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To: Don Hurst who wrote (647347)	3/9/2012 12:01:56 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1570497

Soledad O’Brien Responds On Twitter To My Charges, Refuses To Answer Whether She Took Instruction From White House Prior To Joel Pollak Interview March 9th, 2012 By Pat Dollard. patdollard.com Here’s my post from yesterday, which kicked this off: Soledad’s performance here is absolutely jaw-dropping. This video could just as easily been headlined, “Soledad OBrien Melts Down, Ends Reputation As Journalist, Unmasks Herself For All Time As Leftist Propagandist” Joel Pollak handles the situation perfectly, staying on offense, and making all the right points. Joel had the following to say to me after I told him he had performed impeccably: “I thought of Andrew, and the rest was easy.” Perfect advice for all of us, going forward. From Breitbart.tv: Watch CNN’s Soledad O’Brien attempt to down-play the relationship between Barack Obama and radical racialist Derrick Bell. In the ultimate example of the mainstream media running interference for left-wing ideologues, O’Brien and her panel characterize Bell as just “a Harvard law professor,” they re-define critical race theory as a benign academic pursuit and, naturally, attempt to portray Breitbart’s Joel Pollak as a racist who is afraid of black people. Also notice how Ms. O’Brien confirms that the media has acted as gate-keeper on information about Obama’s past and determines what the public needs to know about him.

To: Don Hurst who wrote (647347)	3/9/2012 12:03:21 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570497

Oops! $100,000 electric car flunks track test [ Obama 'invested' a half billion of taxpayer money in this lemon producing company. Obama's 'investments' all turn out to be failure factories. And Fisker hasn't even gone bankrupt yet. But it will. ] What do you get a boy who has everything for this 18 birthday? A $100,000 electric car, of course! That's the generous gift Justin Bieber's manager gave him on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" Thursday. TODAY's Natalie Morales reports. DETROIT -- Remember when heartthrob Justin Bieber received a Fisker Karma luxury hybrid for his 18th birthday earlier this month on the Ellen DeGeneres Show? Well, he may be driving a lemon. A $100,000-plus Fisker sports car died during Consumer Reports speed testing this week for reasons that are still unknown, leaving the struggling electric car startup with another blow to its image. "It is a little disconcerting that you pay that amount of money for a car and it lasts basically 180 miles before going wrong," David Champion, senior director for the magazine's automotive test center, told Reuters, on Thursday. In a statement, Fisker said it was assessing the source of the problem that caused its Karma plug-in hybrid to fail. Fisker dispatched two engineers Wednesday night to examine the car. Advertise \| AdChoices [iframe id=dapIfM1Child height=250 src="javascript:void(document.write('[/iframe][iframe id=dapIfM1 height=0 frameBorder=0 width=0 allowTransparency name=dapIfM1 scrolling=no][/iframe] Fisker has benefited from the publicity generated when actor Leonardo DiCaprio was handed the first Karma last summer and Bieber received his as a gift earlier this month. Damian Dovarganes / AP Fisker Automotive's Fisker Karma, a sports luxury plug-in hybrid car But the breakdown of the Consumer Reports car is more bad news for a company that has found itself under the microscope as its woes have mounted. Over the last month, Fisker changed its chief executive and halted work at its U.S. plant as it renegotiates the terms of a $529 million loan from the U.S. Department of Energy. Fisker has already recalled some Karmas and in January it halted Karma sales for four days to fix a software malfunction that at times triggered warning lights while temporarily freezing navigation systems. "It's important to note that with more than 400 Fisker Karma sedans already on the road in the U.S., we also have many satisfied customers who are enjoying daily commutes in their cars," Fisker said in a statement. 'Light on the dashboard' Consumer Reports, which buys the cars its tests anonymously, purchased the car from a Connecticut dealer last Friday. On Wednesday, Consumer Reports engineers were just starting to calibrate the Karma's speed by driving 65 miles per hour down the magazine's test track in East Haddam, Connecticut, Champion said. "During the gentle run down the track, a light on the dashboard came on," he said, referring to the battery light. The speed test was completed despite the light on the control panel, but after it was parked, officials were unable to get the car restarted. A spokesman for A123 Systems, which makes the Karma batteries, could not be reached. Champion, who called the Karma "gorgeous looking," said problems with new technologies are not surprising. In December, Fisker recalled 239 Karmas due to a possible defect in batteries made by A123 that could cause a coolant fluid leak and electrical short circuit. The previous month, A123 reduced its full-year revenue outlook after Fisker unexpectedly cut orders. Fisker builds the Karma in Finland and plans to build a second model, the Nina sedan, at its Wilmington, Delaware plant, a former General Motors Co factory. No effect on reliability rating Consumer Reports was testing the Karma because it was deemed a more mainstream vehicle, he said. It has not tested any cars made by Tesla Motors Inc. "The fact that it broke is not going to affect our testing," Champion said of the Fisker Karma. "It is going to delay possibly getting our testing done if it keeps on breaking. It's just an unfortunate delay in our evaluation." Consumer Reports has tested GM's Volt plug-in electric car, which scored highly on its reliability surveys, as well as Nissan Motor Co's all-electric Leaf, Champion said. Last November, federal safety officials opened an investigation into the safety of the Volt's battery pack after they uncovered fire risks. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration closed its probe in January without finding any defects and expressing satisfaction with GM's remedies to better protect the lithium-ion battery pack. Nevertheless, weak demand for the Volt led GM to announce plans to suspend production of the plug-in electric car for five weeks this spring. The Karma's issue will not affect Consumer Reports' reliability rating for the car because those scores are based on feedback from owners who subscribe to the magazine, Champion said. "It can't be helpful, but it's one of those things," Champion said of the Karma's problems. "Cars break down, but you don't expect them to break down in the first couple of days." bottomline.msnbc.msn.com