On this episode of Strictly Right, Andrew has a wide-ranging discussion with blogger Kathy Shaidle on the Canadian and American elections, the crises in Libya and Japan, and the future of Sarah Palin. As well as an interview with Daniel Hannan.
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In Ari Fine’s last official capacity as Strictly Right co-host, the guys interview Wayne Rogers and Heath Evans.
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Over the past decade, people have become less and less reliant on newspapers, and the mainstream media in general. Part of this is due to the fact that in a 24-hour news cycle, waiting for the next morning’s paper delivery — or, even the evening news — is too long a wait to find out what you need to know. However, another aspect is simply that traditional forms of media such as the New York Times and Newsweek suffer from simply not being interesting, or overly informative. Talk radio, opinion journalism, and more importantly, blogs, have become increasingly more important in the news and entertainment industry, with 59% of Americans under 40 saying they get news from the internet. There is a new generation of news out there, and we need to be ahead of the curve to meet the growing demands.
We are pleased to announce that StrictlyRight.com has been acquired by the Landmark Report, and as of March 31st, 2011, will feature its content on a new website, The Landmark Report (LandmarkReport.com.) In addition to conservative political commentary, Landmark Report will feature opposing views, debate, entertainment news, sports, film and movie reviews and loads more categories, along with a community-based focus allowing its readers and podcast listeners to get everything they need from one place.
A major part of this transition is that I, Andrew Lawton, will be heading up this project as Landmark Report’s Editor-in-Chief. While it will be hard to leave Strictly Right, I know that having the opportunity to write more — on a full time basis fortunately — about a variety of topics, and feature many more talented writers will be best for both our readers and myself. As far as my podcasts, they will remain to be produced by Take That! Media as Strictly Right and Strictly Pop, but will now be available through LandmarkReport.com, as well as various other forms of media such as photo galleries, online T.V. channels, and other podcasts.
This new project is a big one, but it’s one that can revolutionize media in the world as it will be a project that breaks boundaries, reaches all corners of the globe via the internet, but still will be operating as a brick-and-mortar business at the same time (very special announcements to follow.)
In order for Landmark Report to meet the goals that we are confident it will, we need a team of talented writers behind us generating original content and sharing content from their own blogs and websites to always have a cross-section of writers covering all different topics, from all different angles, in all different parts of the world. If you are interested in contributing either original content or having your writing featured on Landmark Report through cross-posting to build your audience and portfolio, please send your interest and/or a writing sample to landmarksubmissions@gmail.com.
This is a big undertaking, but it’s our way of being a part of the new wave and shaping the next generation of news.
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On this Strictly Right, Andrew and Ari take a look at the racism of the Left, Obama’s libelling of the Tea Party, a great interview with David Limbaugh and much more.
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What’s more Canadian than waiting for hours in a hospital waiting room for treatment? Being forced to wait in a Tim Horton’s instead.
Hallway medicine is hitting new highs in congested Lower Mainland hospitals, as was demonstrated Monday night when Royal Columbian Hospital was forced to use its Tim Hortons outlet as an overflow ward.
Fraser Health officials say a combination of multiple trauma case airlifts earlier in the day and heavy pressure on the emergency department led staff to put patients in the hospital coffee shop.
It’s an unusual example of what has become a routine problem across the region: too many patients and not enough beds.
“Last night the hallways were two and three stretchers deep with patients,” said Dr. Sheldon Glazer, an emergency physician at Royal Columbian, the region’s trauma centre.
“This is just a natural progression of what we’ve been dealing with for a long, long time,” Glazer said. “We are forced to see patients in waiting rooms, in hallways and, now, in the Tim Hortons.”
The veteran ER doctor says halls jammed with stretchers are both inefficient and dangerous – particularly if a fire broke out.
Whenever the inevitable topic of wait times comes up in a discussion about healthcare, proponents of the socialist system will say, “Well, no system is perfect.” They’re absolutely correct. So assuming that the private and public system both have their flaws, which is preferable — having to spend money on insurance or medical care instead of having it for free? Or, dying while waiting for ‘free’ medical care? Seems like a simple decision to me.
Regarding my recent hospitalization, I stated — and still maintain — that I am not going to engage in a debate about healthcare, because my opinion still holds. However, despite the extraordinary emergency care I received, follow-up wait times were unacceptable. In the internal medicine unit, patients were being admitted who had been waiting in the emergency room for upwards of three and four days. Were they dying? No, but they certainly weren’t getting any healthier.
The Tim Horton’s spin on this story makes it more amusing, but being so backed up that you can’t even have patients in the waiting room is a serious problem that needs to be addressed. Even under perfect circumstances, the province of British Columbia considers it a success if patients are admitted with less than 10 hours of waiting.
Remember, I had a stroke in a waiting room. But hey, at least I didn’t have to pay anything (just ended up hobbling around like an old lady with a walker, but whatever.)
H/T KonReport
For your necessary dose of pop culture, check the latest on Strictly Pop, a hilarious take on where Lindsay Lohan went wrong by Amelia Hamilton.
Ari and I will be interviewing author and columnist Michelle Malkin on Strictly Right Radio on Monday. Want to have your question read on air for Michelle, email it in to Andrew@StrictlyRight.com!
On this episode of Strictly Right, Andrew has a wide-ranging discussion with Victor Davis Hanson, talks about a sad story of government trying to replace the parents, the threat of radical Islam, and a tale of political correctness with Dennis Lennox.
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Video from Gabriella Hoffman:
My dad and “spiritual adviser” Boris Hoffman gave a rousing speech at the Eagle Forum of San Diego’s February meeting. An immigrant from Lithuania (a country formerly occupied by the now defunct USSR), my father is disappointed with the direction America is going. He draws parallels of Soviet communism to Obama’s Marxist-Leninism currently plaguing America. He talks about the need for young people to wake up, for Americans to stop taking their country for granted, and for people to stop downplaying American Exceptionalism. Like any immigrant oppressed by communism, my father recalls the limitations he faced there. If you let America continue down this wrong path, we will be the next USSR. Obama, his agenda, and his cronies are not a joke.
From QMI:
A Winnipeg-based matchmaking service has added a division to their company that specializes in matching people with genital herpes [...] They added the herpes aspect to the list of questions after several people came forward asking for help. Now, Tregobov says clients are often open to being matched with someone with herpes, even if they don’t have the condition.
“We don’t necessarily match two people with herpes together, we match based on compatibility and based on acceptance,” she said. “Every single person is asked are you open to it? Yes or no.”