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To: KLP who wrote (97965)	2/1/2005 1:20:31 AM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793800

What's frightening, IMO, is that Baghdad Jim McDermott keeps being reelected. What's that say about how people in his district think? At least you're represented by the Man Who Caught the Green River Killer.

To: KLP who wrote (97965)	2/1/2005 3:09:13 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 793800

Sympathy for the Devil Roger L Simon GayPatriot has an interesting post regarding Eason Jordan, CNN's Chief News Executive. We all remember Eason, don't we, the man who valued, some would say over-valued, his network's face-time with Saddam and his cohorts and then got rightly excoriated in the New Republic and elsewhere? That such an individual would be criticizing US servicemen is beyond disgusting, yet one more reason to regard what you see and hear on CNN with the utmost skepticism. rogerlsimon.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Credit where it's due Monday, January 31, 2005 I'm no fan of openly gay Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Barney Frank, but when at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he did something which surprised -- and pleased me. And I've got to give him credit for questioning a ludicrous claim made by a CNN Executive. According to Friday's Wall Street Journal Political Diary, Eason Jordan, Chief News Executive at CNN, implied that the American military was deliberately killing journalists in Iraq. He even "offered the story of an Al-Jazeera journalist who had been 'tortured for weeks' at Abu Ghraib, made to eat his shoes, and called "Al Jazeera boy" by his American captors." And then, this liberal Democrat pressed Mr. Jordan to be more specific, putting the CNN Executive on the spot. The newsman rambled on a bit and mumbled some sort of response about how "'There are people who believe there are people in the military who have it out' for journalists." He could provide no evidence to buttress his claims, then "offered another anecdote: A reporter who'd been standing in a long line to get through a checkpoint at Baghdad's Green Zone had been turned back by the GI on duty. Apparently the soldier had been displeased with the reporter's dispatches, and sent him to the back of the line." Had Mr. Frank not challenged him, the global elites there might have taken Jordan's words at face value, convinced that Americans were indiscriminately targeting journalists. Thanks to Barney Frank, world leaders assembled in Davos learned that there was no substance to such claims. Good job, Congressman. -Dan (aka GayPatriotWest): GayPatriotWest@aol.com posted by GayPatriotWest gaypatriot.blogspot.com

To: KLP who wrote (97965)	2/1/2005 10:55:37 AM
From: Neeka	Respond to of 793800

We are in complete agreement about that, but thankfully they are so out of the "main stream" when it comes to their opinions their affect on policy is minimal. And considering the caliber of people who have put their lives on the line to protect our nation, I don't think we have much to fear. GWB, American military, dedicated congressmen and women, the people working for Homeland Security. Some in the media, and regular Americans who keep their eyes and ears open. The Far Left wing of the Dem Party are absolutely scary IMO.