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Politics : Bush Administration's Media Manipulation--MediaGate? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (8234)	8/21/2006 12:16:08 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

Zero as far as I can see.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (8234)	8/21/2006 5:59:53 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

Islam's Useful Idiots American Thinker ^ \| August 7, 2006 \| Amil Imani americanthinker.com Islam enjoys a large and influential ally among the non-Muslims: A new generation of “Useful Idiots,” the sort of people Lenin identified living in liberal democracies who furthered the work of communism. This new generation of Useful Idiots also lives in liberal democracies, but serves the cause of Islamofascism—another virulent form of totalitarian ideology. Useful Idiots are naïve, foolish, ignorant of facts, unrealistically idealistic, dreamers, willfully in denial or deceptive. They hail from the ranks of the chronically unhappy, the anarchists, the aspiring revolutionaries, the neurotics who are at war with life, the disaffected alienated from government, corporations, and just about any and all institutions of society. The Useful Idiot can be a billionaire, a movie star, an academe of renown, a politician, or from any other segment of the population. Arguably, the most dangerous variant of the Useful Idiot is the “Politically Correct.” He is the master practitioner of euphemism, hedging, doubletalk, and outright deception. The Useful Idiot derives satisfaction from being anti-establishment. He finds perverse gratification in aiding the forces that aim to dismantle an existing order, whatever it may be: an order he neither approves of nor he feels he belongs to. The Useful Idiot is conflicted and dishonest. He fails to look inside himself and discover the causes of his own problems and unhappiness while he readily enlists himself in causes that validate his distorted perception.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (8234)	8/22/2006 9:47:39 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 9838

Losing touch Waterbury Republican-American ^ \| August 22, 2006 \| Editorial rep-am.com Item: British authorities shatter a conspiracy by Islamists in London to kill thousands of innocent people by blowing up nine passenger airliners over the Atlantic Ocean. Officials cite human intelligence and electronic surveillance by British, U.S. and Pakistani services. Item: Less than a week later, a federal judge in Michigan rules some of the methods that brought the London terrorists to justice before they could hurt anyone are illegal. Judge Anna Diggs Taylor, a Carter appointee, finds warrantless wiretaps by the National Security Agency of calls originating overseas are illegal and sides with the plaintiff, the American Civil Liberties Union. The Bush administration promptly appealed the decision and continues to conduct the surveillance program in the interim. What is most interesting about this decision, however, is the diversity of reaction by two liberal editorial boards. The New York Times on Friday characterized Judge Taylor's decision as "a careful, thoroughly grounded opinion." The Washington Post, also reliably liberal, was less satisfied. "Unfortunately, the decision ... is neither careful nor scholarly, and it is hard-hitting only in the sense that a bludgeon is hard-hitting," the Post said. A number of recent polls have indicated Americans don't believe the NSA program imperils their constitutional freedoms or rights. They also recognize the need for such measures, and the arrests in London vindicate that view. The Times, the ACLU and others have allowed their hatred for President Bush to put them out of touch with the rational public, which is capable of balancing the desire for safety from terrorist attacks with the need to preserve the people's rights and freedoms under the Constitution. And these enemies within will continue to make mischief by means of propaganda, nuisance litigation and venue-shopping until the people rise up and repudiate them.