Remember the “two-minute hate” in Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four? Here is an accurate description of it from Wikipedia: In George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the Two Minutes Hate (more properly, “Two Minutes’ Hate” or “Two-Minute Hate”) is a daily period in which Party members of the society of Oceania must watch a film depicting The Party’s enemies (notably Emmanuel Goldstein and his [...]

Rick Santelli isn’t backing down from the fight.

Every once in a while, even the mainstream media surprises you. That was never truer than today when noted liberal Meet the Press host David Gregory played the clips from Rick Santelli and Robert Gibbs that so angered me yesterday. At the conclusion of the Gibbs clips chastising Santelli for supposedly not having actually read the President’s [...]

We are living in dangerous times. Yesterday, CNBC reporter Rick Santelli made headlines by calling for a “Chicago Tea Party.” Personally, I loved it. Here is the full video: Today, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs responded in a manner that simultaneously scares and sickens me: Let’s dissect this for a moment. Gibbs’ first response is: “I’m not entirely [...]