Culture Watch, Vol. 27
Nancy Morgan
Right Bias
John Edwards has been caught with his pants down. The recipient of the 2007 Father of the Year Award was finally exposed by 'tabloid' National Enquirer as having an affair and allegedly fathering a child as his wife Elizabeth is dying of cancer. Conservatives weren't surprised but some are amazed at the absolute sincerity Edwards evinced as he lied about the affair before he was forced to admit the truth. The old media remained silent as long as they could, until forced by events to actually report the downfall of their golden boy.
The Edwards scandal was a somewhat welcome relief from all Obama, all the time, but the Messiah still got his share of face time before retiring to Hawaii for a week long vacation. Phew. Most notably with his solution to America's energy crisis - inflate your tires. Obama also stated, with a straight face, "for the sake of our economy, our security and the future of our planet, we must end the age of oil." Good grief.
Obama accuses McCain of being in the pocket of big oil, even though Exxon company execs have contributed more to Obama than to McCain. Hmmm.
The Denver City Council has passed an ordinance barring protesters from carrying buckets of feces during the Democratic National Convention. For the second week, Rasmussen Daily Presidential Tracking Poll reports both candidates are tied at 44% each. In a much needed break from the eternal campaign, the media has turned its focus on:
THE OLYMPICS:
The Summer Games in Beijing are in full swing. The opening ceremony garnered record ratings for NBC. The smog hanging over Beijing is getting so bad that the International Olympic Committee may have to consider postponing or shifting events.
With the eyes of the world on China, I figured this week's article would deal, once again, with 'China's Dirty Little Secret.' Most Americans would be shocked to know that China has, for years, engaged in the trafficking of organs and other body parts from their executed prisoners. Actually, this practise is not a secret, its just ignored.
GOOD NEWS:
On the energy front, the Department of Interior last week published proposed regulations to establish a commercial oil shale program that could result in the addition of up to 800 billion barrels of recoverable oil from lands in the western US.
The price of oil has dropped almost 20% in only three weeks. If the trend continues into September, its possible most of the inflationary spike of the last 12 months will disappear. Cool jeans. Meanwhile, the GOP is continuing their protest against the Democrats absolute refusal to allow a vote on offshore drilling.
'The Obama Nation' has been at the top of the best-seller charts since its release. Meanwhile, Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi's book 'Know Your Power' sold only 2,737 copies in its first week. No wonder Democrats hate and fear the free-market system.
A state appeals court has reversed itself and ruled that parents in California have the right to home-school their own children, even if they don't have a teaching credential. Good thing, too, as the California legislature just approved AB 2567 which calls for an official day of commemoration in all government schools of homosexuality, bisexuality and transsexuality.
In Iraq, the good news continues. Iraq has resumed oil exploration after a 20-year break. Anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr intends to disband his once-feared Mahdi Army militia and remake it as a social services organization. Translation: We whipped his b***. God Bless America. Meanwhile, Iran has decided to scrap death by stoning.
CULTURE:
Publisher Random House has pulled a novel about the Prophet Mohammed's child bride (experts differ as to whether she was 8 or 10 years old) fearing the book 'could incite acts of violence.' In response to this blatant appeasement, RightBias.com has decided to feature Muslim Cartoon Week all this week. Because we can. Hope you check it out and forward to your friends.
Greyhound has scrapped an ad campaign that extolled the relaxing upside of bus travel after one of their passengers decapitated a fellow passenger and proceeded to eat him. Animal rights fanatics PETA jumped on this story and posted an ad on its website comparing this horrific beheading to how humans kill animals for food. Yech.Institute for Internet Addiction Recovery and a death row inmate scheduled for execution says he's too fat to be put to death.
ESSENTIAL TRIVIA:
An astute stamp collector recently discovered that one of the Old Glorys in the U.S. postal Service's "Flags 24/7" series appears to have 14 stripes. Oh, lest I forget, the Post Office had a net loss of more than a billion dollars in the third quarter of this fiscal year. That's our money they're talking about. Sigh.
Chicago has been voted the worst nanny state in the U.S. - the city with the most stringent regulations interfering with the exercise of personal freedoms. Hey, isn't that where Obama is from?
Airlines are set to cut 60 million seats by years end and Forbes has come out with their list of the fastest dying cities.
IDIOT OF THE WEEK:
Again, a tie. First place has to go to another Father of the Year - a Gulf Coast man who was charged with murder after he said he gave his 15 year-old son powerful prescription drugs because he wanted the boy to know "how to party right."
Second place goes to the idiot that confessed to a 7 year-old murder on a national radio show. Ah, the eternal quest for those fleeting 15 minutes.
Till next Monday, keep smiling,
by Nancy Morgan
RightBias.com
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The good news is, Congress is adjourned for the next five weeks. The bad news is, Pelosi and pals were successful in avoiding a vote on offshore drilling. Just because 70% of the American people want to drill doesn't mean that the Democrats are going to hand the Republicans a political victory this close to the election. This endless, eternal, ongoing:
 San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and new bride, Jennifer Siebel |
Last, but not least, the House issued an unprecedented apology to black Americans for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery. Mea culpa. Next step: reparations. Sigh.
CULTURE:
Workers at Tyson Food's poultry processing plant in Shelbyville will no longer have a paid day off on Labor Day. Instead, they will take the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr in the fall.
The new 'smart car' gets 40 MPG but isn't heavy enough to set off the sensors that activate left-turn signal lights at intersections.
Memo to McDonalds: The Palestinian Authority is facing a severe financial crisis due to a lack of donor countries to fulfill their pledges to fund the Palestinians.
A record 9,000 Chinese couples plan to tie the knot to celebrate the opening of the Olympic games and to take advantage of the lucky date, 8/8/08. The World Bank has designated Linfen, China as the most polluted city in the world.
Academics have unearthed what they believe to be the world's oldest joke, a double entrendre about men's sexual desire. Saudi Arabia's religious police have announced a ban on selling cats and dogs as pets. [Guess you can still buy them for food] The reason? Men are using them as a means of making passes at women. Did you know there is no word for humor in Islam?
Last week, US Airways announced - no more free water on their flights. Delta, meanwhile, is doubling its charge for checking a second bag on all domestic flights.
IDIOT OF THE WEEK:
This week's award goes to all those ingenious suicide bombers who are starting to wear explosive 'underwear briefs' to evade body searches.
Before I sign off, I have an interesting tidbit. For all of you who have been impressed by T. Boone Pickens commercials touting wind power, you might want to read this article.
by Nancy Morgan
Nancy Morgan is a columnist and a news editor for RightBias.com
She lives in South Carolina, where she writes "Culture Watch" weekly.
Article may be reprinted with attribution. Bio available on request.
CULTURE WATCH, Volume 25
by Nancy Morgan
Right Bias
July 28, 2008 
Last week was 'All Obama, All The Time' as the media reported endlessly on the 'historic' trip Obama made to Iraq and Europe.
Before jetting off, however, he removed the American flag from his campaign jet. For more on his 'historic' visit, just click on any TV, any channel, anywhere in the world.
GOOD NEWS:
Exhibiting a firm grasp of the obvious, the Associated Press has (finally) reported "The US is now winning the war that two years ago seemed lost." I guess that makes it official. We've won in Iraq.
Oil exports through Iraq's northern pipeline rose more than tenfold over the past year.
In yet another sign of progress, 62 tribes and 68 sheikhs have organized four private trucking companies to form the Iraqi Transportation Network. It appears the tribes in Iraq are starting to work together better than our very own congress. Now that insurgent attacks and sectarian bloodshed have ebbed, Iraq's government (thank-you, USA) is beginning to promote tourism. Want to sign up for an Iraq tour? At the very least, it will enhance your resume.
The good news is the Arctic may hold 90 billion barrels of oil, enough to supply US demand for oil for 12 years. The bad news is, the Democrats refuse to even allow a vote on tapping these resources.
MEDIA:
The New York Times refused to publish McCain's direct rebuttal to Obama's 'My Plan For Iraq' because it did not 'mirror' Obama's. The obvious bias of the Gray Lady was rewarded when their 2nd quarter profit dropped a whopping 82%.
The Times response was typically liberal - they raised the price of their newspaper .25 to $1.50 and proceeded to publish an article lamenting that there have been "4,000 U.S. Combat Deaths and Just A Handful of Images." Time to stick a fork into this once great paper - they're almost done.
A great video clip entitled Obama Love was released by the McCain campaign showing the continuing media love affair with Obama. "A gift from the world to us." Best watched on an empty stomach.
Again confirming the obvious, an analysis of federal records shows that political donations made by our impartial media favor Democrats by 100 to 1.
GOVERNMENT AT WORK:
With the eyes of the world focused on Obama, our government is quietly working on several measures that will appropriate ever more money and power to the federal government. The Senate will soon be debating the 'Global Poverty Act.' If enacted, this act will cost every man woman and child in the US $2,500 - all in the name of reducing poverty around the world.
Despite record high gas prices, lawmakers are considering a gas tax hike. They're also considering another economic stimulus package. This, after authorizing a housing bailout estimated to cost taxpayers $25 billion (rebutting Treasury's recent prediction that any housing bailout would be 'virtually cost-free.')
Congress is debating two bills that could give the feds unprecedented control over the way parents raise their kids. They're also holding hearings hoping to reverse the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy regarding gays in the military. Meanwhile, Rep. Dennis Kucinich's never ending quest to impeach George Bush got another hearing in the House Judiciary committee.
The feds were so busy doing the people's work that they had to drop their criminal probe of Al Sharpton.
Meanwhile, in 'Kindergarten Cops, Part 2,' Arnold signed legislation that will make California the first state to ban trans fats in bakeries and restaurants. Following Arnold's lead, the LA City Council proposed placing a one year moratorium on new fast food restaurants and while they were at it, the council did their bit to save the world by voting to ban plastic shopping bags from stores. Speaking of saving the world:
ECO-HYSTERIA:
There's a new global warming game that shows kids how to calculate their carbon footprint so they can "find out what age you should die so you don't use more than your fair share of Earth's resources."
Across the pond, the global warming agenda is becoming increasingly clear as population control is suggested as a solution to this faux crisis. Eco-crazies aren't deterred by the increasing number of scientists who challenge the man-made warming hypothesis, the most recent convert being a former global warming alarmist, the guy who created the model to measure Australia's compliance with Kyoto, who claims there is no evidence that carbon emissions cause global warming.
Penn & Teller have produced a great video which exposes the socialist roots to environmental hysteria.
CULTURE:
In a gay nightmare, a lesbian finds she is consigned to marriage, for life. Apparently her state doesn't recognize gay marriage and the state where she was wed limits divorces to residents.
In a surprise turnaround, actor Danny Glover, who plans an epic film on Haiti's hero Toussaint-Louverture, said he slaved to raise the money himself because financiers complained there were no white heroes. Where's the affirmative action?
S. Dakota Planned Parenthood closed its doors rather than comply with a new law requiring abortion practitioners to inform every woman that she is terminating the life of a human being.
Singapore is considering legalising kidney trading to meet the demand for kidney transplants and a new survey warns about the rising rates of HIV among Hispanics.
Nihilism is on the rise as one in three Muslim students in the UK say killing for religion is justified.
In Costa Rica, animal abuse is now considered art as an 'artist' is making headlines, publicly starving a dog to death as part of his 'exhibit'. 
A Chinese laborer with only a high school education has made a submarine at home.
ESSENTIAL TRIVIA:
For all the women out there, good news. A new study has found that male lust is blind. Apparently even the plainest Jane can get their hormones raging. And for all the men out there, beware - researchers have also found that a regular diet containing even modest amounts of soy may reduce your sperm production by 50
IDIOT OF THE WEEK:
There's no tie this week. From the ranks of the terminally stupid, a convicted murderer who was executed last week chose to use his last words to implore everyone to vote for Obama. You can't make this stuff up. Poor Obama, another vote lost.
Before I sign off, I include a link to the article that swept the net last week. 'He Ventured Forth To Bring Light To The World' by Gerald Baker. One of the best articles I've ever read. Only trouble is, I couldn't figure out if it was truth or satire.
Till next week, keep smiling,
by Nancy Morgan
Nancy Morgan is a columnist and a news editor for RightBias.com
She lives in South Carolina, where she writes "Culture Watch" weekly.
Article may be reprinted with attribution. Bio available on request.
CULTURE WATCH, Volume 21
by Nancy Morgan
Right Bias
As we speak, tens of thousands of proud gays are marching...all over Europe, in Jerusalem and in San Francisco. (I wish someone would tell me what they're so proud of.) Meanwhile, Barack Obama has appointed David Noble to head his Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender task force. This, as wife Michelle practises successful homosexual outreach, getting a standing ovation at a dinner meeting of the Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council of the DNC.
Going unnoticed in the world-wide orgy of homosexual pride, was a new report showing that the rate of new HIV infections in young male homosexuals rose 12%. In just the last year alone. Also pretty much ignored was a Pennsylvania school district that was found to have such a high rate of STD's that the Centers for Disease Control had to step in to track down students at risk for the deadly HIV. I guess free love isn't so free after all. I've expanded on this topic in my new article, 'Paying The Price For Free Love.'
In other culture news, San Francisco has decided high schools will no longer award physical education credits to students enrolled in the Junior Reserves Training Corp. This slap at our military was followed by, if you can believe it, an even bigger slap at our President. The city will be holding a vote on whether to rename one of its largest sewage treatment facilities after George W. Bush. Just lovely.
Down the coast in Los Angeles, a California judge has blocked a lawsuit that sought to enlist the LAPD in weeding out illegal immigrants. He just said no.
Spain's Parliament will be extending human rights to apes. This is the first time in history any national legislature has called for such rights for non-humans. Can you spell 'slippery slope?'
In India, a congressman plans an 11 day prayer for Obama's success and in Canada, a comic has been hauled before the Human Rights Commission for telling a lesbian joke.
It might seem as if the world has gone crazy. It hasn't. There's plenty of good news out there, it's just overlooked by our old media.
GOOD NEWS:
A historic 2nd amendment ruling from the Supreme Court has affirmed the individual right to bear arms. Just like it says in the Constitution. And in Louisiana, government school teachers can now educate their students about the theory of intelligent design and can actually discuss Darwin's theory of evolution in a scientific manner without being canned. Oh, teachers may now also discuss both sides of the global warming issue. Thank you, Gov. Jindal.
More kudos to Gov. Jindal. In the wake of last weeks' Supreme Court decision nixing the death penalty for child rapists, he promptly signed the "Sex Offender Chemical Castration Bill" authorizing the castration of convicted sex offenders. Progressives can rest easy knowing that these offenders will still have a choice: physical or chemical castration.
The media continues to focus on the context and nuances of presidential candidates, unable to spare any space for the incredible progress being made in Iraq, namely:
Al-Sadr's army was decimated last week as more than 2,000 cadres were killed, leading to "the almost complete collapse of the Mahdi army." Al-Sadr is licking his wounds and pondering his next career move. Can you spell toast?
Meanwhile, security is so improved in Iraq that foreign and Western investment money is flooding in. Iraqi Airline is taking off, thanks to a $5.5 billion contract with Boeing. Translation: We've won! Meanwhile, Barbara Walters has been summoned (summoned?) to Syria by President al-Assad. I guess Syria needs to improve their public relations. I predict the media will cover this visit ad naseum.
More good news as a new survey shows you can't fool all of the people all of the time. It appears a whopping 82% of Americans say the government's energy policies are to blame for the record fuel costs. Just so.
Despite the tough economic times, Americans have set a new record in charitable giving. Un-coerced largesse from private citizens topped $300 billion in 2007. Unsurprisingly, most of this came from those meanies in the red states.
Across the pond, Queen Elizabeth II gave British author Salman Rushdie a knighthood. Muslims were outraged, outraged. Yawn. While the she was at it, the Queen stripped the newly reinstalled president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, of his honorary knighthood. I'm smiling.
WEIRD STUFF:
An Air India Jaipur-Mumbai flight flew well past its destination with both its pilots fatigued and fast asleep in the cockpit. When the pilots were finally woken up by anxious Mumbai air traffic controllers, the plane was about half way to Goa.
An Australian bridegroom was horrified to learn after he had walked down the aisle that he was already married — after a drunken holiday romance he could barely remember.
RightBias has launched a new Page 2 News covering the latest in weird news and essential trivial.
IDIOT OF THE WEEK:
This week's honor goes to leading climate alarmist, James Hansen, who, with a straight face, has called for the chief executives of oil companies to be put on trial for high crimes against humanity and nature. Their crime? Spreading doubt about global warming. Let's give this guy some more rope.
Till next Monday, keep smiling.
by Nancy Morgan
Nancy Morgan is a columnist and a news editor for RightBias.com
She lives in South Carolina, where she writes "Culture Watch" weekly.
Article may be reprinted with attribution. Bio available on request.
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* daylife
* www.purselipsquarejaw.org
CULTURE WATCH, Volume 19
by Nancy Morgan
Right Bias
The air waves this weekend were monopolized by the unfortunate death of Tim Russert,(Tim Russert: Enough Already!) As the media indulged in non-stop homage to Russert, other news got short shrift.
GOVERNMENT AT WORK:
The Supreme Court has ruled that foreign terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under our constitution. This should underscore the importance of electing a Republican president in '08. If Obama gets in, he might just appoint Muslim terrorists to the court.
House Republicans want people to know that right now, 60 miles off the coast of Key West, Fla., China is drilling for oil thanks to a lease issued by Cuba. Neal Boortz clarified: China is not presently drilling for oil, the point is, they can, and thanks to Democrats, we can't. Go figure.
Despite pledging to curb pork-barrel funding, lawmakers are gearing up for another spending binge, directing billions of earmarks toward organizations and companies in their home districts. A billion here, a billion there. It adds up. Oink, oink.
In other vital business, a San Francisco Bay lawmaker is pushing a bill that would force federal regulators to ratchet down the volume of commercials. Rep. Weiner, New York Democrat, is addressing another vital issue, sponsoring a bill that would make it easier for 'models' (as in fashion models) to obtain a visa to enter the U.S. The people's work is tough, but someone's gotta do it.
The House approved an extra three months of jobless benefits for all unemployed Americans, despite almost non-existent chance it will pass the Senate and White House. No matter, in an election year, its all about image, not results. And we're still falling for this stuff. Aaargh.
Other elected officials were busy doing the people's business: Dennis Kucinich introduced yet another resolution to impeach Bush. It got swept under the table. Another group of Democrats, no doubt concerned about panties being used when interrogating terrorists, have asked U.S. Attorney General Mukasey to name a special prosecutor to investigate torture. Terrorists are thanking Allah that we have these guys looking out for us.
Oh, those Democrats...they fight tooth and nail to keep health care, education, social security etc, from being privatised. Yet when their own senate dining service can't make payroll, (much less a profit), they have no problem turning to the private sector to bail it out. Crow, anyone?
On the bright side, at least these politicos aren't fooling all of the people all of the time. New polling data shows that the overwhelming majority of voters believe the federal government has itself become a special interest group that looks out primarily for their own interest.
I'm losing it. Time to change the subject to:
GOOD NEWS:
The nation's nuclear energy industry, all but stagnant for 30 years, is quietly building towards a resurgence. License applications are starting to flow into the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. This is good.
Despite, or because of, the lack of federal action to enforce our nation's immigration laws, many states are stepping up to the plate. The number of state bills dealing with illegal immigration that have been enacted are triple the number that passed in 2006. This is also good. Rasmussen Reports that one-third of voters are still angry about lack of action by the Feds. Survey shows they blame Washington, not the immigrants.
Life expectancy in the U.S. has hit a new record: 78.1 years for babies born in 2006. And in extremely good news for a dude from Paris: A man whose heart had stopped beating woke up just as surgeons were about to remove his organs for donation. Whew.
In other good news, we should all be happy that:
1. The earth hasn't melted yet.
2. There have no terrorist strikes in The U.S. since 9-11
3. We're winning in Iraq.
4. Despite the shaky economy, we all are still the luckiest people in the world.
Despite all the gloom and doom reports, I count my blessing daily. How lucky we all are to have been born in America.
CULTURE:
Conservatives are losing the battle for traditional families. On Monday, California is due to become the second state to allow gays to marry. Officials are preparing for a flood of gays. Meanwhile, two openly homosexual members of Congress have recruited 50 of their colleagues to officially join them in promoting the homosexual agenda in Congress. Welcome the new House Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Caucus.
Male priests marry in Anglican church's first gay 'wedding'.
In Massachusetts, a lesbian activist has been sworn in as a family court judge and in Norway lawmakers have approved a law allowing same-sex couples to marry. Up in Canada, the Alberta Human Rights Commission has fined a Canadian pastor $7,000 and ordered him to desist from expressing his views on homosexuality in any sort of public forum. Drip, drip, drip.
Americans beware: The ACLU has launched a major expansion campaign, looking to dramatically increase their work on 'social justice' issues. Be scared.
In Belgium, churches are to be turned into mosques as Christian congregations decline while Muslims demand more places to worship. This is not good. (Notice how Muslims never seem to 'ask'?)
Two children in Britain have become so addicted to their mobile phones that they were admitted to a mental health clinic.
ESSENTIAL TRIVIA:
In case you missed it, June 12th was 'Carbon Belch Day,' where people like you and I had a chance to do our bit to counter the global warming wackos, by belching as much CO2 into the air as we could. A good time was had by all.
For those that care, the image of the U.S. has improved slightly in many countries over the past year. And for those that need a good laugh:
IDIOT OF THE WEEK:
This week's award goes to congressman Je$$e Jackson, Jr., of Chicago, who proved once again that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree as he commented on Obama's clinching of the democrat nomination for president:
"What Barack Obama has accomplished is the single most extraordinary event that has occurred in the 232 years of the nation's political history. The event itself is so extraordinary that another chapter could be added to the Bible to chronicle its significance."
I'm laughing.
Till next Monday,
by Nancy Morgan
Nancy Morgan is a columnist and a news editor for RightBias.com
She lives in South Carolina, where she writes "Culture Watch" weekly.
Article may be reprinted with attribution. Bio available on request.
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