting like they have no idea what he inherited” at the White House. Cosby compared the first four years of Obama’s presidency to the Greek myth of Sisyphus, the king condemned to an eternity of rolling a rock up a hill only to have it fall back down to the bottom. ” We think the Cos has got his myths mixed up. Sure Obama is pushing something. But it isn’t a stone up a hill. It is a giant wooden horse.

The Coming Cultural Disintegration. Mario Cuomo once bragged, “If we take a 16-year-old single mother, get her on welfare, give her food stamps, get her in her own apartment and have her back in school taking classes, what’s the problem?” Well, besides driving NY state to near bankruptcy, it’s not really a family when one parent is the gubbermint.

Dershowitz: Charges against Zimmerman won’t hold up. Harvard law prof accuses prosecutor Angela Corey of political grandstanding and notes the facts as stated are consistent with self-defense. “A good judge will throw it out.” If he’s right, sounds like she’s just going thru the motions for her own cynical purposes. Link here to see the video on Bing.

Obama: We didn’t have “the luxury” for Michelle to not work. Well, few of us have the luxury to have a wife who “works” as a “vice president of community relations” at a Chicago (where else?) hospital, a job that was quietly eliminated when she left it. By the way Mr. President, a lot more of us are not working these days, thanks to your economic “ideas”, but few of those would consider it a “luxury.”

Chicago homicides soar in first quarter of 2012. 120 homicides in Barry’s old stomping grounds in Q1 of this year vs. 75 in same period in 2010 & 2011. Why isn’t the “crusading” national media making a stink about this? Hey NBC, maybe you guys can make some more editing “mistakes” and gin up some political controversy over it? Give it a try, it’s not like you have anything useful to do.

Jobless claims jump; core PPI up, trade deficit down. Initial claims came in at a seasonally adjusted 380,000, economists expected 355,000. It was harder to find this story than it has been the past few months when the claims were lower than expected. And while the headlines in the “claims down” stories mentioned “Obama”, today his name is nary to be seen. Coincidence, right?

Hillary attacks Ann Romney for never having worked a day in her life . . . no not that Hillary. This is Hillary Rosen. The former head of the RIAA. A person, whose sole purpose in life, before becoming a Democrat operative, was to significantly reduce the quality of music in the country while simultaneously jacking up the price. Of course the real issue here isn’t if Ann Romney has a job or not. The real issue is all the other Americans that don’t have jobs. And the blame for that falls largely on Barry. A man whose work resume is nearly as thin as any kept woman’s.

Biden: Al Franken is a ‘leading legal scholar.’ AKA the brain dead touting the brain dead.

Obama White House pays women less than men, records show: Someone call Sandra Fluke, The WH is denying women their productive rights!

Eric Holder Praises Left-Wing Activist Al Sharpton, Says Facts, Law Will Guide Trayvon Martin Investigation. Sorry Mr. Zimmerman. It looks like you’re screwed.

AG Murder vows thorough review in Trayvon Martin case. Why is it the AG can’t promise a thorough review of Operation Gunwalker? Guess the murdered victims of Holder’s failed policies don’t look enough like an Obama son to rate justice.

Oakland Police Dept. too busy to respond to all calls. Used to be you needed a gun when seconds counted and the police were minutes away. Now it’s hours, days, weeks, months. And they wonder why people want concealed carry permits?

Obama looks annoyed as Brazilian President lectures him about US monetary policy. She looks pissed because, as she says, US monetary expansion leads to depreciation in the value of emerging countries, like hers. He looks pissed because (a) he doesn’t want to hear it (b) he hates listening to anyone that’s not him (c) all of the above. Watch him writhe – he does almost everything but give her the finger on the sly (like he did to Hillary.)

Carney: No more from Obama on Trayvon Martin. Yeah, he’s already made all the political hay he’s gonna make on this. Time to move on.

The Creepiness Factor: How Obama and Romney are getting to know You. Figuring out if you lean Democrat or GOP and are more or less likely to vote based on what you drive, sports and primetime TV you watch, what you read, etc, etc. The graphics are hard to read, even at the website, but we’ll give you an example: Lexus owners lean GOP and are likely to vote, Plymouth (?) owners lean Dem and are unlikely to show up – the latter probably because their autos don’t run.

Support for ObamaCare now at alltime low in new WaPo-ABC poll. “Last month’s hearings on the constitutionality of health care reform didn’t help its popularity:” 53/39 against, the lowest “fors” in this poll series since 8/2009. Strong critics outnumber strong supporters 2-1. “A ‘strong majority,’ as Obama would say.” The political wind, “the right thing to do” and the financial realities are all aligned here – makes it easy for SCOTUS to flush this steaming pile if they are so inclined.

Obama on Free Markets: “We tried it. It’s not like we did not try.” Yeah, and it doesn’t work, right? So, computers, iPads, iPhones, cars, cheap food, etc, etc, were all invented and produced by the extra guys on the state road crews that never seem to be shoveling when we drive by. There’s really no point in arguing with a boob who just makes sh-t up as he goes along. Or listening to him.

Former NASA scientists, astronauts admonish agency on climate change position. They charge that NASA is relying too heavily on complex climate models while ignoring empirical evidence. Yeah, under the tired old way of doing things, science relied on empirical evidence instead of peer review, real thinking instead of group-think. But back then, legislators read the bills they were voting on, too. Those were the days, my friends.

Obama’s brand of cigarettes. Your money, up in smoke. Oh, BTW, the Surgeon General has determined Obama’s smoking is dangerous to your financial health.

Bush Tax Cuts: George W. Wishes They Didn’t Bear His Name.We’re amazed President Bush has kept so silent for so long. Frankly, regardless whose tax cuts they were, Obama would want to raise them.

Santorum to suspend campaign, sources say. Interesting turn of events. This now leaves Newt and Ron Paul. Newt sounds like he’s about had it, too. Think they should both stay in? Or, should they bow out and let the focus be on Mitt v. Obama?

Gov. Christie: Nation turning into “people sitting on a couch waiting for their next government check.” It’ll keep working until Atlas shrugs. Then, the deluge.

Tulsa shootings: Details emerge about killing of suspect’s father. With Zimmerman we have a “white Hispanic.” Now, according to the linked article, we appear to have a “white” American Indian. So far, few mainstream websites show this information.

WaPo/ABC poll shows 11 point Dem advantage in sample. How do you make Obama’s fortunes look good? Take a poll with a Dem/Rep/Ind sample of 34/23/34, a Dem advantage that didn’t exist in 2008, let alone 2010. In spite of that, Baby O only leads Romney 51/44 among registered voters. Why is the legacy media dying? Outside of the fact it richly deserves to, we can’t think of a reason.

Most hybird-car owns not repeat buyers. Only 35% repeat customers, a rate that seems to be consistent nationwide, even in “green” zones like So Cal and Seattle (the Toyota Prius seems to have a loyal following, though.) The LA Times adds, “It’s hard to know what’s causing the low repurchase rate.” Sure, pal… BTW, when your brain died, did you attend the funeral or just send a card?