With the deadline looming to raise the government’s debt ceiling, President Obama is hailing a plan by a bipartisan group senators known as the “Gang of Six,” to reduce federal deficits. (July 19)
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Click here to view this media As a general media rule, if you have to assure viewers that you’re not a pedophile then you’ve already lost the debate. But this is exactly what happened when Fox News contributor Dr. Keith Ablow appeared on Fox & Friends Tuesday to object to a baby doll that helps children learn about breastfeeding. “It’s beyond ridiculous,” Ablow told Fox News’ Alisyn Camerota. “It’s destructive. Little girls aren’t even aware how their secondary sexual characteristics will develop, let alone imitating how they’ll be used after childbirth. This is another way of turning little girls into adults. It blurs the boundary between children and adults in society. It contributes to the sexualization of children and it makes them targets of assailants, frankly, because it blurs that boundary. It’s a terrible, terrible idea.” “I’m going to have to respectfully disagree,” parenting expert Jessica Gottlieb told Ablow. “I’m not sure that if you see a little girl as her breasts being sexual that that doesn’t reflect more on you than on what breasts are.” “I assure you I’m not a pedophile at all,” Ablow objected. “Dr. Ablow, I think she raises a great point,” Camerota noted. “Why is it sexual? Why isn’t it just natural?” “She doesn’t raise a good point at all. How about this? How about we have little girls three and four have an OB/GYN suite where they deliver their babies? That’s a good idea. That way we can further blur the boundaries so that everybody out there no longer thinks there’s any particular difference between a little child and an adult woman. The fact is that little girls don’t have breasts that can breastfeed,” Ablow explained. This month alone, Ablow has proclaimed that President Barack Obama pursues a “communist manifesto” and offered and psychological profile of Media Matters’ David Brock.
Continue reading …Click here to view this media As a general media rule, if you have to assure viewers that you’re not a pedophile then you’ve already lost the debate. But this is exactly what happened when Fox News contributor Dr. Keith Ablow appeared on Fox & Friends Tuesday to object to a baby doll that helps children learn about breastfeeding. “It’s beyond ridiculous,” Ablow told Fox News’ Alisyn Camerota. “It’s destructive. Little girls aren’t even aware how their secondary sexual characteristics will develop, let alone imitating how they’ll be used after childbirth. This is another way of turning little girls into adults. It blurs the boundary between children and adults in society. It contributes to the sexualization of children and it makes them targets of assailants, frankly, because it blurs that boundary. It’s a terrible, terrible idea.” “I’m going to have to respectfully disagree,” parenting expert Jessica Gottlieb told Ablow. “I’m not sure that if you see a little girl as her breasts being sexual that that doesn’t reflect more on you than on what breasts are.” “I assure you I’m not a pedophile at all,” Ablow objected. “Dr. Ablow, I think she raises a great point,” Camerota noted. “Why is it sexual? Why isn’t it just natural?” “She doesn’t raise a good point at all. How about this? How about we have little girls three and four have an OB/GYN suite where they deliver their babies? That’s a good idea. That way we can further blur the boundaries so that everybody out there no longer thinks there’s any particular difference between a little child and an adult woman. The fact is that little girls don’t have breasts that can breastfeed,” Ablow explained. This month alone, Ablow has proclaimed that President Barack Obama pursues a “communist manifesto” and offered and psychological profile of Media Matters’ David Brock.
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Click here to view this media As a general media rule, if you have to assure viewers that you’re not a pedophile then you’ve already lost the debate. But this is exactly what happened when Fox News contributor Dr. Keith Ablow appeared on Fox & Friends Tuesday to object to a baby doll that helps children learn about breastfeeding. “It’s beyond ridiculous,” Ablow told Fox News’ Alisyn Camerota. “It’s destructive. Little girls aren’t even aware how their secondary sexual characteristics will develop, let alone imitating how they’ll be used after childbirth. This is another way of turning little girls into adults. It blurs the boundary between children and adults in society. It contributes to the sexualization of children and it makes them targets of assailants, frankly, because it blurs that boundary. It’s a terrible, terrible idea.” “I’m going to have to respectfully disagree,” parenting expert Jessica Gottlieb told Ablow. “I’m not sure that if you see a little girl as her breasts being sexual that that doesn’t reflect more on you than on what breasts are.” “I assure you I’m not a pedophile at all,” Ablow objected. “Dr. Ablow, I think she raises a great point,” Camerota noted. “Why is it sexual? Why isn’t it just natural?” “She doesn’t raise a good point at all. How about this? How about we have little girls three and four have an OB/GYN suite where they deliver their babies? That’s a good idea. That way we can further blur the boundaries so that everybody out there no longer thinks there’s any particular difference between a little child and an adult woman. The fact is that little girls don’t have breasts that can breastfeed,” Ablow explained. This month alone, Ablow has proclaimed that President Barack Obama pursues a “communist manifesto” and offered and psychological profile of Media Matters’ David Brock.
Continue reading …Matthews Asks GOP Congressman ‘Will You Resign’ If Not Raising Debt Ceiling Causes Crisis?
July 19, 2011 No Comment
As NewsBusters previously reported , Chris Matthews had quite a heated debate with Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) on Tuesday's “Hardball.” Amidst a series of ridiculous questions asked of the Congressman, possibly the most absurd was, “If we have a crisis in August [as a result of not raising the debt ceiling], will you resign?” (video follows with transcript and commentary): CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: August 2nd. Let me ask you this: if we do have spiking interest rates, if we do have a drop, downgrade of our bond rating in this country, and we do have a financial crisis because we haven't done this on time, which you say is not that important, will you resign? CONGRESSMAN JOE WALSH (R-ILLINOIS): August 2nd’s not important, Chris. Solving this debt crisis is important. MATTHEWS: If we have a crisis in August, will you resign? So, elected officials should resign if the positions they take end up being wrong? If that's the case, shouldn't the President have resigned the second unemployment rose above eight percent? After all, his administration promised that if the stimulus package was passed, that wouldn't happen. And shouldn't former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) have resigned when ObamaCare didn't produce “400,000 jobs almost immediately” like she promised ? And shouldn't Vice President Biden have resigned when the economy didn't start producing up to 500,000 jobs a month like he promised last summer? Or should only Republicans be held to Mr. Matthews' new standard? Fortunately, Walsh was having none of this: WALSH: Chris, hey, Chris, will you resign? Will you leave your show? MATTHEWS: I don't hold a public office. WALSH: Chris, what kind of a silly question is that? MATTHEWS: I don't hold a fiduciary — you know what? Because you're saying it doesn't matter. Because the silliness is on the part of those who say we don’t have to act. WALSH: No, the silliness is on the questions you’re asking me. Well, Matthews doesn't hold public office, and he doesn't have a fiduciary responsibility, but he is a so-called journalist that has been telling people for weeks that if the debt ceiling isn't raised, there's going to be a financial crisis. If Walsh should have to resign if he's wrong, shouldn't Matthews? Not surprisingly, one of the biggest hypocrites on television today feels he can make dire predictions to the public with total impunity whilst others should put their careers on the line when doing so.
Continue reading …If anyone still has any doubt about the utter distaste that many in the media have for the Catholic Church, one does not need to look any further than the “question and answer” session during the press conference in Philadelphia today (Tue. 9/19/11) welcoming the region's new Archbishop Charles Chaput. A woman from the Associated Press stood with a question for the new archbishop. (I am unable to confirm 100%, but I am almost certain the woman was Maryclaire Dale , who submitted this article about the event.) Paraphrasing her words, the AP woman essentially asked, “If you are all about justice and compassion, as you've said in the past, then why did you oppose a proposed law in Colorado lifting the statute of limitations for abuse claims?” (Before arriving as the new archbishop of Philadelphia today, Abp. Chaput was Archbishop of Denver since 1997.) Archbishop Chaput gracefully answered the question. He correctly noted that the proposed law in Colorado, first brought forward in 2005, deliberately and unfairly singled out the Catholic Church. The law would have allowed any individual to sue the organization for a claim of abuse, no matter how long ago the accuser claimed the abuse happened. However, this proposed lifting of the statute of limitations did not apply to other institutions, such as the public school system (where abuses and cover-ups are still extremely rampant, by the way). The proposed law was essentially a surly attempt by anti-Catholics and greedy attorneys to open up lawsuits against the Catholic Church and fleece its coffers. (Read Archbishop Chaput's excellent 2006 response to the proposed law.) A writer for such a large organization as the Associated Press should most certainly have been cognizant of the blatant unfairness of the proposed Colorado law. One cannot help but conclude that the AP deliberately set out to portray Abp. Chaput in the most negative light with its question. And that's not cool. Not cool at all. The tone with which the woman asked her question was notably spiteful, condescending, and disrespectful. American Papist Thomas Peters tweeted about the AP's query – he was actually in the room at the time – and
Continue reading …Baidu Browser tips hat to old Steve Jobs quote, steals Chrome’s special sauce
July 19, 2011 No Comment
Could this be a case of Baidu’s browser in Chrome’s clothing? The Wall Street Journal seems to think so and the Chinese company isn’t exactly dismissing the KIRF claims. Announced back in April, the recently beta-released Baidu Browser brings a “sleek, stripped-down interface” eerily reminiscent of Google’s web-surfing entry to an otherwise Internet Explorer 6-loving Chinese population. The copycat similarities don’t just end in the looks department: there’s also an app store , fast-tab functionality and familiar menu icon placement. In its defense, the company claims its 30,000 plus free app offerings, in addition to China-specific entertainment features are enough to set it apart. Sure, this may seem like a case of the Asian search giant that doth protest too much, but it’s the company’s desire to drive traffic to its own engine that has us seeing Google. [Thanks, Hardy] Baidu Browser tips hat to old Steve Jobs quote, steals Chrome’s special sauce originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:43:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Heaven Shall Burn – Outro (Iconoclast III Invictus) HQ Heaven Shall Burn – Intro (Iconoclast III Invictus) HQ fireworks by invictus acoustic madaddie24 says: @mandybedi have u seen invictus ??just saw it myself on HBO!!great sports movie!!tells that sports crosses boundaries & bring ppl together!!
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StarCraft 2 | Star Battle | Timelapse | Custom Map | UMS Starcraft 2 battle #5 JMBTV – BroodWarrior vs Joli – Starcraft 2 cast Tawanna_Fullert says: @ElNushio check this out if you like SC3 http://t.co/VdNeEmr
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Oh, come on now, we’re discussing the Internet here. Cute pictures of animals were bound to pop up at some point. This week’s Tumblr, Animals with Stuffed Animals, features images of adorable pets posing with equally adorable stuffed animals. True, this might be nothing more than shameless cutemongering, but in these trying times couldn’t we
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