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President Obama’s State of the Union address was disgusting. The president began with a moving tribute to the armed forces and their accomplishments. But as he has done many times now, he celebrated martial virtues not to rally support for the military, but to cover himself in glory — he killed Osama bin Laden! — and to convince the American people that they should fall in line and march in lockstep. He said of the military: “At a time when too many of our institutions have let us down, they exceed all expectations. They’re not consumed with personal ambition. They...

What do you call it when the federal government pays a private company some money so that the private company will stump for the federal government’s agenda? Payola. Under the FCC rules and regulations, “When a broadcast licensee has received or been promised payment for the airing of program material, then, at the time of the airing, the station must disclose that fact and identify who paid for or promised to pay for the material.” So what do you call it when the federal government steers money to a major broadcast network so that the major broadcast network will stump...

Breaking News! Reports surface that His Messiahship, Lord Barack Obama The Most Merciful, will later on today enjoy a delicious lunch consisting of hamburger, fries and drink with the most elegant of all ladies - Michelle "My Belle" Obama. The First Lady, it is told, will be wearing a $1,000 pair of shoes this time in addition to other wardrobe necessities that will undoubtedly be paid for by tax-payer dollars... Why should she pay for this? Come on. This follows earlier reports of Obama being sighted taking a glorious stroll with his wife - hand in hand we might add....

Fox News .. being the evil right-wing network that it is ... has actually turned down yet another PrezBO does Prime Time press conference. The administration requested that networks air his 100 day address to the nation during primetime on Wednesday, and Fox News turned it down. Man does this have the liberal thongs in a wad! That means, of course, that I love it. We don't need another tradition here. The media is already compelled to carry a state of the union address every year .. and valuable broadcast time is surrendered to the governing authorities several times a...