I use a "palm pilot" too and have a handy ballpen that works great as a "quill". Obama and the people in his circle include people from the media elite, and that means packaging, advertising, and campaign slogans and deceitful rhetoric. When you lie as much as Obama does you really need a teleprompter to keep from lying yourself into a corner. Admittedly Obama's already managed to do this even with the prompter, but then, mass communications is an imperfect science, especially since the premises are so outdated in this blogging and new media era.

Ok ok ok wait wait hold on.. ok.. respect us more if we what? All economic indicators are up? So you're one of those people that buys the lie that unemployment "fell" to 9.7%, or that GDP was 5.9%, or that the stock market at 10,000 (from 6,000) a year ago.. that these numbers are not cooked every bit as much as Enrons books were? Seriously. When you discuss namecalling and criticizing without substance, sir, you should consider the democrats way ahead of everyone else, and Palin indeed has been getting much of the criticism -- uncalled for, I might add. What was this about her daughter and A-Rod? Troopergate? Her wardrobe? All a bunch of BS!! And it had nothing to do with the issues. As for international policy, I think Obama is screwing that up nicely and we could do a lot better to have someone else in there. So nothing you have said sticks to the wall. This is why no one cares about the respect you have to offer.

Joking aside, the reason I posted that is because it's nice to see the Tea Party Movement officially getting together with Sarah Palin. But once you say that, then you gotta make comments like "This bodes well for the GOP, as long as they don't try to start a third party" blah blah.. I don't want to think about it! GO SARAH!

2 words: Smokin hot legs.

I was not aware that anyone with a brain still reads that rag. Only the very depraved, who skip straight to the back pages to check out the pics of junkies who provide "escort services" for the $50-$100 range. Well them, and perhaps some communist professors (research fellows) at my alma mater, NYU. Other readers.. possibly some folks that go to SVA. Definitely some libs from the New School up on 14th. Bunch of moochers over there, I tell ya.

It's funny, I just listened to Fame on my IPOD a couple of times and.. I considered Gaga a softer version of Lords of Acid. But I agree with everything you said.

BEST
ZONATION
EVER...

When Obama said this is a Muslim nation, Joe Jervis was engaging in the required doublethink.. You can tell because doublethinkers don't remember lies. To be a good little drone you have to forget the incessant lies, accept everything they say at face value, and insult those that don't go along with the program. This post actually connects a series of events into one cohesive theme that is critical of The One and in fact of the "Religion of Peace".

Hat tip to Bush for yet another most excellent adventure into doublethink.

Well said! Sometimes I catch a little Ed on the way home and he's definitely gone off the deep end. I didn't realize he advocated this though. This gives all radio talk show hosts a bad name, even though Media Matters is trying hard to do that already as far as the conservatives go.

Thank you for a thought provoking article. This piece led me to considering the possibility that Obama had done something right, that is, not meddle in Iran's internal dialogue. How amusing, I thought.. Finally I concluded that although Obama could conceivably succeed at one or two things, foreign policy is not going to be one of those things.

Guns or not, there is a brutal crackdown on people who are calling for regime change in their country. Unlike what happened in Iraq, people in Iran are willing to speak out and fight. I still firmly believe we should have condemned the regime for this instead of what now seems like foolish talk about the regime offering to give a recount. Furthermore they should have talked directly to the Iranian people and offered words of support. Surely the Great O rator can pull this off without making it sounds like the invasion begins in late spring.

It is true that the Iranian people are civilized and have strong desires for democracy and freedom of some sort. Let's start encouraging them. Perhaps the military and authorities will hear freedom's clarion call as well. One thing is clear: the various factions are filled with uncertainty about what will happen when the regime does fall. The police and the military also worry about what will happen to their country and their families. Can America not be trusted to act as a friend and consultant for Iran's democratic revolution? We should remind Iran that America had aid from the French in defeating their colonial oppressors. Let's work together -- is that so hard?