Archive for September, 2008

The World’s Most Expensive Bus Stop?

15th September 2008 by Katie Favazza Comments Off

Thanks to the good people at Eyeblast.tv, a project of Media Research Center, few earmarks across America are going to go unnoticed anymore.
The group has launched a massive video project called “Porkbusters On Patrol,” which puts video cameras in the hands of citizen journalists nationwide to expose excessive wastes of taxpayer dollars.
Just how much taxpayer [...]

Fact-checking Political Ads

15th September 2008 by Katie Favazza Comments Off

Jay Nixon, the Democrat running for Governor in Missouri, recently released this ad:

But in an email to supporters today, Kenny Hulshof’s campaign calls the facts in this ad into question, asserting that “Kenny is the only one in this race with a clear record on helping small businesses and getting our workforce ready for the [...]

Out-Truthing the Truthers

11th September 2008 by Katie Favazza 1 Comment

In honor of the seventh anniversary of September 11, 2001, I give you, Mary Katharine Ham’s video blog from last year. She and others confronted the “Truthers”–and presented them with the real truth.
We will never forget.

Cross-posted at RightWingNews.com and Examiner.com.

Quote of the Day

11th September 2008 by Katie Favazza Comments Off

“She’s just not a Vogue kind of girl.” –Anna Wintour, the infamous editor-in-chief of Vogue, on Britney Spears
(And, just for fun, check out this video. “I feel like I’m behind or something.”)

Interview with Charles Murray, Author of “Real Education”

10th September 2008 by Katie Favazza Comments Off

Charles Murray, author of the new book Real Education, kindly agreed to an interview with me to discuss his new book. You may know him as a coauthor of the bestselling The Bell Curve or from his hit Losing Ground, a book that changed the national conversation about welfare. You may also recognize his name [...]

Right Wing News Radio at 8:00 p.m. EST

9th September 2008 by Katie Favazza Comments Off

I will be on John Hawkins‘ Blog Talk Radio show tonight at 8:00 p.m. EST with Lorie Byrd, a Townhall.com columnist and Wizbang blogger, and Pamela Geller of the blog Atlas Shrugs. We’ll be discussing Sarah Palin and other campaign-related topics.
Click the icon below to listen live. (If you click on it before the show, last week’s show will automatically load. [...]

CodePink: Oops, They Did It Again.

5th September 2008 by Katie Favazza 1 Comment

CodePink sent out a particularly disturbing email today regarding their presence and interruptions at the GOP Convention this week.
First, the title of their email was “Opps, we did it again,” as though their disrespectfulness is something cute, right out of a Britney Spears video.
Then, the anti-war group infamous for their ridiculous interruptions appeal to their [...]

Friday Reads

5th September 2008 by Katie Favazza Comments Off

Nearly 100 people responded to a poll I put up yesterday about Sarah Palin at Examiner.com. If you’d like to weigh in, or read the comments that accompany the poll, click here. (There are comments both to the blog post and within the poll, visible after you participate or when you click “View.”)

John Hawkins has [...]