Daily Archives: January 21st, 2009 «

 

About the “Hot Headlines” section

Posted by: ST on January 21, 2009 at 11:32 pm » 22 Comments

First, thanks for all the feedback on the new blog design. I absolutely love how it looks here now. Totally different, totally fresh, easier to read (IMO), and the WP upgrade has been a dream so far on the admin end of things. The four columns were an absolute must for me. Thanks again mega- [...]

 

Stuck on Stupid: Rep. Murtha says he’d house Gitmo prisoners in his district

Posted by: ST on January 21, 2009 at 10:56 pm » 10 Comments

Most of you have already heard today about the news articles that came out today about how tomorrow, President Obama is supposed to issue an executive order to shut down Gitmo Bay within the year. As if that’s not bad enough, today Rep. John Murtha, infamous for slandering our Marines over the Haditha controversy, offered [...]

 

Found: The picture that was the inspiration for “the” iconic Obama poster

Posted by: ST on January 21, 2009 at 10:27 pm » Comments Off

Ya’ll are familiar with the now-famous campaign poster used repeatedly during the Obama campaign, which features his face with red, white, and blue colors on it. The title of the poster was “Change” and you can see it here if you scroll all the way to the bottom of the page. The name of the [...]

 

McClatchy/Observer adoration of Obama continues

Posted by: ST on January 21, 2009 at 8:13 pm » 6 Comments

A little over a week ago, I wrote about the liberal McClatchy news outlet’s selling of a book about Barack Obama that includes articles and photos written and taken over the last two years, and how they based the title of the book on Obama’s speech on race. I’ve also written numerous times about the [...]

 

Media Bistro

Posted by: ST on January 21, 2009 at 7:43 pm » Comments Off

Obama lovefest takes place at Gwen Ifill book promo party

 

Live Feed

Posted by: ST on January 21, 2009 at 7:41 pm » Comments Off

Obama’s inaugural second most watched, next to Reagan’s first

 

CNN

Posted by: ST on January 21, 2009 at 7:39 pm » Comments Off

Business jackets no longer required in the Oval Office

 

NYT

Posted by: ST on January 21, 2009 at 7:38 pm » 4 Comments

Update 2: Caroline Kennedy herself says she is out of Senate contest

 

Yeah, but are the oceans and the planet starting to heal yet?

Posted by: ST on January 21, 2009 at 12:33 pm » 7 Comments

The AP (via Sweetness and Light) provides us with the Obamedia picture caption of the day: The morning sunrise beams by the White House as President Barack Obama starts his first [sic] on the job, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009, in Washington. The sunrise beaming means NOTHING without the planet and oceans beginning to heal, though [...]

 

Wednesday open thread

Posted by: ST on January 21, 2009 at 11:52 am » 8 Comments

I’ll be back later today …