Unreasonable law on insulin (11/30/08, page A20)
Daniel Borenstein, CCTimes Columnist
We try to avoid commenting on op-eds, but this one could not be ignored.
Boresteined hit a home run with this paragraph:
Next time your local school officials come begging for another parcel tax, increase class sizes or cut out high school electives, think about the California Nurses Association.
The CNA doesn’t care about your [...]
Global warming doubt spreading (11/28/08, not in CCTimes)
Seems a poll of 12,000 people from 11 countries showing a drop in the number of folks willing to make sacrifices to the global warming gods is not news worthy to the slanted Contra Costa Times.
From The Windsor Star:
Less than half of those surveyed, or 47 per cent, said they were prepared to make personal [...]
Iraq moves step closer to U.S. exit (11/28/08, Front Page)
Christopher Torchia & Qassim Abdul-Zahra, AP
Wow, do Christopher and Qassim have it in for this war! Check out this opening paragraph and the use of the subjective “long, costly”:
The long, costly story of American military involvement in Iraq moved clsoer to an end Thursday when Iraq’s parliament approved a pact that requires all troops to [...]
Doonesbury (11/28/08, Comics)
Once again, Garry Trudeau spews his hate-filled fallacies regarding Sarah Palin’s world knowledge (while he completely ignores the fact that she’s run a city AND a state while his boy was spitting out “me-first” homilies). And once again, the Contra Costa Times runs this political editorial comic strip in the funnies section.
In an effort to balance [...]
30 Marines kick 250 terrorist butts (11/25/08, not in CCTimes)
Are you kidding? A positive story about our Marines in Afghanistan whipping 300 terrorists who ambushed them? In the liberal Contra Costa Times? Not going to happen. So we’ll bring you the story.
Obama, Bush grapple with meltdown (11/25/08, Front Page)
Beth Fouhy & David Espo, AP
More accurate headline: Fouhy, Espo struggle with history.
To quote
“. . . 57 days shy of taking office in the shadow of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.”
Only a poorly educated journalist would think this downturn is comperable to the Great Depression. Even the Carter years were much worse. 18% [...]
Sarah Palin very popular even with libs (11/25/08, not in CCTimes)
Seems everyone wants Gov. Sarah Palin to be on their show. Leno, Oprah, Letterman, Stewart. Movie scripts, book offers, speaking engagements. Morning talk shows. Name it, they want her.
Now, the first question is why. Why do these liberals all want Sarah Palin on their show? Because she’s popular and high ratings ($) follow that woman. [...]