Politiks As Usual: In The News 1/5/13

Romney Accepts MSNBC Host's Apology

Hill Democrats, Republicans Set 2014 Agendas With Midterm Elections In Mind

Robin Roberts 'Comes Out.' Why Now?

Sarah Silverman's Insult Act Gets Old 
 
Oregon Mom Can't Afford Obamacare
 
George Will Welcomes Surge in Liberalism, Says It Will Force Turnaround
 
Obama Proposes Executive Orders For Backdoor Gun Confiscation
 
Candy Crowley: ‘Why Would I Become a Republican' If I'm Unemployed or on Minimum Wage?
 
CBS Trumpets 'Historic', 'Unprecedented' Move to Let Illegal Immigrant Practice Law
 
Type A Potheads Vs. The Stoned Masses
 
New Cancer Treatment Gives Patients Hope
 
HuffPo Writer: Leggero's Non-Apology for Pearl Harbor Joke 'Normal'
 
Report: Kim Jong Un’s Uncle Executed by Dogs

Mariah Carey Sings on Behalf of Angolan Dictator

Breitbart.com:

The group that slammed Jennifer Lopez for performing in front of a dictator earlier this year is setting its sights on fellow pop star Maria Carey.

The Human Rights Foundation slammed Carey for a weekend performance for the Angolan Red Cross, claiming the event raised little cash for the cause but helped prop up a dictator and his repressive regime.

Mariah Carey can't seem to get enough dictator cash, reportedly more than $1 million dollars this time. Just five years ago she performed for the family of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Now, she goes from private performances to public displays of support and credibility for one of Africa's chief human rights violators and most corrupt tyrants," said HRF president Thor Halvorssen in a statement. "It is the sad spectacle of an international artist purchased by a ruthless police state to entertain and whitewash the father-daughter kleptocracy that has amassed billions in ill-gotten wealth while the majority of Angola lives on less than $2 a day," said Halvorssen.

Angolan leader Jose Eduardo dos Santos's daughter runs the Angolan Red Cross and owns the mobile company that sponsored the concert.

Carey eventually apologized for the Gaddafi concert appearance.

This weekend, the foundation quotes Carey paying tribute to the Angola leader--"I am happy to be here in this room and I am honored to share this show with the President of Angola."

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Hollywood Celebrity Hypocrites of 2013

FOXNews.com:

I'm annoyed that so many Hollywood celebrities hate the system that made them rich.

Actor/comedian Russell Brand told the BBC he wants "a socialist, egalitarian system based on the massive redistribution of wealth." 

Director George Lucas got rich not just from movies but also by selling Star Wars merchandise. Yet he says he believes in democracy but "not capitalist democracy."

Actor Martin Sheen says, "That's where the problem lies ... It's corporate America." And so on. On my TV show, actor/author Kevin Sorbo pointed out that such sentiments make little sense coming from entertainers. "It's a very entrepreneurial business. You have to work very hard to get lucky, mixed with any kind of talent to get a break in this business. I told Clooney, George, you're worth $100 million -- of course you can afford to be a socialist!"

It's bad enough that celebrities trash the only economic system that makes poor people's lives better. What's worse is that many are hypocrites.

Celebrities who support big-government politicians routinely take advantage of tax breaks, which reduce the amount they contribute to that government.

It's nice that Obama supporter Bon Jovi has a foundation that builds houses for poor people, but at tax time, the musician labels himself a "farmer." He pays only $100 in state property tax. And his tax dodge gimmick: raising honeybees. 

Bruce Springsteen sings about factories closing down but pays little tax on the hundreds of acres of land he owns. His dodge: An organic farmer works his land. Hollywood's campaign to "save the earth" brings out the most hypocrisy.

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio recently announced, "I will fly around the world doing good for the environment." 

Really? Flying around the world? 

I'm amazed they're not embarrassed by what they say. Maybe they don't know how clueless they are because reporters rarely confront them about their hypocrisy.

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Politiks As Usual: In The News 4/1/13

No, We Are Not All Libertarians

"Rainbow Journalism" Is The New Enemy Of Children

BET Founder Slams Black Unemployment Rate

Conservatives, Christians, Fox News Bashed at Annual Taxpayer-Sponsored LGBT Youth Event

Thousands March for Marriage; Media Ignore Them

Alex Jones: 'MSNBC Is Like the Ku Klux Klan Channel' - 'Just Race, Everything Race'

Jeb Bush: Entitlement System Will Collapse If We Don’t Act Now

Judge Rules 9/11 Museum Can Include World Trade Center Cross

White House Easter Egg Roll to Feature Many Celebrities; Obama Reflects on Jesus' Sacrifice

North Korea Leader Vows Nuclear Weapons Are 'Nation's Life'

Politiks As Usual: In The News 12/19/11

Army Pressed On Why It Kept Trusting Bradley Manning

Playing The Race Card Before Election Day

Kim Jong IL Dies

Newt Gingrich: Let's Subpoena Activist Judges

The War On The War On Christmas

Pelosi: Extending Unemployment Benefits Would Create '600,000 Jobs'

Student Column On Welfare Fraud Becomes Hit

60 Minutes Broadcast Edits Out Laughable Obama Claim As 4th Best President

Senate Democrats Cave On Pipeline, Pass Tax Cut Extension

Corrupt Maxine Waters In Line To Replace Barney Frank On Committee

Palin Not Ready To Endorse A GOP Candidate 'With The Field As It Stands'

Eric Holder Tells NY Times He's Taking Hits For Obama Because "We're Both African American"

Politiks As Usual: In The News 11/22/10

AIDS Activists Praise Pope's Condom Comments

Pentagon To Issue Report On Gays In Military November 30

Boehner, Republicans Plan $100 Billion Budget Rollback

Charlie Rangel Is A Symptom Of A Bigger Problem

Huffington Post Skips Love And Marriage, Goes Right To Divorce

Barbara Boxer Likens U.S. To Iran Over DADT

Shocking Admission From Facebook-banning Pastor

John Ziegler Discusses 'Media Malpractice' Re-Release, Palin, Obama And Tea Party

Hillary Clinton: I Would Not Submit To One Of TSA's Patdowns

Barbara Bush: Sarah Palin Should Stay In Alaska

North Korea Unveils New Nuclear Plant

Slick Willie Gets Two U.S. Journalists Freed

CNN.com:

North Korean President Kim Jong Il has pardoned and ordered the release of two U.S. journalists, state-run news agency KCNA said Wednesday.

The announcement came after former U.S. President Bill Clinton met with top North Korean officials in Pyongyang to appeal for the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who had been arrested while reporting from the border between North Korea and China.

"Clinton expressed words of sincere apology to Kim Jong Il for the hostile acts committed by the two American journalists against the DPRK after illegally intruding into it," the news agency reported. "Clinton courteously conveyed to Kim Jong Il an earnest request of the U.S. government to leniently pardon them and send them back home from a humanitarian point of view.

"The meetings had candid and in-depth discussions on the pending issues between the DPRK and the U.S. in a sincere atmosphere and reached a consensus of views on seeking a negotiated settlement of them."

Somehow I think that there's way more to this story than what we're getting.

Bill Clinton Does Al Gore's Job, Attempts To Free Imprisoned North Korea Journalists

YahooNews.com:

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton made a surprise trip to North Korea on Tuesday amid an international standoff over the country's nuclear program and concerns about two U.S. reporters imprisoned in Pyongyang since March.

Clinton landed in Pyongyang in an unmarked jet Tuesday and was greeted at the airport by North Korean officials, including chief nuclear negotiator Kim Kye Gwan and vice parliamentary speaker Yang Hyong Sop, footage from APTN Pyongyang showed. He smiled and bowed as a young girl presented him with flowers.

The unannounced visit comes amid heightened tensions over North Korea's string of nuclear and missile tests in defiance of the U.N. Security Council and calls from Washington for amnesty for the two jailed reporters.

Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who work for former Vice President Al Gore's California-based Current TV media venture, were arrested in March while on a reporting trip to the Chinese-North Korean border. They were sentenced in June to 12 years of hard labor for entering the country illegally and engaging in "hostile acts."

Shame that Slick Willie would have to take up the slack for The Goracle, especially since these journalists are yunno....Gore's employees. But I guess when you're traveling around the world making millions off of faux global warming alarmism, who cares about taking care of your own.

Politiks As Usual: In The News 7/27/09

North Korea Says It Is Open To New Dialogue On Nukes

Ousted Honduran President Sees U.S. Support Waning

Three Democrat Mayors Arrested In New Jersey

Why Moral Conservatism Is Indispensable To Liberty

Pence Amendment Fails, House Votes To Increase Tax Dollars For Planned Parenthood

What Barack Obama Fails To Understand About America

When Dad Becomes A Woman, Things Aren't 'Perfectly Fine'

Alaskans To Vote On Parental Consent For Abortion

Midwives Would Be Paid Same As Doctors Under Provision In Health Care Bill

Zogby: GOP Faces Extinction Risk

Gates Accepts White House Meeting Offer With Officer

Politiks As Usual: In The News 7/13/09

Dems Push For Investigations Into Bush-Era Anti-Terrorism Policies

North Korea's Kim Has 'Life-Threatening' Cancer

Emails Indicate EPA Supressed Report Skeptical Of Global Warming

Sonia Sotomayor's Confirmation Hearing Starts Monday

The Pope Meets Obama: God's Law Trumps Harvard Law

Pornographers Get Huge Break

WaPo: 'Bruno' A Commentary On America's Fear Of Sex
House Democrats Will Seek Massive $540 Billion Tax Increase

John McCain Says He Respects Sarah Palin's Decision To Quit

Obama Science Czar Holdren Called For Forced Abortions

Kids Recant Abuse Claims After Dad Jailed 20 Years

Ray Burris Says "No Mas"; Shan't Run In 2010

North Korea Threatens To Wipe Out The United States!

"Silly" or not, this kind of stuff doesn't happen under President Bush.

North Korea To Disarm?

Yahoo.com:

North Korea expressed its readiness Thursday to discuss initial steps of its nuclear disarmament, raising hopes for the first tangible progress at international talks on Pyongyang's atomic weapons program since they began more than three years ago.

"We are prepared to discuss first-stage measures," the North's nuclear envoy Kim Kye Gwan said on arriving in Beijing for the six-nation negotiations set to start later Thursday.

Media reports have suggested the North may agree to freeze its main nuclear reactor and allow international inspectors in exchange for energy aid as a starting step to disarm.

But Kim said any moves by North Korea would be determined by the United States' attitude.

"We are going to make a judgment based on whether the United States will give up its hostile policy and come out toward peaceful coexistence," he said, adding that Washington was "well-aware" of what it had to do.

If they actually do disarm this time, will Bush get any credit? Of course not. He never does.