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NPRs Nina Totenberg Apologizes before Using the Words Christmas Party On Air Video
Here is video of National Public Radio’s Nina Totenberg actually apologizing for saying “Christmas Party” on air. She apologized ahead of using the term, as if it is wrong to say the word “Christmas” on television at the Christmas Season! Political-correctness run amok. Via NewsBusters ...

NPRs Nina Totenberg Apologizes before Using the Words Christmas Party On Air Video
Here is video of National Public Radio’s Nina Totenberg actually apologizing for saying “Christmas Party” on air. She apologized ahead of using the term, as if it is wrong to say the word “Christmas” on television at the Christmas Season! Political-correctness run amok. Via NewsBusters ...

NPR must fire Nina Totenberg
NPR must fire Nina Totenberg. Nothing less will be ok. Nothing less will be acceptable. NPR, funded by your Tax Dollars and mine, must treat attacks on religions consistently. Nina Totenberg, correspondent for National Public Radio, took a shot at Christianity on TV (Real Clear Politics). “And I was at - forgive the expression - a Christmas Party at the Department of Justice and people actually were really worried about this,” said Totenberg. FORGIVE THE EXPRESSION???? Does she ...

War On Christmas Resumes? NPRs Nina Totenberg Embarrassed To Say Christmas Party
On Sunday’s Inside Washington, NPR’s Nina Totenberg apologized for using the words “Christmas Party” in a discussion about budgets. It’s unclear why she became as red in the face as the red Christmas flowers behind her when she mistakenly allowed the “offensive” words to escape from her lips. Yet she does regret that no alternative expression was available to describe the party she attended. Maybe in the wake of Juan Williams’ firing, NPR employe...

Nina, what Congress passed was forgive the expression a tax increase
Taxpayer-funded NPR’s Nina Totenberg (emphasis added) I want to say one thing about the Budget that didn’t get passed, the Omnibus Bill. You know, we talk a lot about - we just passed this huge Tax Cut in part because business said, you know, we have to plan, we have to know what kind of tax cuts we have. Well, these agencies, including the Defense Department, don’t know how much money they’ve got and for what. And I was at - forgive the expression - a Christmas P

Al Sharpton Working with FCC to Shut Up Rush Limbaugh and Others
Here’s audio of Al Sharpton talking to Tom Joyner (lib talker?) about how he’s working with the FCC to haul Rush Limbaugh and others to make them explain how they justify using public airwaves to offend people. Basically, he’s accusing Rush of being a Racist, and wants the FCC to shut him up. “Free Speech for me but not for thee.” Video below the fold. (Note: Video plays automatically) Flashback: This is the same Al Sharpton who shouted “punk faggot” a...

No, Haley Barbour is Not a Racist
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour is being accused of being some sort of Jim Crow Racist for a comment he made during an interview with the Weekly Standard. “Because the business community wouldn’t stand for it,” he said. “You heard of the Citizens Councils? Up north they think it was like the KKK. Where I come from it was an organization of town leaders. . . .” You’ll have to follow the link above for the full quote. And if you read the entire article, you’ll no

David Limbaugh: Regulators are wasting time regulating Christmas
It's that time of year when we are reminded just how indebted we are to the left's mega-tolerant cultural warriors. Annually, they jolt us out of our complacency to notice how imposing, intolerant and dangerous Christmas and Christianity are. If it weren't for these valiant Soldiers, this disturbing proliferation of Christmas celebrations and other Christian symbols would proceed unabated. Each year, the examples are too voluminous to document exhaustively, but permit me to share a few highligh...

Nina Totenberg is an idiot
No... really... there's just no getting around it: "I want to say one thing about the Budget that didn't get passed, the Omnibus Bill. You know, we talk a lot about - we just passed this huge Tax Cut in part because business said, you know, we have to plan, we have to know what kind of tax cuts we have. Well, these agencies, including the Defense Department, don't know how much money they've got and for what. And I was at - forgive the expression - a Christmas Party at the Department of Justic...

Obama to sign 'don't ask' Tuesday
Published: Dec. 21, 2010 at 12:50 PM President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Middle Class Tax Cut bill in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on December 17, 2010 in Washington DC. The measure would extend tax cuts for families at every income level, renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed and enact a new one-year cut in Social Security taxes that would benefit nearly every worker who earns a wage. UPI/Olivier Douliery/POOL WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- The White House s...

Washington Week
While most Americans spent this weekend doing some last minute Christmas Shopping, the Senate spent Saturday and Sunday debating and voting on amendments to the START Treaty, the DREAM Act and the Repeal of the Defense Department's “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. When all was said and done, the Senate sent to the president the Repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” defense policy. The DREAM Act was defeated and the START treaty remains the pending b...

GOP Blocks Democrats' Last-Ditch Spending Spree
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) forced Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-N.V.) to surrender his efforts to fund the government with Democratic priorities for another ten months. Reid accepted a short-term, clean Continuing Resolution (CR), which funds the government at current spending levels until March 4. The lame-duck Senate will vote on the new CR on Tuesday. To prevent a government shutdown, the CR has to pass the House and get signed by the President on Tuesday. McConnell used...

South Dakota defeats Eastern Washington 78-72
Trevor Gruis scored 19 points to lead South Dakota past Eastern Washington 78-72 Monday night. Three other Coyotes were in double figures. Charlie Westbrook and Jake Thomas each had 15 points and Steve Tecker scored 12 for South Dakota (5-7). Glen Dean led Eastern Washington (3-8) with 16 points. Cliff Ederaine had 14 points and nine rebounds for the Eagles. Eastern Washington led 36-31 at the half and scored the first basket of the second half, but the Coyotes used a 12-5 run to go ahead 43-41....

Belmont holds off Alabama State 66-53
J.J. Mann scored 15 points and Belmont held off Alabama State 66-53 on Monday night. The Bruins (9-2) jumped out to a 9-0 lead, keeping the Hornets (2-9) scoreless for the first 10:08. Alabama State, however, answered with a 16-2 run to lead 16-11 on Ivan Johnson's free throws with 4:57 left in the first half. The Hornets made it 18-14 with 3:39 to play in the half before Mann scored 10 straight. His 3 with 1:19 left until halftime put the Bruins ahead 24-18. Belmont, which shot 31.3 percent in ...

Sene tips Virginia past Norfolk State, 50-49
By: HANK KURZ Jr. 12/20/10 9:08 PM Assane Sene tipped in a missed free throw with 4.8 seconds to play Monday night and Virginia overcame a brutal performance to beat Norfolk State 50-49. The Cavaliers (8-3) won their fifth straight, and second in a row with injured scoring and rebounding leader Mike Scott, but badly missed him against the upset-minded Spartans. Norfolk State (1-8) lost its seventh straight but barely. The tip-in by Sene was just his sixth field goal of the season, and came in a...

Heat miss 7 straight shots _ on 1 possession
The Miami Heat pulled off something not seen every day in the NBA: A possession with eight shots. And yes, eight was enough. It all started with 2:47 left in the first half against Dallas on Monday night, when Dirk Nowitzki missed a 3-pointer and Mike Miller got the defensive rebound for Miami. Chris Bosh missed a jumper, Miller got the rebound to extend the possession ... and the Heat were just getting started. Mario Chalmers missed a 3-pointer, Dwyane Wade misfired on a 3, Miller then couldn't...

American U. defeats Mount St. Mary's (Md.) 69-64
Vlad Moldoveanu scored 21 points on 5-of-7 shooting from 3-point range and American University defeated Mount St. Mary's (Md.) 69-64 on Monday night. The Eagles (7-4) trailed 31-27 at halftime, but began the second half on a 12-4 run to take a 39-35 lead with 14:20 left to play. American stretched its lead to 10 after consecutive 3-pointers from Moldoveanu, who scored 18 points after halftime. The Mountaineers (3-9) trailed by at least three the rest of the way en route to their fifth straight l...

Islanders LW Matt Martin suspended for 2 games
New York Islanders Left Wing Matt Martin has been suspended by the NHL for two games for a blind-side check to the head of Phoenix forward Vernon Fiddler. The league announced the penalty Monday. Martin is slated to sit out Wednesday against Tampa Bay and Thursday at New Jersey. He can return to the lineup Sunday when the Islanders host Montreal. Martin was given a minor penalty for charging when he hit Fiddler in the first period Saturday. Martin has two goals, no assists and 37 penalty minutes...

London snow strands Motown singer Martha Reeves
Motown songstress Martha Reeves has been stranded in London by snow and ice that paralyzed rail and air links in Europe. The former lead singer of Martha and the Vandellas told The Detroit News and WWJ-AM on Monday that she and her sisters are snowed in at a hotel outside London's Heathrow Airport. She says it was a "panic" at the airport as travelers tried to make plans. Reeves says they won't be able to make it back to Detroit until Thursday. Reeves and her sisters were winding up seven days o...

Enstrom leads Thrashers past Maple Leafs 6-3
Atlanta Thrashers goalie Ondrej Pavelec, left, makes a save as Toronto Maple Leafs forward Nikolai Kulemin, right, looks on during first period NHL hockey action in Toronto on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010. Tobias Enstrom had two goals and two assists, Fredrik Modin scored twice against his former team and the Atlanta Thrashers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on Monday night. Anthony Stewart also scored and Andrew Ladd had an empty-net goal for the Thrashers. Atlanta moved past the Washington Capitals...

Notre Dame women handle Valparaiso
Natalie Novosel scored 18 points while Natalie Achonwa and Brittany Mallory added 12 apiece to help No. 17 Notre Dame easily beat Valparaiso 94-43 on Monday night. Notre Dame (9-3) had 23 steals and led by as many as 50 in the second half. The Irish, who have a tradition of slow starts against the Crusaders, jumped out to a 10-2 lead at the first media time out and never looked back. They built the lead to 34-11 with 6:45 left in the first half before subbing liberally. Novosel and Mallory had 1...

South Dakota State beats Central Michigan 72-69
Nate Wolters sank a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift South Dakota State to a 72-69 win over Central Michigan on Monday night. Wolters finished with a game-high 25 points and six assists for the Jackrabbits (8-3) while Clint Sargent added 19 points and Chad White scored 12. The Jackrabbits held their largest lead of 37-24 at halftime. But the Chippewas (2-9) rallied after the break to tie it at 52-all with about eight minutes left. Following several lead changes and ties, Central Michigan's Amir R...

Balanced attack helps Fairfield beat Vermont 67-59
Ryan Olander, Derek Needham and Warren Edney scored 15 points apiece as Fairfield won its seventh straight game with a 67-59 victory over Vermont on Monday night. The Stags (8-3) tied the longest win streak under coach Ed Cooley, who had a seven-game streak in each of his first three years at Fairfield. Last season, the Stags' longest win streak was only four games. After Fairfield closed the first half on an 8-1 spurt to lead 33-26, the Catamounts (7-3) cut the gap to two points at 47-45 on Bre...

Illinois State beats UNC-Wilmington 62-60 in OT
Jon Ekey scored 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as Illinois State defeated North Carolina-Wilmington 62-60 in overtime on Monday night. Illinois State opened overtime missing three straight free throws before Jackie Carmichael made the back end of his pair for a 54-53 lead with 2:50 to play. The teams traded baskets before UNC-Wilmington tied it at 56 on Keith Rendleman's jumper. Alex Rubin then hit a 3 with 44 seconds left and Carmichael followed with a dunk to help the Redbirds to pull away,...

The C Word
It’s “Christmas”. When did that become so “offensive”?  Southern Illinois University abruptly cut off the music from its clock tower and issued obsequious apologies because it included “Christmas” music that was supposedly offensive to non-Christian Students.  NPR’s Nina Tottenburg preemptively apologized for using the term “Christmas Party” by way of describing the location of a conversation.  Over and over, throughout the country,