Note: This is the same story I linked three or four posts down. I just read the first few paragraphs and thought it was a new piece. So, umm, my bad.

Takedown.

What's left of them?

Posted by: Ace at 01:24 PM | Comments (24)
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Lorie Byrd from PoliPundit hypes Rudy for 2008, and I couldn't agree more.

Key grafs:

On September 11, we saw what a leader looks like during a crisis and it looked like Rudolph Giuliani. In contrast, the recent example of New OrleansÂ’ Mayor Nagin taking to the airwaves cursing the federal government and calling for the cavalry, not only did not look like leadership, but made Giuliani's performance on 9/11 look positively, well, presidential by comparison.

Many of the lessons learned from Katrina highlight GiulianiÂ’s strengths. Considering that he received some of his harshest criticism as mayor for his tough law and order positions, it is impossible to imagine Giuliani giving looters a pass (and, I would argue, encouragement) as Mayor Nagin did in the early days of flooding in New Orleans.

Thanks to the blame-Bush media, it seems the public now believes that the first and ultimate responder to any kind of disaster, whether natural or man-made, should be the federal government, or more specifically, the President. Giuliani is the only potential 2008 candidate that has shown himself capable of handling a challenge of such historic proportions. Because issues of national security and war and peace in the Middle East will outlive the Bush presidency, the nation will be looking for a leader able to perform in a crisis.

Even more than his proven ability to perform under pressure, however, one thing that Giuliani may be able to do, that some other Republicans might not, is unite the country. If Bush, as amiable as he is, and with a reputation as a uniter as governor of Texas, could be painted as an extremist divider, it is reasonable to believe the same will be attempted with the next Republican candidate. Giuliani achieved giant stature in my eyes, and those of most other Americans, with his actions following 9/11. Because he is already known as a uniter and a strong leader, he will be resistant to attempts to portray him otherwise. He can also claim to have received a large number of votes from Democrats in past elections. Not many, if any, of the other potential Republican presidential candidates can say that.

Yeah, I know, abortion, gay rights. But trust me, he's not going to run as a liberal on those issues. He'll walk back the cat to some extent.

Posted by: Ace at 11:46 AM | Comments (71)
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Breaking: Sept. 27, 2005 (Atlanta)

A power outage at CNN has plunged the cablenews channelÂ’s cafeteria into anarchic rumor-pit. Reports are arriving that with electricity gone, the huddled survivors have had to rely on only bright sunlight streaming in through the windows.

“Sure it’s fine in some areas,” a frantic Judy Woodruff noted, ‘but over by the salad bar it’s kinda shadowy. Who knows what’s in there? Am I reaching for the croutons or a severed human head?”

Posted by: Dr. Reo Symes at 11:11 AM | Comments (22)
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I have it on good authority -- a rumor that "sounds accurate" to me -- that the maker of this sign is actually just enticing railway hobos to come into his house so he can lobotomize them with a clawhammer and turn them into Voodoo sex-slaves.

And, also, he makes them mow his lawn. And recruits them into a zombified Amway scheme.

You heard it here first.

If this report turns out to be less than accurate... hey, I got it from a black dude! Leave me alone.

Thanks to dave from texas for the picture.

Posted by: Ace at 10:01 AM | Comments (10)
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Incredibly enough, after breathlessly reporting unverified rumors of sniper attacks, murders, carjackings, mass rapes, and baby-killings, the MSM shifts the blame to po' black folk who lied to them:

Times-Picayune Editor Jim Amoss cited telephone breakdowns as a primary cause of reporting errors, but said the fact that most evacuees were poor African Americans also played a part.

"If the dome and Convention Center had harbored large numbers of middle class white people," Amoss said, "it would not have been a fertile ground for this kind of rumor-mongering."

Okay... here's the deal. Conservatives mistrust the media, but poor blacks mistrust it to the third power. There's a slang expression I heard a few years back about the unofficial grapevine for black rumors: "the Brown Paper News." During one of the periods of rioting in New York, a special phone line was set up for people to call which would debunk rumors flying around. The phone line wasn't set up for white people.

The media should know that. Their job is not to report rumors -- for crying out loud, bloggers are taken to task for doing just that even though we, you know, don't -- but to verify stories as true and then report them. Not to simply regurgitate whatever crazy unsubstantiated rumors they've heard.

So who's fault is it that they just reported this stuff as true? Why, it's the fault of poor blacks, who passed rumors on to them! Apparently they had no obligation to confirm these things before broadcasting them.

Every time you think they've hit a new low, they just break out the shovels and dig a little deeper.

Thanks to John From Wuzzadem for the tip.

Our Responsible, Professional, Committed-to-Accuracy MSM In Action: I especially like how Tucker Carlson reports rumors of shootings and general mayhem as "sounding accurate to [him]."

Well, there you go. If it sounds accurate to you, run with it!

Let me hoist the MSM by their own retarded petard and make a left-wing criticism of them:

Did these rumors of ramptant lawlessless and murder and rape "sound accurate" to them because the assumed perpetrators of the mayhem were "sooo poor and sooo black"?

Apparently it's easier for the MSM that soooo poor and soooo black citizens will degenerate into a Mad Max-like state of barbarism, murder, and even cannibalism than other people.

Let's compare the responsibility and restraint shown by bloggers to that shown by the MSM. Who wins? I will be God-damned to hell before I ever put up with another MSM scolding about how "irresponsible" bloggers are in their reportage and commentary.

Posted by: Ace at 09:37 AM | Comments (29)
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Former federal prosecutor, senior fellow at Foundation to Defend Democracy, NRO national security writer, and star of St. Elmo's Fire Andrew McCarthy will discuss Able Danger and Iraq with us. And also if Molly Ringwald really was "all that."

Then Jeff Goldstein of Protein Wisdom (and also "Ducky" from Pretty in Pink) will discuss media bias during Katrina in between trying to pick up Karol.

Click the pic at 4 PM.

Posted by: Ace at 09:09 AM | Comments (26)
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Weird:

...the Swintons fed their daughter nothing more than nuts and fruit. In November 2001, Ice [the child; cool name, eh?] weighed 10 pounds when she should have weighed about 25. She had no teeth, underdeveloped and soft bones, and could not lift her own head. Ice is reportedly now healthy and living with relatives.

I have a question: Were these people so f'n' crazy they rejected the notion of even breastfeeding their child, as breastmilk would be an "animal product" and hence not fit for human consumption? From what I can see, that would appear to be the case.

How stupid do you have to be to decide, based on some kind of insane eating-disorder-cum-political ideology, that human milk is itself unfit for consumption by a human baby?

Posted by: Ace at 10:01 PM | Comments (50)
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While some defend her remark about hurricane Rita being "just a little wind and a little rain," a lot of people seem to be seeing through her (as a personal matter; they still agree with her noxious politics, of course).

Posted by: Ace at 09:52 PM | Comments (20)
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Pathetic. It is perfect, delicious irony that Dan Rather, scourge of Dick Nixon, is now spending his winter years pacing around muttering to himself about dark conspiracies against him.

Jackass.

Posted by: Ace at 09:18 PM | Comments (20)
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It's goofy, it's stupid, it's absurdist. It's also hysterical.

It's the guys from MTV's good but not great sketch comedy show, The State, and also from one of the funniest movies ever, Wet Hot American Summer. Actually, it's the same sort of comedy, with a lot of the same actors. (And, once in a while, the same bits, too.) Jeneane Garofalo and Paul Rudd from that movie have shown up as guest stars. So has Sam Rockwell, playing the gang's shady dealer of fake moustaches. (They frequently need fake moustaches for their various schemes.)

It's just flat-out silly but I don't think I've laughed as hard or consistently at a show since... well, I don't know when. Since Seinfeld I guess.

It's not for everyone; like Wet Hot American Summer, some think it's hilarious, whereas others think it's just stupid. But check it out on Comedy Central; maybe you'll think it's as funny as I do.

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