Quoting Ben Franklin….“They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety deserve neither.”

(*update for clarity) I’m not saying below that Team Obama has orchastrated the entire construct of the Joseph Krony story line. What I am saying is that they are strategically taking political opportunity with it.
I hate it when I’m deeply involved in a complex drama movie and then “whammo” the entire ending just comes to mind.   Nothing is more frustrating in movie enjoyment than the moment when your brain fires on all synapses and you recognize the inevitable outcome of the storyline you are watching.   Frustrating because there’s still 30 minutes left in the film.   Frustrating not only for me, but for my wife who thumps me on the shoulder each time and says “you ruined it for me again“, “why did you have to tell me”?
Sometimes it just becomes clear.    This is one of those times.
The killing or capture of Joseph Kony is lefty/new media/Hollywood loving Obama’s Bin Laden sequel 2.0, set to roll out this summer to adoring fans and followers of the “Gutsy Caller” in Chief.   Coming soon to a New York Times and small-screen near you.     The previews are Brilliant.    Just Brilliant. (more…)

In Memoriam 1969 – 2012

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

We have discussed the Drudge Bias quite a bit.   We have shown numerous examples of manipulative optics, specifically and intentionally framed narratives, and supression of non-conforming media stories not in alignment with the Drudge agenda.   However, a new realization that Andrew Breitbart was as concerned, if not more so, is most certainly affirmational to our suspicions.  Interesting development…….
(Stacy McCain) In a Wednesday talk-radio appearance, conservative filmmaker John Ziegler said that the late Andrew Breitbart told him that during the 2008 presidential election campaign, Matt Drudge altered content on his famous Drudge Report site in such a way that Breitbart believed Drudge was “in the tank” for Barack Obama.
Interviewed by Chris Daniel on California’s KMJ 580 AM, Ziegler said Breitbart, who for years served as an assistant editor at the Drudge Report, had privately confided that his efforts to post negative articles about Obama at the popular site were blocked by Drudge.
“Matt Drudge was totally in the tank for Obama, and he blocked Andrew Breitbart from doing anything about it,” said Ziegler, who directed the documentary film Media Malpractice about the 2008 election. “Andrew told me about this. The evidence is overwhelming, and I can and will prove it.”  (more…)

You gotta love it!  Last week, Sleep Train packed up their mattresses and flounced off the Rush Limbaugh Show in full faux outrage over the Sarah Fluke comments. Today they  came crawling back to Limbaugh begging him to take them back as an advertiser.  To our delight… Rush has told the groveling mattress retailer to stuff it. 

(TheBlaze)…Rush Limbaugh has rejected an advertiser’s apparent attempt to reunite with his show after the company initially dropped its ads from the program following his remarks about contraception advocate Sandra Fluke.  The company, Sleep Train, calls itself “the No. 1 Bedding Specialist on the West Coast, and most recognized mattress retailer in the region.”
In an email to Sleep Train President Dale Carlsen (obtained by The Blaze), a representative of the show says that Limbaugh personally considered the company’s request, but denied it considering its public comments following the controversy.   (more…)

As soon as I heard about this decision in favor of Mississippi Gov. Barbour I headed over to CNN to read their take on it.   CNN in general, and Anderson Cooper specifically, had made this a big issue in and effort to draw a narrative of GOP diminishment.   Barbour wins the day.
(CNN) — Mississippi’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the controversial pardons of more than 200 convicts that former Gov. Haley Barbour granted on his way out of office, rejecting a challenge by the state’s attorney general.

In a 77-page, 6-3 ruling Thursday afternoon, the court found the pardons “may not be set aside or voided by the judicial branch.” (more…)

They are voting on this RIGHT NOW…. Democrats In Senate Reject Keystone Pipeline – Fifty-six senators voted in favor of the amendment – four short of the 60 required for approval.

President Barack Obama is intervening in a Senate fight over the Keystone XL oil pipeline and personally lobbying Democrats to reject an amendment calling for its construction, according to several sources familiar with the talks.

The White House lobbying effort, including phone calls from the president to Democrats, signals that the vote could be close when it heads to the floor Thursday. The president is trying to defeat an amendment that would give election-year fodder to his Republican critics who have accused him of blocking a job-creating energy project at a time of high gas prices.  (read more)