Noel Sheppard Archive

Obama's Dirty Little Secret

Published March 07, 2009

If former President George W. Bush had brought a teleprompter with him whenever he spoke at a public event, would the mainstream media -- who were always looking for new ways to depict him as a nincompoop -- have used it to prove their point?

John Kerry Attacks George Will Over Global Warming -- And Uses His Wife for Back

Published March 02, 2009

By Noel SheppardAssociate Editor, Newsbusters.org

What does it say about today's Democratic Party when one of its leaders attacks a well-respected columnist by citing political propaganda organizations funded by his wife?

Is Obama Telling Us the Truth About the Economy? Not If You Believe His Budget..

Published February 27, 2009

Despite the incessant gloom and doom coming from the White House -- just like what we heard from the president-elect before he even moved there -- the economic assumptions presented in the administration's just-released 2010 budget proposal indicate conditions in America are actually far better than advertised.

Road to 'Recovery'? Are We Ignoring Lessons From the Great Depression?

Published February 16, 2009

While the Obama administration garnered support for its soon to be enacted recovery plan by depicting current economic conditions as the worst since the Great Depression, they mysteriously neglected to inform the public specifically what ideas from that period would be replicated and which would be avoided at all costs.

Did Media Push GOP Gang of Three Over the Edge?

Published February 11, 2009

By Noel SheppardAssociate Editor, Newsbusters.org

A new era of almost unprecedented government spending inched perilously closer to reality Tuesday when the Senate narrowly approved an $838 billion "economic recovery" plan.

Stimulus for Dummies: How We Could Really Get Our Economy Moving Again

Published February 09, 2009

By Noel SheppardAssociate Editor, Newsbusters.org

Imagine for a moment you were more concerned with the economy than politics, and you truly wanted to increase consumer confidence as well as consumer spending.

THE FIRST 100 DAYS: Did Somebody Say Something About Transparency?

Published February 07, 2009

We heard it regularly from Barack Obama throughout the presidential campaign: his would be the most transparent administration in American history.

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I guess he didn't send a memo to that effect to his White House press secretary, for ABC's Jake Tapper asked some pretty simple questions of Robert Gibbs during Thursday's briefing -- about transparency no less.

You've Got to Wonder About Google

Published January 30, 2009

Unlike the four years it took for Internet behemoth Google to address a "bomb" created in 2003 directing searches with the words "miserable failure" to George W. Bush's biography at the official White House Web site, this feat was accomplished just days after Barack Obama was inaugurated.

Stay the Course, Senate Republicans! Stick Together and Make History

Published January 29, 2009

Although the Obama-loving press cheered the House vote Wednesday night approving the new president's economic stimulus package, the end result was a resounding defeat for a man who promised on the campaign trail to bring a new era of bipartisanship to Washington.

How the GOP Can Defeat Obama's Economic Plan

Published January 28, 2009

As the Obama-loving media continue to encourage the passage of the president's economic stimulus package while scolding conservatives like Rush Limbaugh for hoping it fails, Republicans should recall what happened in 1993 when they unanimously voted against Bill Clinton's first budget.