ClimateGate Totally Ignored By TV News Outlets Except Fox
Posted by Peter on November 25, 2009
WESTERN JOURNALISM
The Obama administration has another reason to hate Fox: it appears to be the only national television news outlet in America interested in the growing ClimateGate scandal.
Despite last Friday morning’s bombshell that hacked e-mail messages from a British university suggested a conspiracy by some of the world’s leading global warming alarmists — many with direct ties to the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change — to manipulate temperature data, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, and NBC through Monday evening have completely ignored the subject.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
HEY, FINALLY I HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON WITH ANGELINA JOLIE!!!
Angelina Jolie Can’t Stand Obama – Says He’s a Socialist
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
GATEWAY PUNDIT
By Jim Hoft
There is Hope for Hollywood after all…
Angelina Jolie “hates” Obama.
Angelina Jolie says Obama is a socialist.
US Magazine reported:
Barack Obama does not have Angelina Jolie’s seal of approval.
“She hates him,” a source close to the U.N. goodwill ambassador, 34, tells the new issue of Us Weekly (on newsstands now).
“She’s into education and rehabilitation and thinks Obama is all about welfare and handouts. She thinks Obama is really a socialist in disguise,” adds the source.
But don’t expect to see the Salt actress rally against Democrats on Fox News like her staunch Republican father, Jon Voight.
“Angie isn’t Republican, but she thinks Obama is all smoke and mirrors,” the source says.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
GATEWAY PUNDIT
By Jim Hoft
There is Hope for Hollywood after all…
Angelina Jolie “hates” Obama.
Angelina Jolie says Obama is a socialist.
US Magazine reported:
Barack Obama does not have Angelina Jolie’s seal of approval.
“She hates him,” a source close to the U.N. goodwill ambassador, 34, tells the new issue of Us Weekly (on newsstands now).
“She’s into education and rehabilitation and thinks Obama is all about welfare and handouts. She thinks Obama is really a socialist in disguise,” adds the source.
But don’t expect to see the Salt actress rally against Democrats on Fox News like her staunch Republican father, Jon Voight.
“Angie isn’t Republican, but she thinks Obama is all smoke and mirrors,” the source says.
PROTESTER WHO ADMITTED ACORN RAW POLITICAL AGENDA EXPOSED!!!
Meet ‘Bon Bon’ Hurd: Protester Who Admitted ACORN Raw Political Agenda Exposed
by Stage Right
BIG GOVERNMENT
Regular readers of Big Government should remember the woman pictured below as the delightfully forthcoming ACORN protestor from the fateful day Andrew Breitbart staged his one-man tea party in the midst of scores of “community organizers” who mistakenly protested in front of LA’s KTTV Fox 11 TV station thinking they were intimidating Fox News. Do you remember the delightful little nuggets of information we caught on taped on our handy-dandy recorder?
“We never declared because we have to be non-partisan – our national organization. But, it was sort of like under the grapevine we knew we were going to put in Obama.”
When asked if she worked for ACORN, our ever loquacious friend said “No, I am just a member, I am ACORN… No, I don’t work. I’m an organizer.” This suggests that she was just one of those “Rent-a-protestor” who ACORN famously pays less than minimum age for (often, ironically to protest in favor of a living wage). We captioned her picture at Big Government with the amusing phrase: “Have You Seen This Organizer?”
Well, we now know who she is. And we have a clearer understanding of her role with ACORN. And the truth is startling and disturbing, especially in light of her infamous boast: “We never declared because we have to be non-partisan – our national organization. But, it was sort of like under the grapevine we knew we were going to put in Obama.”
This memorable community organizer is named Alvivon Hurd, but she goes by the delightful nickname: “Bon Bon”. Ms. Hurd has been identified over the years as an ACORN Board Member, Chairwoman of ACORN’s Housing Commission, Head of ACORN’s Los Angeles Chapter, ACORN Volunteer, Wal-Mart Opponent.. you get the picture. But, that first title, ACORN Board Member raises some serious questions.
It’s one thing when a volunteer and random protestor says the odd and revealing things that Ms. Hurd said to us on November 12th, it’s another when it is a former Board Member. How much weight should be given to Ms. Hurd’s boast: “we didn’t never say who we were going to run for but it sort of undercover that we were going to put Obama in.”? A lot more, now that we know she has held various positions of influence at the troubled organization.
It seems Ms. Hurd is nothing if not active and influential in California. She has been at the table with the Mayor of Los Angeles when discussing plans for public housing projects. She has been in the forefront of protests in Sacramento blocking a housing auction of foreclosed properties. She has been quoted in major publications about affordable housing and zoning issues. She has been seen on Los Angeles Television protesting the Federal Bail-out bill. She was even honored by a Los Angeles charity with something called the “Faith Award”. “Bon Bon” gets around all right. And she is not short on opinions.
Ms. Hurd also has a disturbing tendency to make racially charged statements in the press, like this quote from the LA Weekly:
Hurd said outside a housing summit at UCLA. “Suddenly, everyone wants to live downtown. All these young white people want to be there instead of in the suburbs. They’re building all these new places, Medici, Orsini. Do you think any of us can afford to live there? These people” — she pointed to her companions in the yellow shirts — “they clean up after these rich people, they wash their cars and take care of their children. But when they go home, they don’t want us around. Now what would you call that? I don’t want to call it racist. But what would you call it?”
Then there is this little beauty:
Alvivon Hurd remembers when no one with means lived in downtown Los Angeles. Especially not white people. “For 30 years you only saw [white people] during the day in the week,” says the life-long L.A. resident, who can see downtown from her apartment.
Every time the subject seems to be about affordable housing she finds the need to take note of her opponents’ skin pigment. Interesting.
Alvivon Hurd lives in LA’s Pico Aliso housing project. One of the most gang-infested projects In LA. Yet I find nothing about her organizing or protesting the real plague of her neighborhood: the horrific and violent crime terrorizing the low-income families she purports to champion. No, it is all about the rich white real estate investors.
But as we know, housing is only part of ACORN’s mission. Remember, they also champion voter registration efforts. How does “Bon Bon” fit into that picture. You’ll be surprised.. maybe even shocked. “Bon Bon” told Big Government (caught on our SECRET TAPE) that “it was sort of like under the grapevine we knew we were going to put in Obama.” Remember, in that statement, “we” refers to ACORN. But that is just a silly meaningless boast, right. I mean ACORN is only responsible for voter registration efforts; they have no influence over actual voting practices and aren’t in any position to actually handle ballots or communicate with voters at the polling place, right?
Ladies and gentlemen, meet Alvivon “Bon Bon” Hurd, Precinct Inspector for the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s office:
The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder describes a Precinct Inspector as: “supervising poll workers in charge at each voting location”. In various polling procedures detailed by the city and county, these inspectors are responsible for delivering ballot boxes to Central Precinct Inspectors, depositing voters’ ballots into ballot boxes, setting up polling locations, supervising the voting process including verifying each voter and their legitimate registration status. Yes, that was “Bon Bon’s” job on Election Day. Feel better now?
And, when Ms. Hurd is not protesting or organizing or receiving awards or serving on the Housing Trust Fund Advisory Committee or getting a “shout-out” from former Mayor of Los Angeles Jim Hahn during his State of the City Address in 2003, she has another impressive hobby: She wrote an op-ed piece for the LA Times with none other than ACORN apologist oops, Professor of Politics at Occidental College, Peter Dreier. Peter Dreier is the oft-cited, “objective” political analyst who has lately been critical of the news coverage of ACORN scandals. You might remember him best from his op-ed piece that the LA Times was forced to issue a correction and update for thanks to the tireless efforts of LA Times watchdog Patrick Frye (Patterico). How interesting to see “Bon Bon’s” name alongside “Objective Political Observer” Dreier’s right there in the LA Times. Our “Bon Bon” really gets around.
Who knew that auspicious day when Andrew Breitbart ventured into the thicket of that ACORN protest in West Los Angeles we’d be rubbing elbows and secretly taping one of ACORNS real movers and shakers? That’s what we love about Los Angeles, there are important celebrities everywhere. And you never know what you’re going to hear on the street. Maybe even a tacit admission of misuse of Federal Funds or Federal Election Commission violations? I love this town.
by Stage Right
BIG GOVERNMENT
Regular readers of Big Government should remember the woman pictured below as the delightfully forthcoming ACORN protestor from the fateful day Andrew Breitbart staged his one-man tea party in the midst of scores of “community organizers” who mistakenly protested in front of LA’s KTTV Fox 11 TV station thinking they were intimidating Fox News. Do you remember the delightful little nuggets of information we caught on taped on our handy-dandy recorder?
“We never declared because we have to be non-partisan – our national organization. But, it was sort of like under the grapevine we knew we were going to put in Obama.”
When asked if she worked for ACORN, our ever loquacious friend said “No, I am just a member, I am ACORN… No, I don’t work. I’m an organizer.” This suggests that she was just one of those “Rent-a-protestor” who ACORN famously pays less than minimum age for (often, ironically to protest in favor of a living wage). We captioned her picture at Big Government with the amusing phrase: “Have You Seen This Organizer?”
Well, we now know who she is. And we have a clearer understanding of her role with ACORN. And the truth is startling and disturbing, especially in light of her infamous boast: “We never declared because we have to be non-partisan – our national organization. But, it was sort of like under the grapevine we knew we were going to put in Obama.”
This memorable community organizer is named Alvivon Hurd, but she goes by the delightful nickname: “Bon Bon”. Ms. Hurd has been identified over the years as an ACORN Board Member, Chairwoman of ACORN’s Housing Commission, Head of ACORN’s Los Angeles Chapter, ACORN Volunteer, Wal-Mart Opponent.. you get the picture. But, that first title, ACORN Board Member raises some serious questions.
It’s one thing when a volunteer and random protestor says the odd and revealing things that Ms. Hurd said to us on November 12th, it’s another when it is a former Board Member. How much weight should be given to Ms. Hurd’s boast: “we didn’t never say who we were going to run for but it sort of undercover that we were going to put Obama in.”? A lot more, now that we know she has held various positions of influence at the troubled organization.
It seems Ms. Hurd is nothing if not active and influential in California. She has been at the table with the Mayor of Los Angeles when discussing plans for public housing projects. She has been in the forefront of protests in Sacramento blocking a housing auction of foreclosed properties. She has been quoted in major publications about affordable housing and zoning issues. She has been seen on Los Angeles Television protesting the Federal Bail-out bill. She was even honored by a Los Angeles charity with something called the “Faith Award”. “Bon Bon” gets around all right. And she is not short on opinions.
Ms. Hurd also has a disturbing tendency to make racially charged statements in the press, like this quote from the LA Weekly:
Hurd said outside a housing summit at UCLA. “Suddenly, everyone wants to live downtown. All these young white people want to be there instead of in the suburbs. They’re building all these new places, Medici, Orsini. Do you think any of us can afford to live there? These people” — she pointed to her companions in the yellow shirts — “they clean up after these rich people, they wash their cars and take care of their children. But when they go home, they don’t want us around. Now what would you call that? I don’t want to call it racist. But what would you call it?”
Then there is this little beauty:
Alvivon Hurd remembers when no one with means lived in downtown Los Angeles. Especially not white people. “For 30 years you only saw [white people] during the day in the week,” says the life-long L.A. resident, who can see downtown from her apartment.
Every time the subject seems to be about affordable housing she finds the need to take note of her opponents’ skin pigment. Interesting.
Alvivon Hurd lives in LA’s Pico Aliso housing project. One of the most gang-infested projects In LA. Yet I find nothing about her organizing or protesting the real plague of her neighborhood: the horrific and violent crime terrorizing the low-income families she purports to champion. No, it is all about the rich white real estate investors.
But as we know, housing is only part of ACORN’s mission. Remember, they also champion voter registration efforts. How does “Bon Bon” fit into that picture. You’ll be surprised.. maybe even shocked. “Bon Bon” told Big Government (caught on our SECRET TAPE) that “it was sort of like under the grapevine we knew we were going to put in Obama.” Remember, in that statement, “we” refers to ACORN. But that is just a silly meaningless boast, right. I mean ACORN is only responsible for voter registration efforts; they have no influence over actual voting practices and aren’t in any position to actually handle ballots or communicate with voters at the polling place, right?
Ladies and gentlemen, meet Alvivon “Bon Bon” Hurd, Precinct Inspector for the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder’s office:
The Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder describes a Precinct Inspector as: “supervising poll workers in charge at each voting location”. In various polling procedures detailed by the city and county, these inspectors are responsible for delivering ballot boxes to Central Precinct Inspectors, depositing voters’ ballots into ballot boxes, setting up polling locations, supervising the voting process including verifying each voter and their legitimate registration status. Yes, that was “Bon Bon’s” job on Election Day. Feel better now?
And, when Ms. Hurd is not protesting or organizing or receiving awards or serving on the Housing Trust Fund Advisory Committee or getting a “shout-out” from former Mayor of Los Angeles Jim Hahn during his State of the City Address in 2003, she has another impressive hobby: She wrote an op-ed piece for the LA Times with none other than ACORN apologist oops, Professor of Politics at Occidental College, Peter Dreier. Peter Dreier is the oft-cited, “objective” political analyst who has lately been critical of the news coverage of ACORN scandals. You might remember him best from his op-ed piece that the LA Times was forced to issue a correction and update for thanks to the tireless efforts of LA Times watchdog Patrick Frye (Patterico). How interesting to see “Bon Bon’s” name alongside “Objective Political Observer” Dreier’s right there in the LA Times. Our “Bon Bon” really gets around.
Who knew that auspicious day when Andrew Breitbart ventured into the thicket of that ACORN protest in West Los Angeles we’d be rubbing elbows and secretly taping one of ACORNS real movers and shakers? That’s what we love about Los Angeles, there are important celebrities everywhere. And you never know what you’re going to hear on the street. Maybe even a tacit admission of misuse of Federal Funds or Federal Election Commission violations? I love this town.
ROSEANNE BARR CONFIRMS ACORN GOT OBAMA ELECTED!!!!
Roseanne Barr Confirms Bon Bon Shock Admission:
ACORN Got Obama Elected
by Stage Right
BIG GOVERNMENT
Before Media Matters starts hurling childish invective about how we here at Big Government aren’t “real journalists” because we don’t follow the ridiculous guidelines they set up and then fail to adhere to themselves, it brings me great pleasure to back-up today’s post about “Bon Bon” Hurd with a second source: None other than Roseanne Barr.
Thanks to a tip from “Jim C,” a reader of Big Government, Rosanne’s interview from earlier this year at the Huffington Post reveals that it’s pretty common knowledge within the power structure of ACORN that they did, indeed, work to get President Obama elected:
But, the most impressive thing is that they elected Barack H. Obama through their fantastic organizing skills and knowledge.
I wonder how all of that organizing skill and knowledge to help elect President Obama coincides with ACORN’s use of Federal Funds and their status as a 501(c)3 non-profit.
While I’m sure that is an issue a REAL journalist will take up immediately, in the mean time, we’ll just keep using our pretend journalistic skills to find insignificant things like ACORN activists who boast about working on behalf a presidential candidate and also serve as Precinct Inspectors for the County of Los Angeles.
Howie Kurtz: Are you listening?
Bonus! Here is a video of Roseanne confirming her ACORN ties at a rally earlier this year in Watts, CA. Bask in the depth of her thoughts.
ACORN Got Obama Elected
by Stage Right
BIG GOVERNMENT
Before Media Matters starts hurling childish invective about how we here at Big Government aren’t “real journalists” because we don’t follow the ridiculous guidelines they set up and then fail to adhere to themselves, it brings me great pleasure to back-up today’s post about “Bon Bon” Hurd with a second source: None other than Roseanne Barr.
Thanks to a tip from “Jim C,” a reader of Big Government, Rosanne’s interview from earlier this year at the Huffington Post reveals that it’s pretty common knowledge within the power structure of ACORN that they did, indeed, work to get President Obama elected:
But, the most impressive thing is that they elected Barack H. Obama through their fantastic organizing skills and knowledge.
I wonder how all of that organizing skill and knowledge to help elect President Obama coincides with ACORN’s use of Federal Funds and their status as a 501(c)3 non-profit.
While I’m sure that is an issue a REAL journalist will take up immediately, in the mean time, we’ll just keep using our pretend journalistic skills to find insignificant things like ACORN activists who boast about working on behalf a presidential candidate and also serve as Precinct Inspectors for the County of Los Angeles.
Howie Kurtz: Are you listening?
Bonus! Here is a video of Roseanne confirming her ACORN ties at a rally earlier this year in Watts, CA. Bask in the depth of her thoughts.
HILLARY SIGNS A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
Secretary Clinton Signs a Memorandum of Understanding
Nov. 24, 2009
Secretary Clinton signs a Memorandum of Understanding with His Excellency S. M. Krishna, Minister of External Affairs of the Republic of India, at the Department of State.
HILLARY'S REMARKS ON "ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN" DAY
"Elimination of Violence Against Women" Day
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
November 25, 2009
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"Today, a woman somewhere in the United States will be physically assaulted by her husband. In a remote village on the other side of the world, traffickers will lure a young girl away from her family and sell her into sexual slavery. In towns in every region of the globe, groups of men will harass young women as they attempt to go to school. And in a conflict-ravaged land, armed men will brutally rape a mother and her daughter, part of a deliberate strategy of war. Today and every day, women and girls all over the world will face violence simply because they are female. This gender-based violence not only harms the victims and their families, it shreds the fabric that weaves us together as human beings.
"Violence against women cannot be accepted as 'cultural' -- it is criminal. Today, as we mark Elimination of Violence Against Women Day, let us recommit ourselves – men and women in every country – to work together to end these atrocities, to hold those who commit them accountable, and to support the survivors. No woman or girl anywhere in the world should have to walk in fear or live under the threat of violence.
"When women are accorded their rights and afforded equal opportunities in education, health care, employment, and political participation, they drive social and economic progress. They lift up themselves, their communities, and their nations. But none of these benefits is possible unless girls are able to learn without fear and women are able to have autonomy and decision-making over their own lives, and those are the very things that violence and the fear of violence take away.
"The United States will continue to stand with women around the world to ensure that their rights are protected and respected, and that they have the opportunity to pursue an education, find a good job, live in safety and fulfill their own God-given potential."
The Obama Administration has made women's empowerment a core pillar of American foreign policy. Earlier this year, the President appointed Melanne Verveer to be the first ever Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues. In August, Secretary Clinton traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo to shine a spotlight on the use of rape as a tactic of war. And in September, she chaired a United Nations Security Council session that passed Resolution 1888 to prevent and respond to sexual violence in armed conflict.
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
November 25, 2009
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"Today, a woman somewhere in the United States will be physically assaulted by her husband. In a remote village on the other side of the world, traffickers will lure a young girl away from her family and sell her into sexual slavery. In towns in every region of the globe, groups of men will harass young women as they attempt to go to school. And in a conflict-ravaged land, armed men will brutally rape a mother and her daughter, part of a deliberate strategy of war. Today and every day, women and girls all over the world will face violence simply because they are female. This gender-based violence not only harms the victims and their families, it shreds the fabric that weaves us together as human beings.
"Violence against women cannot be accepted as 'cultural' -- it is criminal. Today, as we mark Elimination of Violence Against Women Day, let us recommit ourselves – men and women in every country – to work together to end these atrocities, to hold those who commit them accountable, and to support the survivors. No woman or girl anywhere in the world should have to walk in fear or live under the threat of violence.
"When women are accorded their rights and afforded equal opportunities in education, health care, employment, and political participation, they drive social and economic progress. They lift up themselves, their communities, and their nations. But none of these benefits is possible unless girls are able to learn without fear and women are able to have autonomy and decision-making over their own lives, and those are the very things that violence and the fear of violence take away.
"The United States will continue to stand with women around the world to ensure that their rights are protected and respected, and that they have the opportunity to pursue an education, find a good job, live in safety and fulfill their own God-given potential."
The Obama Administration has made women's empowerment a core pillar of American foreign policy. Earlier this year, the President appointed Melanne Verveer to be the first ever Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues. In August, Secretary Clinton traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo to shine a spotlight on the use of rape as a tactic of war. And in September, she chaired a United Nations Security Council session that passed Resolution 1888 to prevent and respond to sexual violence in armed conflict.
MORE AND MORE AMERICANS ARE REALIZING OBAMA IS AN EMPTY SUIT!!!!
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 26% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-one percent (41%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -15. This is the second straight day at -15, the lowest Approval Index rating yet measured for President Obama.
Seventy-four percent (74%) of African-Americans Strongly Approve along with just 19% of white voters.
Among all voters, just 34% now give the President good or excellent marks on his handling of the economy while 47% say he is doing a poor job in that arena. On national security issues, 42% say good or excellent while 41% say poor.
Sixty-three percent (63%) of voters believe that political correctness kept the military from preventing the Fort Hood shootings.
-snip-
Overall, 46% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. Fifty-four percent (54%) disapprove. The President earns approval from 97% of African-American voters and disapproval from 61% of white voters.
Republicans now enjoy a seven-point lead on the Generic Congressional Ballot. If Rudy Giuliani decides to enter the New York Senate race against Kirsten Gillibrand, he will do so as the front-runner with a double digit lead.
Fifty-three percent (53%) of voters worry that the federal government will do too much when it comes to reacting to the nation’s financial problems. That’s up seven points since President Obama took office.
-snip-
Support for the health care plan proposed by the President and Congressional Democrats has fallen to a new low of 38%. Sixty percent (60%) of voters believe passage of the bill will lead to higher health care costs.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 26% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-one percent (41%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -15. This is the second straight day at -15, the lowest Approval Index rating yet measured for President Obama.
Seventy-four percent (74%) of African-Americans Strongly Approve along with just 19% of white voters.
Among all voters, just 34% now give the President good or excellent marks on his handling of the economy while 47% say he is doing a poor job in that arena. On national security issues, 42% say good or excellent while 41% say poor.
Sixty-three percent (63%) of voters believe that political correctness kept the military from preventing the Fort Hood shootings.
-snip-
Overall, 46% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. Fifty-four percent (54%) disapprove. The President earns approval from 97% of African-American voters and disapproval from 61% of white voters.
Republicans now enjoy a seven-point lead on the Generic Congressional Ballot. If Rudy Giuliani decides to enter the New York Senate race against Kirsten Gillibrand, he will do so as the front-runner with a double digit lead.
Fifty-three percent (53%) of voters worry that the federal government will do too much when it comes to reacting to the nation’s financial problems. That’s up seven points since President Obama took office.
-snip-
Support for the health care plan proposed by the President and Congressional Democrats has fallen to a new low of 38%. Sixty percent (60%) of voters believe passage of the bill will lead to higher health care costs.
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