Donald Douglas: Carrie Prejean’s Odyssey.
And he has video of an interview with Prejean at his blog here.
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The Australian: CIA chief Leon Panetta goes back on Dick Cheney comments.
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This is not the Walt Disney Company I grew up with. DRUDGE REPORT: ABC TURNS PROGRAMMING OVER TO OBAMA – NEWS TO BE ANCHORED FROM INSIDE WHITE HOUSE TO AID HEALTHCARE REFORM PUSH.
The White House is connected to Hollywood in more ways than one. Don’t forget Rahm’s brother is one of the biggest powerbrokers in Tinseltown, especially after the big talent agency merger last month. So I think we can expect more “joint efforts” between the White House and big media in the future.
UPDATE: Dan Riehl finds ABC’s response wanting…to say the least.
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Nice try, but the thesis of their article is a dishonest one. The reason why Palin never objected to jokes about her pregnant 17 year old – whatever they were – can’t possibly figure in any analysis about why she is objecting now to jokes about the rape of her 14 year old.
I don’t know. Call me crazy, but maybe she is objecting now because jokes about raping a minor should be outrageous, while jokes about an unwanted pregnancy – while uncharitable – are not cause for outrage. Just a wild guess. Or maybe she thought it was time to draw the line. Whatever.
Isn’t there some member of the Executive Branch on whom MSNBC and the WaPo could focus their spin efforts instead? Don’t try to save Dave now, folks. He’s apologized. That battle is lost. He’ll be lucky if Cynthia Yockey doesn’t get him fired.
UPDATE: Related content at Instapundit: Going after Letterman’s media enablers? Why not? Even now, like the WaPo and MSNBC, they are trying to distract us. It doesn’t matter whether anyone should be offended or not. What matter is that it was wrong and no one should stand for such venom being spewed at one’s kids.
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I had to read it in college – and watch the mini-series for class. Both the novel
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blew me away back then; and still do today. Never felt prouder of being a Texan…
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Washington Times: Revolutionary Guards Arrested in Iran:
“These commanders have been in contact with members of the Iranian army to join the people’s movement,” CNA reports. “Three of the commanders are veterans of Iran-Iraq war. They have been moved to an undisclosed location in East Tehran.” This report has not been confirmed by other sources.
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Forbes: The Graying Of Comedy Central.
H/T: BigHollywood.
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Reuters: Team Obama can’t win on Iran issue.
UPDATE: Obama faces Islamofascist reality.
It’s gonna be a little awkward to sit down with Ahmadinejad for talks without pre-conditions as more and more Iranians get hurt by their own government.
Maybe the Lefties will finally get the whole “don’t fraternize with two-bit dictators” thing now…
MORE: The Hill: GOP’s Cantor faces off with White House over Iran.
ANOTHER ONE: Related content at Instapundit.
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Anne Thompson comments on a new film critic aggregator to rival Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes: it doesn’t weigh all critics equally. Smart!
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So now that Letterman has apologized, Bill Maher picks up where he left off, insulting Palin and her family.
The ladies from The View are not entirely sympathetic to Palin either.
Simply unbelievable. These people are so scared of Palin that they can’t do the right thing. And they are afraid of her because they know her political career is only getting started.
Well, as for Maher, HBO carries no advertising, but they don’t carry The Sopranos anymore either. How about an HBO boycott? All the cool shows on premiere cable are on Showtime anyway…
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Legal Insurrection: A free Iraq coming home to roost in Iran?
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Will Andrew Sullivan ever watch CBS again? NYT: Letterman Apologizes — Again — to Governor Palin and Her Family.
About time!
UPDATE: Ace has Letterman’s full statement…and details about the reason why it was probably issued.
MORE: Dan Riehl links. Thanks!
ANOTHER ONE: Enter Bill Maher…
AND ANOTHER ONE: NYDN: Protest planned outside Dave’s studio.
STILL MORE: Cynthia Yockey is undeterred.
FINALLY: Ed Driscoll links. Thanks!
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AP: Obama says he’s troubled by the situation in Iran and that it would be wrong to stay silent. (Via Allahpundit’s Twitter feed).
So much for the power of Obama’s silence. A big hand to the President for finally saying something. It’s not “interference” in Iran’s affairs to express disapproval of thuggery, whether the election was rigged or not. Sheesh.
UPDATE: Oh…Obama not perceived as tough on Iran even before his reaction to the Iranian election. Interesting…(via Insty)
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Reuters: Votes seen lacking for Obamacare.
Are Obamacare’s prospects getting worse by the hour?
UPDATE: Related content at NTC.
MORE: Obama booed at AMA event.
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Don’t Tear Me Down: sign the petition to save the Mojave Desert War Memorial Cross from destruction by the ACLU.
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There are undoubtedly people who want to liberalize the Iranian regime. They are to be found among the professional classes in Tehran, as well as among students. Many speak English, making them accessible to the touring journalists, diplomats and intelligence people who pass through. They are the ones who can speak to Westerners, and they are the ones willing to speak to Westerners. And these people give Westerners a wildly distorted view of Iran.
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Anne Thompson has a video interview with the filmmakers. Here’s the trailer:
A smart romantic comedy? From one of the big studios? Nice (and rare). And with name stars! It opens Friday.
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THR’s Martin Grove on director Duncan Jones (aka as David Bowie’s moviemaking son) and his feature debut, Moon.
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So says Time‘s Mike Murphy, but seems his demographic math is a little off: “Murphy’s argument is consistent with what I’ve seen many times. The proponents of this hypothesis end up putting forward numbers that somehow don’t tell the full story.”
UPDATE: Related content at SayAnything: Number of Americans calling themselves conservatives increases since 2008.
Of course, the issue is whether the GOP can capitalize on this…
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Jennifer Rubin: Joe Lieberman won’t vote for “public option”.
AP: Healthcare Debate Could Derail Over Government Plan.
Yuval Levin and Bill Kristol: Obamacare can be defeated.
UPDATE: Robert Samuelson: “It’s hard to know whether President Obama’s health care ‘reform’ is naive, hypocritical or simply dishonest. Probably all three. The president keeps saying it’s imperative to control runaway health spending. He’s right. The trouble is that what’s being promoted as health care “reform” almost certainly won’t suppress spending and, quite probably, will do the opposite.”
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Thompson: Are Boomers Abandoning Movies?
Damn. I hope not…
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NTC: “Obama apparently meant what he said in promising there would be “no preconditions” for negotiating with Ahmadinejad.”
Meanwhile, at the HuffPo, praise for Obama’s caution (or whatever you want to call it). How come Lefties require action in Darfur yesterday, but it’s ok to leave the Iranian people hanging?
This isn’t the first “Wait and See” White House (H/T: Instapundit) though…
UPDATE: Related content at Lawhawk: Iran On the Precipice.
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Via Allahpundit’s Twitter feed: JP: Iranian protests will die out without Western support.
Sad. I guess it’s a foregone conclusion now that the Obama White House has spoken (or clucked, to be more precise…).
UPDATE: Compare and contrast. Now, this is courage:
The foreign policy of the U.S. is solely under the President’s control. He alone has the power under our Constitution to direct it. If Obama doesn’t stand with the people of Iran, his legacy will be a sad one. So will the consequences. And neither he nor his boosters will be able to blame the resulting mess on Bush.
Obama ignores the Iranian people at his own risk.
MORE: Related: The high cost of accommodating Iran: “[W]ith the passing of power from George W. Bush’s hands, the mullahs now have little to fear. The only enemies willing to fight them are largely unarmed, unorganized, unable to seize their moment without assistance that isn’t coming. The result is entirely predictable.” (H/T: Insty)
Very sad. Very sad indeed…
ANOTHER ONE: Obama legitimizes outlaw regime. “Iran botches its ‘election’ about as badly as an election can be botched, yet President Barack Obama responds by completely screwing the pooch on what would have been a golden opportunity to show some statesmanship”. To say the least…
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The Hangover rules the roost. Pelham couldn’t beat it! Eddie Murphy’s new family comedy, not so much…
Nikki Finke has the figures and analysis.
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Maybe it’s just too painful to see the Obama Effect backfiring in the foreign policy arena after it’s already failed to deliver in the economic policy one; but, at any rate, the Lefties are in fine form tonight:
Andrew Sullivan is equating Karl Rove and Sarah Palin to Iranian thuggery.
Meanwhile, CBS News and TNR are calling Ahmadinejad “Iran’s George W. Bush”.
What’s going on here? Does the American Left – after eight years of whining about make-believe tyranny – not know how to react to actual tyranny when it sees it in action?
It’s time to stand in solidarity with the people of Iran, not to try to score cheap political points. But, as I’ve noted before, the Left can’t help themselves when tragedy strikes.
UPDATE: Insta-lanche! Thanks for the link, Professor Reynolds!
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Will he let them down? I hope not, but it might be too late already…
UPDATE: Looks like the students are – in fact – doomed…
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…while CNN turns its cameras elsewhere…
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Politico: Obama’s Iran Dilemma: “The notion of an “Obama effect” sweeping the Middle East appeared to collide with the realities of the Islamic Republic of Iran Saturday, as…Mahmoud Ahmadinejad…celebrated a landslide victory”.
UPDATE: U.S. official says Iran election was rigged…but White House says it will still work with Iran. Why am I not surprised? So much for the fierce moral urgency of legitimate elections…
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NYT: Drugs won the war?
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At Thompson: “[O]ne of the most under-appreciated actors in Hollywood cinema. My students often find it difficult to get around Wayne’s movie stardom to see him as an actor, not an American icon.”
Plus video of the late, great Lee Marvin talking about John Wayne and John Ford.
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AP: “Gay rights groups expressed dismay with the Obama administration Friday over its championing of the Defense of Marriage Act, a law the president pledged to try to repeal while on the campaign trail.”
Funny. I remember Perez Hilton distinctly stating that Obama believes gay and lesbian couples should have the same rights as heterosexual couples.
If anything, the gay lobby can take comfort from the fact that government incompetence can be their ally… sort of: generally, a marriage that was illegal to perform is void, so duping government clerks is a waste of time for gay couples looking to get married.
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WaPo: Waiting for Work.
Elsewhere, Biden blames the bad economy on…the economy? (via Instapundit)
It’s hard to interpret Biden’s words as saying that the bad economy is Bush’s fault, although that’s probably what he was supposed to communicate. But the fact remains that blaming Bush is becoming harder and harder to accomplish, even as Obama’s personal popularity holds up.
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So I added my Twitter feed to the blog (scroll down to find it). Not that I use it often or that I ever get involved in any interesting Twitter discussions, but there you have it.
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Is at NTC today. Copious amounts of content, including video!
STRATFOR also has broad coverage; and don’t forget PJTV. No membership required at either.
UPDATE: Time has photos of the post-election conflict.
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American Power: Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy.
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Reality is hard for Leftoids (via Insty). Fortunately for them, they are not faced with mind-bending paradoxes like the Letterman-Palin row too often.
But it’s fun to see them squirm when they do: don’t want to give Letterman a pass but still want to hate on Palin? No problem! Attack both!
And if you can give Letterman the benefit of the doubt on the “I meant to demean the 18-year old, not the 14-year old” excuse while you’re at it, why not? It’s not like we were taking you seriously, anyway…
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S.T. Karnick: America’s Greatest Movie Star.
