Over the past week, I've noticed a right-wing acquaintance of mine posting a multitude of "articles" from a site I didn't recognize, which goes by the name of, yournation.org. Noticing the trend of absurd article titles, I decided to research this site for myself, and have concluded that it appears to be a bigger joke than Anna Kournikova and Ryan Leaf's careers in the professional world of sports combined.
Currently, on yournation.org's homepage, the "about us" section has this written: "Coming soon..." All of the articles are written by "admin." Yes, it only gets better from there.
On the homepage, here is a list of the "fair and balanced" articles:
- "Fox Hosts Explode On Liberal Co-Host As Things Get Heated"
- "GOP Finally Starts to Push Back on Obama Executive Order Abuse"
- "Fox News: How Does Al Sharpton Still Have a Job?"
- "White House Chef Quits Job Due To Michelle Obama"
- "Phil Robertson Does Something Amazing For Fan Who Drove 20 Hours To See Him"
- "Study Proves Income Inequality Is Worse In Blue States"
- "Obama Says He Won't Deport Illegals Who Sign Up For Obamacare"
- "Man Stuck With $407,000 Medical Bill After Obamacare Breakdown"
- "Fox News Contributor Explains How Obamacare Is a Ponzi Scheme"
When looking through such articles, the content relies more on hearsay and speculation than on actual research and human testimony.
First off, let's look at Obama's alleged "executive order abuse."
To this point in his tenure, President Obama has signed 168 executive orders (over 5.25 years). George W. Bush signed 291 executive orders and Ronald Reagan signed 381. In other words, Obama has averaged to sign 32 executive orders per year, while Bush averaged to sign slightly over 36 per year and Reagan averaged to sign close to 48 per year. So, if President Obama is committing "executive order abuse," then what about Reagan during his eight years in office, who averaged to sign approximately 16 more executive orders per year than Obama?
I then read an article, entitled, "Obama Goes After Sarah Palin's Family." That sounds like serious stuff, doesn't it? Supposedly, Sarah Palin's older brother posted on Facebook that his father has been harassed by the IRS. This apparently means, in the demented world of yournation.org, that President Obama literally "went after" Sarah Palin's family. Only in their minds...
Then I read an article, titled, "29 Members Of Congress Support Impeachment Of Barak Obama." Yes, they spelled the president's first name incorrectly. It would have been like if I called Ronald Reagan by the name of Ronad Reagan...
The author of this "piece" closed the article with this:
"Tom Rice and his 28 supporters still have a long road ahead of them before an actual impeachment were to take place, but there hasn’t been this much support to move forward since the clinton scandal."
Psst... Clinton should be capitalized... Also, it should be known that 2/3 of the United States Senate would need to approve of the president's impeachment, and even if the Republican Party wins control of the Senate this coming November, they won't have the required votes to impeach "Barak" Obama.
I didn't think it was possible, but I think I've found a media outlet which is more ridiculous than Rush Limbaugh. Congratulations, yournation.org! Keep it up with the fallacies, nonexistent research, and misspellings of the president's name! Like I said in the title of the post, yournation.org is to news what gas problems are to first dates...
http://www.yournation.org/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/waynecrews/2014/03/18/15177-u-s-executive-orders-president-barack-obamas-not-the-only-one-with-a-pen-and-phone/
http://yournation.org/obama-goes-after-sarah-palins-family/
http://yournation.org/congress-moves-to-impeach-barak-obama/
Currently, on yournation.org's homepage, the "about us" section has this written: "Coming soon..." All of the articles are written by "admin." Yes, it only gets better from there.
On the homepage, here is a list of the "fair and balanced" articles:
- "Fox Hosts Explode On Liberal Co-Host As Things Get Heated"
- "GOP Finally Starts to Push Back on Obama Executive Order Abuse"
- "Fox News: How Does Al Sharpton Still Have a Job?"
- "White House Chef Quits Job Due To Michelle Obama"
- "Phil Robertson Does Something Amazing For Fan Who Drove 20 Hours To See Him"
- "Study Proves Income Inequality Is Worse In Blue States"
- "Obama Says He Won't Deport Illegals Who Sign Up For Obamacare"
- "Man Stuck With $407,000 Medical Bill After Obamacare Breakdown"
- "Fox News Contributor Explains How Obamacare Is a Ponzi Scheme"
When looking through such articles, the content relies more on hearsay and speculation than on actual research and human testimony.
First off, let's look at Obama's alleged "executive order abuse."
To this point in his tenure, President Obama has signed 168 executive orders (over 5.25 years). George W. Bush signed 291 executive orders and Ronald Reagan signed 381. In other words, Obama has averaged to sign 32 executive orders per year, while Bush averaged to sign slightly over 36 per year and Reagan averaged to sign close to 48 per year. So, if President Obama is committing "executive order abuse," then what about Reagan during his eight years in office, who averaged to sign approximately 16 more executive orders per year than Obama?
I then read an article, entitled, "Obama Goes After Sarah Palin's Family." That sounds like serious stuff, doesn't it? Supposedly, Sarah Palin's older brother posted on Facebook that his father has been harassed by the IRS. This apparently means, in the demented world of yournation.org, that President Obama literally "went after" Sarah Palin's family. Only in their minds...
Then I read an article, titled, "29 Members Of Congress Support Impeachment Of Barak Obama." Yes, they spelled the president's first name incorrectly. It would have been like if I called Ronald Reagan by the name of Ronad Reagan...
The author of this "piece" closed the article with this:
"Tom Rice and his 28 supporters still have a long road ahead of them before an actual impeachment were to take place, but there hasn’t been this much support to move forward since the clinton scandal."
Psst... Clinton should be capitalized... Also, it should be known that 2/3 of the United States Senate would need to approve of the president's impeachment, and even if the Republican Party wins control of the Senate this coming November, they won't have the required votes to impeach "Barak" Obama.
I didn't think it was possible, but I think I've found a media outlet which is more ridiculous than Rush Limbaugh. Congratulations, yournation.org! Keep it up with the fallacies, nonexistent research, and misspellings of the president's name! Like I said in the title of the post, yournation.org is to news what gas problems are to first dates...
http://www.yournation.org/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/waynecrews/2014/03/18/15177-u-s-executive-orders-president-barack-obamas-not-the-only-one-with-a-pen-and-phone/
http://yournation.org/obama-goes-after-sarah-palins-family/
http://yournation.org/congress-moves-to-impeach-barak-obama/
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