Hypocracy, the Media, and You

I've read the CL headlines.  Since Charleston, it's been non-stop.

I'm agnostic on the flag; I've told you all this.  Don't care either way because it really won't affect my life (or yours-and you know it's true in your heart of hearts, CL editorial board) in any discernible way.

("But SYMBOLISM!" cried Former Democrat Operative Sam Hall.  Symbolism being the thing that puts bread on your table, after all.  How's that article damning Steve Holland and Jamie Franks going, by the way?)

But I'm really flummoxed at some of the headlines.

The first that drew my attention was the three days that the CL hyped the "Mississippi Celebrities for Changing the Flag" ad/article/whatever.  If my memory serves, it was the same week that the Center for Medical Progress released their Planned Parenthood videos, which the media seemed to have discovered this week.  Thanks, Carly!

My thoughts went to the Planned Parenthood videos immediately.  How many of these Celebrities would put their name to a letter to defund PP?  Archie Manning, Hugh Freeze...maybe Dan Mullen?  After all, if a flag hurts your feelings, what does a person describing how they cut through a live baby's face to get to the brain FOR MONEY do to you?

(Please save me the "EDITED VIDEO" sermon.  There's nothing out of context about it, and you know it.)

The second was Steve Earle.

You may remember Steve.  Back in the 80s he was a really good, edgy, country artist.  Since about 1990, however, he's slipped into paranoia, activism, and his music has been noted more for being more political than...you know...good.  Johnny Cash warned you about this, Steve.  He even did a song about it.

For those of you under 30, he's probably more well known for CMT documentaries (do they even do those any more, or is it all reality shows? Haven't watched CMT since I discovered YouTube).  Plus a little song he did in 2002 from the perspective John Walker Lindh.  Name ring a bell?

JWL was the original American Islamist.  He'd be at home at the preschool with the non-competitive musical chairs.  Sometime around 2000, he became a member of the Taliban.

So Steve Earle has sympathy for Johnny Taliban.  You, the average American who didn't learn guitar under Townes Van Zandt and make millions from "Copperhead Road?"  No, he doesn't have sympathy for you.  Cause you think the wrong way.

I'd love some justification from the Clarion Ledger as to why anyone who disagrees with Earle is worse than the Taliban, who blew up monuments because they didn't agree with the beliefs of those who disagreed with them.  But that would require them to make a connection I'm certain they don't want to make.

In Case You Ever Feel Like You're Alone Out There...

Here's a list of celebrities who "lean to the right," though I find some of them curious (Britney Spears? Meat Loaf? Don King? Really?) and surprising (Kid Rock, James Earl Jones and Karl Malone, huh?). It's still a free country, at least until the thought police get here. Check it out.

And for those of you who hate us conservatives, note that many of them are really, really good looking. None look clingy (though I wish Rachel Hunter was).

http://wcbstv.com/slideshows/Conservative.Celebrities.20.824701.html?rid=0

The Last Card Played

The ace Barry Messiah was saving got tossed on the pile last weekend. Colin Powell has endorsed Barry. I have to think that it was a strategic play; after all, the best time would really have been next weekend, right?

No, I say, the best time for Team Messiah was now. Why, you ask?

Simple. Joe the Plumber.

A guy who did nothing more than ask a question and get a surprisingly straight answer-"spread the wealth" I think was the term used, right, Barry?-had the week from hell. His tax records, voter registration, work history, all that stuff was put in the press. Why? Because Barry the Bus Drivin' Messiah decided to canvass his neighborhood that weekend. He's not a McCain staffer. He's not a politician. He's a plumber (a residential one, we know now-but what does that matter?) who wants a better life and to keep what he's earned. And for calling the Messiah's plan socialism, what does he get?

Literally the kitchen sink thrown at him. And people are noticing it. So when McCain threw out Joe as a 10 in the last debate, Joe had to be made into a Deuce. And it is ready to backfire-even though most of the national media doesn't care. So it has to disappear-and what better way than a former Republican Secretary of State coming to the Messiah?

I don't know who Powell really sways, though. He's pro-abortion, so that bloc is out. He's already, you know...sympatico with Obama on...other things. He's not really from anywhere, so a state is out. Maybe vets, but I doubt it. And after all, he was the guy who made the case for George Bush's War in Iraq. His deputy was the guy who outed Valerie Plame (though she was never really in...ah, forget it, it makes my head hurt).

I guess the Messiah really does grant forgiveness for all your sins.

Ah, Front Page News

It seems that Sarah Palin spent too much money while Governor of Alaska. How do I know? The WaPo says so. She spent $122,970 in travel expenses in her first nine months. Extrapolated to a year, it ends up being $164,000 or so.

Frank Murkowski spent, during his term, $525K, $255K, $217K, and $275K. Tony Knowles, his Democrat predecessor, spent $278K and $210K in his last two years in office.

She's really fleecin' 'em, huh?