Showing posts with label Pittsburgh Tribune Review. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pittsburgh Tribune Review. Show all posts
Friday, April 16, 2010
Has Liberalism Infested The Editorial Room?
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Obama Love- A New Era In Salesmanship
In this Opinion piece from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review the author seems to rebute Rich L. Connor's piece about the liberal press he published in his own paper the Times Leader. Big Dan gives his opinion on the subject as well.
2009: Year of Obama love
Buzz up!By L. Brent Bozell III Sunday, December 27, 2009
2009 might be classified as the year Barack Obama came down to Earth. The latest NBC-Wall Street Journal poll found that 47 percent approve of the job Obama is doing and 46 percent disapprove. Those are not exactly messiah numbers.
And that's the big difference between the public and the press. The media do believe he's God.
Evan Thomas of Newsweek summed it all up. On "Hardball" in June, Thomas explained that while Ronald Reagan was just a "parochial" and "provincial" president, Obama can lead the whole world: "In a way, Obama is standing above the country, above the world. He's sort of God. He's going to bring all different sides together."
After the inevitable furor, Thomas said he "wasn't being literal."
No one thought Thomas was being literal. It would suggest the people at Newsweek believe in God. But all the verbiage surrounding this quote suggested Thomas thought Obama could lead the world into a calm new era. "He's the teacher. He is going to say, 'Now, children, stop fighting and quarreling with each other.' And he has a kind of a moral authority that he can do that."
That's obviously not true in America, where conservatives continue to fight fiercely against his socialist agenda. It's also obviously not true abroad because the world didn't exactly surrender to Obama's "moral authority" at Copenhagen. Many Third World countries still hate America's guts -- and always will.
The Thomas literary levitation act won him "The Audacity of Dopes Award" for the wackiest media analysis of the year, one of the 17 winning citations in the Best Notable Quotables of 2009, as voted by a panel of 48 expert judges from conservative journalism, academia and talk radio. Ardor for Obama dominated the entries.
The year started with an intensely passionate winter of love around Obama's inauguration. ABC's Bill Weir captured the "Coronation of the Messiah Award" when he proclaimed, "Never have so many people shivered so long with such joy. From above, even the seagulls must have been awed by the blanket of humanity."
ABC's Terry Moran took the "Barry's Big Brain Award" for journalists bedazzled by Obama's brilliance when Moran asserted, "Barack Obama is the first president since George Washington to be taking a step down into the Oval Office. I mean, from visionary leader of a giant movement, now he's got an executive position that he has to perform in, in a way."
Perhaps the media will have to stick with celebrating Obama's legendary coolness. "The Obamagasm Award for Seeing Coolness in Everything Obama Does" went to the fan club known as MSNBC. John Harwood of CNBC almost glowed when Obama successfully swatted a fly right in front of him during a TV interview. "It was a, you know, Dirty Harry 'make-my-day' moment." As if Clint Eastwood would glare at a fly and ask if he felt lucky.
Obama wasn't the only liberal politician to receive deep bows from the media. The death of Sen. Ted Kennedy prompted The Huffington Post to publish what the judges' panel found to be the Quote of the Year.
Melissa Lafsky, deputy Web editor of Discover magazine, revisited the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, killed when Kennedy drove his car off Dyke Bridge in 1969 and left her behind. "Mary Jo wasn't a right-wing talking point or a negative campaign slogan," Lafsky wrote. "We don't know how much Kennedy was affected by her death or what she'd have thought about arguably being a catalyst for the most successful Senate career in history."
What did Kopechne think? Unfortunately, Lafsky attempted an answer by wondering "what Mary Jo Kopechne would have had to say about Ted's death, and what she'd have thought of the life and career that are being (rightfully) heralded. Who knows -- maybe she'd have thought it was worth it."
The left's infatuation with Kennedy is so complete that this journalist was actually and very seriously suggesting that perhaps Kopechne would have wanted to be killed by Kennedy if she knew how her drowning death propelled his career. Never mind the fact that had it not been for her death, he'd probably have been elected president, rendering her vision utterly illogical.
The liberal mind is a mysterious place. It's a terrible thing to watch as it wastes.
L. Brent Bozell III is president of the Media Research Center.
2009: Year of Obama love
Buzz up!By L. Brent Bozell III Sunday, December 27, 2009
2009 might be classified as the year Barack Obama came down to Earth. The latest NBC-Wall Street Journal poll found that 47 percent approve of the job Obama is doing and 46 percent disapprove. Those are not exactly messiah numbers.
And that's the big difference between the public and the press. The media do believe he's God.
Evan Thomas of Newsweek summed it all up. On "Hardball" in June, Thomas explained that while Ronald Reagan was just a "parochial" and "provincial" president, Obama can lead the whole world: "In a way, Obama is standing above the country, above the world. He's sort of God. He's going to bring all different sides together."
After the inevitable furor, Thomas said he "wasn't being literal."
No one thought Thomas was being literal. It would suggest the people at Newsweek believe in God. But all the verbiage surrounding this quote suggested Thomas thought Obama could lead the world into a calm new era. "He's the teacher. He is going to say, 'Now, children, stop fighting and quarreling with each other.' And he has a kind of a moral authority that he can do that."
That's obviously not true in America, where conservatives continue to fight fiercely against his socialist agenda. It's also obviously not true abroad because the world didn't exactly surrender to Obama's "moral authority" at Copenhagen. Many Third World countries still hate America's guts -- and always will.
The Thomas literary levitation act won him "The Audacity of Dopes Award" for the wackiest media analysis of the year, one of the 17 winning citations in the Best Notable Quotables of 2009, as voted by a panel of 48 expert judges from conservative journalism, academia and talk radio. Ardor for Obama dominated the entries.
The year started with an intensely passionate winter of love around Obama's inauguration. ABC's Bill Weir captured the "Coronation of the Messiah Award" when he proclaimed, "Never have so many people shivered so long with such joy. From above, even the seagulls must have been awed by the blanket of humanity."
ABC's Terry Moran took the "Barry's Big Brain Award" for journalists bedazzled by Obama's brilliance when Moran asserted, "Barack Obama is the first president since George Washington to be taking a step down into the Oval Office. I mean, from visionary leader of a giant movement, now he's got an executive position that he has to perform in, in a way."
Perhaps the media will have to stick with celebrating Obama's legendary coolness. "The Obamagasm Award for Seeing Coolness in Everything Obama Does" went to the fan club known as MSNBC. John Harwood of CNBC almost glowed when Obama successfully swatted a fly right in front of him during a TV interview. "It was a, you know, Dirty Harry 'make-my-day' moment." As if Clint Eastwood would glare at a fly and ask if he felt lucky.
Obama wasn't the only liberal politician to receive deep bows from the media. The death of Sen. Ted Kennedy prompted The Huffington Post to publish what the judges' panel found to be the Quote of the Year.
Melissa Lafsky, deputy Web editor of Discover magazine, revisited the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, killed when Kennedy drove his car off Dyke Bridge in 1969 and left her behind. "Mary Jo wasn't a right-wing talking point or a negative campaign slogan," Lafsky wrote. "We don't know how much Kennedy was affected by her death or what she'd have thought about arguably being a catalyst for the most successful Senate career in history."
What did Kopechne think? Unfortunately, Lafsky attempted an answer by wondering "what Mary Jo Kopechne would have had to say about Ted's death, and what she'd have thought of the life and career that are being (rightfully) heralded. Who knows -- maybe she'd have thought it was worth it."
The left's infatuation with Kennedy is so complete that this journalist was actually and very seriously suggesting that perhaps Kopechne would have wanted to be killed by Kennedy if she knew how her drowning death propelled his career. Never mind the fact that had it not been for her death, he'd probably have been elected president, rendering her vision utterly illogical.
The liberal mind is a mysterious place. It's a terrible thing to watch as it wastes.
L. Brent Bozell III is president of the Media Research Center.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Governor Rendell Helped Pittsburgh's Financial Woes
Todd Eachus stated publicly that he would not pass legislation "specifically" for Hazleton. Governor Rendell and Todd Eachus had no problem passing not just one but a package of bills specifically for the City of Pittsburgh.
November 2004
Governor Edward G. Rendell today signed a package of bills that will help restore Pittsburgh to fiscal health and provide it with stable sources of funding. The bills include reforms to the city’s business taxes, a phased reduction in the city parking tax, an increase in the city’s occupational privilege tax and an increase in the earned-income tax on visiting athletes.
Those bills contained taxation issues while Eachus claims finding a fix for the City's(Hazleton) problem right now is impractical. Evidently it wasn't impractical for Pittsburgh.
IssuesPA has a great article highlighting the problems faced by Pittsburgh. One of the problems detailed. The largest single factor in its rising debt service payments has been the city's bonding of unfunded pension liability. Annual expenditures for pension costs, benefits and debt service are expected to have increased $119 million between 1993 to 2005. Most cities in this Commonwealth are in the same boat defined in a report submitted by James McAneny of the Public Employees Retirement Commission..
It is no secret that Todd Eachus is using unprecedented legislative tactics for inexcusable political retribution. His use of scare tactics with the police and fire unions in Hazleton over unfunded pension liability is wagging the dog. The unfunded pension liability is due to losses in the stock market that every pension faced in the current financial meltdown. It is time Eachus remembers who put him in office. Arrogance that the office will always be his blinds him to the realities of mankind. Be kind and kindness will be a reward. Being arrogant lulls one into a false sense of competence and entitlement.
November 2004
Governor Edward G. Rendell today signed a package of bills that will help restore Pittsburgh to fiscal health and provide it with stable sources of funding. The bills include reforms to the city’s business taxes, a phased reduction in the city parking tax, an increase in the city’s occupational privilege tax and an increase in the earned-income tax on visiting athletes.
Those bills contained taxation issues while Eachus claims finding a fix for the City's(Hazleton) problem right now is impractical. Evidently it wasn't impractical for Pittsburgh.
IssuesPA has a great article highlighting the problems faced by Pittsburgh. One of the problems detailed. The largest single factor in its rising debt service payments has been the city's bonding of unfunded pension liability. Annual expenditures for pension costs, benefits and debt service are expected to have increased $119 million between 1993 to 2005. Most cities in this Commonwealth are in the same boat defined in a report submitted by James McAneny of the Public Employees Retirement Commission..
It is no secret that Todd Eachus is using unprecedented legislative tactics for inexcusable political retribution. His use of scare tactics with the police and fire unions in Hazleton over unfunded pension liability is wagging the dog. The unfunded pension liability is due to losses in the stock market that every pension faced in the current financial meltdown. It is time Eachus remembers who put him in office. Arrogance that the office will always be his blinds him to the realities of mankind. Be kind and kindness will be a reward. Being arrogant lulls one into a false sense of competence and entitlement.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Rendell, Democrats, And Your Money-A Turtle's PACE
It is March 12, 1881. The New York Times ran this article titled "NEW PENNSYLVANIA LAWS; SLOW PROGRESS IN DISPOSING OF IMPORTANT MEASURES.
Eric Heyl over at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review talks about the tortoise's pace our legislators are employing to solve Pennsylvania's budget woes. He pokes fun at the fact that they were able to come to a consensus on naming a state reptile but have not tackled Rendell's $3 billion deficit.
If the Senate approves the measure, Gov. Ed Rendell likely will sign legislation putting the eastern box turtle up there with the white-tailed deer (state animal), Great Dane (state dog), brook trout (state fish) and the ruffed grouse (state bird).
No one should be surprised that lawmakers devoted time to finally settle on a state reptile. If a decision is required on an utterly irrelevant matter, they have no trouble sticking their heads out.
But as evidenced by the budget crisis, when it comes to tacking tough issues, they have a disturbing habit of retreating into their shells.
Correct me if I am wrong. I believe Rendell has yet to sign anything into law passed by both chambers of the Pennsylvania legislature. Of course we are talking about the same Ed Rendell who welcomed that fresh face into the Democratic party, Arlen Specter.
It amazes me how the media attacked George Bush over increased government spending, but as Eric points out, Rendell gets a free pass with every new tax. It is also amazing that in 128 years things haven't changed in Pennsylvania.
Eric Heyl over at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review talks about the tortoise's pace our legislators are employing to solve Pennsylvania's budget woes. He pokes fun at the fact that they were able to come to a consensus on naming a state reptile but have not tackled Rendell's $3 billion deficit.
If the Senate approves the measure, Gov. Ed Rendell likely will sign legislation putting the eastern box turtle up there with the white-tailed deer (state animal), Great Dane (state dog), brook trout (state fish) and the ruffed grouse (state bird).
No one should be surprised that lawmakers devoted time to finally settle on a state reptile. If a decision is required on an utterly irrelevant matter, they have no trouble sticking their heads out.
But as evidenced by the budget crisis, when it comes to tacking tough issues, they have a disturbing habit of retreating into their shells.
Correct me if I am wrong. I believe Rendell has yet to sign anything into law passed by both chambers of the Pennsylvania legislature. Of course we are talking about the same Ed Rendell who welcomed that fresh face into the Democratic party, Arlen Specter.
It amazes me how the media attacked George Bush over increased government spending, but as Eric points out, Rendell gets a free pass with every new tax. It is also amazing that in 128 years things haven't changed in Pennsylvania.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Hazleton mayor lights fire under county GOP
Read the article online at the Pittsburgh Tribune Review website.
"Some believe the key to our future lies in moderating," he said. "With all due respect, those who believe that could not be more wrong."
Monday, February 16, 2009
Western Pennsylvania Wants All The Cash
According to this article in the Philadelphia Inquirer Pennsylvania may reap as much as $10 billion over the next two years from the Porkulous Spendulous bill. Sounds great, even fantastic, right? Hold on to your bootstraps.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that Western PA (not to be confused with Western PA Childcare) wants $8.4 billion of that money.
Allegheny County work orders would take up about $8.3 billion, according to the report. Projects in Westmoreland County would comprise the rest. Do you feel like a student in class waiting to be noticed by the teacher? Yo, Western PA. , how about us over here????
According to that article the following breakdown illustrates Pennsylvania's dose of "Viagra":
How Pennsylvania benefits
The $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, known as the stimulus package, is awaiting President Obama's signature. Here's a sampling of what Pennsylvania can expect:
• The creation or saving of 143,000 jobs over the next two years, with new positions created in industries such as clean energy and health care.
• A tax cut of as much as to $1,000 for more than 4.9 million Pennsylvania workers and their families.
• Making 138,000 families eligible for a new tax credit to make college affordable.
• An additional $100 per month in unemployment insurance benefits to more than 1 million workers who have lost their jobs during the recession.
• Funding totaling more than $821.8 million to modernize at least 409 Pennsylvania schools.
• Another $4.1 billion in federal funds over two-plus years to ease the burden of Medicaid.
• More than $1.9 billion to help stabilize the budgets of state and local governments.
• About $92 million in local funding for job training and employment services for dislocated workers, youths and adults.
• More than $1.9 billion for infrastructure investment.
Sources: White House estimates, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, National Employment Law Project
Items like this one make me crazy- "Funding totaling more than $821.8 million to modernize at least 409 Pennsylvania schools." If a school district wants to build a new school this money cannot be used for that purpose. A carpenter swinging a hammer, a mason laying a brick, and electrician fishing wire for renovations or new construction- can someone explain the difference? If you want to put humans to work then don't disfavor one job over the other. If you build a new school isn't the opportunity to really make it a green building so much better? Blockhead, bonehead, or dimwits.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports that Western PA (not to be confused with Western PA Childcare) wants $8.4 billion of that money.
Allegheny County work orders would take up about $8.3 billion, according to the report. Projects in Westmoreland County would comprise the rest. Do you feel like a student in class waiting to be noticed by the teacher? Yo, Western PA. , how about us over here????
According to that article the following breakdown illustrates Pennsylvania's dose of "Viagra":
How Pennsylvania benefits
The $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, known as the stimulus package, is awaiting President Obama's signature. Here's a sampling of what Pennsylvania can expect:
• The creation or saving of 143,000 jobs over the next two years, with new positions created in industries such as clean energy and health care.
• A tax cut of as much as to $1,000 for more than 4.9 million Pennsylvania workers and their families.
• Making 138,000 families eligible for a new tax credit to make college affordable.
• An additional $100 per month in unemployment insurance benefits to more than 1 million workers who have lost their jobs during the recession.
• Funding totaling more than $821.8 million to modernize at least 409 Pennsylvania schools.
• Another $4.1 billion in federal funds over two-plus years to ease the burden of Medicaid.
• More than $1.9 billion to help stabilize the budgets of state and local governments.
• About $92 million in local funding for job training and employment services for dislocated workers, youths and adults.
• More than $1.9 billion for infrastructure investment.
Sources: White House estimates, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, National Employment Law Project
Items like this one make me crazy- "Funding totaling more than $821.8 million to modernize at least 409 Pennsylvania schools." If a school district wants to build a new school this money cannot be used for that purpose. A carpenter swinging a hammer, a mason laying a brick, and electrician fishing wire for renovations or new construction- can someone explain the difference? If you want to put humans to work then don't disfavor one job over the other. If you build a new school isn't the opportunity to really make it a green building so much better? Blockhead, bonehead, or dimwits.
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