Why can’t the media tell the truth about Valerie Jarrett

I just found: “Valerie Jarrett was born as Valerie Bowman on November 14, 1956 to American parents in Shiraz, Iran.” over at “Discover the Networks”.

There are  links there that explain how she is actually the first woman president of the United States.  Obama is her puppet. 

Check it out!

PJ

Williams “misRemembered”?

Nobody could “misremember” flying in a helicopter when it is hit with RPG. That event is something you just couldn’t get wrong – Brian Williams didn’t misremember – he LIED.

Dictionary.com defines “lie” as:

noun

1. a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood.

It’s a sad day when we learn that an institution like, “NBS Nightly News” lies.  Of course, my disillusionment with the media began with  Dan Rather’s  lies while sitting anchor for the “CBS Evening News”.  And it’s like when you learn Santa Claus isn’t real – a piece of life’s foundation crumbles to dust.

PJ 

The Art of Headline Writing

 

from PowerLine

Lots of people have criticized President Bush for failing to articulate his policy in Iraq persuasively to the American people. As I've written many times before, I think this criticism is misguided. In fact, Bush has given many eloquent speeches in which he has laid out his strategy for winning the war on Islamic terror, and the role of Iraq in that strategy, in great detail and to great effect. The problem is that very few Americans ever hear those speeches, and news reports systematically gut them of their persuasive impact.

Likewise with press conferences. Today, President Bush again did an excellent job in articulating and defending his goals and strategy in Iraq. But hardly anyone saw the press conference, or will read the transcript. Instead, people will see a headline like this one: Bush Unsatisfied with Iraq War Progress; or this one: Bush has decided to cut and run from 'staying the course'; or this one: Bush acknowledges public discontent with war in Iraq.

No matter how great a job the President does in promoting his vision for a more peaceful and secure world, those negative sound-bites are all that most Americans will ever see or hear. For what it's worth, the transcript of Bush's press conference is here.

Goodnight, Ladies

(From The Indepundit)

SOMETIMES you see a man with a short haircut, athletic build and a military bearing, and you think to yourself, "I bet that man is a Marine."

With Major Pain, there is no question. You know he is a Marine.

Which makes him an ideal wingman for me when it's time to confront Code Pink and friends about their rude and disrespectful treatment of our soldiers outside Walter Reed Army Hospital.

SMASH and Major Pain survey the field of battle

There are about a dozen or so protesters there on Friday night. On any given evening, one or two of them might have enough spunk to face off against a "lone warrior" confronting them on the sidewalk. But very few will take on two of us. And nobody wants to get in Major Pain's face.

We approach, quietly, from the rear. Major Pain takes up a blocking position, and I start talking (audio).

"Good evening."

Several of them turn around. One man starts to approach me. Then he sees Pain, and has second thoughts.

"You know, for the past few weeks, I've come down here, and listened politely and respectfully to any of you who would talk to me.

"Tonight, you're going to listen to me.

"The military is my family. My grandfather and great uncles served in the World Wars. My father served as a physician for over thirty years. My older brother served in peacetime. And my younger brother and I are both veterans of the Iraq War.

"I was born in a hospital not unlike this one right here. And I swore an oath to fight, and if necessary die, to defend your right to stand here and protest the war I served in. I'm not here to tell you, or to try to change your mind about that war. But I am here to ask for a little respect for me and my family.

"Last week, Bruce asked me to leave. He told me that you're here to support the soldiers, not to do interviews. He told me I wasn't welcome.

"Not long after that, a couple of men who I am proud to call my brothers -- who I had never met before -- a couple of wounded soldiers from this hospital came down to talk to you. They wanted to understand why you're here.

"You did not treat my brothers with respect. You refused to acknowledge them, like you're refusing to acknowledge me. You mocked their southern accents. You literally turned your backs on them, like you're turning your backs on me tonight.

"You should be ashamed of the way you treated those soldiers. Ashamed! If that is what you think supporting the troops means -- turn your backs on them when they come to talk to you -- then you are either a fool, a coward, or a hypocrite. I leave it to each of you to decide which word fits you best.

"The charade is over. We all know that you do not support the troops. If you did, you wouldn't turn your backs on them. You disrespected my brothers, on our front porch. So let me be absolutely clear: You may have a slip of paper from the City of Washington recognizing your right to stand here, but you are not welcome here.

"I want you to think about what I've said. Your vigil here does not support the troops. It does not comfort them in any way. It only aggravates them. When you go home tonight, reflect on the pain that you have caused. And if you have a shred -- an ounce -- of human decency, don't come back.

"Goodnight, ladies."

(I was going to cut this post right here, then I read the below and noted the obvious irony.  How long do you think a sign similar to the one below would exist (and the folks who placed it) if the location was of Saddam and placed a couple of blocks outside his palace in Bagdad, and the year was 2000?  Is CODEPINK a cover for Pink-O?)

EARLIER in the week, I came across another protest, at the corner of 15th and Constitution on the National Mall.

Billboard calling for impeachment of President Bush.

The first thing that caught my eye was the mobile billboard calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney. I was amazed that here in fascist Amerikkka, only two blocks from the White House, such a blatant display of disloyalty to the Supreme Commander was allowed to stand. But no government storm troopers were in evidence, and the passing tourists appeared completely unfazed.

Indeed, I later learned that this billboard had been in place for almost two weeks, as part of a grand project called Camp Democracy, a three-week anti-war festival on the National Mall. This project has drawn dozens of people to this prime location, in an orgy of hate for the current administration.

Back at Walter Reed, I decide to ask Kristinn Taylor, the head of the D.C. chapter of Free Republic, if he knows anything about this protest (audio).

SMASH: Tell me what you know about Camp Democracy, that’s going on down at the Mall.

Kristinn: It’s boring. I went down there last night, about seven-thirty, eight o’clock. Maybe a couple dozen people there. Nobody was doing anything. They were all just hanging out.

Camp Democracy Protesters “Speak Truth to Power”

SMASH: Who’s organizing it?

Kristinn: They claim it’s non-partisan. But, they’ve got the Green Party there, the Progressive Democrats. It’s leftists, and they’re trying to do what they can to get the public to vote left in the election, so they can undercut the Iraq War.

SMASH: Is there any connection between this and the previous Cindy Sheehan-led Camp Casey effort in Crawford?

Kristinn: They’ve been advertising it as Camp Casey moving from Crawford to Washington, D.C., following George Bush around the country. They’re just re-branding themselves. There were more people playing soccer and touch football right next to them, then there were people flocking to Camp Democracy.

SMASH: What is your group planning to do about it?

Kristinn: We’re having a rally on Saturday, September 23 at the Sylvan Theater on the grounds of the Washington Monument, to act as a coda to their two-week effort in D.C. We just didn’t think it was worth our time to go down there every day and hold a counter-protest, because there’s nothing much to counter-protest. We’ve got other things to do with our lives. We’ve got to use our time wisely.

SMASH: You’re going to hold a separate event, in the same basic area? What is the message of the event?

Kristinn: The message of the event is “Support the troops, support the mission, and support victory.” That’s it.

SMASH: If someone were to come to this event, what could they expect to see?

Kristinn: They would see lots of American flags, flying the correct way. They would hear speakers from diverse backgrounds: some politicians, some veterans, some gold star and blue star family members, and people like me: a military family member, who loves his country, and knows that we can’t afford to lose this war. And we’re going to be out there, trying to get that message out, trying to combat all the propaganda that’s in the media, all the lies that are being espoused by the liberal politicians… Trying to get the truth out, about what’s going on in Iraq, in Afghanistan, and the truth about the nature of the war that we’re in.

AFTER THE RALLY, Major Pain, CJ, Blackfive and I drop into the hospital to hand out free signed copies of “The Blog of War” to the soldiers. We stay late into the night, just hanging out and trading war stories with our brothers.

Blackfive, Major Pain, and a Marine Corps Mom

Once again, time well spent.

Why The USA Will Lose The War On Terror if Things Don't Change!

 

Sunday, September 17, 2006

By: Bill O'Reilly

In every war America has ever fought, brutal methods were employed.

The Japanese would not surrender in World War II, so atomic bombs were dropped on civilians. To break the will of the German people, the city of Dresden was firebombed. General Sherman's march through Georgia during the Civil War was full of atrocities. And the list goes on and on.

In each case, a good argument can be made that the war tactics used were inhumane and against what America stands for, which is freedom and fair play.

In each case, victory was achieved and millions of people were set free as a result. So brutality led to freedom, and safety for tens of millions of human beings.

Now America's fighting a barbaric enemy whose entire strategy is to commit atrocities. That's all the terrorists do: commit crimes. And many misguided Americans believe we cannot even interrogate these people harshly when lives are at stake.

It is absolutely impossible to keep America safe by affording captured terrorists name, rank, and jihad number. For all the false accusations that the USA is a torture nation, there have only been a handful of cases where water boarding and other harsh measures were approved.

Right now in Guantanamo Bay, detainees are allowed eight hours of sleep, three meals a day, two hours of outside exercises daily, and a bevy of entertainment and religious options.

For our trouble, the detainees throw bodily fluids at our guards hundreds of times a year. And there have been 90 stabbings by the captives, including an American doctor who was trying to save a detainee's life.

Military doctors in Gitmo now wear body armor when examining detainees. So once again, it comes down to theory versus reality. The terrorists can do anything. We can't do much.

Senator John McCain and others believe if we go further than intense conversation, our soldiers will be in jeopardy if captured. Well, Senator McCain knows better than anyone else. They already are as the senator was brutally tortured by the North Vietnamese, who had signed the Geneva Convention.

A few months ago, two American soldiers were captured in Iraq. They were sliced to death with machetes, photographed, and their bodies displayed on the Internet.

If military people do capture those suspected of doing that, they now can't use any techniques other than conversation. Let's call it, "we'll ask, don't tell."

As Talking Points stated Thursday night, President Bush is correct in asking for legal authority to use coercive interrogation methods in selective cases. The most noble thing in the world is saving lives. Sometimes harsh measures are needed to do that.

And that's "The Memo."

(I usually like O'Reilly - he's NOT B.S.!)

10 Facts About Gitmo

 

UPDATED Sept. 14, 2006

1. The detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility include bin Laden’s bodyguards, bomb makers, terrorist trainers and facilitators, and other suspected terrorists.
3. More money is spent on meals for detainees than on the U.S. troops stationed there.  Detainees are offered up to 4,200 calories a day.  The average weight gain per detainee is 20 pounds.
5. The Muslim call to prayer sounds five times a day.  Arrows point detainees toward the holy city of Mecca.
7. Detainees receive medical, dental, psychiatric, and optometric care at U.S. taxpayers’ expense.  In 2005, there were 35 teeth cleanings, 91 cavities filled, and 174 pairs of glasses issued.
9. The International Committee of the Red Cross visits detainees at the facility every few months.  More than 20,000 messages between detainees and their families have been exchanged.
11. Recreation activities include basketball, volleyball, soccer, ping-pong, and board games. High-top sneakers are provided. 
13. Departing detainees receive a Koran, a jean jacket, a white T-shirt, a pair of blue jeans, high-top sneakers, a gym bag of toiletries, and a pillow and blanket for the flight home.
15. Entertainment includes Arabic language TV shows, including World Cup soccer games.  The library has 3,500 volumes available in 13 languages — the most requested book is “Harry Potter.”
17. Guantanamo is the most transparent detention facility in the history of warfare. The Joint Task Force has hosted more than 1,000 journalists from more than 40 countries.
19. 10. In 2005, Amnesty International stated that “the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay has become the gulag of our times.”

From the Department of Defense

Office of Public Affairs – OSD Writers’ Group

(oh, the poor bastards...      now that's real B.S.!)

Florida Today Bullshit - need to work on this one!

September 11, 2006

Our Views: New strategy needed
U.S. must change plan to fight and win the long war against terrorism

Is America safer today?

It's a question that requires an answer on this fifth anniversary of 9-11, an event that shook our nation's foundation like few others in history and pushed us into a new kind of war:

A war not against a nation or bloc of nations, but against religious extremists who have hijacked the Islamic faith and perverted its texts into a gospel of hate and cold-blooded murder.

That enemy cannot be defeated by military means alone, yet that's the course the Bush administration has largely set, weakening the nation's security, not strengthening it, in the process.

Think about it:

After 9-11, the nation was strongly united.

Now it's bitterly divided.

After 9-11, the world was on our side.

Now it's most certainly not.

After 9-11, the U.S. military's power was unquestioned.

Now it's bogged down and wearing out in an endless desert of violence.

That's why the nation needs to overhaul its strategy to fight terrorism and prepare the country for what's ahead:

A long struggle akin to the Cold War, where intelligence-gathering is the key, strong allies are essential, military force is carefully and wisely used and America's fundamental promise of human rights and justice is rekindled as a beacon to the world.

Here are several steps to accomplish those goals:

Phased withdrawal from Iraq

Iraq is a war that should never have been fought and which has been grossly mismanaged every step of the way.

The catastrophic blunders have left the U.S. stuck in a quagmire defined by an all-but-declared civil war, unrelenting insurgent attacks and more than 2,700 U.S. troops killed and nearly 20,000 wounded.

A solution has long been out of American hands, and it's time Iraqis determine their own fate and provide their own security. We cannot do it for them.

The U.S. should begin a phased withdrawal of its troops -- something a growing number of even pro-war conservative Republicans are supporting -- to remove itself from a country where it's seen as a hostile occupier.

That would allow U.S. forces to rebuild and be prepared to meet future threats through tailored military action, not reckless wholesale invasion.

It's all about intelligence

More than anything, gathering intelligence is the most important weapon in fighting terrorism.

To be sure, gains have been made in the U.S. between the CIA, FBI and other agencies. But there are still too many turf wars and a stronger emphasis must continue to be placed on cooperation.

A major element of that involves building a larger network of human spies who can infiltrate al-Qaida cells and provide the kind of information that led to the recent arrest of would-be suicide plane-bombers in England.

To that end, hand-in-hand work with foreign intelligence agencies also has to be a top priority.

Furthermore, terror suspects held by U.S intelligence agencies or any arm of the government should be covered by the Geneva Conventions, never tortured or abused and given trials in accordance with accepted principles of U.S. law.

Improving homeland security

One of the greatest fears today remains the possibility of a terrorist someday slipping into the country with a dirty bomb tucked in his suitcase.

However, our ports remain highly vulnerable to infiltration with only a miniscule portion of cargo containers checked. Our borders, particularly with Mexico, also need to be strengthened with more manpower and high-tech surveillance.

In yet another area, nuclear power and chemical plants remain far too vulnerable because the Iraq war has siphoned money for protecting the home front.

All of that must change quickly, along with something else:

The White House should obey the law and obtain warrants in domestic spying cases, thereby protecting civil liberties while giving the government the ability it needs to track terror suspects on American soil.

Achieving energy independence

The U.S. will continue to be held hostage by the Middle East until it ends its addiction to the region's oil.

As a result, our national security demands that America embark on a massive program to mandate high-mileage conservation in vehicles and develop alternative energy sources to give us true energy independence.

Anything less aids our enemies.

For example, the money we pay for Mideast oil goes to repressive regimes such as Saudi Arabia that then provide cash to mullahs and schools that preach Islamic extremism, creating a never-ending stream of jihadist recruits.

We are paying for our own assassins, and it's an insane policy that must end.

There are many other aspects of the war on terror that demand revision, not the least of which is finally bringing Osama bin Laden to justice.

---

ABC's Gonna Cave...

ABC spokesman Jonathan Hogan defended the miniseries, telling the Post, it is a "dramatization, not a documentary, drawn from a variety of sources, including the 9/11 commission report, other published materials and personal interviews."

"Many of the people who have expressed opinions about the film have yet to see it in its entirety or in its final broadcast form, " Hogan said. "We hope the viewers will watch the entire broadcast before forming their own opinion."

The Times reported that ABC was considering last-minute changes to the film.

“It is common practice to continue to make edits to strengthen a project right up to the broadcast date,” Hope Hartman, an ABC spokeswoman, told the Times.

 

Yep, they're gonna cave...  too bad - just when I thought ONE of the MSM guys was growing some stones...

...guess I won't waste the TiVo space after all...

 

...but that's B.S.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  (could stand for "Balls-Short")

The Meaning of "Guest"

(Unknown author)

Since hearing the plan for treating illegal immigrants as "guest" workers, I now have undergone a complete reversal in my understanding of the proper meaning of words.

I stupidly believed the definition of "guest" is one who is invited.  Now I'm told this is no longer correct.

For instance, if a burglar breaks into my home, he really becomes a guest who is only looking for a better life.   Because he broke in for that reason, I must accept the obligation to provide him with living quarters, health care, education, and transportation.

He has as much "right" to my house as I do.  

I have to pay taxes - he doesn't.  It's because the government doesn't really know he is a "guest" in my house and I am not allowed to turn him in.

He will get preferential treatment because he is a "guest" in my house, yet I can not say anything against him.  If I do vocalize my feelings, I must attend "sensitivity" training because I just don't understand how to accept my "guest" and his customs/religion/culture, etc.

I am also required to learn his language so that we may communicate.  It is not necessary for him to learn mine because he is a "guest" in my house. 

He may fly or wave his flag anywhere he chooses; he can even take my flag down and put his up and I'm not allowed to complain- because he is my "guest".

I am required to subsidize his family and provide for his family's needs.

When I get paid, I must give a portion of it to him in the form of welfare and food stamps so he can get his food and supplies free or at reduced prices.

Because any money he makes is all his, he can buy the luxuries for his family that I can not afford for my family, but I have to be OK with that because he is now a resident in my house.

Now I understand - ...but that's B.S.