Dumbo University

Nov 21, 2009 - by  Patrick J. Buchanan   11/20/2009     As George W. Bush famously asked, "Is our children learning?" - 16 Comments

Fox News again accused of airing misleading video

Nov 20, 2009 - For the second time in just over a week, Fox News is coming under fire for misusing old news footage. The latest flap is leading some people to charge that the cable news network is intentionally misleading its audience, while Fox claims a "production error." Wednesday's incident occurred when Fox News host Gregg Jarrett mentioned that a Sarah Palin appearance and book signing in Grand Rapids, Michigan had a massive turnout. - 47 Comments

Charlie Brandts, White House carpenter turned beekeeper

Nov 05, 2009 - A new type of visitor came to the National Mall this year, flitting past monuments and museums in favor of trees, flowers and plants. But this wasn’t just some horticultural tour; no, this was work. Each day they were abuzz, gathering and pollinating before returning home to modest quarters with tremendous security near Lafayette Park. - 1 Comment

8 Reasons Fox Is Not a News Organization

Oct 24, 2009 - Even before Barack Obama was elected to the presidency, Rupert Murdoch had declared war on him via the personalities of Fox News Channel, a subsidiary of Murdoch's media conglomerate, News Corp. Since Obama's election, the cable channel's hosts and paid analysts have launched a full frontal assault on the president, smearing his nominees, calling him a racist and suggesting that his administration was trying to persuade disabled veterans to off themselves. Now the fearmongers at Fox are crying foul since the president and his aides declared Fox not to be a news organization. - 5 Comments

Police chiefs endorse anti-terror citizens watch

Oct 03, 2009 - DENVER – A store clerk's curiosity about why Najibullah Zazi was buying large quantities of beauty supply products indicated that something about the transaction wasn't quite right — and it's an example of the kind of citizen vigilance that can combat terror, a police commander said Saturday. Los Angeles police Cmdr. Joan McNamara cited this summer's incident as police chiefs meeting in Denver adopted a model for a nationwide community watch program that teaches people what behavior is truly suspicious and encourages them to report it to police. - 1 Comment

This is what happens when you have a wuss for a president

May 29, 2009 - http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SP396588.htm N.Korea fires short-range missile; may take more action 29 May 2009 13:46:42 GMT Source: Reuters (For full coverage of the crisis click [ID:nN25330519]) North Korea fires another short-range missile North threatens to act if U.N. punishes it No unusual North Korean troop movements seen - Pentagon By Lee Jin-woo YEONPYEONG, South Korea, May 29 (Reuters) - North Korea test-fired another short-range missile off its east coast on Friday and said it would take "self-defence measures" if the U.N. Security Council punished it for this week's nuclear test. - 13 Comments

What’s Good for GM Is NOT Good for Our Country

Jun 02, 2009 - By Phil Kerpen Director, Americans for Prosperity I cautiously cheered the Obama administration’s announcement 60 days ago that GM was on a path to bankruptcy court, because I was hopeful that it would represent an end to political manipulation of the company and a chance to get a clean balance sheet and a new shot as a private company. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Instead GM heads to bankruptcy court with a prepackaged deal that almost completely politicizes the company, with the U.S. - 13 Comments

Is Obama Delaying Economic Recovery?

May 06, 2009 - Is Obama Delaying Economic Recovery? By Peter Ferrara By now, the current recession is officially the longest since World War II. The National Bureau of Economic Research dates the recession as starting some time during December, 2007. - 10 Comments

Obama Administration: We Didn't Find Out About AIG Bonuses Until This Month

Mar 17, 2009 - Obama Administration: We Didn't Find Out About AIG Bonuses Until This Month Jake Tapper, March 17, 2009 7:18 PM (ABC News) Sources in the Obama administration Tuesday said that despite previous media reports administration officials did not know until a couple weeks ago that the officials of the controversial AIG Financial Product Division were set to receive $165 million in bonuses on March 13. It wasn't until Monday, March 5, 2009, administration sources told ABC News, that officials of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York informed officials of the Treasury Department of the full extent of the $165 million in bonuses pending for the controversial Financial Products Subsidiary. This was three days after the Obama administration had already announced a new commitment of an additional $30 billion for AIG. - 6 Comments