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The Wikileaks Word Frequency

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on The Wikileaks Word Frequency

The Wikileaks Word Frequency A word cloud visualization of the words in the wikileaks documents. Size of the word reflects its frequency across the 292 documents released thus far. *** From the London Guardian article “12 Days of Wikileaks” “President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed the Wikileaks revelations as “psychological warfare.” Iran's foreign ministry spokesman thundered: “The enemies of the Islamic world are pursuing a project of Iranophobia and disunity. This project only protects the interests of the Zionist regime and its supporters.” Still, the documents will reinforce the regime's world view by underlining the huge effort being made by the US to contain Iran by applying pressure for UN sanctions over its nuclear programme or stopping arms deliveries to groups like Hamas and Hizbullah. It will be harder to maintain the pretence of good relations with Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states because of exposure of their fear of Tehran. Iran remains defiant and is not as isolated as Washington would like. It is influential in Iraq and has good relations with Turkey. It is clear that Barack Obama's efforts to reach out to it have failed, with some arguing he was never serious about engagement. The status quo looks volatile and threatening.” added by: maasanova

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Open Thread: Is Obama’s Tax Deal a Political Masterstroke?

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Open Thread: Is Obama’s Tax Deal a Political Masterstroke?

Charles Krauthammer certainly seems to think so . He posits that the deal the president struck with Republicans was simply Stimulus II – with a large dose of class warfare rhetoric thrown in, he might have added. Barack Obama won the great tax-cut showdown of 2010 – and House Democrats don't have a clue that he did. In the deal struck this week, the president negotiated the biggest stimulus in American history, larger than his $814 billion 2009 stimulus package. It will pump a trillion borrowed Chinese dollars into the U.S. economy over the next two years – which just happen to be the two years of the run-up to the next presidential election. This is a defeat? read more

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Fineman To Olbermann: Democrats Said of Tax Plan ‘F the President,’ ‘No F-ing Way,’ ‘He F-ed It Up’

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Fineman To Olbermann: Democrats Said of Tax Plan ‘F the President,’ ‘No F-ing Way,’ ‘He F-ed It Up’

Roll Call reported Thursday that during a heated meeting of House Democrats to discuss Barack Obama's tax compromise plan, an unknown member was heard saying, “F–k the President.” According to Howard Fineman, appearing on MSNBC's “Countdown,” that was not the sole F-word expressed in disgust for the President at this contentious gathering (video follows with transcript and commentary): read more

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A Message to FDL From the White House | MyFDL

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on A Message to FDL From the White House | MyFDL

Thank you for purchasing our fine product, Barack Obama’s First Term. We are very proud of this new and improved version of Herbert Hoover’s last term. As you know, this product features impressive 11-dimensional chess accessories, inspiring ass-kissing of every Republican in sight, immunity legislation for massive mortgage fraud perpetrators, a wide variety of Iraq and Afghanistan war options ranging from no withdrawal to no withdrawal, and no consideration whatsoever of anything even remotely resembling campaign promises. Disclaimers: Mind-numbing spine assembly required. Consult your physician before use. Use only in a well-ventilated veal pen. Discontinue use if you experience nausea, vomiting, fever, convulsions, more than one stroke, or paralyzing fury. Not responsible for direct, indirect, incidental, or catastrophic damages resulting from every defect, error or failure to perform. Any vague resemblance to any actual Democratic presidents, living or dead, is unintentional and purely coincidental. Consume alcoholic beverages frequently while using this product. Some additional tax cuts for the rich may apply. Hamid Karzai action figures sold separately. Graphic hypocrisy may be too intense for some viewers. This product not intended for use as a dental drill. Unplug before servicing. Any reproduction, retransmission, or rebroadcast of any Obama statement anywhere on anything without the express written consent of Mitch McConnell is strictly prohibited. Contents may evaporate under no pressure at all. Danger: harmful or fatal for America. Do not think about this product while operating heavy equipment. Individual results may vary. Take several bottles of sedatives three times daily until gone. Not to be used as a personal flotation device. This is not an offer to sell securities . . . well . . . actually, it is. Not valid in any areas. Predator drones in your mirror may be closer than they appear. Subject to caving in without notice. The views expressed by purchasers of this product do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors. Please remain seated until real change in America comes to a complete stop. You can get up now. added by: toyotabedzrock

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Krauthammer on Obama’s Televised Tax Announcement: He Was Addressing Daily Kos, NYT and MoveOn

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Krauthammer on Obama’s Televised Tax Announcement: He Was Addressing Daily Kos, NYT and MoveOn

Charles Krauthammer on Monday said that when Barack Obama spoke to the nation hours ago to announce a tax extension compromise just reached with Republicans, “It was actually a speech addressed at Daily Kos, the New York Times, and MoveOn.” In Krauthammer's view expressed on Fox's “Special Report,” “This was a speech aimed at appeasing the Left which is extremely angry over this” (video follows with transcript and commentary): read more

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Frank Rich: Weak Obama Suffers from ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ for Agreeing to Extend Bush Tax Cuts

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Frank Rich: Weak Obama Suffers from ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ for Agreeing to Extend Bush Tax Cuts

It appears that President Obama is about to approve the extension of the Bush tax cuts and this has sent liberals into a frenzy. How to explain it? Well, Frank Rich of the New York Times has a very creative explanation : a weak Barack Obama has been spiritually kidnapped by Republicans and is now suffering from Stockholm Syndrome which allows him to sympathize with his captors. Here is Rich explaining it in “All the President's Captors” at his entertaining best: THOSE desperate to decipher the baffling Obama presidency could do worse than consult an article titled “Understanding Stockholm Syndrome” in the online archive of The F.B.I. Law Enforcement Bulletin. It explains that hostage takers are most successful at winning a victim’s loyalty if they temper their brutality with a bogus show of kindness. Soon enough, the hostage will start concentrating on his captors’ “good side” and develop psychological characteristics to please them — “dependency; lack of initiative; and an inability to act, decide or think.”

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Atlantic’s Sullivan: GOP ‘Trying to Keep This Economy Bad,’ Are ‘Most Irresponsible Political Party’

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Atlantic’s Sullivan: GOP ‘Trying to Keep This Economy Bad,’ Are ‘Most Irresponsible Political Party’

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AP’s Misnamed Wiseman Joins the ‘BLS Must Be Wrong’ Brigade, Questioning Dismal Employment Report’s Validity

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on AP’s Misnamed Wiseman Joins the ‘BLS Must Be Wrong’ Brigade, Questioning Dismal Employment Report’s Validity

At the Associated Press late Sunday afternoon , reporter Paul Wiseman, who may have the most inappropriate last name in the history of business journalism, engaged in a brazen “It's really not that bad” excuse-making exercise on behalf of the economy Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Ben Bernanke have created. In the process, he joined a Reuters reporter in questioning the validity of the information Friday's Employment Situation Report. read more

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Bozell, Hannity Address Media Defending Invasive TSA Searches, Tax Hikes; Former ABC Reporter Calls Palin an ‘Ass’

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on Bozell, Hannity Address Media Defending Invasive TSA Searches, Tax Hikes; Former ABC Reporter Calls Palin an ‘Ass’

After watching a montage of mainstream media journalists defending the TSA's invasive pat-down procedures as practically essential to preventing airline terrorism, NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell argued it'd be a far different story if those procedures had happened under the Bush administration. “Imagine the same reporters reporting that story if George Bush had instigated these [TSA pat-down] policies,” NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell argued on the December 2 edition of Fox News Channel's “Hannity.” [Video of the “Meda Mash” segment follows the page break] read more

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’60 Minutes’ Correspondent Laments GOP Opposition to Lame-Duck Legislation

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Comments Off on ’60 Minutes’ Correspondent Laments GOP Opposition to Lame-Duck Legislation

On Thursday's “Morning Joe,” “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl deplored the GOP stiff-arm to Democratic lame-duck legislation, complaining that it wiped out the conciliatory tone of the Republicans' meeting with President Obama. She referred to the GOP strategy as “the maneuvering that I think is such a turnoff.” “If you're up here after the White House meeting saying 'Yes, they can be civil to each other,' and it's just a tone. We know it's a tone. And then it's dashed,” she mourned. “After the meeting with the President, everybody – I think, I think – in the country said this is great, this is what we want, we want that tone,” she gushed of the GOP leadership's meeting with Obama. Stahl then lamented the GOP's ensuing opposition to Democratic legislation until extending the Bush tax cuts is made a top priority.

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