| Vote Backs Mideast Talks Halt The Arab League backed the decision of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas not to resume direct peace talks with Israel without a full freeze on Jewish settlement building, but left the door open for Washington to continue efforts to broker a deal. online.wsj.com |
The liberal media elite's blindspot | Lloyd Marcus They think they know best – but little do they know how insultingly patronising their view of the American public isI am continually amazed by the arrogance of liberals and how little they think of us. From 15 years of working at a TV station, a liberal propaganda factory, I am familiar with their snooty mindset: "The general public are unsophisticated yahoos." Interviewed on the O'Reilly Factor, ABC News' chief political correspondent George Stephanopoulos was asked why Obama's approval rating was plummeting. Incredibly, Stephanopoulos gave every excuse under the sun for Obama's decline, completely ignoring the elephant in the living room – which is Obama has governed totally against the will of the people.Apparently, to Stephanopoulos, the opinions and feelings of everyday Americans are irrelevant. After all, what the heck does mainstream America know? As I said, I've worked in Stephanopolus' media world and know the mindset. A little interesting sidebar here, to prove my point that liberal media holds the general public in contempt. My career in television ended in 1993. The big inside joke of the liberal-dominated broadcasting industry was the "Regis and Kathie Lee Show". Libs thought their show was too wholesome and all-American. Kathie Lee was particularly despised by them for being a Christian and too Miss Goody Two Shoes. And yet, Regis and Kathie Lee were king and queen of morning programming; loved by the masses and hated by the liberal industry elite. Many producers attempted to dethrone Regis and Kathie Lee with so-called "hipper" shows, only to have their "we think the general public are unsophisticated yahoos" butts kicked, big time, in the ratings. Liberals in government treat us like idiots as well. In panic mode, sensing their devastating defeat in November, the Obama administration, without evidence, accused Republicans of accepting illegal foreign campaign funds. When asked to prove their serious accusation, the official Obama administration response was that the burden was on the Republicans to prove they are not guilty. Folks, what kind of absurd nonsensical reasoning is that? Obama and company think we are idiots. Liberals have a history of assuming the general public comprises gullible, inferior idiots. Liberals run political ads filled with lies and throw false ,outrageous accusations, expecting their stupid base to fall for it. In the battle to pass "Obamacare", liberal Democrat Alan Grayson actually said, "Republicans want you to die." Hidden in Obamacare, in fact, is a plethora of government controls epitomising liberals' superior knowledge of how we should be forced to live our lives. I still remember the incident of a little black girl crying her eyes out in fear during the Bush presidential campaign. The self-proclaimed paragons of truth and compassion, liberal Democrats, told her that if Bush won the election, she would be put back into slavery. Liberal actor Janeane Garofalo said black RNC chairman Michael Steele "suffers with Stockholm Syndrome". So, according to Ms Garofalo, blacks who do not hate or resent their country are ill. How unbelievably arrogant, racist and superior-minded. Speaking of Michael Steele, liberals are quick to call people racist. But, for some reason, they feel free to use racial epithets, racist cartoons and racist doctored photos to punish conservative blacks. When Steele ran for Lt Governor of Maryland, a liberal blogger doctored a photograph of him in a viciously racist lampoon.Libs particularly "dis" minorities by always suggesting standards be lowered to "let us po' inferior people of colour" in. It would be absurd to think minorities could succeed based on merit; like white folks. Bottom line: liberal attitudes are insulting, racist, arrogant and superior. I cannot comprehend how any thinking person, especially a minority, could embrace the liberal's agenda as beneficial.RepublicansDemocratsUS midterm elections 2010US politicsRace issuesUnited StatesTea Party movementUS television industryLloyd Marcusguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Nurse: 3 soldiers unafraid facing Fort Hood gunman By ANGELA K. BROWN 2010-10-19T16:18:33ZFORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- A civilian nurse says three soldiers showed no fear although they must have known they faced certain death as a lone gunman approached them during last year's deadly shooting rampage at Fort Hood.... hosted.ap.org |
Bahrain Polls Open After months of unrest, voters in Bahrain, a key U.S. ally in the Middle East, were choosing a new parliament that could challenge the ruling Sunni dynasty. online.wsj.com |
Irish bailout terms provoke risk of revolt over next week's budget Fine Gael denounces 'high' interest rate on loan and threatens to reject €6bn cuts tabled by coalition governmentIreland was plunged into fresh turmoil today amid fierce recriminations over the terms and conditions of the €85bn (£72bn) bailout of the Republic's public finances and banks.Fine Gael, the main opposition party, said it has not yet decided whether to back next week's crucial budget after reports that it was prepared to torpedo the swingeing €6bn in cuts tabled by its Fianna Fáil/Green coalition rivals.Fine Gael's finance spokesman, Michael Noonan, denounced the conditions imposed by the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank on Sunday. Noonan was particularly angry over the IMF/EU insistence that Ireland pay €17bn out of its national pension fund to shore up the country's banks and drive down its national debt."I believe that the negotiators on the Irish side were soft," he told the Irish Times. "They have given up €17.5bn of our own resources in sacrificing all of the national pension reserve fund. The fund has been cleaned out."The interest rate is extremely high. If the IMF part is just over 3% as reported, it must mean that the average EU interest rate must be very high, well over 5.8%."Economist David McWilliams, who correctly predicted the crash, also raised concerns over the negotiations on the deal amid fears that Ireland had been "victimised". "We don't need economists negotiating for Ireland, we need liquidators," he said.The coalition must pass the budget next week but is relying on two independent deputies for its majority in the Dail. Irish Labour and Sinn Fein will both vote against the budget.All of the Republic's opposition parties have been highly critical of the 5.8% average interest rate that will be charged by the EU and the IMF for the loan.However, one of the frontrunners to succeed Brian Cowen as Fianna Fáil leader insisted today that the IMF-EU loan deal gave the country certainty and confidence.Tourism minister Mary Hanafin said: "The fact that [the loan is] there … it's certainly a help. They're the people who are judging us from the outside."A four-year plan has been designed and accepted. It deals with competitiveness and investment. We were in a worse situation in the 1980s. We lifted ourselves out of it then and I am confident the Irish people will do it again."Children's minister Barry Andrews also said Ireland should realise it was not headed for Armageddon. "If we do go back to revenue and expenditure of around the 2005 or 2006 mark, let's not forget we weren't a poor country four or five years ago," he said."If this gives us the confidence to know that where we're going isn't Armageddon, but is something that we lived with before, and if we have the humility to remember that we've come from situations like this before, I think it will give people confidence that this government has an idea of the path to recovery for the country."The government received support from Brussels, where Europe's commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, Olli Rehn, predicted that the Republic will recover "relatively rapidly" from its current economic malaise."The Irish are smart, resilient and stubborn people: they will get over this challenge and the EU is supporting them in that," Rehn said.Presenting his autumn economic forecast in Brussels, the commissioner said the measures taken by the EU and the IMF to prop up Ireland showed that "we will do whatever it takes to support financial stability in Europe. But, as always, restoring confidence takes time."Quoting the lyrics of Irish rock star Bob Geldof, Rehn said: "As an Irish poet put it, I don't like Mondays, but this Monday is an exception – it brings better news."Meanwhile, respected economist David McWilliams, who correctly predicted the crash, also raised concerns over the negotiations on the deal amid fears that ireland had been "victimised" because the EU did not want bondholders to take a hit. "We don't need economists negotiating for Ireland, we need liquidators," said McWilliams.Ireland bailoutEuropean debt crisisIMFEuropean Central BankEuropeEconomicsGlobal economyIrelandEuropean UnionEuropean commissionHenry McDonaldguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |