Scozzafava Endorses Democrat Owens
The special election to fill New York's 23rd Congressional District seat vacated by the appointment of Republican John McHugh as Secretary of the Army has taken yet another bizarre twist. Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava dropped out over the weekend, causing great celebration on the part of Republicans like Michelle Malkin, who termed her "radical leftist GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava" and ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 2, 2009 08:20
Conservative Media Scoops Mainstream Media
A series of scandals uncovered by conservative outlets and ignored by the mainstream press are starting to raise some uncomfortable questions. The right-wing media’s single-minded focus on a handful of targets over the past months and its success in pushing those stories into the mainstream have underscored the sharp divide between traditional news organizations and the bloggers and talk show hosts ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 16, 2009 08:30
Malkin’s Chutzpah
I normally don't pay attention to Michelle Malkin because of my general policy of not paying attention to those uninterested in rational discussion (a policy that extends to, for example, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Keith Olbermann, Michael Moore, etc.). However, I have to say that I admire the chutzpah of her recent blog post, in which she decries the ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 15, 2009 16:32
9/12 Protests
Yesterday, somewhere between "tens of thousands" and "two million" people flooded the nation's capital to protest somethingoranother. Thousands Rally in Capital to Protest Big Government (Jeff Zeleny, NYT) [caption id="attachment_41802" align="alignright" width="400" caption="Amanda Lucidon for The New York Times"][/caption] A sea of protesters filled the west lawn of the Capitol and spilled onto the National Mall on Saturday in the largest rally against ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 13, 2009 07:57
Obama’s Schoolchildren Speech
President Obama is set to address the nation's schoolchildren next week, presumably to propagandize them into his evil agenda of turning the country into Communist Russia (pronounced "roo-shuh") and offing granny to save money on health care just as they do in his native Kenya. There are even instruction manuals to enlist the support of the teachers unions in brainwashing ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on September 3, 2009 12:35
Magazine Format Blogs
Jayvie Canono has a useful discussion about the magazine-style format that has taken the blog world by storm over the last couple of years. Among the non-technical issues he raises is this: Will your readers like it? Maybe they would prefer that they just keep scrolling down to keep reading your posts. Maybe you should ask them when you play-test ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 28, 2009 08:54
Un-American
The Outrage of the Day, apparently, is a USA Today op-ed by Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer in which they assert "Drowning out opposing views is simply un-American." Weekly Standard, Gateway Pundit, The Huffington Post, Top of the Ticket, Moe_Lane's blog, The Moderate Voice, JammieWearingFool, JustOneMinute, The Atlantic Politics Channel, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Jawa Report, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on August 10, 2009 15:47
A Tale of Two Murders
DrewM. passes on Michelle Malkin's post and column noting that the murder of abortion doctor George Tiller by a white "Christian" got scads more media commentary and more intense presidential attention than did the murder of Private William Long and maiming and attempted murder of Private Quinton Ezeagwula by a black "Muslim." It's a fair point and very much worth noting ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 3, 2009 15:20
Military Recruiting Shootings
One soldier was killed and another seriously injured in a shooting at an Army-Navy Recruiting Center in west Little Rock, Arkansas. Thankfully, the second's injuries are not considered life-threatening. Contrary to earlier reports, both victims were "just out of basic training," participating in the "Hometown Recruiting Assistance" program, and not Army Recruiters. An arrest has been made but no names ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 1, 2009 16:57
Was Tiller Murder ‘Terrorism’?
For the second time in less than a week, Andrew Sullivan has handed out one of his positive awards to someone for whom a different and negative award was named. This time, Michelle Malkin gets an Yglesias Award for calling the murder of George Tiller "terrorism." (For those who don't keep up with such things, the Malkin Award is given ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on June 1, 2009 11:08
Hewitt Wins Yglesias Award
Now, here's something I thought I'd never see: Andrew Sullivan has nominated Hugh Hewitt for an Yglesias Award for his defense of Sonia Sotomayor. For those who don't keep up with such things, "The Yglesias Award is for writers, politicians, columnists or pundits who actually criticize their own side, make enemies among political allies, and generally risk something for the sake ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on May 27, 2009 14:22
U.S. Presidents and Royal Protocol
The Obamas are coming under criticism from around the blogosphere for their dealings with royals. First, Barack Obama gave Queen Elizabeth II a video iPod filled with some rather add materials (along with an actually thoughtful gift). Then, Michelle Obama got into trouble for getting too familiar with the the queen. Now, Barack Obama is getting chastised for bowing to ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on April 3, 2009 07:45
Limbaugh – Steele Cage Match
RNC chairman Michael Steele was on D.L. Hughley's CNN show Saturday night and people are slowly getting interested: Some obvious questions come to mind: D.L. Hughley has a talk show?! What's up with that shirt Steele's wearing? Mostly, though, people are talking about Steele's comments about Rush Limbaugh. So let’s put it into context here. Let’s put it into context here. Rush Limbaugh is an ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on March 2, 2009 17:10
Change.gov You Can Believe In
Michelle Malkin has an interesting post entitled "Document drop: The story behind Change.gov." The short version: The Government Services Agency initially denied the Obama transition team the domain "change.gov" on numerous grounds: 1) The name was too generic, violating "canonical" rules; 2) the name was political -- a campaign slogan -- and thus violated the rules for the .gov domain; and ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on December 20, 2008 10:24
Palin Last Nail in Republican Coffin?
Quite a few reports came out yesterday buttressing rumors that there were tensions between John McCain and Sarah Palin which caused a feud within the campaign team. It's only fitting, I suppose, since the selection of Palin has highlighted and exacerbated a growing fissure within the Republican Party itself. Fox New's Carl Cameron dished last night about rumors that Palin was ...Posted in Outside The Beltway on November 6, 2008 08:06
