Actually, that Obama apparently stole a talking point from the script of the mob movie Casino is kind of funny to me. But not so much the other oddball behavior of the leftist 20 percenters over the weekend, as (1) virtually every "mainstream" news outlet ignored the basic core fact of the Pentagon suspect story that the guy was a Muslim and (2) NBC allowed its leftist 20 percenter political agenda to even creep into its sports coverage, intentionally editing the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance during the U.S. Open golf tournament.What's Next? That He'll Make Gadhafi An Offer He Can't Refuse?
This one I don't view as that big deal of a deal. It's more entertaining than anything. Listening to the radio Monday morning, I was struck by a weekend interview quote from Obama. On Father's Day, with the "mainstream" media playing up what a wonderful old man Obama is, Obama took the opportunity to talk about how once a day, he drops everything so that he can spend a little quality time with his two daughters:
"At 6:30, no matter how busy I am, for an hour and a half, my only focus is them."
You see, I'm a bit of a gangster film buff. Just one of my quirks. So I immediately recognized Obama's line as being eerily similar to a line spouted by Robert De Niro with respect to Joe Pesci's crazy gangster character "Nicky Santoro" in the film Casino. Said Nicky in the movie:
"But around 6:30 in the morning, when he finished his day, no matter where he was or what he was doing, he always went home to make breakfast for his son, Nicky boy."
Judge for yourself. All I know is, if Obama starts dropping "forgetaboutits" and claiming that he's responsible for "whacking out" Bin Laden, then we're going to have a bona fide pattern on our hands.
He Was "Everything BUT a Muslim"
You may have seen the weekend story about some slime named Yonathan Melaku who was allegedly slinking around Arlington Cemetery with "suspicious materials" while his red Nissan (pictured above) parked near the Pentagon set off a "major incident." Reportedly Fox News was one of the very few -- if only -- major news outlets to report a basic, fundamental fact about the story, i.e. that Melaku is Muslim.
But the "mainstream" media did go out of its way to describe Melaku in every other way possible. The descriptions included, "Marine Lance Corporal," a "Marine Reservist," and "Ethiopian," and (the obligatory) "Lone Wolf." And if now they'll just let me know what Melaku had for breakfast that day, I'll die a happy man. (That from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid -- I give attribution to the movie lines from which I steal).
It's also been reported that Melaku was carrying around a "notebook praising the Taliban." So this does not appear to be the sort of guy whom I would exactly characterize as your typical, non-violent, non-fundamentalist Muslim.
What if Melaku had been some sort of Christian fundamentalist and right-wing extremist? You can be darn sure the "mainstream" media would have not only reported that fact, but would have played it up to the hilt.
And I would have fully expected them to do so. I would want to know those facts, same I want to know if the suspect in a potential terror incident is a Muslim carrying around radical Islamic writings or materials. But obviously that's just a little too much to expect from the "mainstream" media.
You're Allowed to THINK God, But Don't SAY It!
This one gets the award for the just plain petty and chickenshit move of the weekend by the "mainstream" media. NBC purposefully edited out the words "Under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance during the U.S. Open.
To NBC, I have only five words: God, God, God -- God, God! The network, BTW, has today offered the typical non-apology apology over the whole matter ("We apologize if anyone was offended").
But none of this comes as a real surprise from the most far-leftist "mainstream" news outlet in the United States. I fully expect to surf past MSNBC tonight and see a story calling news of the latest fall of the American dollar "highly unexpected," complete with a dollar bill graphic that just says "We Trust" on the face of the bill.
Then next up on the MSNBC evening show lineup will be something they call the "OM" (formerly "OMG") segment, featuring our illustrious president. Tonight's OM feature will highlight how, [CENSORED] damn it, Obama always breaks away from anything he's doing at 6:30 to have a meal with his kids. Don't Obama and these "mainstream" news outlets owe Scorsese a royalty or something? (Although they certainly owe nothing to God).
http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/week-transcript-sen-john-mccain/story?id=13869543
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