For those who wish to escape the confines of party thought and think rationally. I'm Reno, and I'll be talking about news, politics, art, anything that catches my attention and/or wrath, but I'll be reporting it the way I see it. As the great Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson said, "So much for Objective Journalism. Don’t bother to look for it here - not under any byline of mine; or anyone else I can think of. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms."
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Murdoch’s In Deep
Murdoch must be going senile, or he’s just stupid enough to say that Fox commentators never drew comparisons between President Obama and Stalin. I did a big scoop on Glenn Beck a while back where he’s trying to proof that Obama is a socialist for one, and for two Fox news commentators take the chance to call Obama Stalin-like or Hitler-like every chance they can find.
So why try and lie about it Murdoch? Why say that none of your commentators have ever called Obama Stalin? There is a few videos at the bottom I would like people to watch to proof my point.
Murdoch is also in very deep with his statement defending Glenn Beck. Back in the summer Beck called Obama a racist, and said that he believes Obama has a problem with white people. Such a stupid comment seeing as how Obama is half black half white…
So wait, I really need to know what makes Obama a racist in these people’s heads. What was it that he said? Can anyone remember what he said or did to make a news organization think he is a racist?
In the video, Murdoch is being asked about Glenn Beck and how he called Obama a racist and Murdoch agrees with Glenn Beck. Murdoch says that Obama “did make a very racist comment…about blacks and whites and so on.” He goes on to say that it was a comment that probably shouldn’t have been used against the President, but if you assess what Beck was saying you’d realize he was right.
Unfortunately there was more to the video that Media Matters for America cut out for some reason. But they showed the same interview on MSNBC and the interviewer asks Murdoch what the racist comment was that Obama used and when it was used. Murdoch couldn’t answer either of those questions.
Now a spokesperson for Fox is spreading the word that Murdoch does not believe that Obama is a racist.
FROM THE ARTICLE:
News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch has drawn criticism following an interview with Sky News Australia, where his comments were interpreted by some as being in agreement with Glenn Beck's view that President Obama's "a racist."
But News Corp. spokesperson Gary Ginsberg tells POLITICO that Murdoch did not intend to suggest that he had the same opinion as Beck.
"He does not at all, for a minute, think the president is a racist," Ginsberg said.
Murdoch, in the interview, said that the president "did make a very racist comment" and seemed to indicate he thought Beck was right in making the controversial claim. Media Matters, and others, quickly seized upon the interview as evidence that Murdoch shared the same view as the Fox News host.
“Seemed to indicated?” Murdoch’s own words were, “And, you know, that was something which perhaps shouldn't have been said about the president, but if you actually assess what he was talking about, he [Beck] was right.”
So Glenn Beck was right in calling Obama a racist, and Murdoch agrees that if you assess what Glenn Beck said you would realize he is right. And yet Murdoch does not think the president is a racist?
Is Murdoch trying to promote Beck from the football team’s water boy position to Sean Hannity’s cheerleading position? Or does he want to make him quarterback in place of Bill O’Reilly?
Lets get back into reality can we please? There is no proof, NONE WHAT SO EVER, that Obama ever made a racist comment against white people. There is also no proof that he is a socialist or a Nazi (which are too different things…funny how people have no idea what either of those words means these days).
Glenn Beck goes on TV and lies about the president and loses sponsors. Until this man can come up with any proof to back up his claim he is a lame duck. And Murdoch is even lamer for going one step further than Beck by saying that Obama made a racist statement which no one can seem to remember.
If he did make a racist statement then why isn’t Fox covering that and presenting proof? If Obama did slip up during a speech why isn’t there any video/audio for it? Why is it that no other media source, not even Fox has the proof of this claim? A better question, why are these people calling themselves journalists when they concocted lies and stories? People like to say that MSNBC and other networks do the same which is untrue. And if any of those commentators on MSNBC did in fact say something that wasn’t true they always apologize the next day and correct the error. I have NEVER seen Fox make a correction based on a story they broadcasted that wasn’t factual.
Get Glenn Beck off the air and make Rupert Murdoch air a correction on behalf of his entire “news” organization. Fox is not news, it’s a 24/7 political operation.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Are Your Children Socialists Now?
So today was the big day everyone. Today was Obama indoctrination day for schools across
I spent most of the day working so I couldn’t get on the phone and talk to the schools very much, but the information I did collect this afternoon was very helpful. I called schools in the
I called up the
Cox Elementary and Gisler Elementary informed me that the Obama address was a teacher’s discretion issue, and that some children did get to watch in class. Oka Elementary told me that children were allowed to watch the address in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade classes, but that the principal had a meeting with teachers and staff making it clear that it was up to the teacher’s discretion.
Plaven Elementary gave me a very straight up ‘yes’ answer. They said nothing about teacher discretion or a principal meeting (which doesn’t mean it didn’t happen), just told me that ‘yes’ the students were indeed allowed to watch the address.
I even called
High Schools were a different matter. When I called
No one at
So out of all the schools I got 3 no, 5 yes, 1 unknown, and 2 no answers.
I believe that this was a good turn out to be honest. It seems like the districts in this area made it less of a district or superintendent concern and made it into a teacher discretion issue. Which is fine by me, at least there were no excuses like, “the internet is down” or the fear of reprisal from parents who have “political sensitivities”.
So why then did Dr. Hubbard, superintendent from the
I find it hard to believe that every school in Dr. Hubbard’s district had this internet issue. I think it did have more to do with “political sensitivities” than anything else, mainly his own political sensitivities.
I believe more light needs to be shed on this NMUSD issue. I would like to see if I can talk to Dr. Hubbard soon, but it may be hard to get in contact with him. And by the time I do it may be too late, and the story will have already fizzled out. And I’m certainly not going to turn this issue into a local political crusade to demonize or make anyone look terribly bad. I just want to know the truth. So I’m going to call NMUSD and see if I can speak to Dr. Hubbard briefly just to get a little more insight on what’s really going on.
Thank you to everyone who has been following this story. I came out with this story last week and since then I have received nothing but support and followers from like minded individuals who share my sense of honesty and truth. The reason I brought this issue to everyone’s attention was because I believed that Dr. Hubbard turned this positive message from the president into a political issue when I really believe it shouldn’t have been.
Hopefully more to come within the week! If I can talk to Dr. Hubbard I think that would conclude my on going coverage of this story.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Glenn Beck on Socialist City Buildings
I've been on a Glenn Beck kick lately I know. Here's a run down of my pundit smashing history:
4 years ago I started to listen to and discredit Sean Hannity.
Soon after Sean got boring I moved on to Larry Elder.
When Elder got boring I moved on to O'Reilly
Soon after that I moved onto Limbaugh
And now it's all about Beck, who's insanity is giving me and tons of other bloggers out there material that will last for at least the rest of this year.
Beck has been losing sponsors for calling Obama a racist, and now he is on this communist kick. Last night Olbermann did one hell of a number on Beck's little
Why does he do this? He does this so that he can haphazardly tie in MSNBC. MSNBC in Beck's mind is a Fascist, Socialist, Marxist, and just plain evil television network that broadcasts from a communist building in
He's talking about what he calls propaganda that you see every day in
Beck first points out this lovely engraved picture of a man with a hammer and a man standing next to wheat...which is misinterprets as weed. I loved Olbermann's response to this.
"There's weed over there? I've been coming here for thirty years; I never knew there was weed over here!"
What's worse is how Beck tries to describe this picture on the side of the clothing store building. The man in the picture he claims is Mussolini...
These are all pictures that prove that Obama is a Socialist...because they were put on the side of a building nearly thirty years ago...before Obama became President...
Beck is talking about how all these images of socialism drive him mad...and yet he has a socialist image on his desk IN FOX STUDIOS! He claims he likes to keep it because it reminds him that something so beautiful can come out of something that's so horrible. In this case the sculpture he has on his desk is that of a man bending a sword into a plow. Guess what...it was MADE IN THE USSR!
The sculpture he has is actually a miniature one made after a statue that was given to
Way to go Beck...you successfully tied in socialism, MSNBC,
"Oh my gosh!" - Beck
"Glenn Beck has a communist paper weight?" - Olbermann
These are all communist fascist images that Beck says you see everyday...you just don't realize it. So Olbermann takes us on a tour/lesson of his own to read ancient images off the News Corp home building.
Fox and Friends- Oh! It means being held back a year in school!
Hannity and Colmes- The man on the right depicts a man functioning despite absence of brain. And the man on the left is...well Allen Colmes...who isn't on Fox anymore...so why is there still a symbol for him?
O'Reilly- Why it's a pictograph from ancient
But what you won't find is a picture or symbol for Glenn Beck. Is Fox ashamed of Glenn Beck? Where is Beck's symbol??
Guess what's on top of the building that houses News Corp?
The NBC Earth Station.
Wow so lets see here...Fox News is located in
Glenn has successfully tied in Fascism, Socialism, Obama, Rockefeller, MSNBC, Fox News, the United Nations, and himself.
Wow...6 degrees of separation here...
Glenn Beck calls Obama a socialist for pictures that he sees in New York, especially one that he keeps on his desk that is located behind the UN; pictures that were put on buildings in the Rockefeller Center, who donated land for the UN, which is home to MSNBC where Keith's show is broadcasted, and is also home to News Corp where Glenn Beck's show is hosted...
From Lenin, to Rockefeller, to
Monday, August 24, 2009
What is Socialism?

Socialism! It's a word that is being thrown around a lot lately to describe the president and in some extreme cases the people who voted for the president. According to a lot of people, and everyone right wing pundit on TV and radio, Obama is a Socialist and all of his plans are socialistic from his health care reform to his views on the war.
To quote the movie the Princess Bride, "You keep on using this word. I do not think it means what you think it means." And it's true, they don't know what it means and they don't see how Obama is not Socialist. But since they have no concept of the word they can never make a coherent argument about it.
So lets take a quick look at the word Socialism and what it means...
so⋅cial⋅ism
so⋅cial⋅ist
| 1. | an advocate or supporter of socialism. |
| 2. | (initial capital letter ) a member of the U.S. Socialist party. |
So how is Obama a Socialist? What makes the right think that he is a communist? Well take a look here. An article I found is claiming that Obama is a Socialist simply because he made statements about some bitter people who go to church. They say it's reminiscent of Karl Marx's quote, "religion is the opiate of the people".
Is Obama a Socialist? Not if you ask one. That's the title of an article I found where a REAL American Socialist speaks out about Obama and Socialism.
FROM THE ARTICLE:
Greg Pason, National Secretary of the Socialist Party USA: “Barack Obama's programs are not socialist. The vast majority of his proposals are anti-worker (or he might say ‘pro-business’). His health care proposals are more to save the for-profit insurance industry and do not have the goal of ending for-profit insurance. He has refused to support a Senate version of HR676, which would create a single-payer program (not socialist but much better than we have, and [which has] the support of labor and community organizations across the US). Many of his other economic proposals are pro-corporate.
A socialist program (even a reformist one) would not be a program that props up capitalism when it fails, but one that transforms the economy. None of Senator Obama's proposals do that. Senator Obama’s tax plan is regressive and even less ‘progressive’ than programs put forward under such conservative administrations like the one of Richard Nixon.”
F.N. Brill, National Secretary of the World Socialist Party (US): “Obama is as much a socialist as the Pope is an atheist. Income redistribution isn't a socialist act. It might aid in ameliorating income disparities within a capitalist economy for a limited time. But the logic of capitalism demands the rich grow richer (more capitalization is needed) and the poor grow poorer (their work creates the needed capital used by the rich).”
That's the sad thing about all of this. Most people don't know what Socialism even is, and they just throw the word out there. As Hitler once said, "the more times you tell a lie the more people will believe it." That's just the case here with calling Obama a Socialist. None of his programs are Socialistic programs, and no one can prove that they are.
The tag still doesn't apply if you're relatives were Socialist, or wrote about Socialism. Obama's father wrote an essay about Socialism, so that MUST mean that Obama is a big Socialist! My grandfather and father are big Republicans, so I guess by that logic I must be a big conservative!
A Socialist is the working people's leader. A Socialist wants everything to be public domain, regulate pay so that no one person has more than the other person, and is most certainly not a fan of big business.
Obama's plans don't so much help the working people as much as it helps the big businesses. No one gets their pay regulated, competition is great for America, and he wants big businesses to thrive which is why there are more business stimulus packages in the works.
The idea that Obama is a Socialist stems mainly from his health care reform plan. The idea to give the people a public option that is affordable, decent quality health care is not socialism. No one gets their current benefits taken away, no one is forced by the government to see certain doctors, and current insurance companies would still be in place.
Socialist? Sounds more like a liberal Democrat who wants to make health care afford able if you ask me.
ARTICLES:
OBAMA THE SOCIALIST
IS OBAMA A SOCIALIST? NOT IF YOU ASK ONE
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