White House To Dem Strategists “Stay Off Fox”

It appears that the White House is the land of hard headed people. They are continuing their losing battle with Fox News.  Check out this from The Swamp: 

At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presidential aides have depicted as not so much a news-gathering operation as a political opponent bent on damaging the Obama administration.

Political consultants are a staple of cable television talk shows, analyzing current events based on their own experiences working on campaigns or in government.

One Democratic strategist said that shortly after an appearance on Fox he got a phone call from a White House official telling him not to be a guest on the show again. The call had an intimidating tone, he said.

The message was, "We better not see you on again,'' said the strategist, who spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to run afoul of the White House. An implicit suggestion, he said, was that "clients might stop using you if you continue.'' MORE 

Is this stupid or what? Is it not enough that the White House’s little war with Fox caused Fox’s ratings to rise. Is it not enough that this administration has a huge problem with rising unemployment? Is it not enough that this administration might be looking at a terrorist attack on its largest military base? Nope, they need to focus their energies on a losing war with Fox News.

Did any of the bright lights in the administration stop to think that if there are no liberal voices on Fox, that Fox will only have more conservative voices to criticize this administration? It would seem quite obvious that as Fox’s audience increases, that it would be in the administration’s best interest to have MORE pro Obama voices on rather than less. Shepard Smith can do only so much for this administration.

Memo to the Obama administration: STOP DITHERING AND GET TO THE PEOPLE’S WORK!

Via: Memeorandum

Via: The Swamp

UPDATED: Another Black Conservative on Silvio Canto's Let' Talk Today at 6:00 EST

Just a quick reminder everyone, I will be on Silvio Canto's Let's Talk today at 6:00 EST. Please tune in. I will post the player later for those of you who will miss it.

UPDATE: Recorded Show Added

For those of you who might have missed me, here is the recorded show.

Unemployment At 10.2%: Can We Call BS On Hope & Change Now?

Unemployment has now entered the double digits.

From The New York Times: 

The United States economy shed 190,000 jobs in October, and the unemployment rate reached a 26-year high of 10.2 percent, up from 9.8 percent in September, the Department of Labor said Friday in its monthly economic appraisal. 

Of course no New York Times article would be complete without trying to put a happy face on this abysmal number.

While the pace of job losses has slowed significantly since the peak of the recession last winter, the unemployment rate, which measures the number of people actively seeking work, continues to climb, and economists do not foresee relief until well into next year.

“There’s no doubt that the slashing and burning of jobs has abated quite a lot,” said Allen L. Sinai, the founder of Decision Economics, a research firm. “The economy is recovering, but it is a very soft recovery.”

Yeah, tell that to some brother or sister whose unemployment just ran out and still can’t find a job.  The New York Times does reveal something that make one wonder if that stimulus is really working [emphasis added mine]

The biggest losses came in the construction, manufacturing and retailing sectors. Health care companies added 29,000 jobs to their payrolls, and the number of temporary workers grew by 34,000 — a significant gain that could indicate employers are beginning to expand their businesses again.

Hold on there a minute New York Times, what about all those shovel ready projects we sunk $800 billion into?  How can it be that construction jobs are showing losses?  Perhaps rather than putting a happy face on these bad numbers, the New York Times actually do some reporting.

I suspect any minute now, the administration will shove old Joe Biden out there to do his best Baghdad Bob impersonation to tell us the stimulus is working and there are all these mystical and magical “saved jobs” floating about.

Time to knock off the crap, I call BS on Hope and Change!

Via: Memeorandum

Via: The New York Times

UPDATED: Shout Outs And Tragedies Don’t Mix

Yesterday, I did not get to see Obama’s statement on the Fort Hood shootings. One of my readers made a comment about it, so I searched for the YouTube clip.

This is rather unbelievable. Did the brother never watch any of his predecessors make these kinds of statements.  Given the mismatch between the two events, didn’t anyone think that Obama should have made two separate statements so as not to mix the moods?

For all the talk about how bright Obama is and how bright his staff is, these people continually make one dumb mistake after another. Geez, how hard is it to figure out that tragedies and shout out don’t mix!

UPDATE: NBC Chicago Notices Too

Obama's behavior must have been really bad for NBC to have noticed.


From NBC Chicago:

But instead of a somber chief executive offering reassuring words and expressions of sympathy and compassion, viewers saw a wildly disconnected and inappropriately light president making introductory remarks. At the event, a Tribal Nations Conference hosted by the Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian affairs, the president thanked various staffers and offered a "shout-out" to "Dr. Joe Medicine Crow -- that Congressional Medal of Honor winner."  Three minutes in, the president spoke about the shooting, in measured and appropriate terms. Who is advising him?

Who is advising him? Try this line "birds of the same feather flock together"! Obama and his advisors are not the most Pro-American people in the nation, as such you will continue to get incidents like this.


Via: Memeorandum
Via: NBC Chicago

H/T Atlas Shrugs for video

Major Nidal Malik Hasan: More Questions Than Answers

Yesterday’s shooting at For Hood that left 12 dead and 31 wounded has left so many questions in its wake.  The one hope we have for understanding this insanity is that the shooter Major. Nidal Malik Hasan was not killed in the attack.  Hopefully we will be able to get answers from him.

For me everything about the shooting and Hasan leaves me with questions. How does one man with two handguns shoot 43 people on a military base?  Even with a semi-automatic it still seems like an awful lot of people to take out with only two handguns.

Hansan’s family released this statement: 

"We are shocked and saddened by the terrible events at Fort Hood today. We send the families of the victims our most heartfelt sympathies," the statement read. "Nidal was an American citizen. He was Born in Arlington, Virginia and raised here in America...Our family loves America. We are proud of our country, and saddened by today's tragedy." 

They claim that Nidal was subjected to taunts because of his Muslim faith and that he was extremely fearful of being deployed to Iraq this month.  However, since Nidal was a psychiatrist none of this adds up. As a psychiatrist shouldn’t Nidal have had the tools to deal with taunts? Furthermore as a psychiatrist, why was he so fearful of deployment?  It wasn’t like he would have been in actual combat. Plus I am having a hard time believing that someone who was a afraid to deploy would all of a sudden summon up enough guts to gun down so many fellow soldiers. Such an act would mean almost certain death for the shooter.

It is also said by Hasan’s fellow soldiers that Hasan seemed to have great sympathies for the extremists in Iraq and Afghanistan.  If we take Hasan’s family at their word that he was a proud and loyal American, then where did his views come from.  Was he somehow exposed to radical Islamic ideologies? If so from where, how? Is it possible our soldiers are bringing these ideologies back from war or are such ideologies being imported to our military bases? Are we screening for such activities?

As this story unfolds over the next days, weeks, months I am sure a completely different picture will emerge than the one we have today. At lease this time, we have the actual shooter to get the answers from.

Via: Memeorandum

Via: ABC News

9 Dead, 30 Wounded At Fort Hood Shooting

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This story is developing rapidly. The Jawa Report has the figures up to 9 Dead and 30 Wounded. Since everyone is thinking it, I might as well just say it; this looks an awful lot like terrorism. I pray it isn't. It is still too early to tell. Details are coming in fast.


Follow The Jawa Report and Hot Air. They seem to be keeping up with all the developments.


Via: Memeorandum
Via: MSNBC
Via: The Jawa Report
Via: Hot Air

Mark Levin On Fire At "Kill The Bill Rally"

Mark Levin is kickin' butt in this video (h/t Gateway Pundit).  Politico is reporting that at least 10,000 Tea Party Patriots showed up to let their voices be heard.  From Politico:

The Tea Party holds no seat in Congress, but at least 10,000 of the party’s members descended on Capitol Hill Thursday to rally against a Democratic-written health care overhaul.

A plan first hatched and heralded on FOX by iconic conservative Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) grew over the weekend as she e-mailed with a handful of colleagues. By the time activists started arriving at the foot of the Capitol around 8:30 a.m., it was clear no Republican leader could stay away.

Minority Leader John Boehner, Republican Whip Eric Cantor and Conference Chairman Mike Pence all spoke.

Inside, Democrats were working to finalize a trillion-dollar health care bill that they say will deliver insurance to tens of millions of Americans who currently lack it, improve the quality of care and rein in costs both for individuals and the government.

Outside, on the grassy lawn just steps from where Barack Obama took the oath of office, an endless lineup of rank-and-file lawmakers and conservative All Stars –Bachmann, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), Family Research Council President Tony Perkins, actor Jon Voigt and Mark Levin, author of “Liberty and Tyranny” – demanded that the health care bill be torn asunder.

Talk about the making of a political ad. Quite frankly I find it hard to believe that the Democrats will push forward with their plans to pass this monstrosity after Tuesday's beat down, er I mean elections. 


Via: Memeorandum
Via: Gateway Pundit
Via: Politico

"Kill The Bill Rally" Brings Massive Turnout

Wow, I guess when Michele Bachmann talks, people listen.  You can follow the rally which is being steamed live at CSPAN3 here.


Tea Party protesters are going to take their message directly to their deaf Congress Critters.  Give them hell guys.


H/T to Gateway Pundit for picture and Gateway Pundit has more images as well.


Via: Memeorandum
Via: Gateway Pundit