The American Truth Machine

Of the Jay Leno show, that is. Tonight is the last episode, as the show rides off quietly into the sunset. Although truthfully TJLS was just a slightly amorphous version of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Now it is back to the Tonight Show for Jay. I hope him all the best.

The liberal bias of the mainstream media (MSM) has been well documented. Daily, sites like newbusters.org and bigjournalism.com document the disturbing and lazy bias of the media elites.  And for some reason, elitist journalists have special contempt for Sarah Palin and the tea party movement.  

First, let’s examine the media’s hatred of Sarah Palin.  Perhaps hate is a strong word, but you get the point.  If anything, they enjoy mocking her and using her as a way to attack conservative/libertarian/constitutionalist policy proposals.  The most recent example of bias against Sarah Palin is the way the media has attacked her Tea Party Convention speech and Q&A session.  Specifically, it is claimed that her speech sucked and she used notes written on her hand during the Q&A.  As far as I’m concerned the speech was pretty mediorce, but it was what the convention-goers wanted to hear.  As for the words written on her hand for the Q&A (energy, tax cut, and  lift American spirits), what’s the big deal?  So Sarah wrote a few words on her hand to refer to during a Q&A (broadcast across the country on cable news).  SO WHAT.  Barry Obama, on the other hand, needs a f^cking teleprompter just to speak at an Elementary School.  The media relentlessly mocked her, including an "unbiased" reporter like Andrea Mitchell:

Notice that MSNBC has Ed Shultz, an uber-liberal talk show host, anchoring the speech. PATHETIC!

By the way, I think I know why the MSM is ok with Barry Obumbles’ use of a teleprompter. THEY USE ONE ALL THE TIME TOO. Hell, they pretty much just read words off a teleprompter for a living, so of course they will defend the President as much as possible. Why, I wonder, did the media not mock President Obama when he read "Corpsman" off the prompter and pronounced it "Corpse-man." Does he know anything about the military? Some would say it is a Freudian slip since he is sending the troops into battle with their hands tied behind their backs with restrictive rules of engagement, so perhaps they are corpse men.

As far as the media’s attacks on the Tea Parties, the use of the term "teabagger" has been discussed elsewhere.

The Location:  Nashville.  The Event:  The Tea Party Convention.  Starting today (Friday) and over the weekend, the National Tea Party will be taking place.  This is creating a whole lotta buzz within the Tea Party movement and without.  Especially since it appears some people may be profiting off the political movement.  For example, Sarah Palin is making $100,000 off her speech, but she will be donating it to her Political Action Committee, SarahPAC.  As far as I’m concerned, that’s not a big deal and the organizers of this convention can do whatever the hell they want.  But my main concern is that the organizers of this convention are doing something that is the very antithesis of the Tea Party movement itself:  organization.  The whole point about the Tea Parties was they were grass roots-based!  Now some big shot political bigwigs are stepping in, just in time to ruin the movement.  And here are some great articles from various sources which will give you more info on what’s going on with the convention: 

http://dailycaller.com/2010/02/05/tea-party-convention-leaders-announce-formation-of-political-action-committee/

http://dailycaller.com/2010/02/05/tea-party-aims-to-change-the-political-system-from-within/

http://dailycaller.com/2010/02/05/tea-party-speech-slams-cult-of-multiculturalism/

I gotta hand it to them.  I never imagined the NBC executives could screw things up so badly.  Not only are the getting rid of Conan and moving Leno back to the Tonight Show, but they are slapdashedly throwing together a new 10 pm lineup that consists of two Law & Order shows, Dateline, and two new shows that will tank.  Congrats, NBC.  

But I really don’t care about Primetime.  What about late night?  Jay will probably do a bit better than Conan, but will it be worth the alienation of the three million or so Conan fans?  I think not.  Jay’s show will not do as well as it has in the past.  Especially if Conan gets a slot on another network.  But what is NBC thinking.  Now they have a sixty year-old man as Tonight Show host, which means in five years or so Jay will retire for real.  Who will replace him?  And the way Conan has been treated is reprehensible.  Sure, he’s apparently getting a thirty million dollar severance, but that’s just hush money for now.  

I can’t wait for Conan to be a guest on the Late Show, so he and Dave can both tear NBC a new one.   

You heard it here first (or at least I heard it here first).  JAY LENO SHOULD RESIGN.  Or at least retire.  The mess that NBC has created by moving Jay to 10 and Conan to the Tonight Show is permanent unless Jay steps aside.  Here’s why:

• Moving the Tonight Show to 12:05 won’t work.  It’s always been at 11:35 and Conan has already said he doesn’t want to ruin the show that way.  
• Giving Jay the Tonight Show but keeping Conan on right after will just be an embarrassment to NBC, Jay, and Conan.  
• A 30 minute show with Jay is soooooo stupid.
• If Conan goes to FOX, he could cut into Jay Leno’s ratings.  
• Don’t they remember what happened when they screwed over another late-night host???  David Letterman anyone???  

If Jay retires, he will still be rich, but also with his image intact.  Pushing Conan out would make him look bad.  Conan is doing fine.  The real reason for this mess is the 10 pm Jay Leno Show experiment failure, not lower ratings with Conan.  IT HAS ONLY BEEN 7 MONTHS.  GIVE CONAN A FREAKING BREAK!  

Conan has had three bad things happen to him since the start of his show:  Michael Jackson death (gave boost to ABC’s Nightline), Dave Letterman sex-scandal (boost to Late Show), and the launch of The Jay Leno Show (people who liked Jay watched Jay and went to bed earlier before Tonight Show came on).  In time, Conan will be on top, or at least close.  Jay should retire, or maybe do his show once a week or only during the summer.  That would be a good solution.  NBC management sucks, but they can still make this right. Give Conan a chance.  But totally fire Carson Daly, his show sucks.  

The Huffington Post, for those unaware, is a liberal blog that pretends to be as journalistically capable as a newspaper.  And newspapers are so crappy these days that sadly, Huffpo, as it is called, is correct.  It is a lot like a newspaper:  Irrelevant commentators, misinformed editors, and perverted prognosticators (I threw that last one in because of the alliteration). 

One only needs to turn to the personal story of Huffpo founder, Arianna Huffington, to see why the "rag of the web" as I call it, is so grimy.  She is of Greek birth, which is why you can’t understand her when she’s on television.  Nothing against Greeks, because my favorite show is Kojak, but her accent is thicker than month old baklava!  Her husband left her because he realized he prefers dudes.  And she was accused of plagiarizing passages from her book.  What better way to become relevant after being dumped by your Republican Congressman husband than to start a liberal blog!

Earlier today (Monday) I read a terrible blog post from some irrelevant children’s show writer who assailed Fox News’ Brit Hume for some comments on Sunday regarding Tiger Woods:

The extent to which he can recover seems to me depends on his faith. He is said to be a Buddhist. I don’t think that faith offers the kind of forgiveness and redemption that is offered by the Christian faith. My message to Tiger is, ‘Tiger, turn to the Christian faith and you can make a total recovery and be a great example to the world.

That’s the extent to what Brit said.  And this huffpo loser resorts to personal attacks on Hume by making unsupported claims ("shilling for warmongers, pandering to corporatists, and disseminating lies practically every darn day in the cause of death, destruction, cronyism, ignorance, corruption, and ineptitude"), insulting his appearance ("tired basset-hound eyes"), and inaccuracies (calling him "the former managing editor of Fox News").  He was the WASHINGTON managing editor, which is a big difference which this man seems not to understand based on the fact that he, like many raging liberals, fails to watch Fox News or any other news organization besides MSNBC (and the occasional Air America radio program).  

The extent to which liberals will go to attack their opponents, especially Christians, is disturbing, but not surprising.  They take their cues from Saul Alinsky and his book Rules for Radicals.  Much like the Obama administration’s failed strategy for the "War on Fox News," pathetic reaction to Democratic dissent on healthcare (by attacking Republicans), and so on.  This administration is much more dismissive of the Constitution and rule of law than the last one, and that’s saying a lot (at least according to Liberals, who say Bush is a war criminal.  Which must make Obama a war criminal too since he is continuing Bush’s slow pullout from Iraq and sending more troops to Afghanistan).  Then again, if it wasn’t for hyperventilating liberal bloggers, what would I write about?

Obama has a very illusive enemy, and I’m not talking about the Republicans.  They are not hard to miss (overweight).  And no, I’m not talking about the Tea Party Movement either (big rallies).  Nor am I referring to moderate democrats/conservadems (bribed).  

I’m talking about OSAMA BIN LADEN.  You know, the guy with the funny beard who should be dead by now.  But alas, Osama lives, as do the dreams of neocons for endless war in the Middle East.  

Osama is Obama’s Joker to his Batman.  Obama is the Dark Knight (that is not a reference to his race).  Osama is a clown.  See the connection?  And just like the Joker challenged Batman’s street cred, Osama has constantly reminded those of us concerned about security that WE ARE STILL AT WAR!  Not just Afghanistan or Iraq, but the overall WAR ON TERROR.  Personally, I think the phrase is a bit cheesy, but it is true.  WE ARE AT WAR WHETHER WE WANT TO BE OR NOT.  Radical Islamists have decided that America must be converted or conquered.  Preferably the latter.  And they will stop at nothing to kill us.  Like putting a freaking bomb in their crotch!  Do you have the commitment to blow your balls off for this country?  Until you do, the terrorists have won.  Anyway, the recent terror attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan, coupled with the botched attack in Detroit, force Obama to act tough, something he has never been comfortable doing.  He’s a lot like Mr. Rogers.  But deep down, Mr. Rogers was a hard ass (actually the rumors about tattoos and sniper kills in Korea are false; He was never in the military).  I don’t think Obama is a hard ass, but that’s what we need when it comes to fighting terrorists.  Do you think he’d give the order to bomb the hell out of a terrorist target?  In the end he would after Hillary Clinton forced him to (by doing her Barbara Streisand impersonation, or threatening to show him her snatch giving him a wedgie).  I’m just glad that Obama trusts Bob Gates as Sec. Def.  He’s a competent man (and an Eagle Scout, BTW).  

So, will Batman finally slay the Joker?  Or will he be a wimp and just tie him up and hang him by his feet from a tall building?  I’m not completely sure, but I know you can’t fight terror from Hawaii.  SO GET BACK TO D.C. QUICKLY MR. PRESIDENT!  Golf can wait once we’ve taken care of the Persian Gulf.