Month: July 2010
Ed Schultz Taking the Palin Is Dumb Tact-Look In Mirror
Here, for example, is what Schultz said about Palin on his radio show July 14: I think she is shamelessly stupid. (click here for audio). For examples of Schultz being “Shamelessly Stupid,” click the photo.
Bombing the Bombay Hills in Auckland New Zealand
With thanks to a Kiwi reader.
Marc Lamont Hill Invokes Immigration and Racism-Laura Ingraham Debates
Bring Your Children Closer-This Is the Good Kind of Porn (Update: I Cried I Laughed So Hard!)
NewsBusters Top 5
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- …how CNN’s Kyra Phillips was the original Gossip Girl [“Oops! CNN Airs Anchor’s Girl Talk Over Bush Speech” August 29, 2006]
- …why dogs are NOT a liberal journalist’s best friend [“Dog Urinates on Katie Couric Ice Scultpture” from December 9, 2005]
- …how geography clearly wasn’t Ann Curry’s best subject in school [“NBC’s Ann Curry Can’t Find Illinois on Map” from February 4, 2008]
- …how typos can be really inconvenient in the age of Osama Obama [“Oops! During Segment on Bin Laden, CNN Graphic Asks ‘Where’s Obama?’ from January 2, 2007]
HALO R e a c h
Underwater Dirt Devil-What Would This Be Called?
Malibu Longboard Run (HD)
JournoList & Names (Trevor Loudon-Part Two)
Here is part of an article by Trevor Loudon entitled, “Socialist ‘JournoListas’.” It is a very imprtant aspect of the JournoList (JourNOlist) story. For all the links out and emphasis on persons and writing, please read Trevor’s post… it is very important!
JournoList was not just a bunch of “liberal’ journos with too much time on their hands.
It was a network of high level opinion makers, united by a “progressive” vision for America. They believed that their superior judgment and insight obligated them to present Americans with a view of reality that they would be too stupid and reactionary to grasp unaided.
At least a few, perhaps many, were committed Marxists who saw journalism, not as a profession, but as a revolutionary tool.
This disgraceful episode should dispel forever the “progressive” lie that the American MainStreamMedia and its “liberal” core, can be trusted to uphold the objective standards of their profession.
- Marc Ambinder – The Atlantic
- Greg Anrig – The Century Foundation
- Ryan Avent – Economist
- Dean Baker – The American Prospect. in 2009 Dean Baker was a Contributing Editor for In These Times.
- Nick Baumann – Mother Jones
- Josh Bearman – LA Weekly
- Steven Benen – The Carpetbagger Report
- Jared Bernstein – Economic Policy Institute
- Michael Berube – Crooked Timber (blog), Pennsylvania State University. In April 2003, Michael Berube signed a “Statement on Cuba,” initiated and circulated by prominent Democratic Socialists of America member Leo Casey, calling for the lifting of trade sanctions against Cuba.
- Lindsay Beyerstein – Focal Point (blog) (formerly Majikthise). In 2009 Lindsay Beyerstein was listed as a member of the Drum Major Institute Netroots Advisory Council.
- Joel Bleifuss – In These Times editor, long-time Democratic Socialists of America affiliate. In October 2008, Joel Bleifuss was one of several thousand college professors, students and academic staff to sign a statement to “Support Bill Ayers,” in solidarity with former Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers.
- John Blevins – South Texas College of Law
- Sam Boyd – The American Prospect
- Rich Byrne – Playwright and Freelancer
- Ta-Nehisi Coates – The Atlantic
- Jonathan Chait – The New Republic
- Lakshmi Chaudry – In These Times
- Isaac Chotiner – The New Republic
- Michael Cohen – New America Foundation
- Jonathan Cohn – The American Prospect, The New Republic. In 2009, Jonathan Cohn was a Senior Fellow of New York-based think tank Demos, which is an Institute for Policy Studies partner organization.
- Joe Conason – The New York Observer
- David Corn – Mother Jones
- Daniel Davies – The Guardian
- David Dayen – FireDogLake
- Brad DeLong – The Economists’ Voice, University of California at Berkley
- Ryan Donmoyer – Bloomberg
- Kevin Drum – Washington Monthly
- Matt Duss – Center for American Progress
- Eve Fairbanks – The New Republic
- Henry Farrell – George Washington University
- Tim Fernholz – The American Prospect, New America Foundation
- James Galbraith – University of Texas at Austin, Campaign for America’s Future
- Todd Gitlin – Professor of Journalism, Columbia University, former leader of Students for a Democratic Society, Campaign for America’s Future founder, Democratic Socialists of America member, In April 2003, Todd Gitlin signed a “Statement on Cuba,” initiated and circulated by prominent Democratic Socialists of America member Leo Casey, calling for the lifting of trade sanctions against Cuba. Progressives for Obama endorser.
- Ilan Goldenberg – National Security Network
- Dana Goldstein – The Daily Beast
- Merrill Goozner – Chicago Tribune, The American Prospect
- David Greenberg – Slate
- Robert Greenwald – Brave New Films, a production company that produced a documentary for Ronnie Earle during the case against Republican Party leader Tom DeLay.
- Chris Hayes – The Nation
- Don Hazen – Alternet
- Michael Hirsh – Newsweek, Take Back America conference, 2008
- John Judis – The New Republic, The American Prospect. A former leader of Democratic Socialists of America‘s preceding organization, the New American Movement, which was formed from the Students for a Democratic Society and the Communist Party USA. Judis is the former Editor of Socialist Revolution magazine and is an Institute for Policy Studies affiliate.
- Michael Kazin – Georgetown University. A founder of Campaign for America’s Future, editor of the Democratic Socialists of America-controlled Dissent magazine and co-author of a history of the Communist Party USA with D.S.A. member Maurice Isserman. In April 2003, Michael Kazin signed a “Statement on Cuba,” initiated and circulated by prominent Democratic Socialists of America member Leo Casey, calling for the lifting of trade sanctions against Cuba. A veteran of the 1969 Venceremos Brigade to Cuba.
- Ed Kilgore – Democratic Party Strategist
- Richard Kim – The Nation
- Mark Kleiman – The Reality Based Community. In 2005 Mark Kleiman served as an affiliated scholar of Center for American Progress.
- Ezra Klein – Washington Post, Newsweek, The American Prospect, 2010 Business Section columnist, Washington Post, formed JournoList, February, 2007
- Joe Klein – TIME Columnist
- Paul Krugman – The New York Times, Princeton University, economics, world affairs and Pulitzer Prize winner (Neo-Marxist).
- Lisa Lerer – POLITICO
- Daniel Levy – Century Foundation
- Alec McGillis – Washington Post
- Scott McLemee – Inside Higher Ed, Democratic Socialists of America affiliate.
- Ari Melber – The Nation
- Seth Michaels – MyDD.com
- Luke Mitchell – Harper’s Magazine
- Gautham Nagesh – The Hill, Daily Caller
- Suzanne Nossel – Human Rights Watch. In 2005 Suzanne Nossel served as an affiliated scholar of Center for American Progress.
- Michael O’Hare – University of California, Berkeley
- Rick Perlstein – Author, Campaign for America’s Future. Democratic Socialists of America affiliate.
- Harold Pollack – University of Chicago
- Foster Kamer – The Village Voice
- Katha Pollitt – The Nation, a member of Democratic Socialists of America and a supporter of Feminists for Peace and Barack Obama. In April 2003, Katha Pollitt signed a “Statement on Cuba,” initiated and circulated by prominent Democratic Socialists of America member Leo Casey, calling for the lifting of trade sanctions against Cuba.
- Ari Rabin-Havt – Media Matters
- David Roberts – Grist
- Alyssa Rosenberg – Washingtonian, The Atlantic
- Alex Rossmiller – National Security Network
- Laura Rozen – Politico, Mother Jones. In 2009 Laura Rozen was listed as a Senior Correspondent of The American Prospect.
- Greg Sargent – Washington Post
- Thomas Schaller – Baltimore Sun
- Noam Scheiber – The New Republic
- Michael Scherer – TIME
- Mark Schmitt – The American Prospect. New America Foundation, former Director of Policy and Research at the Open Society Institute.
- Adam Serwer – The American Prospect
- Thomas Schaller – Baltimore Sun (Columnist), University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Professor), FiveThirtyEight.com (Contributing Writer)
- Julie Bergman Sender – Balcony Films
- Walter Shapiro – PoliticsDaily.com
- Nate Silver – FiveThirtyEight.com
- Jesse Singal – The Boston Globe, Washington Monthly
- Ben Smith – Chief Writer/Columnist for the POLITICO
- Sarah Spitz – NPR
- Adele Stan – The Media Consortium
- Kate Steadman – Kaiser Health News
- Jonathan Stein – Mother Jones
- Sam Stein – The Huffington Post
- Jesse Taylor – Pandagon.net
- Steven Teles – Yale University, New America Foundation Fellow
- Mark Thoma – The Economist’s View (Blog), University of Oregon (Professor)
- Michael Tomasky – The Guardian, Contributing Editor of The American Prospect
- Jeffrey Toobin – CNN, The New Yorker, writer for The New Yorker Magazine – POLITICO
- Rebecca Traister – Salon (Columnist)
- Tracy Van Slyke – The Media Consortium, Take Back America conference, 2008, former Publisher In These Times
- Dave Weigel – Washington Post, MSNBC, The Washington Independent
- Moira Whelan – National Security Network
- Scott Winship – Pew Economic Mobility Project
- Kai Wright – The Root, The nation, The American Prospect, ColorLines, a radical publication of the Communist Party USA connected to Applied Research Center.
- Holly Yeager – Columbia Journalism Review
- Rich Yeselson – Change to Win Labor Federation
- Matthew Yglesias – Center for American Progress, The American Prospect, The Atlantic Monthly, Blogger, POLITICO, Open Society Institute affiliation.
- Jonathan Zasloff – UCLA
- Julian Zelizer – Princeton Professor and CNN contributor.
- Avi Zenilman – POLITICO
JournoList & Socialist Ties (Trevor Loudon-Part One)
Here is part of an article by Trevor Loudon entitled, “Socialist ‘JournoListas’.” It is a very imprtant aspect of the JournoList (JourNOlist) story:
The now closed down JournoList, has caused considerable controversy in recent weeks. According to its opponents, JournoList teamed up some 400 prominent “progressive” journalists in an effort to smooth Barack Obama’s path to the White House.
There have been accusations that “Journolitstas,” deliberately sought to downplay Obama’s association with the Marxist Rev. Jeremiah Wright and tried to smear conservatives or opposing journalists as “racists.”
This post looks at 106 reported “Journolistas” to look for connections or common threads.
Of the known “Jounolistas” and organizations listed below, many can be linked back to two interrelated groups Democratic Socialists of America, the U.S.’s largest Marxist-based organization and the D.S.A.’s “brain,” the Washington DC-based, far left “think tank,” the Institute for Policy Studies.
Between them, D.S.A. and the I.P.S. dominate or influence several organizations affiliated to JournoList, including:
- The American Prospect – Founded in 1990 by D.S.A. affiliate Robert Kuttner. Current editor-at-large, is leading D.S.A. member Harold Meyerson.
- Mother Jones – Includes D.S.A. member Adam Hochschild on its Board of Directors, plus some D.S.A. affiliated staff and contributors. Hochschild was a supporter of Progressives for Obama.
- Economic Policy Institute – Led by D.S.A. member Larry Mishel and I.P.S. affiliate Jeff Faux and several D.S.A. affiliated board members. This organization has contributed at least three officials to the Obama Administration, including Obama economic adviser and ‘Journolista’ Jared Bernstein.
- Center for American Progress – Several staff and officials are affiliated with D.S.A. and the I.P.S. Writing of the Center’s relationship to the Obama Administration, former Weather Underground terrorist leader and Progressives for Obama supporter Mark Rudd said “There’s a whole govt. in waiting that Podesta has at the Center for American Progress. They’re mostly progressives, I’m told…”
- The Nation – Edited by I.P.S. trustee Katrina vanden Heuvel, who presides over an editorial board which includes D.S.A. members Norman Birnbaum, Barbara Ehrenreich (also an I.P.S. trustee) and Deborah Meier, plus I.P.S. affiliates Tom Hayden and Roger Wilkins.
- In These Times – Created by I.P.S. and run mainly by D.S.A. members and affiliates. Based in Chicago, I.T.T.’s board of editors includes former Weather Underground terrorists and Obama associates Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.
- Progressives for Obama – Established by D.S.A. members Barbara Ehrenreich, Tim Carpenter and Bill Fletchers, Jr. Ehrenreich and Fletcher are also I.P.S. affiliates, as were two more of P.F.O.’s six founders: Tom Hayden and Danny Glover.
- Campaign for America’s Future – Founded in 1996, by several dozen D.S.A. members and I.P.S. affiliates, C.A.F. is a major coordinator of the U.S. “progressive” movement. In recent years it has organized several major Take Back America and America’s Future Now! conferences in Washington DC – which are attended by the cream of the U.S. progressive movement, including Barack Obama himself.
Apart from the D.S.A./I.P.S. connections, leftist institutions like The New Republic and the New Century Foundation are well represented. There are two known connections to George Soros‘ Open Society Institute.
Many major newspapers are also represented, as is national public radio, CNN and a host of leading “progressive” blogs and websites and leftist media “watchdog” Media Matters.
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July 30th-Today In History
Today, in 1866 (July 30th), the Democratic government in New Orleans ordered a raid on a racially integrated meeting of the Republican Party. 40 people were killed and 150 were injured. Remember. (BREAITBART)
AMERICAN COWBOY CHRONICLES has this:
….While it was also known as the New Orleans Race Riot, the New Orleans Massacre of 1866 took place on July 30th of that year. What became a massacre took place when white Democrats attacked Republicans outside the Mechanics Institute in New Orleans. The Democrats were made up of former Confederate soldiers, and members of the local police and fire department, as well as others. The Republicans were whites, but mostly “freedmen” — that is freed black men and former slaves.
It started when the Republicans in Louisiana called for a state constitutional convention because they were angry over the Democrat controlled state legislature enacting Black Codes. Among other things, Black Codes enabled state officials to refuse black men the ability to vote. through their .
Black Codes were laws passed by former Confederate states in 1865 and 1866. The intent of the Black Codes was to restrict the freedoms of blacks, while forcing newly “freedmen” to work in low wage labor jobs that were akin to “slave labor.”
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On the corner of Common and Dryades Streets, across from the Mechanics Institute, an armed group led by New Orleans Mayor John T. Monroe waited. Their mission was to disrupt the convention. As they saw it, the Republican Party was the party of the freed slave, the black man, and the convention was a threat to Democrat power in the state legislature. They saw it their duty to stop the threat of the increasing political and economic power of black men, but more so of Republicans in Louisiana.
Monroe’s group was composed of Democrats who opposed abolition, former Confederate troops, and members of the New Orleans Police Department. They carried pistols, rifles, shotguns, clubs, knives, and were known to have even used bricks in their attack. At the Mechanics Institute, the group attacked the marchers with a hatred that should be reserved for enemies of war.
The marchers were beaten on the spot. Soon shots rang out as the marchers where shot in cold blood. Yes, some attempting to flee. The ones who fled were chased and beaten and killed. Some of the marchers made it inside the building. Yes, they made it inside the building thinking there would be safety in the building.
Then the unthinkable happened. Monroe’s group surrounded the Institute and immediately opened fire on those in the building. Shooting into the windows at anyone they could see, the attackers then rushed into the building. Once inside, the Democrat attackers kept firing into the crowd of Republican delegates. They unleashed such a barrage of gunfire on those in there that they literally ran out of ammunition.
Out of ammunition, they were soon beaten back by the delegates. While the Republican delegates thought the worst was over, it wasn’t. The Democrats ran out away from the building, but little did those inside know that they simply regrouped, rearmed, found more ammunition, and returned. This time they broke down the doors, only to again resume shooting the mostly unarmed Republican delegates inside.
It’s said that when the shooting first started, some of the delegates actually attempted to surrender. Most of those who surrendered were blacks, and they were summarily shot and killed on the spot. Others fled in panic and the Democrats actually chased them down to kill them. That’s the reason that the killings were spread over a several block area around the Institute. Victims were being chased down the streets. That’s how innocent blacks were shot and killed even though they were not connected to the convention. Blacks were shot on the street, and they were pulled off of streetcars, and from hiding places to be beaten or killed.
By the end of the massacre, it’s said that the inside the Mechanics Institute looked like a bloody slaughterhouse. Thick blood made the floors slick. Since most all of the delegates were unarmed, it’s said that it was indeed a massacre.
To stop the ongoing carnage, the governor declared martial law and called for assistance from Federal troops who responded quickly. Many of the Monroe’s Democrats, those former Confederate troops, and the city policemen, who took part in the killings were jailed. But frankly, I couldn’t find any evidence of anyone ever being charged or punished for the deaths of those killed — both black and white.
Depending on what sources one uses when looking into this, the numbers of killed varies. When the Democrats finally ran out of ammunition, it is believed that at least 50 people lay dead in the building. Most were black Republicans, but some were white.
Some sources say that there were anywhere from 150 to 200 casualties, either beaten with clubs and bricks and such. Some say 44 blacks and 12 whites were killed there as Republican delegates at the convention. Of course, there are sources that say altogether, counting everyone that was found dead in and out of the building and scattered around the several block area, then it’s possible that more than 130 people were killed in that massacre.
As a result of the New Orleans Massacre of 1866, anger and resentment against the Democratic Party over what took place was clear. So much so that in the 1866 nation election for the House of Representatives and Senate, because of what took place in New Orleans, Republicans won in a landslide and gained 77% of the seats in Congress.
Louisiana Republicans wanted to extend the suffrage, the right to vote, to freedmen and completely eliminate the Black Codes. In the end, they reconvened the convention and succeeded in achieving their goals — but at a price……..
In this linked post, there are many comments, but the one that caught my eye was a long one that ended with this:
….BE PROUD TO BE WHITE!\
It’s not a crime YET…. but getting very close!
To which I replied:
Growing up in Detroit as a honkey, I can say that I am not proud to be white, like I believe people shouldn’t be proud to be brown, or black. Coming from a background of three-felonies and a life redeemed through Christ, these “pride in one’s color” are nothing but mild racism. I am proud to be an American. I am proud to be a Christian in the Judeo-Christian Western culture sense. These types of pride incorporate black, white, brown, etc. Having “pride in your color” is kowtowing to the multi-cultural metanarrative that has divided our country since its inception in the 1920’s and the “Fabian Socialist” [anti-capitalists/anti-religionists] insertion of it into our schools via progressive secularism. This is a battle of worldviews, and taking pride in one’s skin-color is using a worldview that is anathema to the Judeo-Christian one (Genesis chapters 1-3; Mathew 19:4-6; and Acts 17:26). You should see the first 7-minutes or so of my “documentary” and understand the battle of the views of nature involved: Obamacon – Twenty Years In A Racist Church