Dec 14 2009

Revisionist History

A reader points out a remarkable bit of revisionist history in Barack Obama’s Nobel Prize speech. No doubt others have commented on it and I’ve just missed it; but, in any event, it bears repeating. Here is the excerpt from Obama’s speech:

Likewise, the world recognized the need to confront Saddam Hussein when he [...]

Nov 15 2009

"Real" Journalism

Anita Dunn, architect of the administration’s “Fox isn’t a real news network” strategy, has singled out one person who does “amazing…journalism.” Who is that? Comedian Jon Stewart.
Of course, to be fair to Ms. Dunn, she may have inferred from the fact that Stewart isn’t funny that he was trying to be a serious [...]

Jun 3 2009

Boehner: Hey, Remember That Time When the Speaker of the House Said the CIA Lied to Her?

With the media focusing their attention on real news stories, like the growing Christianist terrorist movement in this country, you probably haven’t heard much about Nancy Pelosi lately. Remember her? The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives who accused the Central Intelligence Agency of lying when it claimed it had briefed her on the [...]