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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mr. Palau who wrote (60896)	7/12/2007 11:48:43 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

gee, I thought sex was a private matter ? Did they say they didn't have sex and then march out their whole cabinet onto the WHITE HOUSE lawn and force them to lie to the world???? Did they ?? When they do that let me know. I'll be waiting.

To: Mr. Palau who wrote (60896)	7/13/2007 3:06:09 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 90947

At what point is BS like this considered intentionally misleading propaganda by a highly partisan, left wing press? **** AP Buried Political Party of Corrupt Jail-Bound Democrat In Political Scandals NewsBusters.org July 11, the AP wrote that former NC state House Speaker Jim Black was sentenced to five years for “taking cash to promote chiropractors,” but the writer forgot to mention until the sixth paragraph that Black is a Democrat. We've seen the phenomena of the media forgetting to identify political parties when a Democrat is portrayed negatively and at times, when a Republican is portrayed positively, as during Rep. William Jefferson's (D-LA) corruption and bribery scandal. Conversely, an AP article about Sen. David Vitter's (R-LA) link to the “D.C. Madam” included his party in the first four words. Read it all here newsbusters.org

To: Mr. Palau who wrote (60896)	7/13/2007 3:56:43 AM
From: Sully-	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Lazy, Stupid or Willfully Ignorant? Perception is Reality.... Posted by Sully Jules Crittenden a city editor for the Boston Herald has a most excellent blog. Yesterday, Jules did a thorough smackdown on the cut & run Dems & their media arm, the MSM in a post titled, 'Lazy, Stupid or Willfully Ignorant?' Below are a few key graphs: <<< Right now, all the talk in DC is whether there has been any progress in Iraq. No one can wait till September. They need to know now. Primarily, it appears, because they need to kill the war for their own domestic political reasons before it kills them. Most people, of course, already have the answer they want. But how come, if this is the pressing issue of the day, we’ve seen no serious effort whatsoever among our leading news organizations to tell us or our political leaders what is actually happening? .... Where is the comprehensive look at the execution of George Bush’s counterinsurgency strategy, this thing that everyone keeps disparaging? .... Maybe I’m missing something. Maybe they hid it somewhere else. Maybe it’s tucked in with all the other award-winning series in some special section. The AP doesn’t offer a simple link to a comprehensive list. .... But the AP, as the primary source of international news for most American newspapers, deserves a closer look at its efforts on the ground in Iraq. The AP probably shapes more readers’ views about what is happening in Iraq than any other organization, and its performance there remains abysmal. Here’s one from the AP yesterday about a contested village north of Baquba. The story is [misleadingly] all about failure.... The AP elsewhere questions whether the focus on al-Qaeda is some kind of propaganda ploy designed to bolster the war in Iraq back home. That’s not what Iraqis are telling Yon. Hey, check this out: Yon took a photo of the AP’s Robert H. Reid in Baquba, there with every opportunity to see what Yon sees and speak to the ones he speaks to. But what does Reid report about al-Qaeda in Iraq? >>> Why failure of course! And where do we find any objective, reality based information that is critical to our understanding of what is at stake there? Take a guess; <<< The lede tells us to settle in for another Bush strategy failure. The key quote, the one that might help influence perceptions, the one that tells us this is a problem that might be successfully addressed by Congress, is left for last: “A lesson learned is … do not draw down too quickly when we think there’s a glimmer of success,” Brig. Gen. Dana Pittard, a former battalion commander in Diyala, told reporters this week. Pittard, who heads the day-to-day effort to train Iraqi security forces, estimated that it will take “a couple of years” before the Iraqis are ready to take full control of their own security. So, the way to ensure American lives are not wasted is to show some commitment to people who are relying on us. One must be very patient and willing to slog through a lot of Bush-bashing to learn that. .... So please let me know if you find it: An actual, meaningful, in-depth look at the execution of the counter-insurgency strategy in Iraq by someone who has taken the time to understand what its goals and methods are, and isn’t just interested in kicking the crap out of it from a distance. An effort to understand and report fairly on what may be the last chance to prevent a bloody humanitarian disaster on a scale not seen since Cambodia, quick, before the opportunity is thrown away. .... Do the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Associated Press really need someone like me to tell them how to report on what’s happening in Iraq? With cadres of news editors and phalanxes of reporters at their disposal, on the biggest story of our time they can’t figure out how to do more than the most superficial and distorted reporting. That’s pretty embarrassing.... So the question is, are these leading news organizations lazy, or stupid, or is it that they just don’t want to know? >>> Please read it all (and follow his links too). julescrittenden.com perception-reality-facts.blogspot.com julescrittenden.com

To: Mr. Palau who wrote (60896)	7/18/2007 6:19:01 AM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 90947

Ya, like this will make headline "newz". Don't hold your breath waiting. ** Hear the One About the Politician and the Prostitute? By Texas Rainmaker on Clinton No, the other one. <<< Las Vegas police arrested Brooks, 36, and four associates last week after a two-week investigation into the local prostitution ring. The investigation started when a tipster told detectives about a cheerleading coach at Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy who might be running a prostitution service. When an undercover detective called Brooks, she said her girls were clean and only serviced upscale clients, a police report said. She later boasted that she had more than 40 women working for her and that her clients ranged from basketball star Shaquille O’Neal to a former president, according to the report. “These are not your average girls. Some of them have worked with Bill Clinton,” Brooks told an undercover officer, according to the report. >>> Of course, he used (MSM) protection… by wearing a (D) after his name.** feeds.feedburner.com lvrj.com