Last night was a typical, boring Tuesday, with little earth-shattering news to drive TV viewers to cable news. It was also May sweeps, with the season finale of “NCIS: LA,” “America’s Got Talent” on NBC and “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC drawing an astonishing 39 million viewers between them at 9 PM.

Unfortunately for CNN, “Piers Morgan Tonight” was the apparent victim of the busy night, drawing only 39,000 viewers 25-54 at 9 PM. To say those ratings are anomalous would be something of an understatement. That is the lowest 9 PM weekday demo rating for CNN since at least 1997. While the ratings were an outlier, it was a fairly normal edition of “PMT,” with Morgan hosting. Guests included Jane Lynch and “The man with the golden voice” Ted Williams.

“PMT” drew 284,000 total viewers, which was down from a typical weekday, but not a record-breaking low.

“PMT”s lead-in and lead-out, “AC360,” drew around 90,000 demo viewers at both 8 and 10 PM, also down from a typical weekday this year.

Source: TV Newser.

*Written by Rob Rimes.

Yesterday was a pretty emotional day for Paul supporters everywhere. The Paul campaign announced that they would no longer compete in the states that have not yet voted as it would cost too much money moving forward. In fact, here is what Ron Paul said himself:

Moving forward, however, we will no longer spend resources campaigning in primaries in states that have not yet voted. Doing so with any hope of success would take many tens of millions of dollars we simply do not have.

This is completely understandable and really just goes to show how fiscally responsible Dr. Paul truly is, especially when comparing him to his conservative counterparts who spent themselves into oblivion and racked up some serious campaign debt. With that being said, this is only more reason to vote for the man as he knows where to draw the line and also knows what all of Paul supporters know, which is that we will all continue to vote for the man regardless of the campaign’s inability to compete with the Wall Street funded Mitt Romney. When those Occupy kids are looking for a leader it should probably be the guy whose campaign is funded by the downtrodden 99 percent as opposed to the 1 percent big bank bank funded candidates like Romney and Obama.

This doesn’t mean that Paul is completely out of this race. As was just mentioned, his supporters are loyal and will vote for him despite this seemingly tragic pitfall. The hunt for delegates will continue and ultimately, Ron Paul will continue to surprise the doubters and make a serious impact on this race. This isn’t blind faith or overly-loyal Paulbot idiocy, this is facts. I doubted the campaign’s strategy but have since learned that in the realm of acquiring delegates, they are doing a hell of a job. The media doesn’t accurately report on what’s going on in the delegate hunt and honestly, you can go to various mainstream media sites and look at their delegate counts and the numbers don’t match – corporate media is clueless. Romney may have been announced the winner in Maine but Paul walked away with the most delegates. Santorum and Gingrich have lost theirs and with 11 states left to vote, Paul could continue to be a thorn in the side of the establishment beast. As I’ve said many times, this isn’t about winning, this is about the message and gaining enough support to stamp it on the leviathan’s forehead before it is once again let loose on the masses. In other words, Paul might not win the fight but he is going to break a motherfucker’s nose.

Even though the mainstream media has been quick to gleefully write Paul off as a quitter, his forces are moving forward – just more covertly in a way that is unique and foreign to these political experts spewing regurgitated pre-written bullshit through our television and radio speakers. In order to dispel the mainstream hogwash, Paul’s chief strategist Jesse Benton sent out an official statement. Here is some of what that memo states:

Let me be very clear. Dr. Paul is NOT ending his campaign. As Dr. Paul has previously stated, he is in this race all the way to the Republican National Convention in Tampa this August. Looking ahead, our campaign must honor that trust by maximizing our resources to ensure the greatest possible impact at the National Convention. So while our campaign is no longer investing in the remaining primary states, we will continue to run strong programs at District and State Conventions to win more delegates and alternate delegates to the National Convention.

To this end, our campaign has several positive and realistic goals: 1) Having recently WON Maine, we believe we can win several more states. 2) We will win party leadership positions at both the state and national level. 3) We will continue to grow our already substantial total of delegates.

We will head to Tampa with a solid group of delegates. Several hundred will be bound to Dr. Paul, and several hundred more, although bound to Governor Romney or other candidates, will be Ron Paul supporters.

Unfortunately, barring something very unforeseen, our delegate total will not be strong enough to win the nomination. Governor Romney is now within 200 delegates of securing the party’s nod. However, our delegates can still make a major impact at the National Convention and beyond. All delegates will be able to vote on party rules and allow us to shape the process for future liberty candidates.

We are in an excellent position to make sure the Republican Party adds solid liberty issues to the GOP Platform, which our delegates will be directly positioned to approve. Our campaign is presently working to get several items up for consideration, including monetary policy reform, prohibitions on indefinite detention, and Internet freedom.

Finally, by sending a large, respectful, and professional delegation to Tampa, we will show the Party and the country that not only is our movement growing and here to stay, but that the future belongs to us…

Considering that two of the biggest states, California and Paul’s home state Texas, haven’t yet voted, there are a shitload of delegates that could easily go Paul’s way, especially since he has performed well in both of those states. The race is still as interesting as it has been all along, even though the media is ignoring Paul and pretending he isn’t even a part of this race anymore. Their “out of sight, out of mind” strategy hasn’t worked in the past and it won’t work this time. Paul supporters aren’t going anywhere and their numbers will continue to expand.

In retrospect, was this even about winning the presidency or was this about turning the Republican Party on its head and making a real difference? Is this really about shattering one half of the two-party mold in an effort to fix the system from within? If so, will it work? Either way, this game has been well-played by the Paul camp and ultimately it’s up to us everyday people to see that the message is sent and clearly understood. From here on out, this game is going to get pretty fucking filthy. Put on your gloves because we aren’t done swingin’!

Since yesterday’s Washington Post profile of a prep school-aged Mitt Romney showing the presumed Republican presidential nominee terrifying a kid everyone thought was gay, conservative outlets have been scrambling for another perspective on young Romney. They’ve found it in a softball piece on Romney from Automobile Magazine, that other great source of American political news.

When Romney was in prep school at the “prestigious Cranbrook School” he reportedly picked on some kid who may have been gay and definitely had bleached blonde hair. Here’s the key part:

“He can’t look like that. That’s wrong. Just look at him!” an incensed Romney told Matthew Friedemann, his close friend in the Stevens Hall dorm, according to Friedemann’s recollection. Mitt, the teenage son of Michigan Gov. George Romney, kept complaining about Lauber’s look, Friedemann recalled.

A few days later, Friedemann entered Stevens Hall off the school’s collegiate quad to find Romney marching out of his own room ahead of a prep school posse shouting about their plan to cut Lauber’s hair. Friedemann followed them to a nearby room where they came upon Lauber, tackled him and pinned him to the ground. As Lauber, his eyes filling with tears, screamed for help, Romney repeatedly clipped his hair with a pair of scissors

Romney has sort of acknowledged/apologized for any vague “dumb… stupid” things he did in high school. Youthful indiscretions and all that.

The conservative press refuses to let the darn liberal media get away with anything, so right-wing media watchdog at Breitbart’s Big Journalism has found its proof that the Post is full of it inDavid Murray’s Automobile profile of a young Romney that doesn’t make him look like the bad guy from Better Off Dead.

The WaPo article focuses on the alleged John Lauber haircutting incident, including quotes from Romney childhood friend Phillip Maxwell: “‘It was a hack job,’ recalled Maxwell, a childhood friend of Romney who was in the dorm room when the incident occurred. ‘It was vicious.’”

Apparently not so vicious, however, for Maxwell to relate the incident for the Auto Mag article.  Auto Mag does, however, quote Maxwell giving crucial details notably missing from the Post piece: “‘I’m a Democrat, so I won’t vote for him,’ says Maxwell. ‘But he’d probably make a pretty good President. He’s very smart, very principled.’”

The Post neglected to mention these relevant facts, just as it neglected to mention Maxwell’s skepticism about Romney’s religion as reported in the Auto Mag piece: “‘He’s determined to claim the highest office in the land—to be the first Mormon to do it.  He keeps that undercover because he doesn’t want to frighten people.’”

This isn’t a contradiction at all, of course, as you could make a good president and still be kind of a dick to some kids in high school. You can also be a Democrat and be a truthful eyewitness.

Automobile‘s piece doesn’t contradict anything because it doesn’t really say anything. It’s not bad, it’s just about as edgy as a 1998 Ford Taurus. We learn Mitt Romney liked his father, was kind of boring, and people generally got along with him. The only serious claim against him in the magazine is that he’s not really a Detroiter. Not a car guy. But then they give him a break for that.

Mitt Romney may be from the golden age of Detroit and the car industry, but it must be clear by now that he is no longer of that wonderful time and place. Then again, these days, what is?

The Post‘s readers may view Romney as a bit of a prick in high school, but those 533,000 “Auto Mag” subscribers will know the truth.

Source: Jalopnik.

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If I Wanted America to Fail.

Now three people have won Iowa during this primary season. Last night, Ron Paul’s delegate finagling strategy paid off as he guaranteed himself at least half of the delegates in Iowa and Minnesota.

If the talking heads on television don’t tell us about something that happens, does it make that event any less real?  Of course the answer to that question is quite obvious, but unfortunately way too many Americans allow their realities to be defined by what they hear from the mainstream media.  Way too many people use phrases such as “if that was true I would have heard about it on television” to deflect conversations that are starting to become uncomfortable.  Critical thinking is a skill that is in short supply in America today, and most Americans seem content to let their televisions do their thinking for them.  Sadly, the pretty people on television do not spend a lot of time talking about the things that are truly important.  Instead, they love to talk about the latest celebrity scandal and they love to divide people into groups and get them fighting with one another.  In this day and age, it is absolutely critical that we all learn to think for ourselves.  The talking heads on television are concerned with keeping their bosses happy and with keeping the ratings up.  Most of them are not really concerned about what happens to you.  They just want you to keep watching them so that they can continue to earn their inflated salaries.

Unfortunately, most Americans seem perfectly content with the “infotainment” that they are getting from the major news networks, so major changes to the mainstream media are not likely to happen any time soon.

For those wanting something different, you will have to seek out alternative sources of news (such as this website) that are willing to discuss the truly earth shattering events that are continually taking place all over the globe.

So what are some of the things that the mainstream media has been ignoring?

The following are 19 things that the talking heads on television have been strangely silent about….

List CONTINUED at the American Dream.

*Written by Rob Rimes.

It’s that time again yet it feels like it’s that time again every couple of days. Tonight we get to witness more of America’s decaying sanity as “We the Sheeple” vote for either Mitt Romney or Rick Santorum across the board in three primaries. Now, I don’t know if that is going to happen but based off of the way things have gone down thus far, one can only assume. So expect some anger and dissatisfaction my loyal lovers of liberty because tonight will just be another episode of ‘Three Bastards and a Wizard’ streamed to you live from multiple corporate media channels in HD with Dolby Surround.

This race has been a slow and tortuous affair that seems to have no end in sight even though the outcome is pretty goddamned obvious at this point. Between the hardcore and unrelenting mainstream media bias as well as the blatant and documented accounts of voter fraud, the primaries in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia will certainly be no different. Hell, DC is where the establishment den of vipers holds court and Maryland is just a part of the twisted and sick Capital Beltway, so I expect a special breed of shenanigans to take place in these contests. I’d hate to put the citizens as a whole, of these two places, on the chopping block and I recognize that many of them are going to do the right thing today but I do not put it passed their leaders to have stacks upon stacks of aces hidden up their slimy sleeves. Am I being pessimistic? Fuck no, I am being realistic and to not expect the schemers to be on their “A” game after what has happened in the GOP primary thus far is irresponsible and shows a complete lack of awareness. Be vigilant people!

So let’s look at what we are facing tonight.

Wisconsin is the state that has the most delegates at stake tonight with 42, Maryland has 37 delegates on the line and Washington DC has 19. This is a total of 92 delegates which is just under 10 percent of the big number needed to win the Republican Party’s nomination. Wisconsin and Maryland will give out their delegates proportionally based off of the votes, whereas the District of Columbia is a “winner-takes-all” situation. My prediction is that Santorum will take Wisconsin and Romney will take Maryland and DC. I could potentially see Paul come in second in DC but then again, those people are constantly in an irate frenzy and they certainly love their statist lifestyle. The youth vote could make a difference but the DC youth is really Barack Obama’s to manipulate and control.

Truth be told, it doesn’t really matter what happens tonight as it will just continue the craziness that is modern politics. We are on a runaway train of economic and social genocide about to go over the police state cliff and into a large maelstrom that will be the end to everything we know. It’s all coming to a head and whether we are to be led by Obama, Romney or Santorum doesn’t matter. That’s like asking who would you rather have run Hell: Lucifer, Belial or Beelzebub?

So I don’t have much to add to this diatribe of distaste for our current and probably ongoing situation in America. I have to go to lunch, as I am starved due to my miniscule breakfast of half a bagel, and can’t really stomach any more of this bullshit. I will however give my two cents on the results of these particular primaries tomorrow. Here’s a spoiler alert for you: I will probably be pissed off. I’d pray for a miracle but Jesus doesn’t listen and, if he does exist, probably thinks that all this is hilarious. We really are God’s ant farm. I just wish the omnipotent bastard would shake us up every once in awhile. Then again, I guess it is more sadistic to sit back and watch us ruin ourselves.