“The threshold question, not usually asked, but it’s in everyone’s mind in a presidential election. ‘Should we give this person nuclear weapons?’ And the answer [in Palin's case], answers itself.”
5/31/11
George Will: Palin Shouldn't Be Trusted With Nuclear Weapons
One of the most notorious conservative critics of Sarah Palin George Will gave one of the most devastating analyses anybody could give about a presidential candidate, especially for Sarah Palin. Will her supporters even listen to this man of reason.
5/29/11
Ron Paul is 2nd - 4th in Presidential Polls!!!!!
Here are the poll results.
FULL STORY AT CNN
*BASED ON 473 REPUBLICANS -- SAMPLING ERROR: +/- 4.5 PERCENTAGE PTS.
29. in 2012. After I read all the names, please tell me which candidate you would be most likely to
support for the Republican nomination for President in the year 2012, or if you would support
someone else. (RANDOM ORDER)
May 24-26 2011
NOTE: Fred Karger was included on the list but no respondent's chose him.
HORSE RACE WITHOUT RUDY GIULIANI OR SARAH PALIN
- Romney 21%
- Paul 15%
- Cain 13%
- Gingrich 12%
- Bachmann 9%
- Pawlenty 5%
- Huntsman 3%
- Santorum 3%
- Johnson 2%
- Roemer 1%
- Someone else (vol.) 5%
- None/ No one (vol.) 9%
- No opinion 2%
5/28/11
Iran Will Unplug the Internet
From the Wall Street Journal
Iran is taking steps toward an aggressive new form of censorship: a so-called national Internet that could, in effect, disconnect Iranian cyberspace from the rest of the world.
Read the whole story: Wall Street Journal
Iran is taking steps toward an aggressive new form of censorship: a so-called national Internet that could, in effect, disconnect Iranian cyberspace from the rest of the world.
Read the whole story: Wall Street Journal
5/27/11
Palin 2012 Ad Paid by Obama
5/25/11
Why Michael Savage is Still Banned In Britain
I've never looked into what specific reason or reasons far right radio talk show host Michael Savage was banned in the UK. While reading MMFA, I found the possible hateful statements and comments that might have got him in this situation. I'm not afraid to say that I myself signed the petition for the UK to lift the ban on Savage. The reason being I think being banned by a state based on speech is wrong. Don't get me wrong, I think Savage is the most hateful shock jock among the right wing talk show hosts in America. I would still encourage every advertiser to drop him. But here are the comments that might get you banned because the UK is the UK.
Michael Savage has a bone to pick with Media Matters. Since being banned from the United Kingdom in 2009, Savage has grasped at various straws looking to lay the blame on someone other than himself. Among this list of finger-pointees, which includes Hillary Clinton and former President George W. Bush, sits Media Matters. He's even published a book on the subject of who to blame for this injustice.
Tuesday, Savage received a letter from his lawyer sharing with him that the UK would not be lifting its ban on the host, reportedly "unless he repudiated the statements made on his broadcasts that were deemed a threat to public security." Sure enough, on that evening's broadcast of The Savage Nation, Savage did no such thing and continued to blame Media Matters for the ban, stating that we took him out of context and sent edited clips of his program to the British government. FULL ARTICLE
- Savage warned U.S. politicians not to "take to the streets" to support illegal immigrant "vermin"
- Savage accused "ordinary Muslim" caller of using phone from "bomb factory in the Gaza strip"
- Savage's trifecta: smears of Hispanics, gays, and Jews
- Savage assigned "code word" for South Asians: "terrorist[s]"
- Savage: "Liberalism is, in essence, the HIV virus"
- CNN's Blitzer and King "would have pushed Jewish children into the oven
- U.S. Senate "more vicious and more histrionic than ever, specifically because women have been injected into" it
- "When you're dealing with Arabs, there are no friends"
- To "save the United States," lawmakers should institute "outright ban on Muslim immigration" and on "the construction of mosques"
- Savage on the link between "the homosexualization of the media" and our descent "to a level below that of the apes"
- British "soccer thugs" who defeated Hitler have been "beaten down by the lesbian/homosexual mafia"
- Savage called transgender murder victim a "psychopath" and a "freak"
- Savage "agreed 100 percent" with caller who said that gay rabbis would likely "rape teenage boys"
- Savage on immigrant students' hunger strike: "Let them fast until they starve to death. ... Go make a bomb where you came from"
- Savage's answer to homelessness: "Why not put them in work camps?"
Michael Savage has a bone to pick with Media Matters. Since being banned from the United Kingdom in 2009, Savage has grasped at various straws looking to lay the blame on someone other than himself. Among this list of finger-pointees, which includes Hillary Clinton and former President George W. Bush, sits Media Matters. He's even published a book on the subject of who to blame for this injustice.
Tuesday, Savage received a letter from his lawyer sharing with him that the UK would not be lifting its ban on the host, reportedly "unless he repudiated the statements made on his broadcasts that were deemed a threat to public security." Sure enough, on that evening's broadcast of The Savage Nation, Savage did no such thing and continued to blame Media Matters for the ban, stating that we took him out of context and sent edited clips of his program to the British government. FULL ARTICLE
Should Sarah Palin Run For President to Ruin the GOP 2012 Field Even More?
She could shake things up.
5/23/11
Fox News President: Palin is Stupid
Being the evil smart political strategist Roger Ailes is, he can't continue to pretend to take Palin seriously.
Fox News responded on Monday to a blockbuster story that alleged that its CEO, Roger Ailes, thinks Sarah Palin is "stupid" and an "idiot."
The article, which was written by New York's Gabriel Sherman, said that among the many problems Ailes is facing at Fox News is Palin. Beyond the fact that she did not follow his advice about her infamous "blood libel" video, a "Republican close to Ailes" told Sherman:
"He thinks things are going in a bad direction. Roger is worried about the future of the country. He thinks the election of Obama is a disaster. He thinks Palin is an idiot. He thinks she's stupid. He helped boost her up. People like Sarah Palin haven't elevated the conservative movement." FULL STORY WITH AILES IN DENIAL
Fox News is NOT the Most Trusted News Source
From http://www.usnews.com/
"This poll shows two things: first, the network news have completely lost their brand. Second, the only network with any intensity is Fox News," says Brent Bozell, president of the conservative Media Research Center. "Bottom line: the more they attack Fox, the stronger it is getting," he adds.But at the liberal Media Matters, Executive Vice President Ari Rabin-Havt says the public's trust in Fox is disturbing. A regular Fox critic, he says the poll reveals that "Fox News viewers trust the information that Fox gives them." FULL ARTICLE
Poll showed these results for the most trusted news sources
When poll takers were offered 28 different TV news personalities by Suffolk to decide from on the trust question here were the results of the Top 10. Again plurality doesn't mean anything, it just means you have a significant minority of a devoted following. My favorite news host Anderson Cooper comes in second.
In a new poll from Boston's Suffolk University, more than a quarter of the nation says Fox is tops when it comes to who they trust the most and O'Reilly is the most believable.
"This poll shows two things: first, the network news have completely lost their brand. Second, the only network with any intensity is Fox News," says Brent Bozell, president of the conservative Media Research Center. "Bottom line: the more they attack Fox, the stronger it is getting," he adds.Poll showed these results for the most trusted news sources
- Fox News- 28%
- CNN- 18%
- NBC- 10%
- MSNBC- 7%
- CBS- 6%
- ABC- 6%
- Other 43%
Outlet | Trust/Distrust | Net | 2010 Numbers | Shift from 2010 |
PBS | 50/30 | +20 | Not Included | Not Applicable |
NBC | 41/41 | 0 | 35/44 (-9) | +9 |
CNN | 40/43 | -3 | 39/41 (-2) | -1 |
Fox News | 42/46 | -4 | 49/37 (+12) | -16 |
CBS | 36/43 | -7 | 32/46 (-14) | +7 |
ABC | 35/43 | -8 | 31/46 (-15) | +7 |
When poll takers were offered 28 different TV news personalities by Suffolk to decide from on the trust question here were the results of the Top 10. Again plurality doesn't mean anything, it just means you have a significant minority of a devoted following. My favorite news host Anderson Cooper comes in second.
- O'Reilly- 9%
- CNN's Anderson Cooper - 6%
- Mike Huckabee- 4%,
- Sean Hannity- 4%
- Wolf Blitzer- 3%
- Chris Matthews- 3%,
- NBC newsman Tom Brokaw- 3%
- CBS anchor Katie Couric- 3%
- ABC's Diane Sawyer- 3%
5/22/11
Obama's REAL Immigration Record on the Border
Because the Fox noise machine is saying Obama is not securing the border much louder than what the reality is and 64% of Likely U.S. Voters say the border is not secure, I feel it's important to set the record straight on what Obama has really done about the border. The other reason is because I keep on getting into forum fights with people insisting that a North American Union is coming. What I'm about to discuss would simply cancel out the claim that Obama is trying to create a borderless North American Community. First I have to make one thing clear. Should it be a priority to secure the border? Yes, with the threat of a nuke getting into California and drug trafficking should be a priority to secure the border. In fact that's EXACTLY what Obama has done. I'm not sure what most Americans perception of "secure" is.
Obama Has Increased Man Power on Border
Research Courtesy of Media Matters For America
PolitiFact: "[Border Patrol] Manpower Has Roughly Doubled Since 2004, As Obama Said In His Speech At El Paso." PolitiFact rated as "true" Obama's statement that "[t]he Border Patrol has 20,000 agents -- more than twice as many as there were in 2004." [PolitiFact, 5/10/11]
Obama Signed $600 Million Border Security Bill For More Border Patrol Agents And Customs Inspectors. On August 13, 2010, Obama signed a $600 million border security bill to "fund some 1,500 new border patrol agents, customs inspectors and other law enforcement officials along the border, as well as two more unmanned aerial 'drones' to monitor border activities." [Reuters, 8/13/10]
Seizures Of Drugs, Weapons Along Border Have Increased. According to data reported by USA Today, "[w]eapons seizures rose 28% and illicit-currency seizures were up 35% in fiscal 2009 and 2010." [USA Today, 2/9/11]
Deportations Have Increased Under Obama. According to data from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), nearly 100,000 more people were deported by ICE in both 2009 and 2010 than in 2007. [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, accessed 2/14/11]
Deportations Of Convicted Criminals Are At Their Highest Levels. According to AZ Fact Check -- a project of The Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 12 News, and Arizona State University -- "ICE has removal numbers immediately available for only the past 10 fiscal years, and according to those figures, the most convicted criminals were indeed removed in fiscal 2010." [AZ Fact Check, 2/9/11]
Illegal Immigration Fell In FY 2010 Due To "Economic Distress" And "Changes In The Level Of Immigration Enforcement." In a study on the national and state trends of the unauthorized immigrant population in the United States, Pew Hispanic Center found that "economic distress" and "changes in the level of immigration enforcement" led to a decrease in the number of undocumented immigrants crossing into the United States. From [Pew Hispanic Center, 2/1/11]
Now is it too much to ask why are we having this conversation about Obama not doing anything about securing the border? Could the border be more secure? Sure, but to say that it's not better than it was the last 8 years is simply ludicrous and at odds with reality.
5/20/11
Secrets of 9/11 Fox News Special MUST WATCH!!!!!
Stay with me here when I say this is a Fox News Special. This particular special report is being done by one of Fox's few credible journalists Catherine Herridge. The special will show a deep insight into what the government knew about 9/11 and Anwar Awlaki's relationship with the hijackers.
I suggest everyone stay tuned for the special tonight at 10:00 pm on the Fox News Channel.
I suggest everyone stay tuned for the special tonight at 10:00 pm on the Fox News Channel.
If video does not play click here
From foxnews.com
"In this shocking special, we investigate the associates of the 9/11 terrorists, including American-born cleric Anwar Awlaki, who is now on the CIA's capture or kill list. By digging deep into thousands of government records from the 9/11 Commission, the Congressional Joint Inquiry and the FBI, Fox News fills in some of the blanks about who really helped the hijackers across America. And, in a Fox News exclusive, why was Anwar Awlaki invited to the Pentagon for lunch after 9/11 when the FBI knew of his relationship with three of the hijackers aboard American Airlines Flight 77?" FULL ARTICLE
5/18/11
How to Destroy Fox News Financially and Peacefully
In the links provide some of the most devastating, radical, and dangerous comments anyone could say on national teleivision and not get fired for. But that extreme rhetoric is said by almost all of Fox News' personailities and reporters.
In it's Reasons to Drop Fox section has a growing list of some of it's most extreme statements.
Brief Examples of Fox's Extreme Rhetoric
Birtherism
Steve Doocy: "He Could End It Simply, Just Show [The Birth Certificate] To Us." During an interview with Trump on the April 18 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Steve Doocy responded to Trump's claim that Obama "has not given a birth certificate" by saying, "He could end it simply, just show it to us, and it'd be over." [Fox News, Fox & Friends, 4/18/11, via Media Matters]
Racism
Right-Wing Activist Alleged Racially Charged "Corruption" In Obama DOJ's Handling Of New Black Panther Party Case. In 2008, two members of the New Black Panther Party (NBPP), one of whom was carrying a nightstick, stood outside a Philadelphia polling place. The NBPP members were later brought up on civil charges of voter intimidation. In 2010, Fox News eagerly and aggressively promoted the allegations pushed by J. Christian Adams, a right-wing activist tied to the Bush-era politicization of the Justice Department, and his supporters that President Obama's Justice Department engaged in racially charged "corruption" in the New Black Panther Party case by choosing not to pursue voter intimidation charges against the NBPP. In fact, Bush's Justice Department, not Obama's, made the decision not to pursue criminal charges against the NBPP, and no voters came forward to say they were intimidated from voting on account of the NBPP's presence. [Media Matters, 7/19/10]
- Kelly On Sotomayor's "Wise Latina" Remark: "Sounds To A Lot Of People Like Reverse Racism." [Fox News, America's Newsroom, 5/26/09, via Media Matters]
Violent Rhetoric
Morris: "Those Crazies In Montana Who Say, 'We're Going To Kill ATF Agents Because The U.N.'s Going To Take Over' -- Well, They're Beginning To Have A Case." During a long conspiracy theory about a "super-national authority" that will oversee U.S. financial institutions, Fox News contributor Dick Morris asserted that Obama's policies are "internationalist" and that "[t]hose crazies in Montana who say, 'We're going to kill ATF agents because the U.N.'s going to take over' -- well, they're beginning to have a case." [Fox News, Your World with Neil Cavuto, 3/31/09, via Media Matters]
Anti Gay Bigotry
Fox Repeatedly Launched Anti-Gay Attacks On Obama's Safe Schools Official Kevin Jennings. [Media Matters, 10/9/09]
Attacking Muslims
I suggest everyone keep up to date with this site puts out there. And for anyone to say that Fox has an ounce of legitimacy as a "News" station is beyond me. I'll certainly keep everyone posted on the dirt they bring up on Fox.
5/15/11
Republicans For Obama May Get Bigger in 2012
from: alan.com by Alan Colmes
*Notable Republicans that supported Obama were:
With increasing discontent with the Republican presidential field, there could be more interest in the group “Republicans for Obama“.
Republicans for Obama is a grassroots organization of proud party members who all share one important trait— we are Americans first and Republicans second. (Even if it is a close second.) Founded in late 2006 as part of the nationwide effort to encourage then-Senator Obama to run for the Presidency, our volunteer-run, grassroots group now includes thousands of members from across the nation. Together, we represent a cross-section of the millions of Republican and conservative independents who voted for President Obama in 2008.
And are they happy with their Democratic president? Seems so.
- Colin Powell, Secretary of State under Bush 43
- Susan Eisenhower, Granddaughter of President Eisenhower & President of the Eisenhower Group
- Scott McClellan, Former Press Secretary to President George W. Bush
- Jeffrey Hart, National Review Senior Editor
- Christopher Buckley, Son of National Review founder William F. Buckley & former NR columnist
- Andrew Sullivan, Columnist for the Atlantic Monthly
- CC Goldwater, Granddaughter of Barry Goldwater
GOP 2012 Field is Disasterous
by: Matt Schneider Mediaite.com
Chris Matthews and his Sunday morning panel evaluated the upcoming presidential election and Matthews stated about the potential Republican nominees, “every one of the top candidates comes with a potentially huge flaw.” As Matthews seemed truly interested in learning whether any of the candidates could be appealing enough to win enthusiastic support from conservatives, the panel seemed to be largely in agreement: this is a very weak Republican field of candidates.
READ FULL ARTICLE
Chris Matthews and his Sunday morning panel evaluated the upcoming presidential election and Matthews stated about the potential Republican nominees, “every one of the top candidates comes with a potentially huge flaw.” As Matthews seemed truly interested in learning whether any of the candidates could be appealing enough to win enthusiastic support from conservatives, the panel seemed to be largely in agreement: this is a very weak Republican field of candidates.
READ FULL ARTICLE
Reason Why Huckabee Isn't Running in 2012
from mediamatters.org
In a November 2009 interview, Mike Huckabee said that if he ever decided against running for president, there was a big reason: Fox News.
"The reason I wouldn't is because this Fox gig I've got right now, Chris, is really, really wonderful," Huckabee told Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace.
"All the factors say go, but my heart says no," Huckabee said.
READ FULL ARTICLE
In a November 2009 interview, Mike Huckabee said that if he ever decided against running for president, there was a big reason: Fox News.
"The reason I wouldn't is because this Fox gig I've got right now, Chris, is really, really wonderful," Huckabee told Fox News Sunday's Chris Wallace. "A lot of it depends on how the elections turn out next year and whether Roger Ailes continues to like my show on the weekends," Huckabee later added. "And if all those things factor in, you know, it's less likely than more likely, just because I would have to see that the Republicans would be willing to unite behind me."
Tonight on his Fox News program, roughly a year and a half later, Huckabee announced that he would not seek the GOP nomination for president. "All the factors say go, but my heart says no," Huckabee said.
READ FULL ARTICLE
Bin Laden Death Conspiracies Are Stupid
Representative Press sums it up just perfectly.
Bhutto didn't mean to say "Osama bin Laden"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IIn_UnLO9I
Bhutto on Bin Laden After Frost Interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJPqydUnP5s
Critical Facts Reporters Won't Report, Serious Issues which put our Lives at Risk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCIX0lOcE00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IIn_UnLO9I
Bhutto on Bin Laden After Frost Interview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJPqydUnP5s
Critical Facts Reporters Won't Report, Serious Issues which put our Lives at Risk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCIX0lOcE00
5/14/11
Huckabee is NOT Running For President
from: crooksandliars.com
Mike Huckabee said Saturday there would be no sequel to his surprisingly strong 2008 White House bid, in which he won the Iowa Republican caucus and finished second in the primaries to Sen. John McCain. "All the factors say go, but my heart says no," Huckabee, who was considered the GOP frontrunner in several national polls, said on his Fox News Channel show. Before his announcement Saturday night, Huckabee hadn't shared his decision with his closest advisers.
5/13/11
Jon Stewart Will Debate Bill O’Reilly On Monday on ‘Common Controversy’
Jon Stewart says he’ll accept Bill O’Reilly’s offer to come on the O’Reilly Factor Monday night to debate the much-debated invitation of rapper Common to a poetry event at the White House.
O’Reilly made the offer on his show Thursday night after Stewart’s rapping “Tone Def Poetry Jam” take on Fox News’ coverage of the event.
FULL ARTICLE
* O'Reilly Better have his notes ready to defend Fox's coverage.
Esecially the double standard of Hannity.
5/12/11
STOP the Comcast-NBC merger
from: freepress.net
FCC Commissioner Meredith Attwell Baker is leaving the FCC to become a lobbyist for Comcast – just four months after she voted to approve the . http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=13583353
This is just the latest – but perhaps most blatant — example of so-called "public servants" cashing in on companies they are supposed to be regulating. But Baker's jump to Comcast is particularly egregious. As recently as March, the commissioner was giving speeches complaining that the Comcast-NBC deal "took too long."And you wonder why the American people are disgusted with Washington.
Congress is already concerned about how the FCC conducts itself. Rep. Darrell Issa, chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has been making a lot of noise recently about alleged ethical violations at the agency. By signing this letter to Congressman Issa, you’re urging him to launch an investigation of Commissioner Baker’s seemingly blatant conflict of interest.
Outside of Washington, people of every political stripe have expressed near unanimous contempt for a system of government that favors powerful corporations at the expense of the many. Sadly, the complete capture of government by industry barely raises an eyebrow inside the Beltway anymore. That’s why Congress needs to hear from you.
The revolving door at the FCC erodes any prospect for common-sense public policy -- such as strong Net Neutrality rules or a rigorous review of mega-deals like AT&T’s proposed takeover of T-Mobile.
Unless we speak out now and demand an investigation, business as usual in Washington will undermine our media system and endanger our democracy.
Thank you for taking action,
Craig Aaron
President and CEO
Free Press Action Fund
http://www.freepress.net/
5/9/11
General Petraeus is Like a Birther?
At least according to Neocon and Fox News guest Marc Thiessen.
Despite evidence to the contrary the propaganda outlet and it's guests are saying over and over that torture is what led to Bin Laden. Just like them saying Bush deserves credit for killing Bin Laden. In fact he deserves none.
Marc Thiessen. appeared on Fox & Friends Sunday calling critics of enhanced interrogations "the new birthers"
One general included in that class of people Thiseen portrays as is General David Petraeus. Thiseen does acknowledge that Petraeus is against torture and supports closing GITMO. Now that Petreaus will head the CIA Thiseen critiqes the nomination nonsensically.
"Thanks to Obama the CIA is out of the interrogation business, so there is no immediate impact on U.S. interrogation policy (or lack thereof). But that is also the problem. Appointing a CIA director with such restrictive views on interrogation does not bode well for the chances of much-needed improvements in our detention and interrogation policy."- Marc Thiessen.
As Daily Kos points out
When Thiessen says that the Obama administration has no “interrogation policy” what he means is that it doesn’t torture people. For him, the two are basically synonymous.
Alan Grayson is Coming Back?
From: politico.com
Former Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson is no longer a member of Congress, but he’s just as ubiquitous and raucous as ever.
Grayson, who lost his Orlando-area seat in November, is still bomb-throwing, still delivering unapologetically liberal rhetoric that defined his single term in the House and quickly became his trademark – raising speculation that he’s looking to make a comeback.
Former Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson is no longer a member of Congress, but he’s just as ubiquitous and raucous as ever.
Grayson, who lost his Orlando-area seat in November, is still bomb-throwing, still delivering unapologetically liberal rhetoric that defined his single term in the House and quickly became his trademark – raising speculation that he’s looking to make a comeback.
5/8/11
Fact Checking First 2012 Republican Debate
From: politicalcorrection.org
On May 5, Fox News and the South Carolina Republican Party cosponsored the first debate of the presidential primary season, featuring Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), pizza magnate Herman Cain, former Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN), former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), and former Gov. Gary Johnson (R-NM). The campaign kickoff, however, didn't produce many exciting moments. Aside from the civil libertarian flavor provided by Paul and Johnson, the candidates mostly stuck to Republican talking points on issues like foreign policy, gas prices, and health care costs that have already been debunked.
READ FULL ARTICLE
On May 5, Fox News and the South Carolina Republican Party cosponsored the first debate of the presidential primary season, featuring Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), pizza magnate Herman Cain, former Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN), former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), and former Gov. Gary Johnson (R-NM). The campaign kickoff, however, didn't produce many exciting moments. Aside from the civil libertarian flavor provided by Paul and Johnson, the candidates mostly stuck to Republican talking points on issues like foreign policy, gas prices, and health care costs that have already been debunked.
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Why Bush Bush Deserves NO Credit for Bin Laden's Death
From: Nicole Belleat at crooksandliars.com
If what the Bush administration did--waterboarding, rendition, etc.--was effective in gathering information that led to locating Bin Laden, why would they have closed down the Bin Laden unit in 2005? Why would Bush go on record several times saying that he's just wasn't all that concerned about Bin Laden in 2006? For people eager to grab and hold credit for this killing, they didn't seem to have a whole lot of work in that arena for the final years of the Bush administration.
READ FULL ARTICLE
* Or better yet why did Bush refuse to send troops to Tora Bora where Bin Laden was hiding and escaped.
If what the Bush administration did--waterboarding, rendition, etc.--was effective in gathering information that led to locating Bin Laden, why would they have closed down the Bin Laden unit in 2005? Why would Bush go on record several times saying that he's just wasn't all that concerned about Bin Laden in 2006? For people eager to grab and hold credit for this killing, they didn't seem to have a whole lot of work in that arena for the final years of the Bush administration.
READ FULL ARTICLE
* Or better yet why did Bush refuse to send troops to Tora Bora where Bin Laden was hiding and escaped.
5/7/11
Wikileaks: Al Qaeda Threatened Nuclear Reprisal If Bin Laden Was Caught Or Killed
From: Susie Madrak at crooksandliars.com
Wikileaks is just full of information that no one remembered to tell us, huh? It sure would be good if someone would explain how much credibility the U.S. puts in these threats:
Recently-released WikiLeaks documents show that detained al Qaeda members have predicted nuclear reprisals if Osama bin Laden were captured or killed.
The classified Defense Department files, obtained from detainee interviews at the Guantanamo Bay prison, were released by the document-sharing Web site a week before the raid in Pakistan that resulted in bin Laden's demise. (See list of related CNET stories.)
Abu al-Libi, al Qaeda's third in command and "operational chief" before he was captured in 2005, reportedly said the nuclear device was "located in Europe" and would be used in retaliation over bin Laden's death, according to the leaked files. The phrase "nuclear hellstorm" appears in the Defense Department's dossier on Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, who allegedly confessed to masterminding the September 11 attacks and will be tried by a military tribunal.
FULL ARTICLE
Wikileaks is just full of information that no one remembered to tell us, huh? It sure would be good if someone would explain how much credibility the U.S. puts in these threats:
Recently-released WikiLeaks documents show that detained al Qaeda members have predicted nuclear reprisals if Osama bin Laden were captured or killed.
The classified Defense Department files, obtained from detainee interviews at the Guantanamo Bay prison, were released by the document-sharing Web site a week before the raid in Pakistan that resulted in bin Laden's demise. (See list of related CNET stories.)
Abu al-Libi, al Qaeda's third in command and "operational chief" before he was captured in 2005, reportedly said the nuclear device was "located in Europe" and would be used in retaliation over bin Laden's death, according to the leaked files. The phrase "nuclear hellstorm" appears in the Defense Department's dossier on Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, who allegedly confessed to masterminding the September 11 attacks and will be tried by a military tribunal.
FULL ARTICLE
5/6/11
Ron Paul Asked on Legalizing Heroin During Republican Debate
Definitely the most memorable part of the first Republican Presidential debate. Congressman Ron Paul was asked about his position on legalizing drugs. When asked about legalizing drugs such as heroin, Paul gave a humorous and important point about how ridiculous our drug laws are.
Why Paul is Right
Why Paul is Right
5/5/11
Fox News Says Torture Obama with Waterboarding
That's just a sample of his viewers. Scary
BTW: There is no evidence that torture was used to find Bin Laden
5/4/11
Was Bin Laden Captured and Killed Che Guevara Style?
From: mediaite.com
As is often the case with breaking stories — particularly those that come shielded from the fog of war — the very specific events often evolve, sometimes rather significantly, in the first few days that follow the breaking of the news. The story of how U.S. commandos captured and killed al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has been…an iterative one. Unfortunately, the variations of the stories have fueled a number of conspiracy theories and the skepticism of at least one respected news anchor: Fox News Shep Smith.
FULL STORY
To see how Che Guevara was murdered CLICK HERE.
As is often the case with breaking stories — particularly those that come shielded from the fog of war — the very specific events often evolve, sometimes rather significantly, in the first few days that follow the breaking of the news. The story of how U.S. commandos captured and killed al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden has been…an iterative one. Unfortunately, the variations of the stories have fueled a number of conspiracy theories and the skepticism of at least one respected news anchor: Fox News Shep Smith.
FULL STORY
To see how Che Guevara was murdered CLICK HERE.
First Republican Presidential Debate Tomorrow 4/5/11
This ought to be interesting.
From: Slate
Here are the five candidates who will appear onstage in Greenville, South Carolina tomorrow.
From: Slate
Here are the five candidates who will appear onstage in Greenville, South Carolina tomorrow.
Herman Cain, former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza
Gary Johnson, former Governor of New Mexico
Ron Paul, U.S. Representative from Texas
Tim Pawlenty, former Governor of Minnesota
Rick Santorum, former Senator from Pennsylvania
FULL STORY
Gary Johnson, former Governor of New Mexico
Ron Paul, U.S. Representative from Texas
Tim Pawlenty, former Governor of Minnesota
Rick Santorum, former Senator from Pennsylvania
FULL STORY
ATF Purposely Let Guns into Mexico, May have Resulted in the Death of a Border Agent
From cbsnews.com
Federal agent John Dodson says what he was asked to do was beyond belief.
He was intentionally letting guns go to Mexico?
"Yes ma'am," Dodson told CBS News. "The agency was."
An Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms senior agent assigned to the Phoenix office in 2010, Dodson's job is to stop gun trafficking across the border. Instead, he says he was ordered to sit by and watch it happen.
Investigators call the tactic letting guns "walk." In this case, walking into the hands of criminals who would use them in Mexico and the United States.
Sharyl Attkisson's original "Gunrunner" report
Center for Public Integrity report
Dodson's bosses say that never happened. Now, he's risking his job to go public.
"I'm boots on the ground in Phoenix, telling you we've been doing it every day since I've been here," he said. "Here I am. Tell me I didn't do the things that I did. Tell me you didn't order me to do the things I did. Tell me it didn't happen. Now you have a name on it. You have a face to put with it. Here I am. Someone now, tell me it didn't happen."
Agent Dodson and other sources say the gun walking strategy was approved all the way up to the Justice Department. The idea was to see where the guns ended up, build a big case and take down a cartel. And it was all kept secret from Mexico.
ATF named the case "Fast and Furious."
Surveillance video obtained by CBS News shows suspected drug cartel suppliers carrying boxes of weapons to their cars at a Phoenix gun shop. The long boxes shown in the video being loaded in were AK-47-type assault rifles.
So it turns out ATF not only allowed it - they videotaped it.
Documents show the inevitable result: The guns that ATF let go began showing up at crime scenes in Mexico. And as ATF stood by watching thousands of weapons hit the streets... the Fast and Furious group supervisor noted the escalating Mexican violence.
FULL STORY
Federal agent John Dodson says what he was asked to do was beyond belief.
He was intentionally letting guns go to Mexico?
"Yes ma'am," Dodson told CBS News. "The agency was."
An Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms senior agent assigned to the Phoenix office in 2010, Dodson's job is to stop gun trafficking across the border. Instead, he says he was ordered to sit by and watch it happen.
Investigators call the tactic letting guns "walk." In this case, walking into the hands of criminals who would use them in Mexico and the United States.
Sharyl Attkisson's original "Gunrunner" report
Center for Public Integrity report
Dodson's bosses say that never happened. Now, he's risking his job to go public.
"I'm boots on the ground in Phoenix, telling you we've been doing it every day since I've been here," he said. "Here I am. Tell me I didn't do the things that I did. Tell me you didn't order me to do the things I did. Tell me it didn't happen. Now you have a name on it. You have a face to put with it. Here I am. Someone now, tell me it didn't happen."
Agent Dodson and other sources say the gun walking strategy was approved all the way up to the Justice Department. The idea was to see where the guns ended up, build a big case and take down a cartel. And it was all kept secret from Mexico.
ATF named the case "Fast and Furious."
Surveillance video obtained by CBS News shows suspected drug cartel suppliers carrying boxes of weapons to their cars at a Phoenix gun shop. The long boxes shown in the video being loaded in were AK-47-type assault rifles.
So it turns out ATF not only allowed it - they videotaped it.
Documents show the inevitable result: The guns that ATF let go began showing up at crime scenes in Mexico. And as ATF stood by watching thousands of weapons hit the streets... the Fast and Furious group supervisor noted the escalating Mexican violence.
FULL STORY
5/3/11
Rumsfeld: Torture Did NOT Lead to Bin Laden's Death
From: http://www.dailykos.com/
Dick Cheney said today that “it wouldn’t be surprising” the intel came from Bush’s torture program. However, there is currently no evidence to suggest that the detainees that provided the information that led to bin Laden were subject to torture. And Bush Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who presumably has some knowledge about what went on at Gitmo, today threw some cold water on this theory:
O'Reilly does not want to hear it from Alan Colmes.
Dick Cheney said today that “it wouldn’t be surprising” the intel came from Bush’s torture program. However, there is currently no evidence to suggest that the detainees that provided the information that led to bin Laden were subject to torture. And Bush Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who presumably has some knowledge about what went on at Gitmo, today threw some cold water on this theory: "The United States Department of Defense did not do waterboarding for interrogation purposes to anyone. It is true that some information that came from normal interrogation approaches at Guantanamo did lead to information that was beneficial in this instance. But it was not harsh treatment and it was not waterboarding."FULL STORY
O'Reilly does not want to hear it from Alan Colmes.
Wikileaks: US Troops Were Yards Away from Bin Laden in 2008
WikiLeaks reveals that US forces were stationed yards from Osama bin Laden's compound. Photograph: Faisal Mahmood/Reuters
The revelation that US forces were so close to the world's most wanted man in 2008 comes after material from the Guantánamo files suggested the US may have received the intelligence that led them to Bin Laden as early as 2008.
The US soldiers were due to perform a routine posting "training the trainers" of Pakistan's 70,000-strong federal military unit, the Frontier Corps.
Abbottabad is home to the Pakistan Military Academy, the country's version of Sandhurst in Britain, and trains officers from across the nation. The academy is streets away from where Bin Laden was tracked down and killed.
The information about the US troops is contained in the account of a meeting in Washington between the-then US deputy secretary of state, John Negroponte, and Pakistan's foreign minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, discussing security co-operation and concerns across the country.
FULL STORY
5/2/11
Media Research Center Refuses Debate With Media Matters For America
Brent Bozell of the Media Research Center, the Republican apologist organization, chickened out at the presence of the MMFA vice president His people were invited to come on the show. And declined because MMFA would appear with them.
They put their explanation simple:
"We don't debate Media Matters"
They sure showed them.
Why not have a debate? Put it on C-SPAN and have the topic be whether or not Fox "News" is Fair and Balanced or even a legitimate news channel. How awesome would that be?
MMFA has plenty of dirt on the Media Research Council they can embarrass them with.
Bin Laden is DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From Obama's 2008 Campaign
from Huffington Post
Osama Bin Laden is dead, President Obama announced Sunday night, in a televised address to the nation. His death was the result of a U.S. operation launched today in Abbottabad, Pakistan, against a compound where bin Laden was believed to be hiding, according to U.S. intelligence. After a firefight, a small team of American forces killed bin Laden and took possession of his body, the president said.
“Tonight I can report to the American people and the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden,” Obama said during brief remarks at the White House.
FULL STORY LIVE
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