Today’s lesson in media bias – two very different takes on Senator Warner’s revelation yesterday after returning from Iraq. The first from the Washington Post entitled “Warner calls for pullouts by Christmas“;
Sen. John W. Warner, one of the most influential Republican voices in Congress on national security, called on President Bush yesterday to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq in time for Christmas as a new intelligence report concluded that political leaders in Baghdad are “unable to govern effectively.” Warner’s declaration — after the Virginia senator’s recent four-day trip to the Middle East — roiled the political environment ahead of a much-anticipated progress report to be delivered Sept. 11 by Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq. Although Warner had already broken with Bush’s strategy, this was the first time he endorsed pulling troops out by a specific date.
Hmm, no direct quotes, just a reporter’s interpretation of what Warner said – and it sounds like he was pretty firm about withdrawing troops doesn’t it? Now from the Washington Examiner, a story entitled US General Wary of Withdrawal;
Warner, R-Va., former chairman of the Armed Services Committee and Navy secretary during the Vietnam War, said Thursday that Bush would be sending a powerful message to Iraq’s government that the U.S. commitment there is not open-ended. Warner says the president should get to decide when and how many troops should leave. He also did not mention any places where he thought reductions were possible in Iraq, where some regions are worse than others.
Sounds like two different speeches doesn’t it? And an even more different approach from the Washington Times;
The updated National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), a consensus view of the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency and other services, says “measurable” security improvements were made in war-torn Iraq since January and will expand modestly in the next 12 months with continued military pressure on insurgents.
Within hours of the report”s release, Sen. John W. Warner of Virginia called on President Bush to bring some U.S. troops home by Christmas, and Army Secretary Pete Geren ruled out extending troop deployments beyond the current 15 months.
So despite the fact that the Post wants us to believe there’s a revolt against the President in the Senate led by Senator Warner, the real truth is that Warner actually concurs with the anticipated proposal by General Petareus that we begin drawing down the troops – and the President.
Stunning to see the WaPoo spin. I read it almost everyday – and without fail it is replete with agenda journalism. From global warming which isn’t global to the global war on terror which is but they don’t believe it… one wonders if the fumes from sitting in traffic in DC aren’t sources of brain damage.
Jonn Lilyea wrote: It can’t be the fumes, Kathy – I sit in the DC fumes everyday, too. I think it has more to do with half-witted morons that are being molded in J-school these days.Â
Jonn,
I disagree – you just happen to have copious brain cells, so you are able to afford losing a few. Others aren’t so lucky. 😀
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Jonn Lilyea wrote: Kathy you’re probably the first person to recognize my enormous brain power. That makes you pretty smart, too. 🙂
Dexter’s Delight
What you did not know and should have known is that Lucy did not die a peaceful natural death. To understand why you need to know some background information.
Lucy’s business had not been doing well. The decline in international travel had seen to that. She had turned to some New York Bankers for credit. As she was behind on her payments her life insurance policy was worth more than she was.
Luckily for Lucy these bankers were not only a problem for her they were also a problem for Tony Sopprano. Now you the reader might think that you know a thing or two about Tony Sopprano as his life story was made in to an HBO series. The thing is that series was full of disinformation and emissions. You might think that I am implying that it was really Lucy who was the psychologist that Tony visited.
No that it not exactly correct. But Lucy it was Lucy who Tony’s psychologist confided in not some old white guy as the series portrays. To protect her clients mental health
Lucy had to on more than one occasion visit Tony. The Two got along like Shias and Sunnis but Tony still wanted to get in to Lucy’s pants. That part of the HBO series is accurate.
Lucy came up with the idea of fixing her problem. She figureed that she could manipulate Tony in to taking care of her problem for her.
On the pretext of meeting with him to discuss his financial support for a PAC that was gearing up to push for medical marijuanna in Maryland, Delware and New Jersey she met with Tony in Northern New Jersey. During their dinner she happened to bring up the fact that these New York bankers were a pain in the ass for both of them. As they went for a walk back to their cars Lucy sprung her plan. She said in a joking manner than Tony could have the Bankers whacked any time and make it look like Lucy did it. Since she would not have been the one to do it she would certainly have an air tight alibei for whenever the crime was committed. Tony laughed at the thought. Lucy had underestimated Tony.
Tony was not as stupid as Lucy had thought. He knew that although Lucy might be the first suspect in harm that would come to these bankers he would be the second.
But then he realized just what a really good idea Lucy had for him. If Lucy went missing a day or two before the bankers were murdered she would not be able to account for her wear abouts to the police. When the Police came to question Tony he could point the finger at Lucy and say that the reason the police could not find her to question her is that she had gone on the run.
The problem with plans is that the devil often lurks in the details. On the night that two men quitely entered Lucys house to start the plan in operation Lucy was awake. Lieing in the living room in the dark. She heard the men breaking in the house. She grabbed her taser and waited.
When the two men came to they had been tied up and placed in seperate rooms. Lucy then began their interrogation. She learned that they had not been sent by the bankers but by Tony. She knew immediately what Tony was up to. Lucy decided that she would launch a swift and brutal preemptive attack. Lucy’s earlier training as an Air Force Psychologist had made her very lethal with a knife. I kid you not.
Lucy drove up to New Jersey that night. The next day she conducted surviellence on Tony and his crew. It turned out that the next day there was going to be an important ceremony. Lucy plotted an ambush in which she would silently take out Tony and his leadership as they gathered for the event.
Sadly for Lucy and all of the worlds Peanuts fans the devil was lurking in the details. As the lights went out in the gathering Lucy struck. She wielded her knife just like that cartoonish revolutionary in that commie inspired movie Vendetta. But Lucy, althought she was very fit for her age was not as young as she once was. The warm splatter of blood warned some of Tony’s gang before they had been carved up. They fought back and their numbers were to great for Lucy to realalisticy have a chance. If this were an untrue story Lucy would have triumped. But sadly she was among the many that were carried out that night in body bags. The carnage was enormous. It would have taken Dexter three days to reenact the crime scene.
Perhaps some of you do not give a rats ass how or why she died. She might have been a real human with human flaws and not some cartoon charachter. Her death left a very profound impact on me. That is why I tell the story here.