Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:
MRC Special Report: The Media Censorship That Put Barack Obama Back in the White House ~ Analysis of the news coverage for various stories leading up to the 2012 election proves that anything that reflected negatively on the president was pointedly and consistently ignored. Brent Bozell and Tim Graham have a new book out – “Collusion: How the Media Stole the 2012 Election” – detailing the whole sordid tale.
Speaking of selective media coverage, remember when George W. Bush was president and we had to hear endlessly about Abu Ghraib and the shameless conduct of American troops? Oddly enough, this event – Iraq: Hundreds of Inmates Escape Abu Ghraib Prison (July 22, 2013) – barely warranted a mention.
Uncle Ho and the Founding Fathers ~ Communists and fellow travelers are forced to rewrite history to foster their evil ambitions.
Petition of the week: Call to legalize ‘fourth trimester abortions’ ~ Video shows college students are more than happy to sign on to the proposal. As one viewer, with the handle “Auntie Socialist,” observed:
Their problem is not lack of intelligence. It’s stupidity and gullability, i.e. atrophy of intelligence. They are told 24/7 what to think and are rewarded for parroting back the right attitudes. They become consummate BS artists and paradoxically, they are unable themselves to recognize BS when presented with it.
The Idiot’s Foreign Policy ~ What Syria’s all about. And why Senator-“Hey -Let’s arm the terrorists!”-McCain must be getting senile and needs to be put out to pasture.
Statism Is Turning America Into Detroit – Ayn Rand’s Starnesville Come To Life ~ As Daniel Hannan points out; “Atlas Shrugged” was eerily prescient.
If Obama Had a City, It Would Look Like Detroit ~ Sad but true ~
Detroit is an apropos metaphor for Obama’s America. It is the prototypical terminal manifestation of the Democratic Party’s socialist economic policies that have created ever-expanding urban poverty plantations in once-great cities across the nation. That in turn drives the departure of middle-class families for greener pastures in outlying suburban counties with better schools and lower crime.
The Gay Card: Advancing Sodomy ~ The homosexual movement is progressing like steamroller. Still stuck with your Juedeo-Christian ethics? Prepare to be flattened.
[Warning: the content-driven auto-ads on this site actually make it appear that they’re advancing the LGBT agenda. I’m pretty sure they’re not.]
CA Republican Wins Seat in Dist. with 60% Hispanics, 22-Pt. Dem Advantage ~ A glimmer of hope – conservative principles defeat progressive demographics in the battleground of ideas – even in LaLa land ~
(Andy) Vidak’s theme of “fish versus farmer” resonated with Democrats in a District where the unemployment rate is 15% and as high as 30% in some communities in the District. Vidak reminded voters that liberal environmentalists, in order to protect fish, only allowed farmers to receive 20% of their water allocation, crippling the region’s economy. He also stressed that Perez (his Dem. opponent) supported the the state’s high-speed rail project that would have razed business, farms, and homes in the District. Because she supported the agenda of coastal elites and Democrat interest groups, Perez was able to raise twice as much money as Vidak, but 16th District voters ultimately rejected her liberal policies.
Prayer for Zimbabwe ~ From Judi McLeod/ at Canada Free Press. No matter the continent, power-hungry demagogues create racial strife, class warfare, tragedy for some, and equal misery for all. Over the past few decades, Pres. Robert Mugabe has trashed the country that was once the bread basket of southern Africa. There’s an election on July 31st. Let’s pray that it’s not stolen again ~
From untold millions who know about Zimbabwe comes a most hopeful prayer: “Please God, let a Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai victory end the heartache and misery and return peace to Zimbabwe beginning this Wednesday.”
