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Jul. 10th, 2009 11:23 am
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Jul. 10th, 2009
These bones were made for walkin’,
This is dF
ITEM: Researchers in Sweden and Finland release a new study finding that people who lived with a partner during middle age had much lower odds of developing dementia or Alzheimer's disease.
On Fox & Friends, Brian Kilmeade completely debunks the study by pointing out that the study was done by researchers in Sweden and Finland.
Seriously.
“The problem is the Swedes have pure genes. They marry other Swedes, that's the rule. Finns marry other Finns; they have a pure society. In America we marry everybody. We will marry Italians and Irish.”
What strikes me – apart from his apparent belief that Swedes and Finns are a "species" – is why he would even bother going out of his way to discredit such a study. Here you have a study showing that marriage is biologically good for you, and instead of trumpeting it as proof that the GOP is right about the importance of Family Values, he's blathering about pure genes.
Maybe he’s afraid Teh Gayz will use it to prove gay marriage should be legalized. Or maybe he’s still too freaked out over Al Franken’s victory to think clearly.
Well, haha, no. Of course it’s because he’s batshit. But he’s bankable batshit.
FUN FACT: Fox News is the most watched cable TV news program in America. And Fox & Friends is by far the top-rated morning news program. Meanwhile, the top four overall news programs are The O'Reilly Factor, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and On the Record.
Just so you know.
On the crazy train,
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On Fox & Friends, Brian Kilmeade completely debunks the study by pointing out that the study was done by researchers in Sweden and Finland.
Seriously.
“The problem is the Swedes have pure genes. They marry other Swedes, that's the rule. Finns marry other Finns; they have a pure society. In America we marry everybody. We will marry Italians and Irish.”
What strikes me – apart from his apparent belief that Swedes and Finns are a "species" – is why he would even bother going out of his way to discredit such a study. Here you have a study showing that marriage is biologically good for you, and instead of trumpeting it as proof that the GOP is right about the importance of Family Values, he's blathering about pure genes.
Maybe he’s afraid Teh Gayz will use it to prove gay marriage should be legalized. Or maybe he’s still too freaked out over Al Franken’s victory to think clearly.
Well, haha, no. Of course it’s because he’s batshit. But he’s bankable batshit.
FUN FACT: Fox News is the most watched cable TV news program in America. And Fox & Friends is by far the top-rated morning news program. Meanwhile, the top four overall news programs are The O'Reilly Factor, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and On the Record.
Just so you know.
On the crazy train,
This is dF
I WAS ELITE BEFORE YOU WERE ELITE
Jul. 10th, 2009 03:42 pmSpeaking of Fox News and its ratings bonanza, here’s an interesting piece from The Daily Beast regarding the spectacle of Sarah Palin blaming the Liberal Elitist Media for her decision to resign, while Palin fans Bill Kristol and Rush Limbaugh blame the Big Liberal Elitists who hate Palin for no really good reason.
The basic premise of the column is: what in the f*** are you people blathering about?
It’s a point worth making, because ever since the early 1990s, conservatives have complained about how the media is run by biased liberal elitists who want to silence the GOP forever, etc. Which wasn’t all that strong a case in 1994 when the likes of Limbaugh rose to fame, but it’s an even tougher case to make now.
The fact that Fox News is the top news station in the country – and absolutely LOVES Sarah Palin – is a good start. Context also matters:
But as Friedersdorf notes, the conservative movement has always kind of thrived by playing the oppressed underdog – and one with a complete disregard for facts. So why not pretend the odds are against them?
Anyway, you might want to bookmark the article for the next holiday when yr Freeper relatives come over for BBQ and start reviving that old Liberal Elite Bias chestnut. Toss a few of those nuggets and ask them to explain that. You should be able to keep that argument going for hours.
Yr welcome.
Young and rich,
This is dF
The basic premise of the column is: what in the f*** are you people blathering about?
It’s a point worth making, because ever since the early 1990s, conservatives have complained about how the media is run by biased liberal elitists who want to silence the GOP forever, etc. Which wasn’t all that strong a case in 1994 when the likes of Limbaugh rose to fame, but it’s an even tougher case to make now.
The fact that Fox News is the top news station in the country – and absolutely LOVES Sarah Palin – is a good start. Context also matters:
The present decade witnessed the ascendance of Ivy League alumnus George W. Bush to the White House, GOP majorities in Congress, and John Roberts heading a Supreme Court with a 5 to 4 right-of-center advantage. Rupert Murdoch emerged as America’s most influential media mogul. A small group of hawkish foreign-policy intellectuals laid the groundwork for a foreign war of choice. Even the presidential race that led to Barack Obama’s election included a debate hosted by the pastor of an evangelical mega-church. Ruling elites, however broadly defined, looked pretty conservative.
But as Friedersdorf notes, the conservative movement has always kind of thrived by playing the oppressed underdog – and one with a complete disregard for facts. So why not pretend the odds are against them?
Anyway, you might want to bookmark the article for the next holiday when yr Freeper relatives come over for BBQ and start reviving that old Liberal Elite Bias chestnut. Toss a few of those nuggets and ask them to explain that. You should be able to keep that argument going for hours.
Yr welcome.
Young and rich,
This is dF
