Pernicious, Patronizing Pablum

(Guest Dave Carter is a Contributor for Ricochet.com, a retired military veteran and cross-country truck driver.) It starts with a heavy beat and, “synthetic ’90s urban music” in the background, along with a female chorus singing, “we’ve got your back.”  The narrator says, “Four years ago we made history.”  “We’ve got your back,” the young ladies repeat as the narrator continues, “Now it’s time to move forward and finish what we started together.  We have to show the President we have his back.”   The Washington Post announces, “Obama campaign going up with first radio ad targeting African Americans,”  and in that radio ad we hear President Obama calibrating his dialect to his target audience, sounding half preacher and all politician, warning fervently that “We can’t afford to spend the next four years going backwards!”  Well, to paraphrase another Democratic President, it depends on what the meaning of “backwards” is.

House Sets Contempt Vote For AG Holder

The US House Oversight Committee scheduled a vote next week to decide on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.

Saudi’s Got Talent – But Without Singing, Dancing or Women

‘Buraydah’s Got Talent’ – No Singing, Dancing or Female Contestants (Jezebel) The Vancouver Sun reported: A Saudi city known for its ultra-conservatism has created its own version of the “Arabs Got Talent” television reality show, but with no music and women banned from taking part.