Daily Gut: Media Matters — Weekend Weasals

If you’re like me, and congratulations if you are, then you try to enjoy your weekends. For example, I spent last Saturday in bed, watching my favorite soaps, eating donut holes basted in Nyquil. I call them happy holes – after seven of them, you think you’re an Angoran rabbit.

And this leads me to a key life lesson: Nyquil rules. But also: you know you’ve truly succeeded in life when your adversaries aren’t having fun on their weekends. When someone who hates you spends their Saturdays consumed by hating you, then you can safely say, you’ve won – without even raising a finger.

I mention this because I received a press release, on Saturday…yes, on Saturday…from none other than Media Matters. Yep. Instead of playing t-ball with their kids (or their ferrets dressed as kids), this outlet of internal misery just had to publish a press release about Fox News’s coverage of Haiti. Yep, while everyone else tries to do actual stuff – Media Matters is still using the earthquake to hammer its number-one enemy/one true love. (more…)

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Posted Jan 25th 2010 at 3:41 pm in Daily Gut | 30077465 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2010/01/25/daily-gut-media-matters-weekend-weasals/Daily+Gut%3A+Media+Matters+--+Weekend+Weasals2010-01-25+23%3A41%3A33Greg+Gutfeld

Daily Gut: Newsweek – Sad Movies Are Bush’s Fault

No Gregalogue today, but here’s a clip about the Newsweek article blaming sad movies on Bush!  Take a look, take-a-lookers:

Tonight’s Guests:

Ann Coulter, Professor Marc Lamont Hill, Steven Crowder, and Father Jonathan. (more…)

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Tags: bush, Daily Gut, Media bias, Newsweek
Posted Dec 11th 2009 at 3:46 pm in Daily Gut, Film, Media Criticism | 27826627 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2009/12/11/daily-gut-newsweek-sad-movies-are-bushs-fault/Daily+Gut%3A+Newsweek+-+Sad+Movies+Are+Bush%27s+Fault2009-12-11+23%3A46%3A20Greg+Gutfeld

Daily Gut: Thank the Media for Climate Change Hysteria

So last Monday’s Gregalogue on the Climate Change conference caused a flurry of emails.

Well, not really a flurry.

More like twelve. But if climate change apostles can exaggerate facts, why can’t I?

Anyway, I got one missive, which I condensed, from a guy named Jonathan. It goes:

…the Gallup poll Mr. Gutfeld mentioned … on climate change took place in 1991…Climatology is still a relatively new science and progress in the last 18 years has been substantial. There has … been a good deal of skepticism among scientists…and more recent polls show that this research has changed most of their minds. It is irresponsible to cite a poll almost 20 years old without noting it.

Jonathan then cited a poll where a large majority of respondents accept human activity as a global warming cause. (more…)

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Tags: climate change, Gallup Poll, Global warming, Hockey Stick chart, Media bias
Posted Dec 10th 2009 at 3:57 pm in Daily Gut, Media Criticism, Politics | 276170109 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2009/12/10/daily-gut-thank-the-media-for-climate-change-hysteria/Daily+Gut%3A+Thank+the+Media+for+Climate+Change+Hysteria2009-12-10+23%3A57%3A30Greg+Gutfeld

Joy Finds Joy in Trig

So Joy Behar had writer Andrew Sullivan on her show to discuss Sarah Palin, and by “discuss,” I mean drag her through the mud by her pony tail. My favorite part was when Behar describes Sarah’s “people” as “evil and nasty”–right before she and Sullivan go evil on Palin, launching into a 10 minute dissertation on the “hard to believe” story of the birth of Trig.

Check it out, check it outers:

Of course, Sullivan isn’t alleging a cover-up–he just can’t believe Palin’s story. Meaning, of course he’s alleging a cover-up. Whatever–the whole obsession makes me queasy–much in the way Truthers, Birthers and Sullivan’s bushy beard do as well.

Anyway, Sullivan is dining out on this, and why shouldn’t he? He is, after all, the latest recipient of the “Strange New Respect” award. This award was first coined by the American Spectator roughly thirty years ago, given to any one labeled a conservative who then veers left. This is the easiest way to gain any respect from the media: slide on over to their side, unbutton your shirt and tell them, “hey, you were right all along.” (more…)

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Tags: "Stange New Respect", American Spectator, Andrew Sullivan, Media bias, sarah palin
Posted Dec 8th 2009 at 2:29 pm in Culture, Daily Gut, Media Criticism, Politics | 274806160 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2009/12/08/joy-finds-joy-in-trig/Joy+Finds+Joy+in+Trig2009-12-08+22%3A29%3A41Greg+Gutfeld

Objective Journalism: Michael Gerson Defends a Profession That No Longer Exists

Yesterday, Washington Post columnist and former Bush II speechwriter Michael Gerson played a long slow violin solo over the death of the mainstream media. There’s nothing new in his piece. Dazed with panic as the circle of financial ruin closes in, we’ve heard this song many times before from our ink-stained dinosaurs. And true to form, Gerson can’t break the mold. It’s all there, the rose-colored glasses, denial, and a heaping helping of rationalization.

Once again, from that familiar MSM perch where one can look down their nose at the great unwashed who just don’t understand the magnificent tradition of journalism they’re about to lose, Gerson blames We the People for no longer wanting  to pay for our news and choosing partisan sources “that reinforce and exaggerate … political predispositions.”

How absurd. (more…)

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Tags: Dinosaur Media, Media bias, Michael Gerson, msm, Washington Post
Posted Nov 28th 2009 at 10:31 am in Media Criticism | 269746One Commenthttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/11/28/objective-journalism-michael-gerson-defends-a-profession-that-no-longer-exists/Objective+Journalism%3A+Michael+Gerson+Defends+a+Profession+That+No+Longer+Exists2009-11-28+18%3A31%3A39John+Nolte

Sesame Workshop VP: ‘Pox News’ Comment on ‘Sesame Street’ in Praise of Fox

Last night, VP of Sesame Workshop Sherrie Westin joined Bill on “The O’Reilly Factor” to defend a recent show where “Sesame Street” trashed Fox News:

So, PBS, if it is true, as VP of Sesame Workshop Sherrie Westin indicated in the above segment, that the GNN (Grouchy News Network) clip exposed by Big Hollywood three weeks ago was in praise of Fox, then how do you explain this?!?!:

I don’t know what was in the head of the producers, but my guess is that this was one of those parodies that was too good to resist. But it should have been resisted. Broadcasters can tell parents whatever they think of Fox or any other network, but you shouldn’t do it through the kids. -PBS Ombudsmen Michael Getler

I guess that means you were against Pox News before you were for it, or something? (more…)

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Tags: Bill O'Reilly, GNN (Grouchy News Network), John Nolte, Media bias, Michael Getler
Posted Nov 25th 2009 at 12:49 am in Culture, Politics, Television | 26839826 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bighollywood/2009/11/25/sesame-workshop-vp-sesame-streets-pox-news-comment-was-in-praise-of-fox/Sesame+Workshop+VP%3A+%27Pox+News%27+Comment+on+%27Sesame+Street%27+in+Praise+of+Fox2009-11-25+08%3A49%3A45Big+Hollywood

New PBS Doc Embraces Big Gov’t, Criticizes Individual Freedom

Government broadcaster PBS is running a new, five-part series on a subject naturally interesting in our time: American Experience: The 1930s. Episodes are available for online viewing here.

The program is just what one would expect from PBS: earnest, well-researched, skillfully presented, and eager to lick the boots of government while criticizing individual freedom for everything wrong in the world.

There are two important lessons to be learned from the Great Depression, in my view:

1. The government causes business cycles and downturns through its erratic, manipulative policies intended to benefit powerful voting blocs at the expense of those less able to fight back. The market works when left alone, and government interference should be limited to redressing actual harms done by one party to another. This includes combating fraud, enforcing valid contracts, and setting clear but liberal guidelines for transactions made across political borders. And nothing more.

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Tags: American Experience: The 1930s, Depression, Federal Reserve, Great Depression, Irving Berlin
Posted Nov 3rd 2009 at 2:49 pm in Politics, Reviews, Television | 25591446 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/stkarnick/2009/11/03/new-pbs-doc-embraces-big-govt-criticizes-individual-freedom/New+PBS+Doc+Embraces+Big+Gov%27t%2C+Criticizes+Individual+Freedom2009-11-03+22%3A49%3A44S.T.+Karnick

How the MSM Might Survive: Come Out of the Ideological Closet

Whenever reading Politico, everything should be washed through this filter. You must always keep in the front of your mind that this supposed “news” organization took the time to dig up and publicize dirt on a private citizen whose only sin was asking a perfectly reasonable question of a public figure. Politico’s warning to the everyday American was clear: get in the way of our guy and we will summon all our resources to publicly humiliate you. This all goes to prove that Politico is nothing more than a digital version of the Dinosaur Media — and just as clueless and dishonest as their unholy brethren, especially when it comes to explaining why their counterparts are drowning in the tar pits of obsolescence.

To hear Politico tell it, CNN’s stuck in humiliating fourth place behind FOX, MSNBC and their own Headline News because they’ve made the mistake of not appealing to the great unwashed who prefer partisan bickering and echo chambers:

With the proliferation of media across platforms these days, there’s less shared knowledge among people, who are increasingly heading to niche outlets for information. At the same time, there’s a large appetite for the new media world where the MSM gatekeepers no longer hold as much clout, and “he said, she said” journalism gives way to strong point of view. …

There’s no doubt that the over-the-top, and politically partisan, hosts are having more success attracting viewers on nights when there’s no major news event.

And what better place for Politico to get an opinion on such a matter than The Nation aka: “The flagship of the left“:

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Tags: 4th place, Fox News, Media bias, MSNCB, politico
Posted Nov 2nd 2009 at 12:51 pm in Media Criticism | 256774One Commenthttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/jjmnolte/2009/11/02/how-the-msm-might-survive-come-out-of-the-ideological-closet/How+the+MSM+Might+Survive%3A+Come+Out+of+the+Ideological+Closet2009-11-02+19%3A51%3A54John+Nolte

J-School Rappers Rhyme Against Fox News

Normally I don’t like making fun of Columbia journalism students, because it’s like shooting fish in a barrel, if the barrel were full of Columbia journalism students.

And that would be very wrong.

But when I saw this video, I couldn’t resist. It’s of a panel, in which students are pointing out how predictable cover letters won’t help you get a job in the post j-school world. So what would? How about a rap?

And so it begins, as one student unleashes his inner Jay-Z, listing in all earnestness a lengthy promise of his many qualifications.

Roll tape, roll-tapers:

So, no surprise: the student raps benign pap that his professors and like-minded dorm-rats would applaud – from railing against complacency, to never losing touch with “his humanity.” But I’ll repeat the part the kid really wanted them to hear:

“There’s no need to hear crazy, or create a false sense of parity, like Fox News and Hannity.” (more…)

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Tags: Columbia, Columbia journalism school, Fox News, Hannity, j-school
Posted Oct 26th 2009 at 4:11 pm in Daily Gut, Media Criticism | 252994119 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2009/10/26/j-school-rappers-rhyme-against-fox-news/J-School+Rappers+Rhyme+Against+Fox+News2009-10-26+23%3A11%3A02Greg+Gutfeld

Daily Gut: Why the White House Hates Fox News

So the White House is ticked off at Fox News. So much so, they’re saying bad things about us behind our back. Last night, after work, I found a bag of soiled underpants in my locker, and for once, it didn’t belong to me. It was a novelty g-string, so I’m assuming it belongs to Gibbs.

So why is this happening? I’ll tell you, if you just calm down.

The White House is focusing on Fox News because there is no one else around to mess with. I mean, aside from Rush, and perhaps a reunited version of April Wine – they got nobody. The Republicans are hanging back, somewhere, waiting for their moment, which may never come. The Dems, however, have everything – the Houses, the President, the media, the international community of dimwitted Norwegians- but they can’t get their crap together.

So, whose fault is it? Fox News. (more…)

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Tags: April Wine, Fox News, Media bias, Obama, Red eye
Posted Oct 14th 2009 at 3:20 pm in Daily Gut | 246462170 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2009/10/14/daily-gut-why-the-white-house-hates-fox-news/Daily+Gut%3A+Why+the+White+House+Hates+Fox+News2009-10-14+22%3A20%3A33Greg+Gutfeld

The New American Dream

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Tags: ACORN, American Dream, amnesty, bailouts, Bill Ayers
Posted Oct 11th 2009 at 11:14 am in Media Criticism, Obama, Political Humor | 24468231 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/cmuir/2009/10/11/the-new-american-dream/The+New+American+Dream2009-10-11+18%3A14%3A54Chris+Muir

Using Arts for Conservative Purposes

Big Hollywood and Big Government have done tremendous work in recent weeks. They have proved without a doubt that the Obama administration and its allies have gone too far. They’ve crossed the line. Federal agencies are turned into propaganda tools. This is something we haven’t seen in the U.S. since, well, ever. This administration knows no shame. Everything is permissible in order to push its legislative agenda through the collective throat of the American people. And the MSM are covering it all up, refusing to spend time and attention to the ACORN scandal first and now the NEA scandal.

It’s a good thing there are conservatives willing to expose this administration for what it is.

President Obama and Kalpen Modi, Associate Director of the Office of Public Engagement

But the question is, what’s next? How can this be countered and how can the Obama administration be forced to back down? As it is, liberal groups, news organizations and individuals continue to cover up for the administration. Perhaps someone will be thrown under the bus again, but the thugs of Team Obama will remain in place and continue to “transform America.”

Exposing their tactics is necessary to fight them, but it’s not enough to actually beat them. Mr. Breitbart and team have learned that the tactics the left has used against conservatives for decades; to discredit them works wonders. But if conservatives want to take back the government, we have to copy the left’s organizing skills as well. (more…)

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Tags: ACORN, Andrew Breitbart, big government, big hollywood, breitbart
Posted Oct 5th 2009 at 6:08 pm in Art, Politics | 23267065 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/mvandergalien/2009/10/05/using-arts-for-conservative-purposes/Using+Arts+for+Conservative+Purposes2009-10-06+01%3A08%3A50Michael+van+der+Galien

Planting the Seeds: The Politicized Art Behind the ACORN Plan

Everything you needed to know about the unorthodox roll out of the now-notorious ACORN sting videos was hidden in plain sight in my Sept. 7 column, “Katie Couric, Look in the Mirror.” ACORN was not the only target of those videos; so were Katie, Brian, Charlie and every other mainstream media pooh-bah.

They were not going to report this blockbuster unless they were forced to. And they were. What’s more, it ain’t over yet. Not every hint I dropped in that piece about what was to come has played itself out yet.Stay tuned.

When filmmaker and provocateur James O’Keefe came to my office to show me the video of him and his friend, Hannah Giles, going to the Baltimore offices of ACORN – the nation’s foremost “community organizers” – dressed as a pimp and a prostitute and asking for – and getting – help for various illegal activities, he sought my advice. In the past, Mr. O’Keefe created brilliant social satire that rocked his college campus and even made its way on to the talk-radio and cable-news shows, but the magnitude of his latest adventure had the potential to rock the political establishment.

I was awed by Mr. O’Keefe’s guts and amazed by the footage, but explained that the mainstream media would try to kill this important and illuminating expose about a corrupt and criminal political racket, and that the well-funded political left would go into “war room” mode, with 25-year-old Mr. O’Keefe and 20-year-old cohort Miss Giles in the cross hairs. I felt I had a moral obligation to protect these young muckrakers from the left and from the media, and to devise a strategy that would force the media’s hand.  (more…)

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Tags: abc, ACORN, acorn scandal, Bertha Lewis, Brian Williams
Posted Sep 20th 2009 at 6:40 pm in Featured Story, Media Criticism, News, Politics | 230558No Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/abreitbart/2009/09/20/planting-the-seeds-the-politicized-art-behind-the-acorn-plan/Planting+the+Seeds%3A+The+Politicized+Art+Behind+the+ACORN+Plan2009-09-21+01%3A40%3A55Andrew+Breitbart

Daily Gut: Signs

So if there was one thing I learned from the coverage of those big protests last weekend, it’s that signs matter.

See, when the media covers an event they don’t really want to understand, they will focus on the protester’s placards. But as a regular, long-term consumer of all things media (and fiber), I cannot recall this ever happening with the media coverage of the WTO protests, the NOW marches, the no-nuke concerts, the anti-war demonstrations. If I remember correctly (and regular use of Ambien has made it a challenge), the media instead chose to focus on the heroic faces of the protesters. Often, these folks would be huddled together, holding a candle, singing “Give Peace A Chance,” or something equally annoying. Fact is, they were young, heroic, speaking truth to power – so who cares if the signs were offensive: that reality would only undermine the ideal. That’s why you never saw them. (more…)

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Tags: media, Media bias, NOW, Tea Party, WTO
Posted Sep 15th 2009 at 1:33 pm in Daily Gut, Media Criticism, Politics | 22563870 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ggutfeld/2009/09/15/daily-gut-signs/Daily+Gut%3A+Signs2009-09-15+20%3A33%3A39Greg+Gutfeld

What Did Kumar Know, and When Did He Know It?

Meet the face of Obama’s Ministry of Propaganda: Kal Penn.  Best known for being one of the hapless stoners in the sex-bong-fart franchise “Harold & Kumar,” Penn was brought on to the Obama Administration to be the President’s Associate Director of Public Engagement.  After failing to grab more than a headline or two in the five months since his hiring, he has entered the fray in a big way as the White House representative to a National Endowment for the Arts conference call promoting the Obama administration’s political agenda.

Patrick Courrielche reported on the call this morning:

Kalpen Modi, Associate Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement, was to represent the White House and key representatives from the National Endowment for the Arts were also to participate.

Did you catch that? Kalpen Modi is the given name of the actor known as Kal Penn. (more…)

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Tags: "I Pledge" Video, A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas, Art, ashton kutcher, George Will
Posted Sep 8th 2009 at 5:39 pm in Art, Celebrity News, Featured Story, Media Criticism, News, Politics | 22029089 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/amarlow/2009/09/08/what-did-kumar-know-and-when-did-he-know-it/What+Did+Kumar+Know%2C+and+When+Did+He+Know+It%3F2009-09-09+00%3A39%3A17Alexander+Marlow

Lonewolf Diaries: Mourning Dead People Who Suck

When a toolbag dies… How are you supposed to handle it? Are you supposed to honor them? Post-mortem, does a pedophile become the “greatest musician of all time”? Does a killer become an “American Icon”? Does death in itself wipe the slate clean, exempting the deceased from all judgment?  Or are you supposed to view them just as you did in life (be it good or bad)?

In my humble opinion… None of the above. Death is not only a passing on, but a time for everyone else to truthfully reflect on one’s life. To skim through the unsavory parts (or in Kennedy/MJ’s case, skip entire chapters all together) is to do the world a disservice. How are the rest of us shmucks supposed to learn from past mistakes if we can’t even acknowledge them to begin with?

The fact that the media decided to smooch the Kennedys’ rears through the death of Ted is appalling. Not only was there no mention of the Chappaquiddick river “incident” or his character assassination of Clarence Thomas, but the coverage was carried out in a way that assumed everyone was in agreement with the man’s misguided agenda. (more…)

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Tags: Chappaquiddick, Clarence Thomas, death, mainstream media, Media bias
Posted Sep 1st 2009 at 5:59 pm in Celebrity News, Culture, Lone Wolf Diaries, Media Criticism, News | 216386131 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/scrowder/2009/09/01/lonewolf-diaries-mourning-dead-people-who-suck/Lonewolf+Diaries%3A+Mourning+Dead+People+Who+Suck2009-09-02+00%3A59%3A11Steven+Crowder

No Justice, No Rest in Peace

This week’s Washington Times column:

With the deaths of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and Michael Jackson, the summer of ‘09 marked the merciful ends to Camelot and Neverland, iconic American fairy tales whose story lines should have come to merciful ends long ago when their charismatic protagonists took dark and irredeemable turns.

Our country was not built to support blood dynasties or to elevate the rich and famous to a higher ethical or constitutional plain. But through the power of celebrity, Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Jackson worked the media to twist truths. They manipulated their constituencies and fans to obscure their misdeeds. They played the faithful to confer this manufactured innocence on the rest of us. And, in the end, they placed themselves above the law.

My condolences go to the Kennedy and Jackson families, who should not be stained by the sins of their kin. But there is no time like the present to ensure that those masterfully produced, over-the-top, all-star televised funerals don’t serve to canonize talented and charismatic men who failed to own up to their public wrongs and who continued to flaunt the behaviors that got them into trouble.

The result was Mr. Kennedy needn’t do more than show up for work to atone for his calculated selfishness. Without apology or contrition, Mr. Kennedy crafted a public career in which he spent taxpayers’ money – certainly not his own – to make up for his unspeakable behavior. (more…)

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Tags: camelot, Chappaquiddick, Edward M. Kennedy, Elizabeth Kubler-Ros, healthcare
Posted Aug 30th 2009 at 6:19 pm in Celebrity News, Featured Story, Media Criticism, News, Politics | 214378122 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/abreitbart/2009/08/30/no-justice-no-rest-in-peace/No+Justice%2C+No+Rest+in+Peace2009-08-31+01%3A19%3A36Andrew+Breitbart

‘The Smile’: A Perfect Presidential Nickname

Presidents have nicknames. Clinton was” Bubba” or “Slick Willy,” if you didn’t like him. ”The Comeback Kid” if you did. Reagan was “Dutch” from his sportscaster days or “The Gipper” from the movies. But love him or hate him you had to admit Reagan was “The Great Communicator.”   

President Obama should have a nickname from our side. Words mean something we are reminded all the time. So I am going to name him “The Smile.” 

If you watch him at “town meetings” when he’s pressing his agenda and making statements that go unchallenged from the adoring crowds, he comes across as calm, reassuring and easy going while he’s attempting to dismantle American capitalism. His answer to everything is to smile. 

From my perspective in Hollywood, I see that people respond to him like they do to a movie star. It’s the face, the eyes, the smile, not what he says. This phenomenon shows up in the polls. His personal popularity holds around 60%, but if you ask about specific policies, Americans don’t agree with him. Americans by wide margins do not want to close Guantanamo, are against affirmative action, and against late term abortion. The majority want him to cancel the stimulus and hate the bailouts!  (more…)

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Tags: mainstream media, Media bias, Obama, smile
Posted Jul 1st 2009 at 10:55 am in Featured Story, Politics | 173342170 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/msokoloff/2009/07/01/the-perfect-presidential-nickname-by-myrna-sokoloff/%27The+Smile%27%3A+A+Perfect+Presidential+Nickname2009-07-01+17%3A55%3A59Myrna+Sokoloff

When in Rome Fight Anti-Americanism

We’ve all heard the old saying “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” Now that doesn’t  mean crucifixions, world domination, and little boy rump humping. That simply means live as the locals do. Blend in. We as Americans are notorious for doing exactly the opposite. And definitely we should all collectively do our best to be decent travelers so we don’t continue to come off as obnoxious boobs to the rest of the world already looking for a reason to hate us. I’ve been that boob before, and I hereby apologize to the entire world. I have learned my lesson.

But, hate us? Really. Then why do people cross oceans on tiny little boats, risking their lives in the process, to get to our horrible country? Why do people from all over the world come to us for serious health care when it really hits the fan? Why is it that someone can come to our country, not even speak the language, and in a few years become wealthy? Let me help you Libbies out here: Opportunity, Freedom, Capitalism, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech (well sort of), Pride, Patriotism, and Water Pressure. We have been the beacon of hope around the world for over 230 years. We are still the most successful and wealthy country the Earth has ever known. We share our wealth more than an other nation on Earth. And we have shed more blood than any other country to give others the chance at the same freedoms we enjoy. So all I can say is… Jealous much? (more…)

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Tags: David Duke, Media bias, Robert Byrd, Spike Spencer, When in Rome
Posted Apr 29th 2009 at 5:32 pm in Political Humor | 12115077 Commentshttp://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sspencer/2009/04/29/when-in-rome/When+in+Rome+Fight+Anti-Americanism2009-04-30+00%3A32%3A14Spike+Spencer