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To: bentway who wrote (609534)	5/1/2011 12:17:53 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Respond to of 1572754

MSNBC is the #1 pusher of birthism.

To: bentway who wrote (609534)	5/1/2011 1:17:08 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1572754

April deadliest month for US in Iraq since 2009 Apr 30 08:49 AM US/Eastern The killing on Friday of an American soldier made April the deadliest month for US forces in Iraq since 2009, according to figures compiled by AFP. The soldier "was killed April 29 while conducting operations in southern Iraq," a US military statement released on Saturday said, without giving further details. The death brought to 11 the number of US troops to have died in Iraq in April, according to an AFP tally based on data compiled by independent website www.icasualties.org. That is the highest monthly toll since November 2009, when 11 soldiers also died, starkly highlighting the risks American soldiers still face even after combat operations were officially declared over last summer. Of the 11 to have died in April, six died in what were described as "non-hostile" incidents. Two were killed as a result of a roadside bomb in Numaniyah, Wasit province, while two others died in separate mortar attacks in Baghdad and Babil provinces. Around 45,000 US soldiers still remain stationed in Iraq, and while they are primarily charged with training and equipping their local counterparts, they can return fire in self-defence and still take part in joint counter-terror operations with Iraqi forces. Friday's death also brings to 4,452 the number of American troops to have died in Iraq since the 2003 US-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein, according to the AFP tally.

To: bentway who wrote (609534)	5/1/2011 1:31:35 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572754

>> Except the MANY, MANY times when it wasn't: I don't watch FNC much. But never ONCE did I hear a Fox news host PROMOTE birtherism. And the left wing lunatic organization Media Matters apparently didn't, either: "Many of the segments discussing Obama's birth certificate included several falsehoods, such as claims that Obama has never produced a birth certificate; that Obama's grandmother claimed he was born in Kenya; and that Obama spent $2 million in legal funds blocking the release of his birth certificate. In those segments, Media Matters found that the vast majority of the time -- 44 out of 52 total segments in which a false claim was made about Obama's birth certificate -- Fox News hosts did not push back and correct these falsehoods." I don't doubt that incorrect statements were made on FNC and weren't challenged. Just as they were on CNN and particularly, MSNBC. For example, there were numerous times when Chris Matthews claimed (as Media Matters has) that a birth certificate had been produced when it in fact hadn't (i.e., anytime before last week). At no time that I'm aware of did any FNC news host claim Obama was not born in the US, and they certainly questioned the birther claims extensively over the last two years. Frankly, anyone who would read the garbage at Media Matters is a fool. I don't know why you bother posting it.