NY Times runs anti-Catholic ad, but refuses to run anti-Islam one

The liberal media proves yet again that it's okay to assault Christianity but hands-off Muslims.

The New York Times has rejected a full-page anti-Islam advertisement that mirrored a scathing anti-Catholic advertisement the newspaper published on March 9. 

According to The Daily Caller, a March 13 letter sent by the Times to the parody’s sponsor, activist Pamela Geller, said the $39,000 anti-Islam ad was rejected because “the fallout from running this ad now could put U.S. troops and/or civilians in the [Afghan] region in danger.” 

Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, accused the Times of having a double standard and told DC that The Time’s was based on “either [anti-Catholic] bigotry or fear [of Islamic violence], and they’ve painted themselves into that corner.” [...]

The original ad was created by the controversial, and often radical, Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Foundation. The ad, “It’s Time to Quit the Catholic Church” positioned itself as an “open letter to ‘liberal’ and ‘nominal’ Catholics.” 

“Will it be reproductive freedom, or back to the Dark Ages?” it asks. “Do you choose women and their rights, or Bishops and their wrongs? Whose side are you on?”

Here's a portion of the anti-Catholic ad the New York Times did publish:

And here's the ad they wouldn't: 

Florida Democrats fly altered American flag with Obama's image

Courtesy Don Van Beck

Kudos to the patriotic veterans who fought to have the altered flag removed - still fighting for America after all these years.

An American flag with President Obama's image in place of the stars flew over a Florida county's Democrat headquarters long enough to enrage local veterans who called the altered banner "a disgrace." 

Lake County Democratic Party officials took down the flag, which flew just below a standard Old Glory on the flagpole outside headquarters in Tavares following complaints by local veterans. But merely taking it down wasn't enough for several local veterans, who said they fought for the flag Betsy Ross made famous, not one with a politician on it. 

"It's absolutely disrespectful," Jim Bradford, a 71-year-old veteran who participated in the Bay of Pigs Invasion told FoxNews.com. "It's totally ridiculous. To put somebody's picture there, to me, it's a disgrace to do that." 

Bradford, an organizer with the Veterans Memorial at Fountain Park in Leesburg, Fla., snapped photos of the flag and distributed them to fellow veterans and friends. By late afternoon, he and several other veterans delivered a copy of the federal flag code to Nancy Hurlbert, chairwoman of the Lake County Democratic Party. 

"We read that to her, but she would not accept that," Bradford said. "The discussion finally got a little bit heated." 

The flag, which had been flying for several months without complaint and is available online for $12.95, was later removed by Hurlbert. 

Bradford said Hurlbert apologized for the incident, but did not offer any promises that it wouldn't fly again.

I bet these veterans will be watching to make sure it doesn't go back up.


H/T: A patriotic friend.

Oxford study finds heart drug reduces racism

This story was actually reported as serious news by a Washington DC CBS affiliate.

 Researchers from Oxford University released a new study in the international medical journal Psychopharmacology showing that taking propranolol reduces “implicit negative racial bias.” 

“Implicit racial bias can occur even in people with a sincere belief in equality,” Dr. Sylvia Terbeck, author of the study, told The Daily Telegraph. “Given the key role that such implicit attitudes appear to play in discrimination against other ethnic groups, and the widespread use of propranolol for medical purposes, our findings are also of considerable ethical interest.” 

Thirty-six white people were used in the study, with half getting propranolol and the other half getting a placebo. Researchers then used a feeling thermometer to rate how “warm” they felt toward different groups.

This ridiculous story was accompanied by an unrelated photo of a lone guy at Ku Klux Klan rally somewhere in Tennessee back in 2009. I'm sure the kook probably had a buddy or two with him, but no crowd shots of sheeted rally-goers were offered as proof of widespread racism by whites in 21st century America.

Since only "white people were used in the study," and the three-year-old photograph accompanying the story is of a lone white supremacist unrelated to what was being reported, I find this study and the CBS story racist.

Read it in its entirety here if you want.

Here's the photograph CBS chose to use.

Via DrudgeReport.com.

Biden tells wealthy donors GOP doesn't get the "average folks"

Vice President Joe Biden had dinner with 87 wealthy Democrats last night at a $10,000-per-couple fundraiser. The soirée was held at the Georgetown home of fellow multi-millionaire Sen. John Kerry.

Guests dined on grass-fed New York strip steaks and white truffle mashed potatoes.

Addressing the crowd, Biden criticized Republicans for being out of touch with middle Americans. But no need for us middlings to worry, average Joe (a.k.a. "Stand up, Chuck") has got our back.

“These guys don’t have a sense of the average folks out there,” Biden said, “They don’t know what it means to be middle class.”

I don't know about you, but I'll sleep better tonight knowing this guy is in DC helping run the country.

Obama's approval rating at lowest point ever

Rush Limbaugh's use of a gender-based slur in describing a 30-year-old law student/political activist wanting free birth control set off a media fire storm last week. The ensuing melee had the mainstream media and leftist establishment drooling with anticipation that the remark would wreak havoc on the GOP and bolster Obama's chances for reelection.

But reigniting the fictitious Republican-waged War on Women has backfired on America's self-proclaimed "Great Uniter" and his sycophants in the media. What was called a "gift" by many on the left, and thought to ensure a bump in Obama's electability, hasn't worked out that way.

A CBS/New York Times survey shows Obama's popularity has plummeted, although the left-leaning media giants try covering it up by blaming the drop on rising gas prices.

Don't you know they hated reporting this:

President Obama's approval rating has hit the lowest level ever in CBS News polling, according to the latest CBS News/New York Times survey. The drop may be partially attributable to rising gas prices. 

Just 41 percent of Americans approve of the job Mr. Obama is doing as president, according to the poll, conducted from March 7 to 11. Another 47 percent disapprove of his performance, up from 41 percent last month. 

Mr. Obama's approval rating was 50 percent last month.

GOP losing ground to Obama with Latinos

I have two words in response to this story: MARCO - RUBIO.

Despite growing disappointment in his handling of immigration issues, Latino voters favor President Barack Obama by six-to-one over any of the Republican presidential hopefuls, showed a Fox News Latino poll conducted under the direction of Latin Insights and released Monday. 

The national poll of likely Latino voters indicated that 73 percent of them approved of Obama’s performance in office, with over half those questioned looking favorably upon his handling of the healthcare debate and the economy, at 66 percent and 58 percent respectively. 

Released on the eve of the Super Tuesday primaries in the race for the GOP nomination, the Fox News Latino poll shows former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with 35 percent of Latino voter support, to Texas Rep. Ron Paul's 13 percent, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich's 12 percent, and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum's 9 percent. 

But the poll shows that the overwhelming choice among likely Latino voters is President Obama. In head-to-head match-ups none of the GOP candidates would garner more than 14 percent of the Latino vote come November, the poll said.  

Lessons from the death of Andrew Breitbart

An interesting perspective of the life and death of conservative visionary Andrew Breitbart from Bill Whittle of Pajamas Media.

Wyoming plans for post-America future

So this is what it has come to, states preparing for the republic's post-mortem.

State representatives on Friday advanced legislation to launch a study into what Wyoming should do in the event of a complete economic or political collapse in the United States. 

House Bill 85 passed on first reading by a voice vote. It would create a state-run government continuity task force, which would study and prepare Wyoming for potential catastrophes, from disruptions in food and energy supplies to a complete meltdown of the federal government. 

The task force would look at the feasibility of Wyoming issuing its own alternative currency, if needed. And House members approved an amendment Friday by state Rep. Kermit Brown, R-Laramie, to have the task force also examine conditions under which Wyoming would need to implement its own military draft, raise a standing army, and acquire strike aircraft and an aircraft carrier.

Okay, I'll admit, the article had me rapt with anticipation until I got to the part about the aircraft carrier. Wyoming... aircraft carrier?  Would that be for the North Platte River, or maybe Yellowstone Lake?

Anyone else overwhelmed by the media avalanche of doom and gloom?

I need another Tim Tebow story.

A feel-good story

Tim Tebow spreading more sunshine - what a great guy.

On feigning deafness

"MOM? Mom? Mom? Mom-mom-mom-mom-mom..."

It sounds like a duck in heat, but it's not. It's the American child. And I should know, I've got three.

You can identify them by their relentless pursuit of sugary foods and mindless leisure activities. They exude supreme confidence and helplessness in the same breath. They could climb Everest, if only someone would help them find their shoes.

Sweet little blessings, each and every one.

Mom:

- find it.

- bring me it.

- can you make it?

- can you buy it?

- can I have it?

- can I get it?

- can I keep it?

- take me there.

- pick me up.

- she did it.

- he did it.

- I'm bored.

Just a few things a mom is called upon to deal with during the course of a single day. There are many more.

I have an upholstered chair tucked in the corner of our small library, my library, really, filled with books I have read and many more I haven't, but plan to. Sometimes I'll sit in my chair with a book and pretend not to hear the ducks in heat.

If their distress calls go unanswered, surely they will give up and waddle away.

I feign deafness a little longer. It always works, eventually.

American children are resilient. They analyze their situation and adapt.

"DAD? Dad? Dad? Dad-dad-dad-dad-dad..."