At the La Quinta airport in Atlanta in preparation for an early morning flight that will eventually get me back to Seoul. Had some quality family time and came to a difficult decision.
More on that later…
Heading home
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Election repercussions continue…
…all because of those damn teabaggers…
Let’s swing!
Are you In the Mood?
I’ll fly away…
Leaving the country. For awhile. I expect I’ll periodically be posting fascinating insights from across the wide Pacific.
I’ll be back in time for Thanksgiving.
Anyongheegaeseyo.
“What we’ve got here is–failure to communicate”
Coincidentally, I happened to watch the classic 1967 Paul Newman film Cool Hand Luke the other night.
I’m sure y’all will recall this classic scene.
Well, it looks like it’s gonna be deja vu all over again on 60 Minutes Sunday.
“Making an argument that people can understand,” Mr. Obama continued, “I think that we haven’t always been successful at that. And I take personal responsibility for that. And it’s something that I’ve got to examine carefully … as I go forward.”
President Obama may be many things. But one thing he is most assuredly not is Strother Martin.
Reviews of election night news coverage are in…
…and it turns out Fox News is, well, fair and balanced.
If you believe that the cable news landscape is symptomatic of our two-party political system, then you also probably, and predictably, saw a different tone in last nights election results. Fox News presented its coverage with a patina of celebration, while MSNBC’s took a more gloom and doom approach. But there was one important distinction between the two outlets: Fox News offered a far more balanced set of analysts for the election coverage than did MSNBC.
Read the rest at the link…
Say it ain’t so Olby!
Based on the clips from election night coverage I saw, I find it hard to believe that NBC even had standards. I really don’t give a care that Olbermann made campaign contributions, I just think MSNBC trying to demonstrate journalistic integrity is hilarious!
Yes, MSNBC is forever trying to distinguish itself from Fox as a “real” news organization — and forever failing miserably. Again, compare the coverage on Tuesday night. (Mediaite did!) A few weeks ago, Griffin noted that Fox lets its guests fundraise on air and crowed, “Show me an example of us fund-raising.” Whereupon Johnny Dollar quickly compiled a bunch of examples. Media Matters has also been whining on MSNBC’s behalf about Fox giving too much airtime to particular candidates, like Rand Paul. Johnny Dollar turned that one around too in a big way. It’s not that one network has a slant and the other doesn’t; it’s that, as Jon Stewart said the other day to Chris Wallace, MSNBC is “double-A ball.” And suspending Olby for this nonsense is a weak, transparent attempt by them to convince people that they’re not.
By the way, this is the inaugural post in my “oh, THAT liberal bias” category.
From the police files
Reader Kevin passes along this gem outta West Virginia:
According to investigators, Williams–who lives four doors down from her estranged husband at the 77 Motor Inn–showed up at his door and asked Danny Williams and another man to “eat my pussy.” At this point, Williams, pictured in the mug shot at right, “commenced to undress herself,” reported Deputy Ross Mellinger.
While Danny Williams “declined said invitation,” the other man, Adam Watson, told cops that he “agreed to perform at her request.” However, as Watson approached Williams, “he became overwhelmed by horrible vaginal odor emitting from Melissa Williams.” Watson, understandably, “declined to proceed any further.”
This is when Melissa Williams allegedly “produced a lock-back folding knife,” opened it, and pointed the weapon at her estranged husband. She then reportedly uttered a line never before memorialized in a police report: “Somebody is going to eat my pussy or I’m going to cut your fucking throat.”
Actually, after viewing the mug shot I think I’d cut my own throat first…
And for the record, West Virginia was one of the few places that bucked the trend and elected Democrats.
Just sayin’.
There is a lot to like about our pubic schools…
…apparently.
Bipartianship defined
In 2008 Barack Obama helped elect 255 Democrats to the House.
In 2012 Barack Obama helped elect 240 Republicans to the House.
Glad to see he’s finally getting something right!
Hat Tip: Don Surber
Let’s have a party!
Make that a Tea Party…
So, tell me. Who are the out of touch lunatics on the fringe of mainstream America now? For those without a clue, let me draw you a map (er, well, post a map):
And in other news, the Obama’s are heading to India:
Welcome to the unemployment line
Well, it was certainly heartening to see so many scumbag losers Democratic incumbents tossed out on their sorry asses held accountable by the uneducated angry masses American voters.
My favorite amongst these recently unemployed individuals is NC Representative Bob Etheridge. You remember him, don’t you?
Anytime an arrogant ignorant asshole like this is removed from a position of power and authority it’s a good thing. What makes this particular case all the sweeter is that it represents a big victory for new media over the corrupt gatekeepers of the liberal press.
This was also a victory for New Media. As we’ve seen time and again, the same corrupted MSM that endlessly looped the assault on that MoveOn crazy woman at the Rand Paul (I mean, Senator-Elect Rand Paul) event would’ve most certainly ignored the video of Etheridge’s assault like they do most stories that might create a narrative damaging to the left.
But YouTube and these here Inter-Web-Dot-Nets make it possible for truth-tellers to go around the self-appointed MSM Gatekeepers and get the word out. And when something goes viral, as this did, it can have the same effect it would have if the MSM weren’t corrupt and did their jobs honorably.
I don’t want to say that New Media took a scalp with Etheridge, because it’s not about that. It’s about breaking the MSM monopoly and letting the American people decide what information is important and relevant and what isn’t.
The masses are not asses, the MSM knows this, which is why they so desperately want to control the flow of information. The rise of righteous New Media may not be fast enough for some but just take a moment to remember what the media landscape was like just ten years ago — and it’s only going to get better.
Oh yeah, the best is yet to come. The jig is up folks. There is nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.
Comedy gold on MSNBC
Chris Matthews says the thrill is gone:
While she spoke, a member of the crowd behind her came into view of the camera, holding a sign that read, “How’s The Tingle, Chris?” The sign referenced Matthews’ famous comment in 2008 that he “got a thrill up my leg” when listening to a speech by President Obama.
That’s when Matthews lost patience.
“Congresswoman Bachmann, are you hypnotized tonight?” he asked. Has someone hypnotized you? Because no matter what I ask you you give the same answer. Are you hypnotized? has someone put you under a trance tonight?”
“We’re coming out of our trance, really we’re coming out of our nightmare,” Bachmann responded. “I think people are thrilled tonight. I imagine that thrill is probably not so tingly on your leg anymore.”
After the interview was over, Matthews and his fellow MSNBC panelists reacted to the “How’s The Tingle” sign. Rachel Maddow said it was a way for people to charge that MSNBC was “in the tank” for President Obama. Matthews himself stressed that he had never actually used the word “tingle,” but that he reacted physically when people, such as Obama, stirred his feelings of patriotism about the United States.
“They’re making fun of me, fine, for saying that. I can live with that,” he said.
“It’s so sad for the Democrats. They gave us so many things. Gifts. Expensive gifts. That we didn’t want. That they bought with our money.”
Who’s gonna be punished? Who’s the enemy?
The president had this to say to Hispanic voters:
“If Latinos sit out the election instead of saying, ‘We’re gonna punish our enemies, and we’re gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us’ — if they don’t see that kind of upsurge in voting in this election — then I think it’s going to be harder. And that’s why I think it’s so important that people focus on voting on November 2nd.”
House Republican Leader John Boehner responded:
In remarks prepared for delivery at an election-eve rally in Cincinnati, Boehner seized on the “enemies” passage: “Ladies and gentlemen, we have a president in the White House who referred to Americans who disagree with him as ‘our enemies.’ … Mr. President, there’s a word for people who have the audacity to speak up in defense of freedom, the Constitution, and the values of limited government that made our country great. We don’t call them ‘enemies.’ We call them ‘patriots.'”
Hell, I don’t know who’s right. Let’s let the ignorant, angry and unwashed voters decide the issue. I’m guessing the patriots will defeat the enemy, but what do I know?
“Corrupt bastards”
No wonder they hate Fox News–because Fox isn’t on the hunt for child molesters.
And it doesn’t “forget” to air Republican campaign ads.
But mostly it’s because us “rubes” are seeing behind the curtain.
But maybe if the ruling elite and their left wing media toadies occasionally took a look at what’s happening outside the beltway, this wouldn’t be such a surprise:
What a long, strange trip it’s been
34 years ago today I began my career as a U.S. government employee carrying mail for the Postal Service in Anaheim, CA.
I’ll be ending that career as a GS-15 Army employee in Seoul, Korea on January 1, 2011.
Whoda thunk it?
If you give a democrat a cookie…
…well, see for yourself.
Important news for my female readers!
I’d put this in the don’t judge a book by its cover category I suppose.
Coming to a classroom in Korea soon?
How bad a teacher do you have to be in order to be banned from teaching for life? This bad.