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On September 29th on Countdown Eric Burns, president of Media Matters, said of Fox News, "This is no longer a news organization, this is a political organization." Case in point; here's Mike Huckabee on his own show on Fox, and also on Greta Van Susteren's propaganda hour, asking viewers to go to something called balancecutsave.com and sign a petition calling on Congress to "balance the budget, cut their spending, and save American families." Watch:<br />What...

I learn something new every day, usually from people who are younger than I am and who haven't developed the jaded or cynical or hard-headed perspective that I have as an adult. This one comes from a couple of young folks I know. We'll start with my 23-y-o highly intelligent, Georgetown graduated, extremely idealistic, somewhat pretentious, annoyingly talented, raconteur nephew who writes regularly (lately at http://www.echoditto.com/blogs/bryn-bellomy) and introduced me to a new term. See wiki definition below...

A trip down Hypocrisy Lane. Remember Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Damascus in April of 2007 to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad?  President Bush called it "counterproductive" and Sen. Joe Lieberman said it was "bad for America." The right-wing blogosphere was throwing a tantrum. Hot Air called it "undermining our foreign policy." Sister Toldjah asked, "Can we question their patriotism now?" The headline at WorldNetDaily was "Terrorists Go Ga-Ga Over Pelosi's Trip." Jammie Wearing...

Have you ever wondered why so many members of Congress are so reluctant to reform our health care system, so oblivious to the concerns of the American people, and so ready, willing and able to defend the status quo? It's because inside their Washington, D.C. cocoon, inside the world of the ruling elites, the health care system is all sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows. And guess what, it's all government-run and taxpayer subsidized. Consider this:"The plan...

It's time to retell the American story the way it was intended to be told. Sure, I'm a history buff, but this is more about perspective than it is history. There has been a ton of talk lately about Obama being either a communist, fascist, or socialist (as if these are interchangeable) and how that goes against what the framers wanted. They are even having tea parties like those rebels in Boston before the revolutionary...

We're not even a year into this administration and I'm already beginning to feel burned out.  It seems like the far left and the far right are screaming at (and past) each other so loud that any rational discussion is stillborn.Obama's health care proposals don't bend the cost curve in the right direction because they put the cart before the horse in mandating coverage before addressing cost.  (Funny how increasing demand without a concurrent change...

This is what now passes for a topic worthy of serious discussion on Fox News. Judge Andrew Napolitano and his guest Lew Rockwell on a program called, of all things, Freedom Watch, talking about secession and nullification. Watch:<br />What Judge Napolitano and Mr. Rockwell are talking about used to be called treason, and was punishable by execution. Now it's called "Fair and Balanced."Sad but true. ...

I know I said no politics today, but forgive me, this is too good to pass up.Last night Sean Hannity and his two guests were discussing the video that has Fox News, talk radio, and the right-wing blogosphere about to soil themselves-the one of the elementary school children in New Jersey singing about President Obama. They start off with the usual "programming the youth" nonsense, then Hannity says this:"I have no patience for indoctrinating or...

<br />From Huffington Post. ...

The neo-conservative, interventionist wing of the Republican Party, who never saw a war they didn't like and couldn't wait to escalate, are all up in arms (so to speak) over this:"President Obama is exploring alternatives to a major troop increase in Afghanistan, including a plan advocated by Vice President Joe Biden to scale back American forces and focus more on rooting out Al Qaeda there and in Pakistan, officials said Tuesday.The options under review are...