HYPOCRISY Incorporated

2012-02-09T13:50:00.000-08:00

Glenn Greenwald Calls His Best Friends 'Hypocrites'or does he?Actually, Glenn goes further than that. The opinion piece is called "Repulsive Progressive Hypocrisy". He also uses the phrase "repulsive liberal hypocrisy". He also has this interesting sentence,"...Indeed: is there even a single liberal pundit, blogger or commentator who would have defended George Bush and Dick Cheney if they (

2012-02-07T18:53:00.000-08:00

Jim Messina - Hypocrite by Using the Wrong ClicheYeseterday, the White House signaled to big donors that they were launching an effort to get substantial sums of money to SuperPacs for use in the 2012 Presidential Election Campaign (the image of President Obama was at this campaign event). White House officials and senior advisors and cabinet secretaries will be speaking at fundraising affairs

2012-01-30T20:53:00.000-08:00

The NYTimes Realizes Their Policy ChangeBack in 1995, when a Democrat was President and the Senate was majority Republican by 53-47, the NY Times had an editorial entitled, "Time to Retire the Filibuster".In 2005, when a Republican was President and the Senate was majority Republican by 55-44 (with one independent), the NY Times had an editorial supporting the Filibuster. Within the editorial (

2012-01-30T20:36:00.000-08:00

Jesse Jackson adds to the Civility Hypocrisy IssueBack on July 6, 2008, Rev. Jesse Jackson, thinking the microphone (and camera - the image is from that event) was off, famously said about then Senator Obama "I want to cut his nuts off." Jackson gestured during this in a way to demonstrate such an action. The footage and audio was captured and shown by Fox News Network beginning July 8, 2008. On

2012-01-27T10:51:00.000-08:00

Henry Waxman: It's terrorism when they do it but not when I do it.Representative Henry Waxman (the unflattering image of him is on the left) has been in the House of Representatives for a long time (since 1975) and represents west Hollywood and Beverly Hills (and some of Santa Monica).Yesterday, he accused Republicans of Terrorism for attaching a 'must build the Keystone Pipeline' rider to

2012-01-26T18:07:00.000-08:00

Anti Santorum website Accuses Santorum of HypocrisyApparently there is a website specifically dedicated to criticizing former Senator Rick Santorum. One of their criticisms is that, while a Senator (he lost his seat in the 2006 election), Santorum supported a cap on pain and suffering in torts of $250,000. Some years later, Santorum's wife is the plaintiff in a lawsuit in which she is requesting

2012-01-19T19:31:00.000-08:00

Marianne Implies Newt was a HypocriteThe 2nd Mrs Gingrich gave an interview in which she said that upon her husband's confession that he had been cheating on her for 6 years with a woman (who is now the 3rd Mrs Gingrich), her husband (then former Speaker of the House of Representatives) indicated he wanted a divorce or an open marriage. This is an "Eeeewwww" moment but has nothing to do with

2012-01-16T10:16:00.000-08:00

Kerry Kennedy; Is she a hypocrite?Kerry Kennedy is the daughter of the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy. She is also the ex wife (they divorced in 2005) of current Governor of NY, Andrew M. Cuomo (per image).A post on the Powerline blog accuses her of hypocrisy. The Powerline post references an article in today's NYPost.The NY Post provides evidence that Kennedy is advocating for a large ($18B)

2012-01-05T20:31:00.001-08:00

The Recess AppointmentBack when the President was George W. Bush, many Democrats did not like recess appointments. Here is what the NY Times said back in 2006, "...It is disturbing that President Bush has exhibited a grandiose vision of executive power that leaves little room for public debate, the concerns of the minority party or the supervisory powers of the courts. But it is just plain

2011-12-28T18:37:00.000-08:00

Is Newt a Hypocrite on Health Care?Back in 2006, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich had a business and one aspect of that business was the creation and distribution of a newsletter.According to reports, these two sentences was he said regarding the Health Care Act passed in Massachusetts under then Governor Romney."The health bill that Governor Romney signed into law this month has

2011-12-03T18:05:00.000-08:00

Paul: Gingrich - Serial HypocriteUS Rep Ron Paul's campaign has released a video entitled, "Newt Gingrich, Serial Hypocrisy" (the image includes Mitt Romney between Newt and Gingrich because I couldn't find an image of just the two of them shaking hands).The video (which is in black and white for some reason) brings up the fact that former speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has taken money from

2011-10-17T12:17:00.000-07:00

Is Paul Krugman a Yuan/Dollar Hypocrite?Back in 2003, Krugman wrote an opinion piece criticizing then President Bush for, among other things, asserting that the Yuan was overvalued.Recently, Krugman wrote an opinion piece praising Congress for asserting the Yuan was overvalued.Does this make Paul Krugman a hypocrite?In a word, "no".This is because many things have changed since 2003. One

2011-09-20T07:08:00.000-07:00

Deval Patrick and Car Free WeekMassachusetts Governor Deval Patrick (image) proclaimed this week "Car Free Week in Massachusetts".Later he was photographed getting a ride in his state owned car (other image).Several people accused him of hypocrisy partly because there are several transit stations very near the governors' mansion.Whether this is hypocrisy or not seems to me to depend on, among

2011-09-01T05:12:00.000-07:00

Columnist Leonard Pitts Carves Out a Loophole The fellow on the left is Leonard Pitts Jr. He is a columnist for the Miami Herald and has won a Pulitzer for commentary. The image is from his own website. A major problem for commentators who have made pro civility statements is that some of the things they like are uncivil. Mr. Pitts is such a person. He is pro civility. However, he likes

2011-08-29T20:04:00.000-07:00

Is Warren Buffett a Hypocrite? A NY Post opinion piece essentially makes this accusation. Here are the facts behind the accusation. 1. Mr. Buffett had an opinion piece in the NY Times advocating greater taxation rates on the income of rich. 2. Mr. Buffett had some sloppy language in the article, for example, failing to make a distinction between 'income' and 'income from wages' and failing to

2011-08-06T22:30:00.000-07:00

NYTimes Columnist Apologizes and Admits Hypocrisy A number of columnists or elected officials have called the Tea Party 'terrorists' or similar names. One of them was Joe Nocera. He was accused of being a hypocrite for previously calling for civility. He apparently thought about it and decided the criticism of him was correct and he apologized for it. Interestingly, Froma Harrop says that she

2011-08-03T16:54:00.000-07:00

Is Froma Harrop a Civility Hypocrite? This is a case similar to one involving a former US representative. It is different in that case, the 'uncivil speech' preceded the criticism of 'uncivil speech'. In this case, the criticism of 'uncivil speech' was followed by 'uncivil speech'. But first, something about Froma Harrop. She is a journalist who did reportage journalism for some years but has

2011-07-28T06:39:00.000-07:00

Does GE Bring Hypocrisy to You?Back in January 2011, President Obama established a Presidential Council on Jobs and Competitiveness. The President appointed the CEO of General Electric, Jeff Immelt to chair the council.Within a few days there were complaints about whether GE is even a 'good citizen' and pays a fair amount of taxes. Also, there was concern as to whether Mr. Immelt has a conflict

2011-07-05T07:26:00.001-07:00

Obama and Corporate JetsIn a June 30, 2011 press conference (actually much of the conference is the President's opening remarks but that is typical for press conferences for all Presidents), President Obama mentioned the tax break for corporate jets a half dozen times. He noted that it is a tax expenditure and challenged the Republicans to repeal it.The tax expenditure (which allows depreciation

2011-06-25T20:19:00.000-07:00

Was Korah a Hypocrite?In chapters 16-17 of Numbers, there are a series of confrontations between Moses and several factions of the Israelites.In one of these, Moses is speaking to Korah who is the leader of one faction (or maybe the leader of two or even three factions depending on your interpretation). Here is what Moses says (I've used Young's literal translation which emphasizes the plural vs

2011-06-24T07:34:00.000-07:00

Hypocrisy and CulpabilityWell anyway, that's the title of an opinion piece in The New Republic (a.k.a., TNR, a magazine that is leftist on economic matters and internationalist on foreign matters).As is usual the opinion piece doesn't specify the hypocrisy (or the culpability), but the gist is that since President Obama aided the rebels in Libya who were in danger of massacre, Obama should do

2011-06-07T06:15:00.000-07:00

The Hypocrisy Defense: Is it Political SuicideZombie is a blogger who frequently writes for Pajamas Media. Zombie is conservative and lives in San Francisco. He is mildly famous for documenting the many anti Bush rallies in SF where Bush was compared to Hitler.Zombie has a post in which he states that the hypocrisy defense (e.g., "at least Weiner is not a hypocrite because he never preached

2011-06-05T16:46:00.000-07:00

A Slate writer defends Hypocrisy in the case of Representative Anthony Weiner.Slate is a webzine, once owned by Microsoft, now owned by the Washington Post. Almost all the writers are left of center, some more so.A Slate writer, one Jessica Dweck, has an article called, "The Case for Tolerating Left-Wing Lotharios" Slate calls it, "In Defense of Sex Double Standards " My favorite part of

2011-05-19T08:04:00.000-07:00

More on the War Powers ActBack in March 2011, I commented on the previous statements of (now President) Obama, (now Secretary of State) Clinton and (now Vice President) Biden when they were US Senators regarding the War Powers Act.In April 2011 there was a lengthy article in the Harvard National Security Review by Michael J. Glennon. Unlike myself, Mr. Glennon believes the War Powers Act is

2011-05-08T15:15:00.000-07:00

Requiring Sonograms vs Preventing Unnecessary Medical ProceduresThe Florida legislature (the GOP has a majority in both houses) has apparently passed a bill that, with some exceptions would require a woman who intends to have an abortion to first have a sonogram. The Governor (a Republican) apparently intends to sign it. My brother points out that this is a medically unnecessary measure (for the

2011-04-15T06:10:00.000-07:00

President Obama 2010 vs President Obama 2011On April 13, 2011 President Obama gave a fiscal policy speech at GWUniversity (image is from that event). This paragraph is from the speech,"...One vision has been championed by Republicans in the House of Representatives and embraced by several of their party’s presidential candidates... It’s a vision that says if our roads crumble and our bridges

2011-04-05T20:22:00.000-07:00

Mikulski Calls on House Republicans to End HypocrisyRarely do I get a hypocrisy accusation on the website of a sitting US Senator. But this title comes from a post on the website of Senator Barbara Mikulski. What is more, Senator uses the word 'hypocrisy' many times in her post and even defines it. Here is a quote from the post,"...Mr. President, my colleague has talked about one disease in

2011-03-31T16:55:00.000-07:00

A General Hypocrisy Complaint Against the LeftThe Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece by Joe Scarborough. Mr. Scarborough was a congressman during much of the 1990s (and I dealt with his office and it was actually an experience with a good outcome). He is currently the host of an opinion/news program on MSNBC.The opinion piece is called, "The hypocrisy of the American left".The

2011-03-21T13:27:00.000-07:00

Obama and Libya: Is it hypocrisy?Back in 2007, then Senator Obama said (in response to a question which is also below):In what circumstances, if any, would the president have constitutional authority to bomb Iran without seeking a use-of-force authorization from Congress? (Specifically, what about the strategic bombing of suspected nuclear sites -- a situation that does not involve stopping

2011-03-10T08:50:00.000-08:00

The Hypocrisy of Some Intellectuals.Tariq Alhomayed (shown to the left) is the editor in chief of Asharq Al-Awsat (The Middle East). This publication comes out in English and Arabic and possibly other languages. It is owned by the Saudi Government and sometimes has opinion pieces by westerners (e.g., David Ignatius of the Washington Post). It is presumed to be read by the upper class in the Arab

2011-03-07T08:25:00.000-08:00

Obama vs Leakers vs Promise of OpennessThe website Politico has a piece today that, while not using the word 'hypocrisy', seems to accuse President Obama of hypocrisy. The piece has the following,"The Obama administration, which famously pledged to be the most transparent in American history, is pursuing an unexpectedly aggressive legal offensive against federal workers who leak secret

2011-03-06T15:32:00.000-08:00

Mike Huckabee, Natalie Portman and Hypocrisy The DemocraticUnderground (DU) explicitly charged former Governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee with hypocrisy. The contention is that Huckabee criticized Portman's pregnancy outside of wedlock while taking a forgiving position on Bristol Palin's pregnancy out of wedlock. The DU post says that this is what Huckabee said about the out of wedlock

2011-03-03T06:16:00.000-08:00

Is ABC's "Made in America' Series Hypocritical?An accusation is within the title of a post on the FAIR blog (FAIR = "Facts and Accuracy in Reporting).As I understand this, FAIR contends that one of the ABC episodes in the "Made in America" series, focused on consumer products and 'discovered' that a large amount (at least in one home) were made overseas, mostly in China (I'm going to pass over

2011-02-27T05:49:00.000-08:00

When Nazi Metaphors are OK and When They are NotThe Jewish Fund for Justice recently organized a petition of Rabbis to send to the President of Fox News. The petition argued that Fox News host Glenn Beck was trivializing the holocaust by continuing to refer to George Soros as a Nazi collaborator (when he was 14 Soros was sent to a non Jewish family to hide and he, Soros, helped one of the family

2011-02-16T06:50:00.000-08:00

Hillary Accuses Iran of HypocrisySecretary Clinton gave an extended statement (Feb 14) on Iran in which she accused Iran of Hypocrisy. Here is a quote (near as I can get it)"...What we see happening in Iran today is a testament to the courage of the Iranian people and an indictment of the hypocrisy of the Iranian regime - a regime, which over the last three weeks has constantly hailed what

2011-02-05T18:57:00.000-08:00

Is Bob Edgar (CEO of Common Cause) a HypocriteRecently, Common Cause (whose CEO is Bob Edgar a former US Representative) sponsored or organized or facilitated (they paid for a bus to transport protesters) a demonstration in Palm Springs California. The demonstration was to protest a meeting of Koch Industries. This would be a non event except that some citizen journalists (I think conservatives)

2011-01-12T09:09:00.000-08:00

Former U.S. Representative Paul E. KanjorskiBack in October 2010, then Representative Kanjorski said, "That Scott down there that's running for governor of Florida," Mr. Kanjorski said. "Instead of running for governor of Florida, they ought to have him and shoot him. Put him against the wall and shoot him. He stole billions of dollars from the United States government and he's running for

2010-12-08T11:16:00.000-08:00

NASA and theNew Life FormA few days ago there was an announcement of a "new life" form here on earth. It was an article on the web site of the journal Science. Some of the authors were employees of NASA.It was a bacterium that uses arsenic in place of phosphate and it was discovered in Mono Lake. NASA then had a press conference. After a while, people began noticing flaws in the research method,

2010-11-29T14:31:00.000-08:00

The NYTimesand the WikileaksThe NY Times famously refused to publish the leaked emails from Britain (University of E Anglia) regarding climate research. The overall situation was called climategate by some.The NY Times did publish many of the Wikileaks of diplomatic cables and before that published details of military reports from Iraq and Afghanistan.The NY Times reacting to charges of hypocrisy

2010-11-23T04:23:00.000-08:00

Rashi Didn't Like HypocrisyThis week, the parsha is Vayesheiv.Near the beginning of the parsha is the narrative about the conflict between Joseph and his brothers. The end of sentence 4 of chapter 37 says that Joseph's brothers were so angry (because of Joseph's attitude, talebearing, etc.) that they couldn't speak to him peacefully.Rashi comments on this wasthat the brethren should be praised

2010-11-17T14:17:00.000-08:00

Is Representative- Elect Andy Harris a Hypocrite?My brother Irwin asked what I thought of this fellow's recent statements on health care.I had never heard of him. I looked him up and found that, for one thing, images of him were relatively rare (that makes me like him). BTW, the image is what was on his website. Oddly, it doesn't cut and paste well. A number of news organizations had reported

2010-09-03T13:44:00.000-07:00

Is Jesse Jackson a Hypocrite?An article in the Detroit News calls him that.The Reverend Jesse Jackson was driving an SUV (and Escalade - Its made by Cadillac) to a Detroit event promoting "Green Jobs".Here is what the Detroit News said,"Add Jesse to the Al Gore-Tom Friedman-Barack Obama School of Environmental Hypocrisy. While preaching to Americans that they need to cram their families into

2010-05-25T14:42:00.000-07:00

The WaPost Editors Declare Obama HypocriticalSomeone in the Obama Administration made a job offer of some kind to US Representative Joe Sestak (D-PA). The offer was, apparently, intended to dissuade Sestak from running against US Senator Specter (D-PA but until early 2010 R-PA) in the 2010 Pennsylvania Senate Democratic Primary. We don't currently know how, who, why, where or when the job offer

2010-05-04T14:07:00.000-07:00

Al Gore's New HouseFormer VP Al Gore purchased a house recently along the Pacific Coast.It is reported to be the 4th house that he owns. The image shows a house that recently sold for the amount reported to be the Gore price and is in the same area. The area is Montecito, California.The climate is pretty mild along the coast so the heating and cooling may not be as high as the other three Gore

2010-04-30T11:23:00.000-07:00

Gordon Brown and the Open MicrophoneSeveral people have referred to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown as a hypocrite.One of those also calls him the "worst sort of hypocrite".What happened recently is that Brown was speaking with a woman who questioned him about immigration (the woman thought too many east Europeans were being allowed to immigrate to Britain). Brown was nice to her in person

2010-04-27T17:59:00.000-07:00

Gisele Bundchenandthe mansionThere are numerous other people who have been called environmental hypocrites. That is, people who preach low carbon consumption and practice high carbon consumption.Few are as good looking as Gisele Bundchen.Ms. Bundchen is the celebrity Environmental Ambassador at large at the United Nations.Her and her husband (Tom Brady, QB for New England) are having a 20,000 sq

2010-03-29T07:13:00.000-07:00

Recess Appointments -Hypocrisy by Silence?Back in 2006, the NYTimes had this to say about some recess appointments made by then President Bush:"It is disturbing that President Bush has exhibited a grandiose vision of executive power that leaves little room for public debate, the concerns of the minority party or the supervisory powers of the courts. But it is just plain baffling to watch him

2010-03-22T11:22:00.000-07:00

Marjorie Dannenfelser is not a hypocrite. Just not a good guesser.and Bart Stupak may not be a hypocrite either, if he believes what almost nobody else believesA few days ago, Marjorie Dannenfelser had an op ed in the Washington Post praising Representative Bart Stupak on the abortion issue. Here is the beginning of the op ed"The health-care debate has come down to a fight over abortion. And the

2010-03-16T09:01:00.000-07:00

The Slaughter Solution -Is it Hypocrisy?Back in 2005, Representative Louise Slaughter (image on left) joined a lawsuit that challenged use of the 'self executing' solution (a vote that deems a bill passed without actually voting on the bill) for a bill that would raise the debt ceiling.This month, Representative Slaughter has authored a solution to the Health Care legislative situation that used

2010-03-10T05:39:00.000-08:00

Lawyers and Their Clients and the NY TimesApparently a number of attorneys who are appointed officials in the Department of Justice represented, or assisted the representation of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Detainment Camp.A group seeking to know who these attorneys are and what their current role in the Department of Justice led to an editorial in the NYTimes (March 2010) saying, in part,"..

2010-03-06T19:03:00.000-08:00

Paul Krugman on Unemployment InsuranceDr. Krugman (shown in the image accepting a Nobel prize in economics) has a column in the N Y Times.On Mar 5 he said that Sen Kyl (R_AZ) was wrong for saying that extending unemployment benefits increases unemployment. Krugman also said that Democrats use a textbook theory that this is wrong.Krugman, however, is an author of a textbook which supports Sen

2010-03-05T10:53:00.000-08:00

Elijah the P.prophet (aka Eliyahu hanavi) Didn't Much Like Hypocrisy The image is a painting called Elijah on Mt Carmel.It turns out that just before this scene occured, Elijah said something to the general public.It is in I Kings 18:21The translation is uncertain (but the sense of it is obvious). Here are some translations (I'm starting in the middle of the verse),(new international) "How long

2010-02-25T10:35:00.000-08:00

Whose Hypocrisy Is WorseJohn Dickerson, formerly White House reporter for Time Magazine wrote an opinion piece in Slate, the upshot of which was that a Republican Hypocrisy is worse than Democratic Hypocrisy.He specifically states that Democrats are hypocrites for endorsing the filibuster when they were a minority and proposing to nullify the filibuster now that they are in power. He

2010-02-24T17:26:00.000-08:00

These People Are NOT HypocritesThe Atlanta Progressive News does not disguise its ideology.When a reporter working for them was too objective, they fired him for being too objective and they told him, in writing that his objectivity was the reason for the firing and, to top it off, they issued a press release restating this point.Here is a portion of the press release"...Jonathan Springston

2010-02-09T17:51:00.000-08:00

Hypocrisy AwarenessIn an opinion piece at Slate, a webzine owned by the Washington Post, Ben Eidelson explains why the filibuster is OK for Democrats but not for Republicans.Mr. Eidelson was obviously aware that many people had supported the use of the filibuster when there were a majority of the Senate were Republicans (then Senator Obama was one of them) but now oppose the filibuster now that a

2010-02-03T06:57:00.000-08:00

To Apologize would be HypocriticalThis is a new twist. The chair of the Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change, Rajendra Pachauri, admitted that a part of the latest report issued by that organization was wrong (egregiously so) but refused to apologize because it would be hypocritical. This was "... because he was not personally responsible for that part of the report..."If I could I would

2010-02-01T19:30:00.000-08:00

Nancy Grace Hypocrite???Actually, the opinion piece refers to her as 'hypocrite extraordinaire.I'm not sure I understand all of this but here is a central point from the opinion piece,"...The latest news has Grace’s lawyers trying to ban cameras from videotaping her being questioned about a woman, Melinda Duckett, who killed herself after Grace interviewed her. Grace — who has made an entire

2010-01-04T14:38:00.000-08:00

She said the System Worked. It Didn't. Was That Hypocrisy?I've waited a while to see if anyone would accuse the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano (shown with the President), of hypocrisy. I'm glad to see that I can't find anyone making this accusation. Sure she has been accused of incompetence, ignorance, stupidity, etc. but I don't have a blog about that. Even

2009-12-19T19:51:00.001-08:00

A speech with internal hypocrisyHere is the first part of a speech by President Obama addressing the Copenhagen Conference on Global Warming:"Good morning. It is an honor for me to join this distinguished group of leaders from nations around the world. We come here in Copenhagen because climate change poses a grave and growing danger to our people. All of you would not be here unless you — like

2009-11-16T15:31:00.000-08:00

Unions and the New York TimesImmediately below this paragraph is a selection of an editorial on the subject (the main point was support for Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor based on her pro-union views) from the New York Times dated Nov 29, 2008,"....Even modest increases in the share of the unionized labor force push wages upward, because nonunion workplaces must keep up with unionized ones

2009-09-21T10:05:00.000-07:00

Another Signing HypocrisyBack in June 2009, I addressed the Signing Hypocrisy based on the 'sunshine policy'.Here I address the 'signing statement' policy.Before becoming President, then President-Elect Obama had a pretty strict sounding policy.Here is a Q&A from the Change.Gov websiteQ: "What will you do as President to restore the Constitutional protections that have been subverted by the Bush

2009-09-16T12:34:00.001-07:00

A Stark Example of Hypocrisy(or is it?)Recently, the US House of Representative voted (mostly along party lines) to issue a formal rebuke to Joe Wilson (smaller image). Representative Wilson shouted "You lie" during an address to the joint house/senate by President Obama. It seems one of the people voting for the rebuke was Pete Stark (D-CA, 13th). Some years ago Pete Stark, in a speech on the

2009-09-09T09:10:00.000-07:00

Senator ObamavsPresident ObamaBack in 2006, then Senator Obama was against raising the debt ceiling. Here is what he said in a speech on the Senate floor,“Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren,” Obama said in a 2006 floor speech that preceded a Senate vote to extend the debt limit. “America has a debt problem and a failure of

2009-09-02T10:19:00.000-07:00

Alcohol Tax Hypocrisy(or is it)?Michael J. Rodrigues (whose picture is offset in front on the image) is a member of the Massachusetts Legislature (and a member of the "ways and means" committee in that body and thus important in tax law). He has a license plate with the '29' on it. He led a successful effort in the legislature to increase the tax on alcohol. His car is parked near a store that

2009-08-05T12:20:00.000-07:00

Warren Buffet Hypocrite?At THE NEW EDITOR there is an article that is entitled, "Is Warren Buffet a Big Fat Hypocrite?"Since no information is given on Buffet's weight, waist size, etc. (the image doesn't show a fat guy), I'm assuming the 'Big Fat' charge is just mean.The article comments on a news/opinion piece in Reuters that says that much of Buffet's wealth would have been wiped out without

2009-07-10T06:10:00.000-07:00

Signing Hypocrisy?During the campaign, then candidate Barack Obama had as his position that he would let the public have a fair view of proposed legislation before signing it. This was known as the sunshine pledge. Below is the pledge:So, as it turns out this pledge has been broken. Is it hypocrisy? In a formal sense it is although it is of almost no importance. In addition, it is also evidence

2009-07-08T05:19:00.000-07:00

Biden vs. Palin Hypocrisy??VP Biden and Gov Palin have both said similar things about Israel vs Iran and the US. But TPM poster M.J. Rosenburg (who is also a director of the Israel Policy Forum, a 'two-state' advocacy group), and Matthew Yglesias, propriator of "Think Progress", a self described progressive website, have different reactions to Biden and Palin.Basically, both Rosenburg and Matt Y

2009-07-07T05:58:00.000-07:00

WaPo Accuses Capital Hill of Hypocrisy on GitmoHere is part of a Washington Post Editorial entitled, "Hypocrisy on the [Capitol] Hill" "FOR YEARS, Democrats clamored for the closing of the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, using the prison to pummel President George W. Bush for abusing his authority, violating domestic and international law, and tarnishing the reputation of the United

2009-07-06T12:46:00.000-07:00

Sarah Palin Threatens Lawsuit(from an article in CBS news) "Palin attorney Thomas Van Flein on Saturday warned legal action may be taken against bloggers and publications that reprint what he calls fraudulent claims. "To the extent several websites, most notably liberal Alaska blogger Shannyn Moore, are now claiming as 'fact' that Governor Palin resigned because she is 'under federal

2009-06-23T18:56:00.000-07:00

President Obama is a smoker. He signed a cigarette regulation bill. Does that make him a hypocrite?As near as I can figure, some people actually think this hypocrisy charge is logical. It is certainly true that Obama smokes cigarettes (he admitted as much in a press conference today). Obama smoked much more frequently when he was in the Illinois legislature (the image is from that period). It is

2009-06-11T15:49:00.000-07:00

Evan Thomas 2007 and 2009Here are two transcripts from Mr. Thomas who has been assistant managing editor of Newsweek since 1991 (and is the grandson of Norman Thomas who ran for President a half a dozen times on the Socialist Party of America ticket).This is from 2007 when George W. Bush was President---------------------------------------------------Gordon Peterson: "What do you think, Evan? Are

2009-06-04T12:06:00.000-07:00

Are Anti Abortion advocates hypocrites for condemning the murder of George Tiller?If I understand him correctly, William Saletan, of Slate Webzine, thinks they are. He maintains that people such as Troy Newman, who, in the various publications of Operation Rescue, comes very close to equating the killing of a fetus with the killing of a living person.From the Saletan opinion piece,"...Is it wrong

2009-05-31T20:18:00.000-07:00

Lobbying PolicyHere is the Obama-Biden Policy during the transition period (Nov 2008-Jan 2009) Federal Lobbyists cannot contribute financially to the transition.Federal lobbyists are prohibited from any lobbying during their work with the transition.If someone has lobbied in the last 12 months, they are prohibited from working in the fields of policy on which they lobbied.If someone becomes a

2009-05-13T18:47:00.000-07:00

Polar Bears and the NY TimesBack in October 2008, the New York Times was very worried about Polar Bears. Here is a quote from an editorial (not an op-ed),"In its closing months, the Bush administration is pulling out all the stops in its eight-year effort to undermine the Endangered Species Act. In mid-August, the administration proposed two dangerous regulatory changes. One would free the

2009-05-04T12:12:00.000-07:00

Follow Up to the Miss California PostPerez Hilton - Hypocrisy on Fair UseSubsequent to the events described below in the Miss California post, Perez Hilton demanded that Youtube.com remove a youtube post that had him saying Miss California was a bitch. This was on the basis of copyright infringement.Perez Hilton is somewhat famous (or infamous) for posting images of celebrities with

2009-04-29T05:20:00.001-07:00

Senator Arlan Specter formerly R-PA, now D-PAHere is what Arlan Specter said back on March 18 (per the Philadephia newspaper)"To eliminate any doubt, I am a Republican, and I am running for reelection in 2010 as a Republican on the Republican ticket," Specter said in a statement released by his campaign manager.Here is what Arlan Specter said on April 28 (per the NY Times), “I’m not prepared to

2009-04-22T05:56:00.000-07:00

Miss California and the Gay Marriage issueThat's Miss California on the left. Her name is Carrie Prejean.She was asked by the gossip columnist Perez Hilton (who I think is gay) what she thought of gay marriage. Here is what she said,“We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite. And you know what, I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage

2009-04-07T05:35:00.000-07:00

Armenian Genocide:Obama Finds A LoopholeThe image is from a collection of photos taken in the early part of the 1900s in Turkey/Armenia in a collection. The caption on this reads, "Turkish hangmen and their victims in Aleppo, 1915". Many of the other images at this site are far, far more gruesome.The Washington Post today reported on President Obama's remarks while visiting Turkey. While a

2009-03-24T10:28:00.000-07:00

Republicans and Filibustering HypocrisyDahlia Lithwick, a liberal columnists at Slate has a longish article there entitled, "How many ways can Senate Republicans Show Breathless Hypocrisy".Part of the article is on the issue of filibustering in the Senate. Part of the article is on the issue of claiming that the nominee hasn't been forthcoming on answers.The second issue is impossible to address

2009-03-21T21:42:00.000-07:00

The Imus Apology; The Obama ApologyThen Senator Obama wanted Don Imus (radio and TV commentator) fired for a comment that members of a women's basket team were "nappy headed hos". This was several days after Imus had apologized. Imus was eventually fired and after about a year he was rehired (Imus and Obama on the left).A few days ago on the Jay Leno show, President Obama compared his own bowling

2009-03-18T19:51:00.000-07:00

Service Employees International Union is anti UnionAs reported in an article in today's Washington Post, the SEIU (their logo is in the image) is engaged in a labor dispute with the Union representing its own workers. This Union hasfiled charges with the National Labor Relations Board.As explained in the article, "...The Service Employees International Union... has notified the union that

2009-03-17T17:28:00.001-07:00

Hypocrisy ContestOver at Deceiver Madness they have a tournament, modeled on the NCAA Division I Basketball tournament.People can go to the site and vote for winners of Hypocrisy runoffs.The image to the left was done after the first round of winners. I'm not going to comment on their definition of hypocrisy because they don't define it. They simply state that there is hypocrisy. Personally, I

2009-03-14T22:07:00.000-07:00

Big Nate:Cartoon HypocriteThe artist didn't use the word "hypocrite" here but its clear that he is making fun of Nate (dark spike hair guy) for criticizing people for doing what he himself is doing. This theme has been running for a couple of days now.

2009-02-25T11:19:00.000-08:00

Dilbert on HypocrisyThis is the first time I can remember that hypocrisy was mentioned in one of the comic strips I follow regularly. Below is the Dilbert published in the newspaper and on, Feb 25, 2009 on the Dilbert website. The claim that corporate and Congressional executives flew together to a Congressional hearing isn't credible nor do I know of any case where the same plane was used for

2009-02-17T07:07:00.000-08:00

Let's Look at Some Ethics Promises of Obama/BidenThere was, as of today, a website used by the Obama/Biden campaign which made a number of commitments on ethics.Here were some of the commitments (from at website): Close the revolving door on former and future employers: No political appointees in an Obama-Biden administration will be permitted to work on regulations or contracts

2009-02-17T05:59:00.000-08:00

More Hypocrisy From Celebrity Greens - or is itThe London (England) Times has obtained (it didn't say how) an infrared image of several neighborhoods in London with homes owned by celebrity 'anti-Global Warming' advocates (the image is from the article and the bright red - very 'leaky' home is owned by singer Chris Martin and actress Gwyneth Paltrow- both anti GW advocates). The Times says it

2009-02-14T21:01:00.000-08:00

Did Obama Break A Campaign Promise and then "Disappear" the PromiseThe fellow in the image is Lloyd Chapman. He blogs for the American Small Business League. He maintains that Senator Obama promised during his campaign,"....Small businesses are the backbone of our nation's economy and we must protect this great resource. It is time to end the diversion of federal small business contracts to

2009-02-14T20:41:00.000-08:00

Prince Charles on an EcotourPrince Charles, his wife and 16 friends will be going on a 10 day ecotour to promote awareness of global warming.They will use the A-319 jet pictured on the left (which could transport about 130 people if used commercially). Per various calculations, the carbon footprint will exceed 200 tons. Charles says this will be offset with carbon credits.Once again, this is a

2009-02-08T09:44:00.000-08:00

State University of Illinois and Their Plagiarism PolicyMy brother Irwin alerted me to this interesting tidbit.An State Illinois University (SIU) committee had recently completed an 18 months long inquiry into plagiarism at the SIU. A 17 page report was published (about 1 page for every month the committee deliberated). The report contained a definition of plagiarism that seems to have been

2009-02-03T13:23:00.001-08:00

Did Hypocrisy Sink the Nomination of Tom DaschleThere is a long post on Townhall by the son of Linda Chavez. Ms. Chavez was nominated by George W. Bush to be Labor Secretary in 2001. She had to withdraw her nomination because of criticism based on a tax issue. The writer says that Daschle's vigorous opposition. Here is the writer's version:"...Shortly after my mother Linda Chavez was nominated by

2009-01-30T06:39:00.000-08:00

Thermostat Hypocrisyh/t Instapundit (who used this phrase in a post)To the left is an image of a White House meeting that took place Jan 27 or 28. The President and two others have removed their suit jacket. As reported by the NY Times (who is also responsible for the image),"... President Obama was photographed in the Oval Office without his suit jacket. There was, however, a logical explanation

2009-01-24T20:49:00.000-08:00

Boston Herald Says Barney Frank is a HypocriteWell the opinion piece by staff of the Boston Herald is short enough to quote in its entirety,"Barney Frank’s hypocrisy By Boston Herald Editorial Staff Saturday, January 24, 2009 - Ah, the dirty little secret is out. That $700

2009-01-23T07:29:00.000-08:00

Comment: Is CIA Director Nominee a Hypocrite?Thus reads the title of a posting at a site called "Intelligence News." This has to do with the practice of rendition, in which the US essentially kidnaps someone and delivers him to some other country for interrogation. There is no doubt that this practice existed during the Clinton Administration and that Leon Panetta (image on the left,

2009-01-15T19:05:00.000-08:00

Accusing Itself of Hypothetical HypocrisyReporting on a tax problem of the nominee for US Secretary of the Treasury, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer said, "... Obama's staff told senators about the tax problems [failure to pay taxes on a reimbursement for taxes that he hadn't paid] on Dec. 5. We should have been clued in, say, Dec. 6. It should not come up hours before a Senate confirmation

2008-12-30T06:55:00.000-08:00

"You Know" vs. "Uh"Caroline Kennedy is seeking to be appointed to the Senate in NY (to replace Sen. Clinton when Clinton takes office as Sec of State). Caroline apparently says, "you know" a lot.According to the Telegraph, "Caroline Kennedy's campaign to claim Hillary Clinton's Senate seat has taken another downturn after an interview in which she said "you know" 142 times..." The interesting

2008-12-23T04:22:00.000-08:00

Is This Art Hypocrisy?There is an art display at the Harrow Arts Centre (Harrow is a borough of London). The Centre removed images of nudes in Oct 2008. The image on the left was mounted in November and a complaint was made in late December. As noted in the Harrow news, "...Ms Davey accused the council of hypocrisy for allowing the painting of the Muslim woman but censoring the nudes. "I can't

2008-12-20T16:20:00.000-08:00

Emily Says that Dahlia Says... HypocrisyThe webzine Slate has a feature called the xx Factor. It deals with women's issues.Recently one of the writers, Emily Bazelon wrote to say," Dahlia has pointed out the contradictions and hypocrisies here: The Bush administration is evincing much concern for the morals of pro-life health care workers even as it dictates a script of contested and medically

2008-12-15T13:39:00.000-08:00

The Employees Free Choice ActThe fellow whose image is on the left, introduced legislation in 2007 that would require the National Labor Relation Board to compel companies to recognize a union if more than 50% of that companies employees signed a union card within a certain time period (although there are numerous other provisions including a provision for secret ballot elections if more than

2008-11-25T07:06:00.000-08:00

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia Hypocrite or artful linguistThe King of Saudi Arabia (on the right in the image; President Karzai of Afghanistan is on the left) addressed a UN Interfaith conference and spoke out, ostensibly, in favor of tolerance,Here is what he said according to an english language Turkish website, “We state with a unified voice that religions through which Almighty God sought to

2008-10-30T10:55:00.000-07:00

McCain, Obama and Joe the PlumberAfter a brief back and forth Q&A at an Oct 11, 2008 campaign event for Senator Obama, a man, know known as Joe the Plumber has become famous (yes he has an entry in wikipedia).Senator McCain uses the Q&A to charge Senator Obama with being a redistributionist.Senator Obama denies that he is a redistributionist.The fact of the matter is that Senator Obama is one and